Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-09-03
Schools To Open
Tuesday Morning


the upper classnen have called at the
school to consult about their courses
There will be only minor changes In
the courses and the same faculty will
be In charge except that Mr.. Bank
head will have the work done last
year by Mr. Schunke and Mrs. Reyes
will take over the work Of Miss Mel
son. The noon period will be shorten
ed and a half-hour activity period will
be inserted In the schedule.
Mr.. Allison has been busy all sum-
mer putting the building in first-class
shape The walls of the halls have
been painted ami the floors have been
thoroughly cleaned with a power
scrubber and two coatings of special
school floor dressing applied. A Pay
oil burner has been installed and a
considerable saving in fuel cost is an
ticipated. Additional lockers are be-
ing installed this week and new tops
are being placed on the tables In the
science room.
Several of the Island schools pooled
their order for general supplies this
year. Most of the supplies will be
purchased from local firms who were
low bidders on the order.
All Island teachers are attending
County Institute in Seattle this Fri
day.
School buses will operate over about
the same routes and on the same
schedules as last year.
Many of the graduates of last May
are making plans to attend various
institutions of higher learning. Cush-
ing Coates and Mary Smell expect to
attend Whitman College; Tommy
Beall, Robert Petherick and Mcario
Regudo will attend Washington State
College; Joyce Harmeling, Ezna Clyde,
Betty Reeves, Merriam Takasuka and
Marcia Forbes plan to go to the Uni
versity of Washington; Fielder Beall
will attend San Diego Military Acad-
envy; Bertha Anderson and Norma
Johansen are enrolling at Seattle Pa
cific College; Alma Andersen will at
tend Bellingham Normal; Gerald
Fretz expects to enter Puget Sound
College and Ruth oleson will go in
training at Swedish Hospital, Seattle.
Teachers Gather for Conferences.
On Saturday the teachers of King
County will gather in Seattle for a
one day session of talks and confer
ences. This really marks the opening
of the years work for them.
On Tuesday at Dockton, Maury
Center, Burton, Lisabeula, Columbia
and vashon several hundred pupils
will enter the grade schools after
more than three months vacation. 1t
is peculiar of the Island boys and girls
that they are always enthusiastic
about the opening of school, and this
year nine out Of ten, when asked II
they are glad school is beginning will
grin and say, ~ sure am" And the
surprising thing is that they really
mean what they say.
All of the schools have been reno
waited, and are in readiness. The Co
lumbia school has received a new ROOF
during the summer, while the Vashor
building, in addition to the yearly re.
vanishing and repainting has had the
basement remodeled, modern plumbing
has been installed with all the modern
equipment that brings it up to thu
most stringent requirements of the
county board of health.
With the exception of Burton ane
Columbia the same teachers will gree
the pupils as they return to theil
years work One Of the regrettabl
facts is that too often the rura
=. schools, are unable to obtain expert
4 need teachers. Too often they ar
" .ir,able to pay the salaries demanded
for experience. 1t is indeed happ,
circumstance when teachers who hav
made good are well satisfied will
their positions and remain in the com
munity.
The pupils of Columbia will suffe
real loss in the absence of Prof R
L. Stafford, and will miss him whel
they enter school. Mr.. Stafford VIII
resigned last spring has taught her
for a number of years and has tn
record of higher percentage o
eighth grade pupils entering higl
school than most eighth grade teach
ers can boast. 1t has been remarke
by several high school teachers tina
pupils who had gone to school to Pro
Stafford were always distinguished
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