Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-09-02
School Bells
Ring Tuesday

The familiar tone of the schoo
bell will ring out next Tuesda,
morning to announce the begin.
ming of the 1898 fall term. The
preceding day, September 6, is La
Dor Day, a holiday On which ou1
state law specifies school may moi
be held. The school plant has been
put in order during the summer by
Ray Croft, and floors and walls
present clean and welcoming ap-
pearance.
Superintendent Backus an
nOumces that he will be at the
school office all day Saturday,
September 4, to meet and con.
fer with new enrOI1ees. Par
ents or pupils may come at
that time for placement in.
formation, but REGULAR regis
tratiOn will be the following
Tuesday morning.
The teaching staff has been ap-
pointed for some weeks, four new
teachers names appearing on the
faculty roll. Former teachers re-
turning to their posts are Superin-
tendent Backus (fifth year,; Miss
Hilda Mesick, high school CONNER
cial subjects teacher and librarian,
with some principalsh1p duties (el-
eventh year,; Ralph Woodhouse,
high school mathematics and sci
ence teacher and boys athletic di-
rector eleventh year,, and Mrs.
Thelma Box, primary teacher (sixth
Year,.
New Faculty Members
New faculty members include
Miss Phyllis McComb of Seattle;
Clyde Walker, formerly of STRAIT
ford and for many years associat-
ed with education work in Grant
and Douglas counties; Miss Merry
lees Clute of Yakima, and Miss
Grace Fdtsch whose home is in
Edwall.
Miss McComb will handle the
high school home economics and
girls physical education assign
ment. Her bachelor of arts degree
is from the State college where she
has studied for four and one-half
years, majoring in home econo-
mics. She has also studied a quar-
ter at the University of Washing
tom. AT Pullman she was men,
Der of the Ellen H. Richards club
(economics), was on the member
ship committee of the Advertising
club, belonged to social sorority
and was active on the winter sports
committee, She has been active in
Girl Scout and Rainbow girls work
for several years. Miss McComb Is
a member of the Eastern Star
New Music Teacher
E. Clyde Walker who will as
sumo the responsibility for teach
ing the upper grades and directing
the band has attended Cheney
Normal and the University OF
Washington, He served four years
as assistant county superintendent
of Douglas county, and has since
taught music and grade work al
the state reformatory at Monroe
and at Stratford, Wash. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Walker are musical. MT
Walker solos on the violin and II
vocal music, and teaches private
lessons on the former.
Miss Merrylees Clute. who will
handle the fifth and sixth grades
attended high school at Des Moines
Iowa, Forest Grove Oregon, and
Marblehead, Mass. Her higher edu
cation has been received at Ellens
burg and Bellingham normals. Sh,
has taught at Mabton, WASH, ant
has been active In Girl Scout work
being registered captain. He,
training and interest in art will
prove a help in strengthening tn
art curriculum in the grade school
1887 Outlook is Good
Miss Fritsch, who will take tn
third and fourth grade assignment
has had varied educationa
training. While she has her bach
elors degree from Eastern Wash
ington College of Education (Che
ney) she also attended Santa Ban
para State college, and Whitwort
college. Miss Fritsch is musical
inclined, playing the violin, tn
piano and the pipe organ, as We
as being a soprano vocalist.
The addition of these facult
members comes as the result c
much well-considered thought o
the part of the school board an
superintendent, and the selectio
has heen from among a large nun