Arizona republican. [volume], May 23, 1915, SALT RIVER VALLEY, Page PAGE TWO, Image 12

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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SALT J'MVER VALLEY EDITION. SUNDAY lORNLi, MAY 23, 1915
Our Public School System Is Unexcelled In The United States
From Kindergarten! To Higlh
School Phoenix Without Peer
Winter Months .
Women's Clubs
Potent Factor
In Development
Parent Teacher
Movement Alive
In This Valley
j Are Balmy With
I ' Seen t of Flo ivers
PAGE TWO
(By JOHN D. LOPER)
The school system of Phoenix in-
Pubs kindergartens, grade, and high
t-h.ls. Although the- entire system
firms an organic whole, it has two
distinct governing lxards. The, ele
in.t.iary sehools. that is, kindergar-
ns. primary and grammar grades,
.r,- administered by a Board of Trus
.if three members elected at
lrce for a term of three years.
The Kivtrri of Trustees elects a
nperint. nd.-nt of schools. Under the
iir.-c -lion of the hoard, the superin
tend, lit has f-harso of the department
of in; ruction, repairs and supplies,
i.'.id finances. In the department of
ii-vtru. tion there is an assistant sup-.-rim.
nd.nt, a supervisor of drawing
".d .t supervisor of music.
The high school is what is known
in Arizona as a union high -school,
il-at is. 1'h'Miiix and a number of
iid.iacetit school districts form a union
high s, hol district.
T!i union high school is under the
. oi.tr.. I of a Hoard of liducation of
li'e nn mliers elected for five years.
This hoard administers all depart
ments of the high school.
The Phoenix elementary schools
);:ne for years rast been organizfd
. n what is known as the eight year
! n-:s. Promotions have ben made in
ti. middle (,f the year and at the
Hi of the term. In the seventh and
.uh gra.bs, the departmental plan
f instruction has been carried on
fi r lhe past three years. We believe
that this system of instruction of
s ti.any advantages over the plan
f !! t-a.li.-r teat-bins all subj.fts.
Th.- course .f study now in us:- iu
'!:. ! -m.-ntary schools was prepared
bv i: . State Hoard of Kducation
mid outlines a minimum amount of
u-.,ric to he i.ne by the schools of
th- st ie. Tlte Phoenix schools do
iol that this course, requires and
jr h ii.i-r' in many of the subjects.
Kindergartens.
Kindergartens w ere introduced into
Tr.e Phoenix public, schools in Sep
lember. 1912. At this time three
kindergartens win- opened one enehJ
in the M.Kinley. Fillmore and Orant
ik The following year the num
i.r ?s increased to four, and in
S, i t.-tnlx-r, 19!-1, seven kindergartens
it in operation. We now have in
;!! the primary schools of the city
with tie exception of the colored
Ft hoo and Lincoln. The daily at
tendance at these kindergartens var
ies from twenty-five to thirty-five
vhildren.
The music in the Phoenix school
has h-.-n in the hands of a sinior-
ir since. 1902. and in the same
year the drawing was put in the
panos of a trained supervisor.
t'-urse in drawing is such
corr-late with the manual
nd household arts.
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THE 3()XROH SCHOOL KXTRANCL.
This school, built and equipped at a cost of $125,000.00, ranks with the
finest grammer schools in the United States.
It accomodates 80G pupils.
prudes two and one-half hours per
week. Household economies was in
tioduccd at the same time as manual
training, the pit-Is of the fifth and
sixth grades devoting .one and one
Cuarter hours and the frills of th-sevt-nilt
T5xa.no two and one-half hour.
to sewinp, and the eighth arade
t'o and on'-half hours to rooking
per, week.
Medical Inspection
Medical inspection for- all sihoo!
children was introduced in A I of
physician is employed on a regular
salary who examines all children
jnt tlie time they enter school. If
'a child is found to have-any con
tagious or infectious disease, the par-
The I ent is at once notified and advise:
as will ti consult the family physician. Tf
training: r.ny parents are- financially unable to
I have their children treated, treat-
Manual trninins was introduced in-'
lo the fifth, sixth, seventh ajid ciKhtli .
grades in 1 .-.. Th fifth and sixth)
jiruli' b.o have ftne hour and fif- f
ment is given such children fre,
1 l.arao by the school physician.
Free Textbooks
At the opening' of school in
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minutes: seventh ami eighth fall of 1 ft 1 :!
the
state
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Lescher and Kibbey, Architects.
THE OILBERT SCHOOL.
Typical of the attractive school buildings found throughout the Salt River
Valley
to furnish all pupils free of charge
with textbooks. This system of free
textbooks has now been in use ap
proximately two. years and careful
nltsei-vn t ioo would lead one to hi-
litve that the system is successful.
Growth of the School
In October, l;ilS, the enrollment
of the Phoenix elementary schools
was KI26, housed in the old Central
school and fivf- vrurd schools. The
ward schools at that time consisted
four rooms each. Since that time
the enrollment has grown to more
than four thousand, which has ne
cessitated much building. Purine the
past five years the district has is
sued -!:!.", uiii iii bonds. Of this
amount, $!'!, UO't has been invested
in school sites and out of the re-niair.dei-
four eight room primary
schools 'irsiiit, Capitol, Washington
a n l Uarfield. the colored school and
two grammar schools Adams and
Monroe have been built and e'i"ip-
j ped. The Central, Adams and Mon
jioe buildings are equipped for man
j uai training and household economics.
In addition to.the above the district
has constructed five temporary
school buildings Which can be moved
' from one con jested district to an
I other as the necessity may arise,
j This gives us a total of one hundred
J and six rooms in the city. -At the
i present time, one hundred and six
I teachers including the superintendent,
supervisors and special teachers are
! employed. The monthly salary paid
! to teachers aveiages JloT-'iS.
I During the school year of 1913-14
j there was spent in all departments
I of th.: elementary schools $107,ir)7.42.
I There were enrolled 30S7 pupils:
' the cost per pupil enrolled was $26.S,
! The daily average attendance for
jthe same time was 2tjf; the cost
I per capita based on the daily av
! crasre attendance, $40.11.
I In addition to the above elemen
itary schools, Phoenix supports a
I union high school which comprises
buildings, athlete- grounds, an
'agricultural experimental farm
oeeu -
Arizona School of Music
Founded in 10')...
MRS. SHIRLEY CHRISTY, Director
All branches of Music, including Public School ' Music, 'Piano
Teachers' Normal Course, Interpretation Classes, etc.
Expression. Dramatic Art, Laniyiaes, Daneini; and
Physical Culture.
" ": . Faculty of Superior Artists and Teachers.
Arrangements made to accomodate boarding pupils.
Diplomas in Public School Music accredited by the
State Hoard of Education. ,
Write for Catalogue. . " ;
The lily has an air.
And the snow- drop a grace;
The Sweet pea a way.
And the heart's ease a face.
Yet there's nothing like the rose
-When she blows.
All of these blossoms one expects
through the summer, but to have
them, and innumerable others, bloom
ing out of doors through all the
months of winter, makes Phoenix
fand the Walt nicer Vallev a " veri
table, paradise. Xowhere in the
world do roses bloom more beautiful-
I ly or profusely. But it .is the "Am
I eriean Ueauty" or "Valley lieauty"
i rose that is without a. peer in any
ether country. On stems a yard or
more in length, they make a blaze
of color in almost every garden,
hedge and park thru November, De
cember and January lasting in shel
tered places all winter long.
The. earlier varieties t sweet ' peas
make their appearance at Christmas
and continue until their more lovely
"Spencer" sisters take their place in
February, and bloom until June.
Through the entire season hardv
marigolds, scarlet flax and sweet
alyssum make bright borders every
where, while petunias, nasturtiums,
violets, Uoman hyacinths, jonquils,
daffodils and narcissus follow each
ether in tjuick succession. ljuring
late February the Court House gar
den was lovely with bright beds
scattered over the .green lawn. One
was a mass of scarlet Ranunculus:
lanothervof jjiant jransies: another, a
rainbow of anemones ot every hue:
6-
ft 4 tr
rfi-vf.v
,c
while
benas
All
drive
ette.
a fourth was of mammoth ver
in gorgeous colors.
thru the winter one
found a
through the Capitol grounds a
of refreshment and color. There
to be found perennial mignnn
verbenas, poppies, centuiias,
candytuft and stocks, all making a
riot of color.
The lawns are beautifully kept and
green the year, round. Evergreen
trees, such as Pepper, Kucalyptus,.
pying more than six acres. These
high school buiUTTTTss are so equip
ped, and the course of study of the
high school so arranged, that the
boy and girl can prepare themselves
for college or for almost any vo
cation in life. The enrollment of
the high school the year 1913-14 was
C74, with a daily average of rS7;
and there was expended $rdt,047.42.
This would make the total enrollment
for the public schools u th) city
4Ctl, with a daily average attendance
of 31!'it:. or :r pe- capita cost, based
on the daily, average attendance of
$01.33.
The following table will show th
relative cost of the elementary
schools of Phoenix as compared with
other cities of the United States:
Pasadena, California $70.60
New Rochelle, Xow Yolk 4M.r,,l
Clinton, Iowa 4S.47
Seattle, Wa-shington 4:i.9i
Oakland, California 4:5. C4
San Francisco, California 42.;! 7
Newton. Massachusetts . . '. 41.41
Spokane, Washington 41. or.
East Orange. New Jersey 40.54
Phoenix. Arizona - 40.11
P.oise. Idaho . ".!.2
Fresno, California ,19.32
Thus, it will be seen that our per
capita cost is about the same as
other cities in, the West surrounded
by somewhat like conditions.
The other towns of the Salt River
Valley ,and the rural schools will he
found to be on an equality with the
schools of phoenix.
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LEAUTY AND UTILITY
Ornamental street lighting standards
have displaced the old arc-light
system in Phoenix.
Olive, Orange (laden with golden
fruit.) Date and Fan Palm, and
shrubs and hedges of L,aurel, Box,
Oleander, Rose, and Pomegranate,
lend themselves so generally to tho
landscape gardener, and are so boun
tifully used in ail the gardens and
parks, that one nwht well call Phoe
nix and Kmerald city. With the
No proper measure or any commun
ity's growth or progress can be made
which omiir. the Woman's club move
ment, now a potent factor in civic de
velopment. Phoenix has seven of these centers
of influence, and circled about the city
are at least eight other clubs, all
closely affi'iated in the "Central Ari
zona District Federation of Women's
Clubs" wl-nse mission is to broaden
and. strengthen club activities, to in
crease the interest of women in public
affairs anii to secure their effective co
operation. The purpose of the "Friday Club" of
Phoeliix fie first organized is the
the study oi history but they also give
generouh heed to" the calls of philan
thropy and public interest.
Love of music and social fellowship
led to the formation of "The Harmony
Club", which has been learning also
tho deeper lessons of sweet charity,
having passed on to others, less fort
unate than they, many of the com
forts of life.
"The AYomen's Club of Phoenix"
the largest in the state has in its
membership many of the ablest women
in the cit;." and valley. Standing for
high ideal; in private and civic life,
seeking progressive measures for the
homos, the schools and municipal af
fairs, believing in culture and refine
ment as a true regenerating energies,
it is a power for good in this valley. It
has built a $2500 club house which has
become a notable center of women's
activities.
"The Musicians Club" has won on
enviable place amonrr the refining,
educating influences of the city through
its large membership of talented,
trained musicians and students of mu
sic. "The Conservation Club" has a broad
field of study the conservation of nat
ural resources. They find "sermons in
stones, books in running brooks", and
i job in helping to conserve the interests
' of children that mankind may purer be.
"The College Club", as its name in
dicates, is composed of college women
whose purpose is to continue in a
measure their college -work and,
With a beginning of four Mothers'
Child-Study Circles ten years ago,
there n.ie now in the valley eighteen
Parent Teacher Association with a
membership tr about three hundred
and fiftv.
The purpose of the Circles and
Associations being identical, the name
was changed with tho realization of
the need of the co-operation of all
fathers, mothers and teachers.
Many things have been accom
plished which are not apparent, hut
time has proved the Parent -Teacher
Associations to be a factor in the
development of our schools through
the co-operation of parents, teachers,
principals and trustees.
Meeting once a month, or oftener,
usually :it the school house, gives the
parents an opportunity to know the
conditions of the school nnd its sur
roundings as well as to visit the class
rooms. These meetings are held for
the purpose of discussing topics vitc l
lo the interests of home and school,
the support tle Association gives to
everything beneficial to school and
pupil, while parents study to make
the home all it should he.
Libraries have been 'given and
looked after, piny ground apparatus
installed, grounds improved, lunch
pavilions built, pianos, organs, pic
tures, etc. bought, rest - rooms for
teachers furnished, emergency chests
supplied for the use in case of sud
den illness or accident and poor
children clothed.
Th teaching of domestic science
and manual training has always been
encouraged toy the Associations, in
fact, every'hing that attributes to
the welfare of the child in home,
school and state.
MRS. J.,C. NORTON.
1 chilis only. Circling the city, we have
ion the noiihwest the energetic "Wo
! man's Club of Glendale" which has
built a picturesque club home. Com-
ing eastward along the northern edge
: of the valley, we find "The Washing
! ton District Woman's Club" and near
! by "The Orangewood Literary and Im
s piovoment Club." Again not far away
i w "The Ramona Club." Still farther
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THK (1 Alt FIE LI) SCHOOL -Il"r a"'! Kihhpv- -ehitects.
The public school system of Phoenix is famous for the number of its large, modern, completely-equipped grade
school buildings
whole landscape clothed in such ver- ! through association, to stimulate their i cast on the extreme northern limits of
dure it is hard for one to imagine mental activities. ! the valley Ave find "The Coterie CluV'.
a land wrapped in a blanket of snow j "The Civic League ", interested in the . Turning to the section northeast of
and ice. ; stuuy oi cin gov eniiueiii, is enueavoi- j
o ' j in? to discover woman's place in pub-
Oreec has a labor federation com- ' lie affairs and to raise by their ser
posed of workers in seventeen indus-p iee the standard of civic activities. j
tries. So far we have spoken of Phoenix I
Phoenix, we discover one source of its
attractiveness in "The Madison Im
provement Cub". Southeast of Fhoe-
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The five buildings in the local high school plant represent an investment of $188,000.