Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
CHESTNUT COLUMN 1.-THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Dan Murphy has recovered from a
severe attack of the grippe and is back
in school.
The office of the supervisor of music
has been repapered and otherwise i'm
proved until it presents very pleasing
appearance.
Any one having bill against this
years athletic association should pre-
sent it at this time. The association
has been doing business on cash basis
and it is presumed that no bills are out.
Any bill authorized by the association
will be promptly paid on being present.
ed to the treasurer.
The past week has been the banner
week for improvement in school work
since the beginning of school. Pupils
realize that they have to get to work in
order to make their places in the grade
classification sure. A continuation of
the present work will not only bring
our schools up to the standard work but
will insure the promotion of more pupils
under the new standard than would have
been promoted under the old standard
without this awakening. The teachers
appreciate the cooperation of parents
in arousing pupils to sense of their re-
sponsibility. The habits Of study, work,
and conduct that student acquires in
school are not likely to be broken dur
ing his lifetime and it is extremely i'm
portant that those habits be formed
that will make the student prompt, ac-
curate, diligent, and trustworthy. A
low standard and Indifferent work may
do child more harm than good in fos-
tering habits of carelessness, and sloth-
fulness that will fasten themselves like
leeches on every effort toward achieve
ment in later life. A child's task should
not be too heavy, they should be entire
ly within his ability to accomplish, and
he should be held accountable for their
thorough, complete, and prompt execu-
tion. Any laxity on the part of the
teacher in enforcing this must result in
lapse in the quality and extent of that
vital training the school is constituted
to give.
Room No. spent very pleasant af-
ternoon on Nov. 9th, celebrating
Thanksgiving day. A program COM
mittee had been elected by the pupils
from among their numbers, also dec
Grating committee, and ushers to see
that all visitors were accommodated.
The room was hung with garlands of
evergreen, juniper, and kinnikinic. Bells
of white and red tissue paper gave
bright and festive appearance Red
crepe paper covered the flower pots and
window boxes and banners of different
kinds ornamented the walls. The pro-
gram began promptly at 80 with about
fifteen parents present and the seventh
and eighth grades which were interest
ed and enthusiastic visitors. The pro-
gram was decided success and the
pupils of room No. were justly proud
of program which, as they expressed
it, was their very own."
The library has received substantial
additions through the courtesy of James
Couch and H. H. Lake. The standard
magazines are as acceptable as books
as we are endeavoring to complete our
magazine files.
The State Teachers Association will
be held in Denver, Dec. 81 to Jan. 3.
Central City will be represented on the
program by Principal E. G. Green who
will address the classical section on
Thursday, Jan. Sd. The first school di-
rectors meeting in the history of the
association will be held on Thursday
morning.
The regular semi-annual session of
the Clear Creek Valley Teachers As
sociation was held in this city last Sat-
urdry, December 7th. There was a
good attendance of teachers from Clear
Creek and Jefferson counties, and prac-
tically every teacher in Gilpin county
was on hand. The following program
was given:
MORNING
Invocation. ....... Rev. w. c. Millikan
Music.... "Stars of the Summer Night"
Central City Schools.
Review of State Reading Circle Books
Among Country Schools. .......
........Geo. R. Momyer, Central City
Essentials of Teaching Reading.
$50. Ellsworth Sherman, Bald Mt.
The Tempest. ....................
........ Miss Anna Longan, Arvada
''The Influence of the Teacher.
....Supt. o. S. Davis. Georgetown