Prof. I.C. Griffin, superintendent of Shelby schools, has furnished The Star with the following information about the school and about teachers for the year. The school begins September 19.
Central School Elementary Faculty
The elementary school at the Central building:
Miss Agnes McBrayer, principal and teacher of the first grade.
Miss Ettalie Moses, second grade
Miss Beatrice Nye, third grade
Mrs. Jessie Ramseur, fourth grade
Miss Lenna Newton, fifth grade
As will be noticed, only one change from the last term occurs in this faculty, Miss Nye succeeds Miss Faye Durham. Miss Nye graduated from Meredith and has taught public school music one year. She will teach public school music in all the grades in this school.
Miss McBrayer, the principal, on account of her long and successful experience, has been in great demand by the state department of education in training teachers in county summer schools. She taught in both Mitchell and Cleveland counties this summer. Miss Moses has spent the summer in Georgia; and Mrs. Ramsaur and Miss Newton in Shelby.
LaFayette School Faculty
The LaFayette school will have the same faculty as last year:
Mrs. Beuna Bostic, Principal and Teacher of the first grade.
Mrs. J.A. Anthony, first grade
Miss Kathleen Mattison, second grade and music
Miss Mary Hardy, second grade
Miss Lucile Nix, third grade
Miss Pearl Knott, fourth grade
Miss Maude Wilkins, fifth grade
Mrs. Anthony and Mrs. Bostic have spent most of the summer in Shelby, and Miss Hardy has been with her sister in Asheville. Miss Mattison has spent her vacation in Greenwood, S.C. Misses Nix and Knott have attended summer school at the North Carolina college for Women in Greensboro.
Miss Wilkins joined one of the Elliott tours and spent part of her vacation in California.
Marion School Faculty
The Marion school faculty will have but one change, Miss Margaret Moore, Smithfield, succeeding Miss Corrine Allen, resigned. The following will be faculty:
Miss Jane Moseley, principal and teacher of the fifth grade.
Miss Margaret Moore, fourth grade
Miss Bessie Clarke, third grade and music
Mrs. Earl Honeycutt, second grade
Miss Laura Cornwell, first grade
Miss Moseley has also taught in two summer schools, Swain and Montgomery. Miss Moore attended the university summer school. She comes to us from Plymouth, where she taught last year. She was educated at the North Carolina College for Women.
Miss Clarke attended the University summer school. After spending some time with friends in Bryson City and at Junaluska, she was stricken with appendicitis and had to go to the hospital for an operation. She is now rapidly recovering in the hospital at Florence, S.C.
Miss Cline surprised all her friends and co-workers by getting married during the vacation. As Mrs. Honeycutt she will continue her work in the second grade.
Miss Cornwell is always in demand for county summer work. This summer she taught in the Cleveland county summer school.
Grammar School Faculty
The Grammar school opens with the same faculty as last year.
Miss Selma Webb, principal and teacher of Literature and science.
Miss Thorne, English and geography.
Miss Bennett, arithmetic and literature.
Miss Tyson, history and geography.
Miss Webb has spent most of her summer traveling. She included all the chief northern cities and a part of Canada and Alaska in her itinerary. Miss Thorne taught in the University summer school, where she was a very popular instructor. Miss Bennett was at her home in Grantsboro and Miss Tyson in Carthage.
High School Faculty
The high school has added two new teachers to take care of the increasing enrollment. The following is the faculty:
Mr. J.G. Grig, principal and teacher of English.
Mis Finch, English and French
Miss Edmunds, history
Miss Johnson, commercial
Miss Cushing, home economics
Miss Workman, English and Latin
Miss Peeples, mathematics
Mr. Davis, mathematics and civics
Mr. Weathers, science
Mr. Gurley, physical education and athletics
Mr. Buchanan, mathematics and music
Miss Kellar, teacher training
Mr. Grigg, always ready to help those in distress, has been coaching those who wished to make up work. Miss Finch spent a part of her summer in Cleveland, Ohio, with her brother. Miss Edmunds has been visiting in and round Gettysburg and Washington, gathering useful material for her history classes. Miss Edwards has been visiting and traveling in the north. Miss Johnson held a position in the office of the director of summer school at Chapel Hill. Miss Cushing attended the summer school at N.C.C.W. in Greensboro. Miss Workman taught in the county summer school at Concord.
Mr. Davis comes to us from South Carolina, where he was the successful superintendent of schools at McCormick, for several years. He graduated at Furman university and has about completed his work for the M.A. degree at the University of North Carolina. He spent six weeks at Peabody College this summer and six weeks at the University.
Mr. Weathers spent 12 weeks at Chapel Hill, where he completed his work for the M.A. degree, and wrote his thesis. Mr. Weathers was complimented very highly upon his examination papers submitted.
Mr. Gurley played ball for the most of the time, but found time to attend the coaching school at Chapel Hill, where the Fetzers had a large class in attendance.
Miss Keller comes to us from Knoxville, Tenn., where she has been teaching successfully for many years. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and holds an M.A. degree from Columbia university, New York, also a diploma from Teachers College, New York. She comes highly recommended by her superintendent in Knoxville and by the authorities of Columbia University.
Mr. Buchanan has been with us all summer, directing the new Shelby band. Mr. Buchanan graduated in June from Davidson College. He has won many friends already and will be a valuable addition to the faculty.
Miss Peeples has been visiting in Washington city during the summer.
Mrs. W.C. McCord (Miss Parrish) and Miss Betha Bostic will again have charge of the music.
It is interesting to hear Mr. Griffin talk of his teachers, each of whom he considers a specialist. And Shelby is proud of this long list of splendid men and women who will make Shelby their home this winter.
The enrollment in the high school bids fair to exceed 450, just about as many as there were in the entire school seven years ago.
With Mr. Grigg to direct the literary societies, ably assisted by other members of the faculty; Mr. Gurley the athletics; Mr. Buchanan the high school orchestra; Mr. Davis the Boy Scouts; some one to direct the girls’ athletics; someone to lead the Girl Scouts. All of these activities should meet the needs of any boy or girl who may attend. Every one is prepared by training and experience to be a specialist in his own subject so that the academic training of our boys and girls is assured to be of the very best type.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 8, 1923
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