The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-31
school, TO OPEN
FOR FALL TERM
TUESDAY MORNING
Four New Instructors Will be
Teaching Staff During Com
ing Year.
Changes in Courses Are An
nounced; Assignments of
Teachers is Made.

Bluffton public schools will open for
the fall semester with a full day of
class work starting at $3.50 a. m. next
Tuesday morning, it was announced
this week by Superintendent Ralph
Lanhan.
Schedule of classroom operations
will be from $3.50 a. m. until $3.50 p.
m. daily, slow time, with one hour al
lowed at noon for lunch period.
Wartime shortage of instructors
will be reflected here in one depart
ment, for the board of education has
been unable to obtain a teacher in
manual training and mechanical draw
ing. As result, the industrial arts
department will be discontinued for
the first semester, but Supt. Lanham
said no efforts will be spared to OBJ
tain a teacher for the second semes-
ter.
Otherwise the public schools will
have full staff of teachers, and
classroom offerings will differ little
from the schedule of previous years.
French Discontinued
French and general mathematics
will not be taught in the high school
this fall, however, because of lack of
sufficient enrolment, and students
who had registered for those courses
are requested to rearrange their
schedules with Principal Gerhard Buh-
Ter before Friday of this week.
Teachers meetings will be held next
Monday morning and afternoon for
members of the grade and high school
faculty at which Supt. Ralph Lanham
will outline his policies for the COM
ing year.
Elementary instructors will meet in
the Grade school building at 10 a. m,
and those on the high school staff will
meet in Room I'll in the high school
building at 2 p. Lila
Including Supt. Lanham there will
be four new members of the public
schools teaching staff this year. 9th
ers are Mrs. Ruby Murray in the
grade school and A. c. Burcky and
Carl Twining in high school.
Class assignments of the instructors
were announced this week, as follows:
Teachers Assigned
High school-Ralph Lanham, super
intendent and seventh grade aritheme-
tic; Gerhard Buhler, principal, physics
and general science; Harry F. Barnes,
agriculture and farm shop; Miss Flor
ence Duffield, commercial courses;
Wilford o. Geiger, chemistry, biology
and science; Andrew C. Burcy, coach
and physical education; w. A. Howe,
social science, English, commercial
law and economies; Miss Mildred
Keel, Latin and English; Miss There's
sa Slusser, English and social science.
p. w. Stauffer, debate, dramatics
and English; Sidney c. Stettler, math-
ematics; Annaben Weed, home eco
nomics; Miss Harriet Brate, music;
Mrs. r. A. Lantz, art and grade school
one-half day; Miss Theola Steiner,
girls physical education and grade
school one-haf day; Miss Ocie Ander-
son, librarian and library science;
Carl Twining, band.
Grade school-Miss Meredith Ste
pleton, principal and first grade; Mrs.
Ruby Murray, first grade; Miss Floy
McBain, second grade; Miss Levada
Balmer, third grade; Miss Minerva
Hilty, fourth grade; Mrs. Adella 5.
Oyer, fifth grade, and Miss Theola
Steiner and Mrs. Russell Lantz, each
half days in sixth grade.
Schedules for school buses operat-
ing thru the rural areas will be the
same as in previous years. Drivers
will be Aaron Messenger, No. 3; Ray
mond Roseboom, No. A; w. o. Geiger,
No. /, and Arthur Keiser, No. 5. FL
don Beery and Chris Gratz are substi-
kute drivers.
Operation of the cafeteria in the
high school building will be started on
the opening day of school, with Mrs.
J. w. Eversole in charge.
Parents interested in the establish
ment of private kindergarten are re-
ouested to leave their names at the
high school office.