Smyrna times., 1935-09-12
HIGH
SCHOOLS OPEN
New Faces Seen in the School
Faculty and Some Old
Ones Are Missed
CAFETERIA TAKES WELL

Smyrna Schools of Smyrna Spec
ial School District opened for the
Fall and Winter term Monday with
larger enrolment than ever and
with the staff of teachers and the
student body reporting on time.
This year seems to be inaugurating
a new era of especially large class
eS. The senior class is the largest
in the history of the school, total
ing thirty-seven. The other class
es have increased in proportion, the
enrolment of the freshmen being
one hundred. This increase makes
for more enjoyment of both classes
and activities. This year the
schools open in Smyrna's new
S500,000 plant ready and fully
equipped to take care Of any en-
ergency that might arise for
years to come. With ample class
rooms, auditorium. library, labor
atories, and last but not least a
cafeteria, Supt. Schantz and his
staff have every modern conven-
ience to carry along the work of
education as they never had be-
fore. A number of new faces ap-
pear in the faculty this year while
others who had taught here for
several years are missed. Miss
Mildred M Bartlett cf Smyrna,
has accepted the position as school
nurse, thereby filling the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss
Hester Brown. Among other new
members of the faculty is Miss
Doris NJ. Shatz, music teacher,
who succeeds Miss Je n Easton who
goes to the Junior et.eh at Mt
Pleasant near Wilmington. Miss
Shatz is formerly # Pottstown,
Pa, and is a graduate of the State
Teachers College, West Chester.
This is her first experience as a
teacher of music. She is boarding
at Mrs. Sarah Farrell's. Miss Viola
B. Filters has taken Miss Skrivan' s
place as Home Economics Teach
er. She is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Delaware, and until this
year taught Home Economics at
Caesar Rodney. At present Miss
Filters is living at Wyoming Mr.
F. B. Gebhart is the new teacher
of History and Civics. Tie was
formerly of New Castle, and was
graduated from the University of
Delaware. Mr. Gebhart is rooming
at Mrs. Pyle's. Mr. John Mac
F'addin is the second Musical In
structor. He is now busily engag-
ed in organizing band. His home
town is Denver, Colorado. He has
attended Innes College of Music
Denver College of Music, Denver
University, Columbia, and Univer-
sity of North Carolina. Until this
year he was a member of the fac
ulty at Dover, and is continuing to
hold classes there. His home is at
Wyoming. Miss Marion N. Gra-
ham of Houston, Delaware, was
graduated from Washington Col
! lege, and until this year taught
language in the Somerset County
High School. Miss Graham is
boarding with Mrs. ]. w. Clifton.
Other teachers are boarding as
T; follows: Miss Thelma Rogers,
Spring City, Pa, with Mrs. Blanche
Messick; Miss Mildred Horsey,
Laurel. and Miss Betty Martin,
;Georgetown, with Miss Cora
lTschudy; Miss Ann H. Raughley.
Dover, the new Librarian, Mr.. Her
bert Pearl, Potstown, Pa. and
Francis B. Gebhardt, New Castle,
with Mrs. Ruth Wallen Pyle; Miss
Viola B. Filters, Wyoming, COM
muting; Miss Doris Anne Shatz,
Pottstown, Pa, with Mrs. Sarah
Farrell; Miss Ruth G. Kaufman
Columbia. Pa, with Mrs. Ethel
Magill; Miss Mildred Burchard
Smyrna, with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Littman. The cafeteria, under the
supervision of Mrs. Louise Trimble
of Bethany Beach, opened quite
successfully on Tuesday. Soups,
sandwiches, salads, beverages, and
deserts are served at very low
cost for the convenience of the pu-
pills. Mrs. Trimble is boarding at
Mrs. Frank Webb's on South
street. She has assisting her Mrs
Benjamin Ely of Smyrna.