The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-08-25
NEW DEPT. IN
HIGH SCHOOL
Practical Course in Agri-
culture to be Started
$50 Enrolled Now

The green lawns and artistic
shrubbery Of the Kemnewick
schools, the buildings, stairways
and numerous rooms that have
looked So isolated and solitary for
the past three months, will ring
anew with shouts and footsteps
Monday, August, 20, for on that
date school commences. But the
fact that school begins Monday has
brought more than usual large
amount of work to the desk of
Warren c. Hodge, superintendent,
who has been busy this week maxi
ing the inevitable last-minute pre-
parations and seeing to it that ev-
erythng is in readiness for the
matriculation Of the $50 pupils
the first of next week. However,
Thursday found the teaching staff
of both grade and high school COM
pleted and further changes in per-
sonnel are not anticipated.
An important change in the cur
ricula of the high school this year
is the addition of course in ag-
riculture. The majority Of the cit
izens of this community make their
living by farming and it is believ-
ed that this course in agriculture
will be a real help. 'It is by far
the most practical course the Ken
newick high school has ever offer
ed" said Superintendent Hodge,
cit should be a real help to stu
dents interested in ranching and
worth while for everyone whether
he lives on a farm or not" Actual
farm problems will be taken up
with minimum Of Theoretical
study which it is impossible to
apply.
LELAND Barbee, the man who
will have charge of this depart
ment, Mr.. Hodge feels, is a COM
petent instructor who will make
the course one of the most inter-
esting in the high school. Mr.. Bar
bee is a graduate of W.S.C. where
he received special instruction for
this type of work. He will also
conduct classes in shop work and
farm engineering.
William Smith, another State
College man, will act as boys ath-
letic coach during the coming sea-
son, as well as doing his regular
work as an English teacher. Mr..
Smith has an imposing college re-
cord, both as an athlete and as a
student. He has already made one
visit to Kennewick this summer
for the purpose Of sizing up all
the fellows who intend to turn out
for football this fall. and has
otherwise shown active interest in
his JOB at the high school.
Evelyn Hutton, Virginia Idol
and Alice Caulkins are among the
teachers who will make their ini-
tial bow as high school instructors
in Kennewick Monday, and Win
nifred Huntington, Alma Pecar,
Gertrude Bonner and M. G. Clark
are the veterans Of the staff. q
complete list of which follows:
High School-W. G. Hodge. SUI
perintendent; Miss Evelyn /. Hut
ton, math.; Miss Virginia Idol, mu-
sic; Miss Winnifred Huntington,
domestc science; Leland Barbee,
shop work and ag.; William Smith
English and athletics; Miss Ger
trude Bonner, English; Miss Glad
Us Gooch, commercial; Miss Alma
Pecar, languages; Miss Alice
Caulkins, history; M. G. Clark,
science
Grade School - Miss Hazen
Hume, principal; Mrs. Lydia Hess.
eighth; E. Kirkpatrick, seventh:
Miss Olga Heggem, seventh; Cur
tbs Zimmerman, sixth; Miss Beu-
lah Badgley, sixth; Mrs. Mabel
Neander, fifth; Miss Anna Easten.
fifth; Miss Leila Chambers. fourth:
Miss Garbulah Thompson. fourth;
Miss Blanche Easten, first; Miss
Bertha Fricke, second; Miss Myr-
tie Spinning, second; Miss Lucille
Falkner, third; Miss Irene M. Cor
man, first.