, 1905-02-03
JOURNAL IN
NEW HANDS
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF WYO-
MING STATE TEACHERS AS
ISOLATION RECEIVED.
Prof. S. S. ~StockweII Of University Be-
comes Editor-in-Chief and Or.
Grace Raymond Hebard the Bust
ness Manager-Interestine Notes
Of Albany County Schools.

made its appearance, under the editor
ial management of Prof. S. S. Stock
well of the University of Wyoming.
with DR.. Grace Raymond Hebard, sec
rotary of the board of trustees of the
university, as the business manager.
The following editorial note explains
the changes in the staff of the maya.
zine:
"On account of his many duties in
other lines. Superintendent H. +. Con
ard of Cheyenne has found it neces
sary to retire as business manager of
the Journal. Mr.. Conard put in many
faithful hours Of work in getting the
journal under way and in looking aft
er the question of advertising. We re.
gret exceedingly that he found it neces-
sary to retire. The editor-in-chief feels
urder personal obligations to him for
efficient help and sound advice. The
teachers of the state " him much
for his service. But he is still inter
csted in the work of the Journal, and
is still willing to aid by advice and con
tributions t. our columns. So we are
rejOiCed that he is to continue to be
one of us in our work. Mr.. Conard has
rendered the Journal a vast service.
II has been temporarily arranged for
DR.. Grace R. Hebard to take the work
of business manager"
The Journal is a well printed publ
cation Of sixteen pages and colored
cover, there being several columns of
advertisements on the last pages. The
matter is well arranged and quite in
teresting. The Republican taking the
liberty to reprint the whole of the de.
partment consisting of items from the
Albany county schools, prepared for
the journal by Mrs. Emma II. Knight,
superintendent of scl,,uIs for Albany
county, as follows:
OF the se~venty-six teachers in Al.
bany county last year, t~wenty-seyen
held first grade certificates. thirty-two
second grade, fourteen third and two
professional; twelve had normal di-
plomas and five college diplomas.
i The grade teachers in the Laramie
school received SIT a month for nine
and one-half months, with salary fol
time at institute.
Two districts in the county paid $40
a month. The others pay $45, $50 and
$55. s%everally, with terms varying from
two to nine months, teachers paying
from $40 to $40 for board. There were
enough teachers in the county to fill
all positions.
There are 1875 children of school
age in the county.
Four new school houses were built,
two in Rock River district, one at Cen
~tennial and one at the Albany mine,
in the Holmes district. The last was
built and donated by the resident peo-
pie. and the one at Centennial was
partially donated.
The superintendent, Mrs. Bellamy,
directed her attention toward better
grading in the rural schools, improv-
ing the appearance of the school
rooms, and the procuring of school ref
erence books and Libraries.
Diplomas were granted to eight pu.
pills who completed the common school
branches in the country schools.
The advance in the way OF school
libraries was particularly gratifying.
Nearly all the schools have a Webster's
International Or Collegiate dictionary.
Over 1000 volumes were procured for
reference and library work. Two years
ago only the Laramie school had a Ii,
schools have one, there being 1000 vol,
umes reported. The school boards
made some of the purchases; energet-
ic teachers gave entertainments and
raised the funds in other cases.
Miss Anna Erne n Mrs. Grace Tay-
lor joined in an entertainment in Octo
Der at the Millbrook ranch. on the Lit
tie Laramie. They realized enough to
buy sixty volumes for each school.
Miss Lillian Stroup. who taught in
the Centennial, took special work at
the Warrensburg (Mo.) normal, last
spring.
Miss Cora L~eadbetter, teacher in Dis
trict 10, has gone to the Chicago uni
versity, where she receives her degree