The Lamar register., 1905-10-04


of the Colorado Federation of Women $
Clubs, Mrs. Churchill, turned the chair
over to the chairman of the committees
in charge. The morning session was
in charge OF Mrs. Fred Dick. with the
brightest OF Colorado's educators on
the platform. Miss Katherine Craig. the
Superintendent of public instruction,
made an able address. which was fol
lowed by addresses by James II. Baker,
president of the University OF Colo
RADIO; H. Y. Snyder, president of the
State Normal School; ii. A. Buchtel,
president of Denver University; w. +.
Slocum, president Of Colorado College;
V. c. Anderson, president of the School
of Mines. and b. A. Aylesworth, presi-
dent of the Agricultural college.
The afternoon was devoted to a dis
cussion conducted by Ellis Meredith
chairman of the state institutions com
mittee: talk on Child and Animal
Protection" by L. X. Whitehead;
Trade Schools" by F. l.. Paddleford.
president of the State Industrial School
at Golden, and round table confer
ence conducted by Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker
DIR. Mary L. Bates reported On the
state Home for Dependent and Neg
lected Children.
THE great need" said DR.. Bates. lis
| Il larger appropriation. The LeSlsia-
ture of 1905 appropriated the came
amount of money for the biennial term
! following that the preceding lcgisla-
| ture gave to the home for nluintc-
nance.
The Fifteenth General Assembly
achieved the distinction of having Grim
inally crippled all of the state insti-
| "a, in af hn 4.
| ticians, the profit OF the corporations
and the favor of the mighty.
| Compel your men to go on record.
| indelible record, before you vote for
| them and place them in power where
| they can squander the taxes which this
great state contributes in ample sup
| ply to make Of our institutions models
of modern institutional achievement.
Make the state institutions an is
sue The State Home for Dependent
and Neglected Children needs develop
ment lar more than we need new hsh
| hatchery; more even than we need n
new 10000 north door, or a gilded
| figure for the same price on the top OF
our capitol. or 100000 for coyote
scalps.''
A report of the Girls Industrial
school was read by DIR. Josephine l..
| Pcavy. DIR. Peavy made an appeal to
| the federation in the following words;
Il want to appeal to you women to
make that institution a credit to the
rtate. real Industrial school and a
home for these girls who are so sadly
in need Of home and OF training 20
| fiji them for life. This Is a work worthy
| of the federation. If you will only see
that the girls have as fair a chance for
making women of themselves as the
' .nT
selves, visit the two institutions, com
pare them carefully and then set TO
work. not to do less for the boys, but
more for the girls. The girls Of this
state should be our special charge.
Undoubtedly the problems met with
in dealing with the girls are greater
and more perplexing than those met
with in dealings with the boys. and
yet one inexperienced woman after an
other has tried her hand as superin
tendent of the girls school only to fail
See what is being done. make sug
gestion. know personally each CIR
committee d by your court. and be ready
when a girl is eligible TO parole tc
help linl home for her. so that sine
may not go back to the old environ
menls and temptations. Help your leg
islative committee to secure the pas
|
school on an equal footing with other
institutions.
''ln closing. let me emphasize this
thought. These girls are our helpless
sick sisters. They are committed 10
our care, and we shall be held account
nble for them"
The chairman of the committee on
state. county and city institutions said
in part:
"Of the educational institutions. from
the STATE University TO the School for
the Deaf and Blind. we have only
words of praise and appreciation. Next
year there will be specific things to do
So far the one recommendation that
can be made now is to work for con
stitutional amendment permitting the
university to hold its medical school in
this city-which Is done in almost all
the states where the university is not
located in the principal city. ! trust
the day will come when the state will
see that there is no reason for placing
the blind and the dumb in one school
save our poverty and their misfor-
tunes. There is every reason why
they should be separated and none why
they should be put in one school save
lack of funds.
In shc case of the rcformatory and
the penitCntiary. we feel that the war
| dcns are doing all that they can,
crampcd for room and lack OF means.
There are crying needs at the peni-
tentiary. but we must wait for the con
vening of the Legislature to answer
most of them. In the meantime. there
is one thing we can do. The state
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