The Glenwood post., 1905-04-15
DELIGHTFUL DAY
AT REDSTONf
School Teachers Enjoy Time Of
Their Lives at Famous Crys-
tai River Cdmp---prdiSe
OSgOOd and Glib
RIDE ON COAL BASIN HIGHLINE

"A HuulDet OI teachers ana tnelf
friends from Glenwood attended the
teachers association in Redstone last
Saturday and report one of tie most
pleasant times in the history of the
association.
Maurice Smiley. writing of the
event for the Aspen Democrat, has
the following to say:
1t was a happy bunch of school
teachers and their friends who boarded
the Saturday morning Midland for
Redstone to attend the eleventh annu-
al meeting of the Roaring Fork
Teachers association. Some of them
knew Tom Glib and just what sort of
royal time awaited them and those
who didn't know him had had their
iinaginations fired by the tales of
those who did.
This does not purport to be com
plete story of the doings that were
done and the sayings that were said
or prior to or succeeding the event
We went to Redstone, had glorious
time and came home That is really
all that was done, but between the
lines must be read story of an in
spring respite from professional du-
ties, of openhanded hospitality, of
warmhearted kindliness, that would
require volume in the telling.
We landed at Carbondale to find
Superintendent I. NJ Gibb of the
Crystal River railroad awaiting us.
Let me say right here that | had heard
of Mr.. Glib, but had never had the
pleasure of meeting him and let me
say further that now that | have seen
and met him | want to meet him
again. 1t is one thing to say to a
crowd of visitors: ''Come right in
and make yourselves at home. Will
be glad to do anything l can - 1t is
another thing to extend warm Irish
welcome-I take it for granted that
Mr.. Glbb is an Irishman-and work
overtime doing nice things for those
visitors.
But there were others. While Mr.
Gibb is about nine tenths of Red
stone, he is not the other tenth. He
is the mayor, chief of police, fire
chief. super' ntendent of grounds,
christener and chairman of the com
mittee on entertainments. But there
was Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Wright is
the principal of the Redstone school
and she certainly did all in her power
to "show ms good time. - The Red
stone band "blew itself in our honor
and everybody around the while she
bang mad key to the premises which
he or she presented to us at every
turn.
Arriving at Rtdsto1e, the ladies
We're assigned to their rooms and the
gentlemen We're assigned to their
room. AS soon Ms we had slowed
away our toothbrushes and curli ng
irons, we Ii ii Il charming lunch.
With all the elaborateness which the
matter warranted each of the connty
superintendents was presented with Il
boluet of viocts FROM the Osg IoI
greenhouse and prufuson of blooms
greeted us at every turn, in the
language of the subsequent resolu-
tions
At the conclusion of the luncheon
the association held it's session in the
Redst ne sch ,ol house. The program
as was printed in the Democrat Sunday
morning was carried out substantially
as prepared. This is not a shop
story. and the writer doesn't know a
treatise on Froebcl from Mrs Bailey ,
private opinion or slovd work in the
steenth grade. He takes it for grant
ed that all the papers were unusually
high grade and yet he does want to
express his unproofessional commend
alton, as a layman, outside the pale,
of the good horse sense embodied in
Mr.. Reids' paper on penmanship.
Penmanshhip being one of the lost
arts SO far as the writer is concerned,
he was glad to learn the reason why
and to know that it was a defect in
educational methods.
While the majority of the teachers
were listening to the papers, Superin
tendent Glib took quartette of the
visitors under his wing and most
delightfully."- instructive and interest
ing afternoon was spent in inspecting
the various departments of the Red
stone government.
The session of tie association closed
in time for the complimentary lunch