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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1922
Page
10
Bridgeport schools examine Cortright policy statement guiding this year’s budget. It details housing, portable classrooms, and aims to cut basements, expand classrooms, and platoon schooling while stressing instruction as the main budget share. The note compares Bridgeport to Detroit and cites rising enrollments and housing challenges.
The Junior class hosted its first dance in the high school gym last evening with Jade green and gold decorations. A large crowd attended. the organizing committees included decoration color and purchasing chairs led by named students. Hartford Today notes Hartford High faces a tough schedule tonight against Bridgeport area teams, while the girls team led by Miss Helen Clark meets Wallingford High, a strong opponent.
Northwestern University figures show women in the enterprising menter class leading in scholarship for 21 22. Freshmen rank last in both semesters with scores of .6222 and .7912. Special men students and fraternity men posted weak second-semester marks, while non members trailed.
Kossuth High announces first honors for Abraham Mitchell John Canty Harold Neuberger Carmella D pie tro Bernice Caldwell Margaret yn and second honors for Martha Smith Rudolph Steck Richard Jackson Ruth Backer Mitchell Tuholak Phillip Georgehan Albert Miller Dominic Tartare Francie Kearns Dorothy De Lacy Mary Horn John Cavanaugh Aaron Finkelstein Francis Koskuba Francis Hayden Helen Holdsworth Dorothy Pitts Lester Sofeico George Nast James Gault John Kuhar Nicholas Mott Lillian Wood Edith Black Elinor Henry Elizabeth Josephson Marjore Hayes Dorothy Wowéney Helen Seaberg and Krekon Krikorian.
The Evening High School assembly had no outside speakers with Rob ert Bdune elected president. Forty girls joined the new BE High School Girls basketball team and practice will begin once a gym is secured. Marion Codr leads the organizing committee and welcomes more joiners. Edwin Coopers class prepares a printing poster to promote evening activities at E H S.
Bridgeport High School seniors staged Characteristic Day with class members labeled by traits. Honorees include Mary McGrath as the most beautiful girl and Walter Pjoha as the handsomest boy, with Dorothy Polakowich named best girl athlete and ex captain Frank Mertens as best athlete. a long list of other trait awards followed.
The Committee of Visual Education chaired by Harrison G. Streeter recommends immediate funding of 2000 for maps globes and charts and a stereopticon library. It urges two loaner stereopticons costs under 1000 and classroom darkening electric wiring in all buildings. It calls for expanding moving pictures with six machines costing about 4000 plus annual running funds and cooperation with the National Bureau of Commercial Economies to show films without public funds.
A Hilltop high school staged Pigtail Day with seniors in gingham dresses and knickerbockers, a kazoo band, and circus side shows. Teachers and nurse girls joined in, raising funds for class activities and a Washington trip, while committees managed parade and entertainments.
The Times reports new storm signal rules for public schools. Single signals indicate partial sessions or early dismissals for different grades, while double signals trigger broader no school status but high schools may remain in session. Parents must judge safety, and principals decide on attendance based on child health and building conditions.
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