The Grit-advocate., 1905-10-13
MISS MENcIMeR RESIGNS.
Colorado 6irIs' industrial School %
Have New superintendent.

Colorado 6irIs' industrial School h
Have New Superintendent.
Denver.-Miss Hattie Mencimer ha,
resigned rs superintendent OF the Girls
Industrial School. The resignation va,
presented TO the board Of control Mon
day At meeting held At the home oi
the president. r. J. Donnen. 1910 East
Eighteenth avenue. Every member oi
tie board was present. The resigna
ton was presented. and upon motion
OF Miss Delaplane. seconded by Mrs
Peavey, was accepted
From accounts that have reached the
city there was . rough time At the
school last Saturday evening. but
whether that had anything to do with
the resignation Of Miss Mencimer il
not made public.
At the nieeing Monday Miss Dela,
plane introduced the following. which
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in accepting the
resignation Of Miss Mencimer We wish
to express our appreciation Of the un
failing dignity and patience with which
she has filled most difRcult and try
Ing position; one accepted after some
pressure, and TO assist in an emergency.
Although she Is to be succeeded by
some one with more thorough techni-
ca. preparation for the work, we feel
that we shall no: find one more worthy
Oh our confidence and respect. and only
reg-et that her short administration
has been made still more dificult by
the very unsettled condition of the
school at the sime of her installation" 4"
President Donnen himself introuu> ID
the following resolution. all voting for
it except Mr.. Paddleford:
Resolved, That our present super
intendent. Miss Mencimer, having re-
signed, We ask the assistance of the
women Of the state in selecting a new
superintendent. one who shall, as far
as possible, meet the requirements
which may be demanded by all inter-
ested in the welfare of tine school; that.
In the future, the people Of the state
may act in harmony with the superin-
tendent and board of control to the end
that the State Industrial School for
Girls may be such home as the state
through its delegates intended; be it
further
Resolved, That committee of thir-
teen women be named, seven of them
to be club women, selected by DR.. Jose
phine Peavey and the remaining six to
be selected by the president of the
board of control. This committee to
recommend suitable person as super
intendent, to be approved and engaged
by the board Of control, from within
the state, II possible"
Mrs. Peavey and Mr.. Donn.S an.
nounced their appointments on the
committee as follows:
President Donnen's general commit
tee Of six women: DR.. Josephine l..
Peavey, Mrs. Thalia Rhoads. Mrs. Ina
r. thompson. Mrs. J. B. Conine, Mrs.
Helen L. Grenfell, sixth woman to be
selected.
Dr.. Peavey's committee of seven club
women: Mrs. Stanley NJ Casper, DIR.
Mary f. Bates, Mrs. Jacob Fillius. Mrs.
Lucy I. Harrington. Mrs. Seraphine l..
Pisco, Mrs. Dora Phelps Buell., Mrs.
Fred f. Dick.
This committee met Monday after
noon at O'Clock. All but three men,
bers were present. Mrs. S. NJ. Casper
was named secretary and was in
structed to take up immediate cor
respordence with the leading institu.
tions Of the kind in the country to try
to find suitable candidate for the su.
perintendency of the school,