Gunnison news-champion., 1904-01-08
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wii readily observe ~ reading the
hrsf paragraph u ths cxiEacJ fr1m
tlse NFWs- GRANTEES which he pssb-
h-hos The Judge simply explained
the sctI1u Il the Juveuile courts and
tFsancy laws under the statutes
v hateTer the other dedsctIons. the
filri certainly owes al aPoliSy ~
the county Judge who Is taclfEily
endeavorIns t0 carry cut the new
Law for the general good af the
sehas,ls Il the county
A. O. the rest of the Pilai article
having taken the blame fJr lncltia.z
Il upan our shoulders We feel ID due
b. defend the deductions made he
fore The Pil1t says in part.
Procuring a copy f the lasf
sahod census and al the different
teachers registers, a thorough lnves-
tigatIon has been made Here are
the results II the investigator The
school census II Crested Butte. April
l0. 1908. 2sS Cur schoals have en-
rolled 21 pupils or percentage Of
~ as apposed Oh Gunnis1n city 81
Guunisau cnuntvs 80 or Grand
Junction : impossible luu
There ism a single name # a pa
pl an the cousus booak between the
ages Of 5 and III, who is living iu
this district this term but who l. al
-7 enrolled ON the school registers
nor can there be learned the name
1f a child hetwoen the ages given.
living m this district bat whose
name appears on the school registers
Therefore. instead Of having the
worst record. with - between :
and II truant, Crested Butte has
perfect record as opposed to Gunni-
SON city with 36 truant
At mo- time has there been more
than s or 10 rcn-atteudancc even in
cludng up 90 rs years IN accordance
with the new law, and OF this fact
Mr. llctherington was well aware
when he made his speech, for Princi-
pal Dllwurth made "A report 10 the
truaut officers, Marshal Wilson, civ
ing names of all children in the dist
riot % whom the law was applicable
who were not enrolled iu school. this
report was sent to Mr. llelherington
by the truant officer and is now in
his possession as il was at that time.
in tins connection the NEwS-C CHAN
HoN Will simply repeat the figures
1u file as furnished by proper officers
for month Of November Total cen
sus between ages Of s and IA. l2l.
total attendance between ages of S|
and IA, 50, total out, or truants, 30;
percentage Of truants, 2S9 Now If
these figures are wrong we are sorry
90 have published an error and will
make due apologies. IL they are not
wrong the Pilot has an apology to'
make for it should not quibble and
make enrolment the same as at
tendance. We know plenty Of
.u1ols where a large number are
enrolled during the term but average
attendance i- very small.
Are an She children who arc en-
rolled at Crested Butte now attend
ing school, Ina other words J., the
compulsory educational law being
strictly enforced In the town.
The Pilot asserts that all children
between ages Of 3 and 10 have beeu
lt school at least one day as they are
all enrolled That is am excellent
record i'm itself, probably better than
the Guuuism schools can show al
though our record of truaucy is but
80 uut Of 1873, a condition of which
we are not proud; by the way.
The Pilot also saws.
IF any one asks YOU What il
the matter with the Crested Butte
public schools give the prompt
and proper answer They are all
right
Knowing as we do the very excel
lent instructors which the school
board at Crested Butte has wisely
secured and knowing also the diff
cultIes they must labor under at
times. We heartily echo the the SEN
timent Let us work together to