The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
SCHOOL COUNCIL
MORE THAN A THOUSAND TEACH
ERS ASSEMBLE IN DENVER.
AT THlRTY-FIRsT MEETING
Address by President Jordan Of STAN
ford NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Banquets-Study and Play.


Denver-The thirty-first annual ses-
sion of the Colorado Teachers Asso-
citation had busy day Wednesday and
before night more than thousand
members were registered so that the
great high school building where they
met resembled a beehive at swarmins
time.
On the day previous President Lewis
C.. Greenlec, superintendent of the
Denver schools delivered his annual
address to large audience. His sub
ject was THE School as Moral Fac
tor" He said that Colorado holds an
honorable position among the states OF
the country whose public schools have
for their basis broad, efficient and hon
orably effectual aims. He enumerated
the various institutions of the state
and mentioned comparisons to show
how well they rank. He said S23l6
was spent in Colorado on the educa-
ton of each of the 10000 school chill
,dren between the ages of six and
twenty one.
An important meeting of the Educa-
tional Council was held Tuesday.
One of the principal features
Wednesday was the lecture OF David
| Starr Jordan, president OF Leland
Stanford, Jr., University, on Human
| Degeneration" The speakers views
are reassuring. He does not believe
there is any such thing as race degen-
eracy, although there may be individ-
ual degeneracy and local degeneracy.
At the close of the lecture there was
music, followed by an open parliament.
the leaders being J. Raymond Bracket
of the University of Colorado, who
gave a talk on "The True Foundation
for the Love of Plastic Arts" Henry
Read, chairman of the Art Commission
of the city and County of Denver.
| talked on the Work of Municipal
Commission" Edward ID. Hale, dean
| of the Colorado School of Music. gave
a talk on Music as An Element In
Personal Culture" Joseph f. Daniels
of the State Agricultural College dis
,cussed Chalk
| At night at the Savoy hotel the mem
bers of the State Normal School alumni
| had its banquet ninety-eight guests be-
ing seated at the "E" shaped table.
After the coffee the president OF the
alumni, Charles Clark OF Greeley. made
a short speech. introducing g. A. Hoi-
lingshead, president OF the Denver
branch of the alumni, who responded.
Following was u. X. Snyder. who was
introduced as the president OF the in
stitution which had graduated the men
and women present.
President Snyder announced that
within the next two years the State
Normal School at Greeley. Colorado.
will have capacity doubled and
900 library building erected. The
board ,f directors had decided to do
nate the library, and that work on 1t
would begin as soon as the plans have
been accepted in February.
! "A wealthy business man OF Colo
RADIO" said DIR. Snyder at the State
Normal School banquet last evening,
has agreed to donate another building.
larger ard finer than the present one.
10 cost in the neighborhood of $500
600"
The Denver Teachers Club enter
tanned the visiting delegates to the
convention of the association at the
Woman Club, at musicale ana
dance. Misses Maud Long, Bessie Bur
dick. Anna Bradley. Laura Pratt. IVA
Wright Helen Hill. Maxine Brown.
Bertha Stoole. Knapp and Arnold, ami
B. c. Bud and A. T.. LonSfellow as
sisted In the program, posed as living
pictures under the direction of Charles
NJ. Carter. The statue of David and
Goliath, posed by Mr.. Bud, was cspe-
cially attractive.
At $3.50 O'Clock the guests were
taken to the banquet hall and refresh
ments were served, and afterwards
dance was enjoyed.
There were about 500 teachers and
their friends present.
The annual banquet of the Alumni
Association of the University of Colo
RADIO. which was held at the Brown Pal
ace hotel Wednesday night was at
tended by $50 students and friends OF
the institution. Dean F. II. B. Hell
lens was toastmaster, and the follow
ing responses were made: "A Realistic
Vision" o. ]. Pheiffer; what the
Other Half Think Mrs. p. F. Carney;
'The College Man in Public Affairs.
Edwin Van Cise; "University Spirit
Impersonated," Sanford Bell: APPLIED
Science Irving Hale; Value Re
ceived," John X. Bell.