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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 297 words

Morrison of the Colorado State Teachers' College is director of the commercial department and also of girls' athletics. Miss Ledra Johnson of the Nebraska Wesleyan University is teacher of Latin and English, and has charge of the High School Girls' Glee Club. In addition to the regular members of the faculty, there is employed each year a dramatic coach to handle the annual declamatory contest. For the last two years Mrs. Ethel M. Copeland of the University of Nebraska has been employed in that capacity.

The high school gives four full years of work above the eighth grade. At least thirty university credits are required for graduation. The course for the first two years is set and then upon entering the eleventh grade the student is free to choose between the commercial and normal training courses.

The commercial course consists of two full years work in that department. The studies covered are shorthand, typewriting, business English, bookkeeping, and Spanish. A pupil can secure a complete business education right in the home school and prepare himself for a good position. The normal training course is conducted in strict compliance with the regulations of the state educational department, its primary object being to send out each year a number of well qualified teachers. How well this object is attained can be attested by the work of graduates in the schools of Morrill and adjoining counties.

The domestic science laboratory is as well equipped with all modern appliances as money can buy. The general laboratorv is remarkably complete for instruction in all the major sciences. The typewriting department is well supplied with good machines. The general library is fair, while the historical reference shelves are well filled. Throughout all the grades the most up-to-date texts and appliances have been procured.