The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-09-02

heartily welcomed by the entire
community.
The high school and grade build
ing has been the scene of consider
able retouching this summer as
well. All desks have been carefully
cleaned, sandpapered and nicely
vanished as we'll as repaired where
needed. The building, thoroughly
cleaned, is ready for the opening
of school.
The new courses to be offered in
high school this year will consist of
a freshman course on vocations, and
also general mathematics for those
students who do not take algebra
and thus do not plan to meet the
college entrance requirements.
Physics will be given this year al
ternating with chemistry, which was
given last year. The freshman course
in vacations is intended to acquaint
the students with the requirements
as to training and skill of the prin-
clpal occupations in which the ma
jority of the class is most interested.
Considerable information will be
available in pamphlet form concern
ing different vocations so that the
knowledge of the class will not be
limited to the textbook used. 1t
is strongly felt by educators that
students should have their interests
concerning the different vacations
awakened early in the high school
career SO that sensible choices of
school subjects can be made that
will best fit them for the field in
which they are ultimately to earn
a living. The course in vocations is
intended to open up the knowledge
of the world of occupations to the
students SO that an intelligent choice
can be made and subjects chosen
accordingly. Some planning of the
students educational career is then
possible.
The school faculty will be the
same this year as last with the ex-
ception of one new teacher in the
person of Mr.. Wayne Kernper, who
is taking the position formerly held
by Miss Void. Mr.. Kemper will
also have the direction OF all glee
clubs in the Junior High and High
school as well as direct band and
orchestra. Mr.. Kemper is d gradu
ate OF the University of North Da-
kota with major in music and
minor in English. He was a player
in the university band for four years
as well as having played for three
years in the Miles City high school
band. He has also done consider
able vocal work and plays the violin.
He comes very highly recommended
and will enable us to have a band
man in our own school SO that we
can have more individual instruc-
ton in instrumental music and al
ways have the band leader present
for public appearances of the band
He will also teach regular subjects
in the Junior High.
The first grade and second B will
again be taught by Miss Selma
Christopherson, who attended sum-
mer school in Greedy, Col. Miss AL
vina Anderson returns as teacher OF
second "A" and third grade; Miss
Alice Wilcox will again teach fourth
and fifth grades, Miss Ellen Ovens,
who attended summer school at the
University of Washington, will re-
turn to her position in the Junior
High School and Mr.. Shirley Cal
lahan returns as principal of Junior
High and High School athletic coach.
In the high school, Miss Helen Shull
will again teach commercial; Miss
Margaret Lewis, English, and Mr..
Irving Quanbeck mathematics and
science. Superintendent A. L. Dean,
who attended summer school at
University of Washington, again
teaches high school social science.