The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-29
Schools
Open Sept. ;

been added to the group of nine
teen returning teachers to complet
the staff for this year. Competen
teachers are more scarce this yea
than for a great many years ant
the Board of Education feels yer,
pleased to open the year with {
complete corps of adequately train
ed and highly recommended indi
viduals
New members this year are Mis-
Carol Johnson, Harlem, Northern
Montana College, Havre; Miss Laura
North, Baker, Montana State Nor.
NAL College, Dillon; Miss Maude
Damon, Columbia Falls, Northern
Montana College, Havre; Mrs. Mary
Lou Christensen, Libby, Kicks Col
lege, RexbuTg, Idaho Mrs. c. L,
James, Libby, Maryville Teachers
College, Maryville, ~ Oak; Miss
Id Daugharty, Libby Eastern
Washington College of Education,
Cheney Wash, and Ohio State u,
Columbus, Ohio; Dean Vinal, Mis-
soula Montana State u, Missoula;
Miss Mary Ellen Mcintosh, Coffee
Creek, Montana State College, Boze-
man; Robert Koch, Missoula, Mon
fana State u, Missoula Calvin Kus-
Ter, Lewistown, Northern State
Teachers College, Aberdeen, S. Oak.
and Montana State u; the other
new member for the year is Will
liam Anderson, Libby, who has
many previous years as teacher and
junior high principal in the Libby
Schools.
Change of Time
This year the schools will open
at 8:45 and close at 3:45. Noon in
PERMISSION will start at HAS and
school will convene again at 12:45
The lower grades will of course
have shorter days as they have in
the past.
Tuesday school will be held for
half a day only. All students will
De dismissed at HAS.
High School Teachers
William Erickson will again be
principal of the high school, others
m the corps of high school teachers
will be Mrs. Leilah Boepple mathe-
natics; Margaret Church. English:l
1rs. Olga Erickson, English and
ATTN; Fred LaRoque, physical edu-
alton, coach and science; Mrs.
Iilda Yarlett, commercial Calvi4k
Ausler, shop and vocational work.
,obert Koch, science; Mary Ellen
IcIntosh, home economies; Dean
'inal, music; Miss Ida Daugharty,
istory and social science.
High School Registration
All students whether new or
primer students in the Libby High h
chool are asked to Register and a
lake out class schedules at the =
times =
riday, August 30: =,
900 A. M.-12:00 Noon Freshmen I
100 P. M.-4:OO p. M. Sophomores "
aturday, August 81: -
900 A. M.-12:00 Noon Juniors =,
loo A. M-4:00 P M. Seniors 81
The subject election slips, which =,
ere filled out by former students r
st spring, will be available to stu 4
ents as an aid in making out class -
hedules. -
All high school students are re- =,
Tired to make a book and labora--- :,
ry deposit of $150. Those who - ~
# their fee on deposit last spring r.
m
ing the total to this amount.
Courses Offered
New Courses offered this year will or
clude Part Time Cooperative work M
r seniors, and a course in Driver M
aiming. The latter course is es- tn
cially advocated at the sophie tiff
IRE level, but this year juniors
d seniors desiring the course viii co
given first opportunity to en- tn
j. This course is for a period CT
one semester and it Will be pos de
lie to enroll about twenty-five 90
dents each semester. Those Jun
S or seniors who desire to enroll n
the course are asked to contact -
. Erickson, if possible, before r.
'homores are enrolled on FRIDAY T
ernoon.
Courses which will be offered this
lr and which were not offered a.,
year will be Public Speaking, bo oi
Physics and Home ~
)nomics III. Courses which were b LIZ
cred last year and which will 'o
be offered this year are Chemis- -,
, Home Economics II, Art and t pGi
inlsh. 1t was necessary to drop W. w,
lnish from the list of courses Of f aIi'
ed because of the impossibility Il =
securing someone who could IT..
ch the subject In ~
Junior High Faculty STA
he faculty of the Junior High on
be made up of Charles Keel. nre
lcipal; Mrs. Irene Stevens. Mrs.
S Midyett, and William Ander- n
stol
Grade School Faculty and
Iiss Alice Wekander will again que
principal of the New Central ran
ding and will teach first grade, n
S Catherine Cellar and Mrs. t tisli
glow will also have first grade III y
' Parker and Mic IaaO 90. W. mat
have charge of the second Noe
lie rooms.
ISIS Josephine Oktabec. sixth \
lie, will again be principal of C Jtils
Central school, Others in this Zen