Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-30
HEROCKY FORD
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
A Review of the Past and Their Present Wide
Scope and Efficiency.

Another Jump Of Eve years bssegs
M down 10 looA, and while The IN.
uuai report. giving the 6nsaeisl tns
eseases, will not Be svsilsble uatsl
the end OF the term. some 6gusss esS
be given for the purposes OF eo0paTs
ison. while full report may BE- had Of
the Increased accommodation and
added depassmenss and tesehess. The
sesehisg ssaa has besa gsssaly n.
Creased, bow aumbssiag - tssehsss.
Ths 0osshly Dsy ron s0osass -
Ssl,s. . sum that reaches wsl1 -
toward the sansal pay roll oe sse
ysass ago. There 10 now ~ soeons
meat In the schools OF i.ooA OF this
number 100 are IN the high school.
the largest snroilmeas Ia its history.
ls aloue requires . stad OF SIX teach,
ess.
OF the a teachers no less thss Is
are new to our schools this year.
showing that very evident attempt
has been made by our school board
to introduce new blood and fresh en-.
ergy into the teaching force. OF these
new teachers several are young peo-
pie fresh from their universities and
normals 9raduations. full Of the zeal
and enthusiasms which youthfulness
inspires: in whose bright lexicon
there Is no such word as fail.
Two new departments have been
added to our schools this year. The
Stcadman Business College has been
absorbed into the public school sys.
ten and Mr.. II. a. S,eadman. for
several years the head OF that ins;i-
tuition. placed in charge OF this de-
par'mcnt. This means that all the
features of a commercial education.
including stenography and 'ypewsi'.
ing. are now available to the pupils
OF our public schools without extra
cost for tuition.
Still another new feature Of this
year is manual training department.
The equipment for this is not large.
to the limit by sending pupils in re-
lessons given are those prescribed
by the American Manual Training
School for the Public Schools of the
United States. but the students are
under the general supervision Of tho
city supt. and the personal direction
and teaching of Mr.. Patton. Of the
high school staff. who while not en-
gagged specifically for this post has
shown himself an enthusiast in L..
The advantage of this feature Of
A. elsewhere to be that Il furnishes .
school training Is showing itself here
strong school NEGATIVE for some pu-
pills whose tastes do not run to schoi.
afship but who are better held to
their books by the opportunity for
interchange from head to hand work.
reviewed. and for period Of three
years preceding, the schools of
Through al this decade Of our city
schools history. here so inadequstely
Rocky Ford have been under the
| guiding hand of the present city su-
perintendent. F. b. Bolles. who be-
gun his engagement here ss the prin-
eipal of our one school with Eve
teachers. and who through the pass
ing years has with steady head aad
hand moulded the growing future and
made the. adaptations to new eondi-
tions As they arose, not always with
out friction to be sure but always
with, care and. Judgment chat show
ed . devoted interest In iis eallino
Under his superiasendeney hnd sinee
1886 the 6ne doWn-e0Wnl school build-
ing known as Liberty School" sad
which houses the high school, the
grammar grade, three primary grades
and one intermediate grade. has been
erected; al, . cost Of $1,000. Since 1901
the Lafayette building with two
rooms and teachers. and the splendid
new addition has been made to the
Washington building with its mod
ern architecture and equipment costs
ing probably $1,000, have been built.
And last year the little Lincoln build
ing was added to the list, giving acl
commodation to the rather isolated
children in the extreme northwestern
portion of the school district. This
added several hundred dollars to the
property assets of the district. The
total valuation as given in the report
Of the secretary for last year was
$4,000.
Negotiations have been on foot for
some time looking to the purchase
of remainder of the half block OF
land on which the Liberty building
playground of this school, but a de-
feet of title has delayed its consum-
mation-one devoutly to be wished,
more ground here being greatly need
ed.
Utilizing portion Of the Thanksgiving
vacation for topping beets was the propo-
sition Of David Best to the high school
pupils. This fact indicates the scarcity
of labor for the beet fields.
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