: high schoal. hilt oil of.
contributing factors.
is] would be impossible
school to teach every individual to
"Just What Is High
. School Operated For?
iA‘n Illuminating Answer, Written Especially
For Parents, By Principal Jakob—Modern
High School Teachers Are Specialists.
By PHILIP A. JAKOB
Principal Norwalk High School
.There are many different concepts
in the minds of the individuals of a
community on what a. high school
is, what it is trying to do. and how
it is doing it,
We hear some say that the high
school is to prepare for college.
others say that it is a. place to
train boys and girls to earn a liv-
ing. and still others have the idea
that high school is a place for hav-
ing a good time. No one of these is
‘the reason for the existence of the
them are
The high school of today is an
institution which is cudcavorlng by
means of proper training to teach
, young men and young women to
take their place in the community
" with an intelligence which will
.Ienable them to appreciate their rc-
sponsihilltlus as cltlzensmnd to be
able to assume the duties which
,must necessarily fall upon them as
' time advances.
The, High School Objectives.
It is trill: the high school docs
aim to prepare. a limited number of
pupils for college, but that is not
it’s chief function. It. also endeavors
to place the individual in a positloii
which will enable him to earn his
own living and be independent. Still
it does not do this directly for it
for a. high
become just what he or she wished
' because of the tremendous cost and
facilities necessary for such a pro-
gram. And the high school does not
try to conceal the fact that it is
trying to teach the pupils how to
have a good time, i. c. a, Worthy
use of their leisure time. It is a
recognized fact that considerable of
the mischief which is abroad today
is directly traceable to the fact
that people of all ages and ,both
sexes do not know how to spendf
their roe time.
Tho‘hlgh sohocl endeavors to
meet these objectives through the
program of studies and extra-our-
ricula. activities in which there is
offered a. choice of subjects. For-
vhaps the parent will inquire how a
subject as Latin or mathematics will
give a proficiency in the, activities
mentioned above. This ability is
developed to the degree which the
> pupil applies himself to the task at—
‘ hand. If it: is Latin or mathematics
and the pupil works until the study
has been mastered. that pupil ,has’
trained both mind and body to stick
to? the task and the result is the
' building up of a moral and mental
force in the individual which will
enable him to meet and overcome
not only the obstacles of the school,
‘but those of the community and the
world in general. To repeat. the
subjects develop the mind and the
ability to stick to a piece of work
until it is complete and whereas
they do develop character. the chief
character developer in the school is
the teacher.
The type ofteaclier in the school
is a. very important factor in deter-
mining the character of the student
who comes under his influence, for
,,we all understand that shortly after
we leave school we forget the sub-
Liect: matter itself. but we never for-
. set the kindness nor the good spirit
of. our teacher and these make an
impression on'us which influence
or entire lives.
‘ The Principal‘s Day’s Work.
In the organization of the high
school, it might be of interest to
again mention some or the duties of
the principal. First of all. how does
a. principal function in a high
school? 13 he earning his salary?
Planning for the school year must
be begun at the. first of May so
that everything will be in readiness
,1" the following September. Each
pupil is given a. card on which he
puts the subjects he desires for the
coming year These cardsare then
collected. arranged according to the
your. the course. and then into
groups of a size permitting them to
fit in the various rooms of the
school. When all this has been ar-
ranged there must be no conflicts
and when we consider that Very few
of the 550 pupils in Ihe high school
have exactly the some dailv sched—
‘ule and each must lie treat-ad lmli.
,yiflually and plat't‘tl as an individual :
it can readily be seen that it is a
"task requiring much oarefulness in
Tplanning and a considtlnble period
.91 time. In order to have
running smoothly the opening; day
of school. it. is accessory for the
‘princlpal to remain after school
"planes in June and get back early in
September before- school opens.
”During school 110“}.2 the principal
’ take one of all complaints,
were of discipline. supervision of
In. janitor. ohlldlng. pupils. teach-
Ni. and met parents, usually the
bins of errlng pupils. There are
mm minor things which come up
flex-y day which in the administra-
’ of the school take time. And in
addition to this. he must spend
about two hours per day in the
final-sons supervising instruction.
You will probably say the teachers
mt to be able to work without
my supervision. but it is impossible
w the greater the amount of good
> on. the .better will be the
.menta of the school. When
W1 dismisses for the day. the
" pal holds conferences with the
Mr! and gets out his mail so
" by the and of this time. when
' has carried the troubles of over
individuals and all the other
of the work. one knows that
- be) done a day's work.
In- pin-o of we also neitooi that
“ ‘- misunderstood hith- vor-
5 the master of “nutrition.
panache today done: differ no
, Wilt from than of years
‘ some or the ”it“ Mil.
, greatest
things.
which they try to inculcate those
ideals for which education stands,
and still the organization is some:
what dil‘fcrcnt from that of a few
years use. so that the average par-
ent does not. always understand ox-
uctly or appreciate just how the
work is cnrrled oil. '
Modern Teachers Am Specialists.
High school work is first of all di-
vided of flute courses. We have. for
example. in the Senior High school
of Norivullt. the Commercial course.
the tloilcge course. General course,
Scientific course. Manual Arts
course, and Normal course. The
onus of these various cout'Scs are
met by the departments of the
school. High school work today is a
specialized work. L'vcry teacher in
a particular field of work is an ex»
pcl‘t along his or her line. They
have taken up in college and stud-
ied intensively the subjects they are
teaching in tho lligh School, and
they are therefore qualified to do
Iihnt work for which the Board of
Education engages them. flit-sellers
in the high school today differ in
this respect from those 01‘ the high
school of long ago. Formerly teach-
ci‘s taught. not one or two. but sev-
eral subjects in the course of the
day. Usually such teachers did not
have the training which our pres-
ent day teacher has. and although
these teachers used to do a. very
conscientious piece of work. there iii
no doubt that the work could not
have been as well taught as it is to-
day. No teacher in our present high
school system is qualified to teach
all of the branches \vllichyaro given.
lt'wouio‘ be practically all impossi-
bility for any one. therefore. to
know well all the subjects offered.
It is true that" those having the
experience and greatest
amount of training can easily teach
a more varied amount of subject
matter and do it well. but in most
cases. the teachers of the High
school as constituted today, can
only do one or two subjects well.
In addition to their regular class-
room teaching. all of the High school
teachers are kept busy at one time
or another during the year on what
is known as extra-curriculum work.
Some of the teachers give their aft-
ernoons during certain seasons to
coaching athletic teams. Others
coach debating. Some coach the
dramatic work and. in addition to
those activities. there are various
clubs in “1.0., school which are taken
charge of by other teachers. as the
science club. Athletic association.
Nature Study club. and Hiking club.
We have in our school. depart-
ments of Latin. Science. Mathema-
tics. History. Languages. Commercial
work and English. In our Latin de-
partment we have rce teachers
who are doing the work very suc-
cessfully. Miss Louise Smith has
served the school very conscientious-
ly for a number of years. teaching
mainly the higher grades of Latin.
Miss Evangeline Keefe and Miss ile—
len Ratcgtord are new carrying on
the work of this department.
As everyone in the school is ob-
liged to take English. it is necessaiy
to have more teachers for English
than for any other subject. There
are five teachers giving their full
time and one teacher giving half
of her time {on this work. The leach-
crs in the English Department are
Miss lsabel Snodgrass. Mrs. Florence
McKenzie. Miss Mary Howard. Miss
Alice Rocscl. and Mr. \‘lnten Mit-
chell. In addition to these teachers
there is also a special teacher in the
English department whose duty is
to teach oral English. that is.,to give
the pupils the ability of expressing
themselves in public in an intelligent
way. Miss Mary McMahon is very
ably taking car's of this department
and she also spends cosniderable of
her afternoon time in coaching the
High school plhys. In our Science
department, we have Joseph Nathan-
son who teaches chemistry and phy-
sics, and Stephen Clifford who
teaches biology. _
The Mathematics department has
been most unfortunate in losing Miss
Charlotte Lamont who has served
the school so well and faithfully for
a number of years. The. work she
was doing is now being done by Da-
vid Conlin and this particular phase
of the work is being carried on well.
David O. Pollard is the other in-
, structor in the Mathematics depart-
ment. Mr. Pollard has had a wealth
of'cxpcrience. knowa hell how to
"hurdle his pupils and is very suc-
cessful in teaching mathematics.
Our History department. is con-
ducted by Ferrel Green. whose time
is all occupied in teaching Ameri-
can history to the Seniors. and Miss
Marjorie Child who teaches the
classes in early European history
and modern history.
In addition to the Latin depart~
room. we have courses of French
and Spanish. Great numbers of pu-
pils usually elect these courses and
Miss Abbe Ann Wilson. and Miss
Ann Vargas give all of their school
day to the teaching of this work.
Miss Jayne hisl‘t‘ow. with the assist-
ance of Miss M W Chamberland and
Miss Helen Ratchford conducts the
Spanish department. .
Commercial Department
The Commercial department is
one of the largest departments in
the school and its results can be
seen more easily than the work of
the other departments: for those
people who successfully meet the re-
quirements of our Commercial do.
partment find no difficulty in u.
cunn‘g p. .ltlons. in fact the princi-
pal is constantly being called to
supply help of this kind and he I
unable to meet the demand. because
the boys and girls who 'l'l'tdnato
from the Hi" school have ”diffi-
culty in getting positions usually be-
fofi they graduate. Our; Commer-
cial department has an excellent
coursein bookkeeping. ring.
PRINCIPAL
- PHILIP JAKOB
and shorthand. David 0. Logan who
has charge of the department. tench-
cs bookkeeping and economics. Miss
l-‘lorciicc Nichols, who has been on
the faculty of the Norwulk High
school for quite a. number of yours,
spends all of her teaching any with
bookkeeping pupils. Miss Mary
Morley and Miss Chumbcrlltnd con-
duct most. of the type-writing class-
es and Miss Grave Seymour teaches
rtciiography and typovvriting. and
also conducts the office practice
class. Tile office practice group is
the oil-2 “here the pupils are taught
methods of office procedure—do
take dictation and transcribe let-
tcrs-and in fact. all of the general
clficc procedure which our school is
equipped to give. Of course. there
are certain thcilities which we need
to ha i this department function
more extensively. but the lack of
room makes it impossible to intro-
duce some of the work we would
like to in the Commercial depart-
inont.
Unfortunately again for luck of
room. the girls of the school do not.
illivu the facility for getting all the
training that they should in house-
hold arts. Our accommodations are
limited. and consequently the girls
must take this work in the after»
noon. as extra work. It. is hoped
that the time is not far distant when
we will be able to institute in the
High school a first. class course in
domestic arts. in which the girls
will learn not only how to cook but
how to . .ake their own hats. their
own dreams. and to do all of those
things which growing girls and fu-
ture heme builders ought to be able
to do.
Promotions Explained
The principal of the High school
very often receives "inquiries from
parents which indicate that. they do
not fully understand how promo-
tions take place in the High school.
Many parents are under the impres-
sion that the number of years spent
in all that is necessary for one to
graduate. ‘With our semi-annual
promotions. each half year wrhsve
a graduating class. The pupils elect
new subjects of a higher grade or
else repeat the subjects they have
taken and failed. The length of
time that is spent in the High school
has no hearing at all upon the grad-
uation of an individual. By state
law we are required to have every
individual pass four years of Eng-
lish. one year of American history.
and have one hundred and sixty
credits. The credits system is that
which is least understood by many‘
parents.» It is worked out in the
following manner: ‘
An academic subject which re-
qulres about as much time on prep-
aration outside of school" as is given
to it during the school hours. such
a subject coming five times weekly.
will give the person passing it ten
credits. 0n the other hand. such
subjects as typewrittln, wood-work-
ing. cooking and drawing which re-
quire no outside preparation. only
receive half as much credit as one
which requires preparation. So. a
subject as typewrltlng. taken for the
whole year would give a person live
credits.
Since the High school period ex-
tends over four years. it can readily
be understood that a person must
make at. least forty credits a year to
graduate on time. Sometimes a per-
son fails in a subject due to sick-
ness or other causes outside of the
control of the individual. This
means that for the following year
such a student would have to make
up for the one failed in the previous
year. if this is not done. the per-
son is behind in credits and prob-
ably will not graduate with his
class. Many times pupils come to
the principal with a request to take
five subjects and this request is re-
fused. because the pupil durlng the
previous term failed in some sub-
jects. not because of sickness or
causes outside'of his control. but be.
cause of the lack of attention. indif-
ference or lack of ability. When
this is the cue. the principal feels
justified in refusing because there is
no guarantee that if a. person could
not carry the normal load of four
subjects for the previous semester.
that he will be able to cardy’tho
greater load of five subjects for the
semester to come. Of course the
pupil who has failed always think-
he can do this. but experience has
proven that. as a rule. it. doesn’t fol-
low.. ‘
Check Up By Report Cards
There is an easy method for
checking your boy or girl on the
work he or she is doing at the High
school. Every six weeks. regularly
on schedule time .report cards are
issued to every student. The report
card shows Just what the pupil to
doing in his work tenths six weeks'
period and if parents would tau:—
eat themselves in these report cards.
they would have no‘ difficulty in
knowing whether the boy or girl is
going to plus the work he or she is
taking. In relation to report cards.
the principal watchma- at all times
I conference with tho parents. and if
the parents of falling pupils would
come to the High school to sea the
principal. a great many times dif-
denim which seem insurmountable
can very easily be overcomw~
SCHOOL. PUBLICITY
It becomes more llllpfll't‘lli. day by day that, our schools need
the right kind of publicity
Soulrour hus \‘llitl " l'rocluiui through
the smallest country short mid in the lit-tropolitun journals to-
day that ‘there’s ll l‘rilson' lint] tuilim'rmv twilpic will believe it,
boast'of it and go the tl‘t‘i’insllllg limit. 0n street car, electric.
sign—outnuiiibcring liven ‘(i7‘-.—-prini large the caption, EDUCA-
TION PAYS and then smile fiilt' tiny we'll Willie and see u scramble
for the common stock. Apply the psychic knowledge learned int
schools of. repetition. illlvl'cel. and all that; drive home the story
(lay and night. of education's worth and mlilcation’s need and
next vacation tin.- iirchilcct \\ ill be called upon to plan for extra;
‘ room.
Schools Belong to People .
Thanks to Hill (fillillt'l‘nlihll of [hr pl‘csn. it is inmiliir for the
school uutllOl‘itdis to prim-m the schools in the W014".
said ,l'epetilcdly that the schools belong to the people. They own,
support and control than].
The Schools may be much: just tin
efficient. as the people of the cenlllliluity insist they should be.
In the long run. it seems to lilt‘ that the attitude of :l 1n‘oi'iiv toward
their schools is it true rriiwtion oi? their interest in Tilt”: civic and! ‘
social welfare of the community mid of its children,
sponsihility that can nl‘tilllvr be shifted or evaded.
in order that tile [with of Not-wall. may illl\t‘ jim
formation they need, to .‘tuilv school questions c .
13’ upon issues which urine from Mind to
they may not intelligent
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., ACTS ABOUT NORWALK SCHOOLS BY THOSE WHO KNOW“
Superintendent And
Board Work Together
Proper Co-ordination lnvolvcfi’ixing' Oi l’oli~
cies By One and Execution (if Details By,
the Other, Dr. Fawcett
B! GEORGE G. FA‘H |.'i'l. ~\l. l)
Bourii (It l.\ill‘illltili '
BOARD PRESIDENT
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tvl‘JlHKt-‘II tu'.
It i; ll rp,i\\'lliun llvlltt. Juli-l Mongoury.
('leth‘UltD.
(Ari-tie J—lh'uni; llnzlniiluk, \‘th
(rm implonil-rlri. William Jones.
lll‘t‘flllll'. that IJohn 'l‘ulipln. Anna DUt‘tlIC‘, Georgia
l-‘utlvr, Opticlll lannnccone, Camps-
i‘l. Muzzono, Violet .‘loiiliellil, Hi‘itn
time. it. is plump-ii lo ili"'~‘ hi hi l‘t‘gllilil' iillt'l‘Hlis. authoritativeWWW4,. “MW, “"1““, “mum .\':tvn-
ill'lit‘it'ffl Oil l'lii phases (If liii- u-liiii‘ii pl‘oililrlll. ,illn. llilicli liliWfll‘tiIR tun}? Frcem‘n’n,
‘. . . .' ., -, ' , , ‘tlilOivi H. ’ni‘k. lose urman, . -
Today we oil't-ut'rni-ril tli'llt'it‘b bowling tin bilinnl lionld WW, ,Wm, “who,” ”mm JWL
and the thj'ce main dlilfsltjll.‘ of the school lltillYlly. our Cit"iliitllllll',\‘. mm. :.,,..,,..H,,_
(il’riilw l~—-.inl‘n er‘ilitlf‘iill, Levis
junior
and senior high wheels.
activities will be present» ll intrr in greater detail,
'.in order that; we but} “over all ninth-rs oi [nihili- liliil'n->t‘l:lc.nm.,
"X“‘llti an invitation to it” citizens to ‘ “trim"-
thoroughly, 1 am [,titilts‘mi 1..
submit questions hearing- ”.1 Lil‘,\' phase of school activity. but-ii
questions will be answcrcti ‘t'tllll’lit'llely undcnndidly lroin llllltt lo,,.,,..,,
time in connection With our alu'c‘lt’li publicity program. (jut-utmost
.. '- *« ‘ . . ‘ ". . . Muiul'llzi.
should be addressed to lili" who of the bupcrlntinil: iii, ..1 nth "Jim! 1*... ‘
Back up Ideas With Facts
So we invite all 1hr cowl people of Norwuik in lit-come With”-
l’dl‘llirllilll‘ Tillil‘t’", t'ii‘ bi‘ill‘il’i“
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Cililll’llllt‘iiiil. Robert indntr. Salvo.
'lUl‘t‘l, \I'ltii‘i’lt'. 1:09P Anderson. llilild
l“lorrnri Blinks, William
“arr-an Sculplo, l‘i‘nnk
'l‘ct‘ii. ('ilillit ' Donnell-L. .lohn FoytO.
' hitirltlntti', ‘lslly Berall. Julia.
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urn-w b~‘.i'1il.ft1Y‘l'l’fniiin, Grace
'Tlivrrm. Nevilk, Alina
‘ . til,.1tt' 'l‘invcl'. L'Iluilrd lil‘ldI-r.
,All’rt vi Simon, David Johnson, Joseph
SCHOOL FANS. It soon» that people are often must down on.
what they are least up on. .‘l‘hn: may explain the altitude of inniivi. “mm. gm“... x...-;..-i., Herbvrt
“agin” the schools. ,
is fine. but let us be Hire '2
pose to supply the facts
it is our pur-
JOHN LITND.
Superintendent of Schools.
Friendly Rivalry Helps
Boost School. Attendance
”M-..“
Attendance Records Are Detailed— Splendid
Results Due. To Faithful. Cooperation Of
Teachers—Parents Of 'l‘ruants Visited. “
Each month each head tenll.
reports the average per cent or z '
tendanco for her building. Ties
several reports. are Compiled mi.»
one comparative statement and .
EKubovit; Edward Robinson. Marl-
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cnne Fits Gerald.
, Over River
Grade tevJohn. Barron. Charles
the. rlo. Anne. Butts. George \\’et.
copy is sent to the different school . “mm, Ruth Wctniorc. ,
There is a friendly contest ftJl' , upudg 3...}1enry Askew Louis
first. place on these monthly attend i igum.
alice statements. The splendid rem titulde :l--Mnry Inverts.
suits in attendance are due in a. very {trolls 4~Virglnia . Wilson. that
large measure to the faithful coop- . l’zutt. \\'llliam:Wnlden.
oration of the teachers. ‘In cases ot'i
truancy or irregular attendance at Parsons Raymond Pecbtold.
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large percentage of the teachers lllj'
personal visitation urge upon par-
ents and guardians the necessity of
sending their children regularly and
punctually. ’ ,
The following table shows the per
cent of attendance by months for
the elementary schools for the past
three years and for the first semester =
of the present year. 1925-1926:
'22~'23 '33-'24 '34-'25 25-‘1‘6
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Sept. 93.37 93.89 94.56 94.08
Oct. 90.18 92.41 94.36 94.21
Nov. $8.55 92.73 92.61 94.03:
Dec. $1.73 92.2 92.41 02.69
Jan. 79.75 89.98 84.60 92.21
Feb. 83.04 86.17 02.01
Mar. 87.11 90.85 92-80
April 02.75 01.0? 93/74
May 91.“) 90.20 93.00
June 93.37 93.36 945.5
Average 88.11 91.20 92.48
for year . >
Elementary Schools
Semester ending January 29.
1925: perfect attendance report for
first semester.
There were 418 children perfect
in attendance for the first semester.
The following table shows the dis-
tribution by grades:
Grades Number of pupils
Kindergarten ...-...........a
l . . . . . . :i h'
5-1
To
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2 .I‘I...‘.ICOI‘...UI'.C'II‘II
8 ............................
4 00"vbnloalololloaaoaoooo-a.
5 OIIUIOIDOOOIIlotliootlIOI...
6 ...........-...-.............
The number perfect in attendance
compared as to per cent is as fol—
lows; '
Percent.
hens-u....'. 5
8.6
1.
.9
o-ual'lolo-oocoooobio-i... J 2
Kindeggarten . .
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Elementary Schools. Children
perfect in attendance for First Se-
mcster ending Jan. 29. 1926.
Following are the names of the
children perfect in attendance:
School
Kindergarten—Donald Rees. Ma-
rion Beet-um. Elsie Zarger.
Grade i—Louia Mraz. Elsie Wood.
,Wllliam Seymour.
Grade 2—Erneet Kosmeckl. Ger.
trade Paxton. Catherine Lyons.
Grade 3~Albert Ferris. Walter
Fitzgerald. Russell Morgan. Everett
Palmer. Edward 'Wal'xo. Vivian Ar-
cher. Rose Britta. Jolan Blake.
Grade t—Wllllam Carpenter.
Frank Zarges. Leonard Robinson.
Earl Branden. Russell Albert Mor-
nn. Charles Wood. Jr.. Norman
Greenwood. Virginia Bittner. John
E. Toy. Donald Sperry. Jenn Nollscn.
Grade 5—Paul Carpenter. Ken-
neth Phillips. Doris Banter. Helen
Erdos. Caroline Kubovlo .
Grade O~Llllinm Archer. Mai-torto-
Nadem. Mildred Holley. Erna Rut-
ledge. Richard Houseman. John
:l'
tirade 6.-~Edilh Westerllng, Sarah
Oscar
\\‘ siurlllig.
‘ Rowan-ton
lira-lo 2.——Gcorgo Manuel. Wit-
....m Drcilosky.
tirade i.-Norrnsn Arnold.
made :l.——Frauols Forcii.
hrndo 6.-—Alfrcd Rees. Everett
Morlt')’. Jennie Johnson.
Washington
iv‘llliiertflirlen -- Eleanor lemon.
Luuclm Pesok.
tirade l.—Evelyn Sonislo. Alan
Duff. Betty Stinnlk. Louise Bondy.
Grade 2.—Mary Nemtth. Charles
limbs Anna Gaydosh. Helen Gay~
dosh. James Clark.
tirade :l.-——Dorothy Lycett. Ethel
Monty. Josephine Slatnlk. Julius
Dolihn.
owl.» l‘olirn—«hlntildn Bilik. Geor-
:_.i.inn:i'Ferris. Gladys James. Jo—
.~.»i»lzine Saniuk. Marion Gaedeke.
llilulbelli Kearns. lrene War-go. Paul
Zillion. Stephen Ezanlslo. Edward
chpcl Douglass Lowdnes.
Grade {tr—Elizabeth Wat-go. Mary
Prokovsky Susie Santorelln. Adele
llaspruner. Edward Kuban. Lillian
\\'i‘ti~hell.
Grade 6.-—Ellcn Reniipain. Ed-
ward Vinnie. John Mlko. William
S'ntnick. Eleanor McN-‘rncy. Blanche
Hall, Olgo Nagy. George Thornton.
trunk Snniuk. Claudia Kevin
Special Class.——(‘hrtrles Goedckc.
JEFFERSON.
Kindergarten —~ Margaret Picanza.
.lnmm: Russo. Carrie Siolz.
tirade i-Richnrd Liind. Harold
peering.
lmdo 2~Jack liarron, Elmer
Stools. James Anderson. l‘iavld
ant. Ruth Towns.
nrndc 3—Joscplilne Post.
Grade 4—Joe Mostascusa. George
Taylor.
Grade J—Rulh White. Mildred
l‘lumh, Mary Rowe. Marlon Amund-
:‘rn. Bessie Polesak, Nicholas Mas-
lnsnsn. Matilda Post. George Roget‘s.
Marshall Prescott. Charles Abrusca-
lo. Joseph Abruscato.
Grade fi—Marjoric Pollard. Lucille
Prunyi. Milton Billk. Russell Guerln,
George Tomey.
Klndergarten—J‘reida Gangler.
Grade l—Raymond Monroe, Ber-
tha Norman.
Grade 2—Clermont Laugiols. Will-
iam Nolan.
Grade 3—Harry Blankenship. Jo-
seph Salvata, Samuel Stevenson. Mn-
rie Dagon. Adelln Hess, Eileen No-
lan. .
Grade 4——Phillp Rublno, Albert
Prato. Alvis Blankenship. Frank Na.
tole. Joseph Potmeail. Charles Nes.
sci. Fred Gradla. Joseph DlProspe-
ro. Fred Falrchilds, Herman Gro-
co. Ralph Tavella. John F. Miller.
Grade 5—Anna Callous. Robert
Cahlll. Elsie Hanzlik. Herbert Kirk-
land. Merton Kuhncrt. Helen Swid-
‘erskl. Frank Tavelta. Evelyn Lan-
dls. Eva Flewellyn, Carolyn Mitchell.
Walter Berger, William Wilson.
Grade B—Mnrlo Gradia. Helen
Venn-oils Franklyn Bernard. Otto
Bitter. Paul Cassius. Anton Pollard,
Peter Bablnsky. Herbert Norman
You list}- have ideas about education. That i..~'ml:h.
are based on flit-ts.
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Militant Mills.
frank torch-(ll, Marjorie
New Hall,
Herring.
lionrild Will-nut: .\ib- it llnl'c.
l".\.|_\tt Ephraim; David Vtrbnnltt.
lliillim linlnuli. Hull-ll .llorlijllk, 12w-
iyll Horn-nth. l-‘rnnkn, thallvechln.
James Ammo, Adelaide Hill. Stexcn
lilsh. Anioncitc Maestro. Edward
Stern, lilrunor >‘niilll. l‘rauk Gedney.
Juiia lidlni, William Yackultcs. Eva
Markus. lrvtng Wilmett. Juno blust-
ings, Arthur Stiilivll. Orville Tal-
lnoilgt, Milli-2 Firearms. Rose Sher-
than
“'innlpauk
timid-5. l-Z: Angeline Livecckl.
Dorothy Ock.
(truths Swi. John Anderson.
James Pout, t‘arrnlna Mlsvrondlno.
Beatrice Hutchinson.
Grades 5—6: tier-invite flogow-
ski. Marjorie Rust. Eva Ellis. Ralph
Ellis. lrving Geddes. Joseph Live-
eckl. Edward .‘t‘lalanik. Sherwood
Qulsley Henry anres. Rose Arena.
li‘ranhury .
Grade 1: Elizabeth Lockwood.
, 'llrooksidc
Grade 4: Clara Keller,
Putnam
Iiindercarinn: Donald Cunning.
ham. Charles Taylor.
Grade 1: Nellie Alliale, Cortland
Let'lzites.
Grade 2: Vials Ferguson. Clara
Schnable. Joseph Walsh. Joseph Or-
govon.
Grade 8: Nellie Mnnza, Elizabeth
Kuhlmnn. Edna Finch. Edith Burt-
lem. Lucille Dolltver. Dan Readyot‘f.
Charles Miller. William Heltmun.
Lincoln
Grade 1: John Stanke. Tony
Selle. John Sugdrn. Madeline Greg-
ory. Gaspar Llcart.
Grade 2: Mildred Czegletli. Al-
fred Kerry. Joseph Liceri. George
'Grcgory, Stephan Varvrlck. Frank
Kathy. Lillian Herring. Julius Toth.
Dorothy Eglnetus. Louis Yobaggy.
Grade 4: Albert Clich. James
English. James Nemcth. Louis Toth.
Helen Czeclcde. Evelyn Webb. Fran-
cis Vergulsk. Rose Sanders. Verna
Ferris. Steven Magyar. Elizabeth
Evans. Eleanor Stabell.
Grades 5—43: Josephine Travo
Louis Etc-tie. Dan Snyder. Jennie
Caruso, Mary Markus, Saucy Do
Sailzo.
Pitch
Kindergarten: Mildred
man.
Grade 1: Helen Kelleher. Ken-
neth Grace, Ernest Scholtz.
Grade ”' Malina Blackmsn. Got.
don Benn. Corneillus Kclleher.
Grade 3-13: Eugcnt Craig. Earl
DeMark. Jimmie Patchcn. Elsie Bly-
dcnburg. Eleonora Peterson. Mary
Soyak. Wilfred Canneld.
Grade 3—4: Dorothy Brown.
Emma Scholc. Jennie Rlssolo. Mar-
tin Grace.
Grade 4; Earl Blackman .Gilbort
Burns. Jack Kellclier. Everett Shaw.
Edwin Ghlotto. John Neinzleman.
William \V’argo.
Grade 5: Carl Amrcin. William
Craig. Joseph Lnychnk. Walter
Rahc. Margaret Techos.
Black-
a.
Grade 6: Rae Gorham. Elizabeth
Kaiser.
Roosevelt .
Grade 1: Jean Allison. Ruth An-
derson.
Grade 2: Paul Carouthers.
Grade 3: William Carouthers.
Grade 4: Augusta. Fullin. Edith
Rogers. Mary Sweeney. Leonard
Jennings. James Sweeney. William
Allison. Gordon Hull.
Splnols. Whitney Gessner.
Grade 5: Charles Burk. Jennie
Grimaldi. Gifford Kelly.
Grade 0: Howard Gcssner.
Broad River
Grade a! John Darragh.
Grade 4: Ruth Decker,
Shanko. Raymnd Bloom.
Grade 5: Annie Beyer. Frances
Monica. Florence Morris. James
Miner. George Platt.
Lawrence
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Alice
Grade 6: Beatrice Ireland. Alice
Maiek. Annie Shanko.
Knudsen
Kindergarten: Beatrice Gregory.
,John Cutrone'. Patsy Ducale. James
Marine. Dorothy Damato. Helen
Domokos. Joseph liendy. Gabriel
Pam. Frank Rick.
Grade 1: Louis D'Orso. Helen
Gall. Dorothy Heitman. Bertha. War.
go. Ralph Park. Robert Park.
Grade 2: Eleonora Lucas. Bar-
bara Daniela. Olga Moray-k. Catli-
erinh Libertlno. Patsy Dominick.
John l’nrks.‘
, expcrt business directed to a definite
5 end. the education of children,
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1026.
President. N orwulk
Recently. we have begun to hear
about continuous ncwapaper publi-
city fol' schools. or us one prominent
superintendent calls it "Telling the
Peoplr," Cleveland ol'ftrs a con-
spicuoua example of a city which
has a definite publicity program
headed by a director of publications.
in Nor-walk. similar work will be
carried on under the direction of
the superintendent in cooperation
with the press. .
In assuming the position of presi—
dent of the Board of Etllll‘utlun. 1
should like to present some thoughts
With a view to the greatest efficiency
ill the transactions of the lionrd. i
do this more freely for the reason
that. in my opinion. the plfvm'dll
Board is conscientiously enilcuvm'lllg
to fulfill its obligations to tip-a publnm
livery member is striving to give thr.
best that is in him for the be'netlt of
the schools.‘ liowcvcr. the experi-
ence of Boards of Education in other
cities, and our Own experience as
well have established certain prin-
cipals of action. which to my iliilld
cannot be questioned.
school Guard and Superintendent.
We want our method of conduct-
ing school affairs to conform closely
to this best cstubilbiittd practice in
the country. A few years ago the
Bureau of Education made an analy-
sis of surveys of schools in various
ritirvs and two of the interesting cen-
cluslons follow:
l. The School Board should con-
fine itself to matters of policy and
employ a superintendent and others
to execute.
2. There should be but one ex-
ecutive head to the school system.
and that head‘sliould be the superin-
tendent. .
This interesting recommendation
coincides with my own belief that
the superintendent of schools should
he the head of all its departments.
in saying this. there is no reflection
upon the departments as conducted
heretofore. But there is a growing
tendency toward making the super-
intendent the executive head of the
schools and we believe that a school
board can btst perform its duty to
the children and to the taxpayers
by employing the best professional
school administrator whose services.
it can command to set as the super-
intendent of schools. and giving to
him full power in carrying out the
educational policies of the beard.
holding him fully responsible for the
results accomplished. ,
As running a school system is an
it
should be managed by an expert
manager. and that manager must be
an educator,
Function 0f the Board.
,The function of a Board of Edn-
cation la’ldontical with that of a
board of directors of a. business cor-
poration. The same principles ap-
ply ln each case. it is now a. well
established fact, the result of ex-
perience. that the superintendent of
schools should be the executive of-
ficer of the schools. and all depart-
ments should be subject to his con-
trol. Under this plan the superin-
tendent will have no hesltaucy in
asking for information from either
the business or properties depart-
ments. nor should he hesitate to
recommend to the board changes in
any department that seem to him
necessary for the better operation of
the schools. .
1 hope that the Board of Educa-
tion will take such action as may be
necessary to make clear the status
of the superintendent. As a. change
has just been made in this office. it
is an opportune time to make clear
his position.
Another practice is also well oa-
tabllshed in the experience of suc-
cessful schools. it is that members
of the board, as individuals. have no
more authority in school matters
than have citizens of the community.
Therefore board members should not
encourage citizens and teachers to
take their troubles to individual
members of the board. All persons
seeking favors or making complaints
should be referred to the superinten-
dent before any action is taken by
the board or by individual members.
‘ln this way valuable time will be
saved. and the etllcleney of the serv-
ice will be greatly improved. The
board should confine its work to that
tors of policy and leave details to
the superintendent and his as-
sistants.
New Buildings Needed
No thinking person can criticize
the tendency on the part of school
authorities to demand better one—
ing. In spite of all that he been
said. construction. programs general-
ly have scarcely kept pace with in-
creased attendance. and the do.
manila that obsolete and unsanitary
structures shall be replaced by mod-
em and up-to-date buildings. As a
rule, these construction programs
travagance. and we are justified in
providing for the children of Nor-
walk an environment pleasing to the
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able for sun rinh‘l'vlr‘nm and (I
boards l0 alll'llipl, in . Misti-”4.,
schedules Willt'll 'lll'l‘."‘ gm! ‘t’" , '
teachers of now vurmx
paying the mccliom-ofi i tr . --
a schedule can in; £3:“.‘.’.f;<""'i ,. “‘1'.
fair degree of Sill'm‘tfio
Overcrowdlng serious
Anotler of our impotent“ , r.
lems in this city is the over-crepe-
ing of class rooms. A ctr; oi .
size should not how. on ill: :l‘ . ,
more than to L'i‘llltll‘tn per t- at; . q ,1
the elementary helical or nilfii‘tE ‘1,-
40 as the maxlliium ii: city (his. I 3
handle larp r Horse; is tan" ~ ‘l
and all over-veil: is 'lliCiiit‘l’ :' ',,i
underpaid.
Sorwulk “lull~ Guild Slim“-
.1 bcitxic iii" 1111102, 0' N
realize that good bt‘ili.t“:- 21v L.".
tial to the future welfare of the «rum--
muniti". state lind‘llallm‘l. 'l‘h y how-
it is impossible to build upflmd
maintain a good senor-1 . st-‘m uz‘l _.
out good teachers. FN-
schcdules and adequate neuron-x
cilitlcr. i believe lilft‘. mt ' .-
citizens rccognlze their l'r'sl’itlllfil'iliflfl’
to future generations and that they
will stand behind any sanc prev: ~
for lr.l«
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sive policies we may h;-
provlng our educational .,
feel assured that there will not be
many who will sit on the silly. Wiles“
and say that “this is not tlir opp-on i
tune time" or that "it came: be ’
done."
HATS
New Arrivals For Spring
$6.00 T0 $8.00
Rogers & Stevens
Two Stow-s
Norwalk So. Norwalk
have been carried out. without ex--
Foiindation Garments
Many new models for excry
type of figure, just received
The N. E. Ryan Co
88 Washington Street,
South Norwalk, Conn.
Frank Cassavechis. Joseph Cutrone.
Margaret Demonku. Steven hank.
Ruth Helzhaur. Steven Ivan. Mar-
garet Leoco. Arthur Maestro. Joseph
Mantra. Helen Thomas. Elizabeth
Wacha.
Grade 3: Helen Leslie. Matilda
Pomk. Dorothy Railway. Mary Toth.
Mary ’l‘ranni. Alexander Bellus.
John Hornet-sky. Benjamin Pylyp-
chuk. Joseph Subbo. Rose Kudos.
Tonia Elatto. Charles Allegretto.
Dominick DePaula. Vincent DiOrso.
Andrew Hot-nick. Patsy Zilembo.
West Nor-walk
Grade d:
Louis Wat-go. Margaret
Seymour.
. SILK SCARFS
New Spring Line of Eli:
Seal-fa in plain colors.
figured and flowered designs.
$2.98 and $4.98
J. l. MALLETTE
Grade C: James Mulqueen.
, as Washington sum J
Norwalk Chronicler