Forum Flashbacks: May 22-28
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, MAY 24, 2000
25 YEARS AGO: Not Going Anywhere … Emma Ackman contemplates a short journey on her vehicle Tuesday afternoon. She and her brother, Jackson Ackman, were both learning to cycle at Judah Park, with the assistance of their grandmother. The warm weather had many children out enjoying the city’s parks.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, May 24, 1975
Consolidation Saves $30,000 a Year
With a total operation expense savings roughly in excess of $30,000, West Nodaway R-I Junior High School students at Elmo will attend classes beginning in August at the high school at Burlington Jct., said R-I Supt. Glenn Bargman.
Other changes include the construction of a 5,600 square-foot industrial arts room on the west side of the high school by D. W. Grace and Sons, Burlington Jct., for $87,432.
Several reasons for moving were cited by Bargman. The Elmo building is in quite bad condition. In the past several years the roof has been repaired but still leaks, plumbing needs replacing and some ceilings are in poor condition.
Student population in the district has dropped by 200 the past seven years, 24 the past year and an anticipated 20 next year. “This means we must consolidate our operation to make it economically feasible to operate our business,” Bargman said.
Combining the junior high and high school will be more efficient since some instructors can teach both levels and curriculum will be better coordinated, he said. This year four teachers traveled a total of four class periods a day because they taught at both schools. Also, junior high home economics and shop students traveled to Burlington Jct. for classes. It is a 22-minute ride from Burlington Jct. to Elmo.
100 years ago
The Maryville Daily Democrat-Forum, May 22, 1925
MAY CHANGE SCHOOL PLAN
A plan to alleviate the crowded condition in a number of rooms in the Maryville public schools by a division of students in each of the grades affected into two different groups is being considered by the local school board.
Under the proposed plan, the first group of students in several rooms at the Jefferson and Washington schools would attend school in the morning up until about 12 or 12:30 o’clock. The classes would start about 8 o’clock, according to the present plan. There would be no study or recess periods, thus giving each student approximately the same amount of recitation time as he received under the plan operative in past years. The second group of students in the rooms affected would come to school about 1 o’clock and would have as much recitation time as the first group.
It is estimated that there will be six rooms in these two schools next year which will have more than 50 students in each one. This means an extremely crowded condition. The students, under the past system, will be unable to receive the desired individual attention of the teaching.
By dividing up the students into two groups in each of the rooms where the plan would be in operation, it would give the teacher a class of twenty-five students and more thorough individual training could be given each one. …
The Maryville school board seems to have only two alternatives. The first is the adoption of the two-group plan by which part of the students go to school for several hours in the morning, and the remainder attend the classes in the afternoon. The second alternative is the construction of another ward school building and the employment of additional teachers, and the members of the local school board believe that a bond issue, which would be necessary before the school building could be constructed, would not be favored by the citizens of Maryville at the present time.
No definite decision has been made by the school board, and the plan outlined above is merely under consideration.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 50- and 100-year flashbacks are courtesy of the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project from the State Historical Society of Missouri, accessible at shsmo.newspapers.com.
