The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-05
SCHOOL COUNCIL
MORE THAN A THOUSAND TEACH
ERs ASSEMBLE IN DENVER.
At THIRTY-FIRsT MEETING
Address by President Jordan Of STAN
ford NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
eanquets-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
time.
On the day previous President Lewis
c. Greenlee, 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
OrabN effectual aims. He enumerated
the various institutions Of the state
and mentioned comparisons to show
how well they rank. He said $23.1G
was spent in Colorado on the educa-
ton of each of the $4,000 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 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 a Municipal
Commission" Edward d. Hale, dean
of the Colorado School of Music, gave
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
ing seated at the ''E" shaped table
After the coffee, the president of the
alumni, charles Clark of Greeley, made
lingshead, president of the Denver
Following was 2. X Snyder, who was
stitution which had graduated the mer
and women present.
President Snyder announced thai
within the next two years the State
Normal School at Greeley, Colorado
III nd q
100000 library building erected. The
board Of directors had decided to do
nate the library, and that work on il
would begin as soon as the plans have
been accepted in February.
"a wealthy business man of Colo
rado," said Dr. Snyder at the State
Normal School banquet last evening
has agreed to donate another building
larger ard finer than the present one
to cost in the neighborhood of 5000,
O0O."
The Denver Teachers Club enter
tanned the visiting delegates to the
convention of the association at the
Woman'3 Club, at musicale and
dance. Misses Maud Long, Bessie Bur
dick, Anna Bradley, Laura Pratt, Iva
Wright, Helen Hill, Maxine Brown
Bertha StoOle, hnapp ana ArnOlu, anu
.. c. Bud and A. E. Longfellow 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 espe'
cially attractive.
At $50 o'clock the guests were
taken to the banquet hall and refresh
ments were served, and afterwards a
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. r. b. Hell.
lens was POSTMASTER, and the follow
ing responses were made: "A Realistic
Vision" o. J. 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