, 1908-08-26
PRINCIPAL BRAMHALL EXPLAINS
PLANS OF ADDED INsTITU-
TON TO THE SYSTEM
OF THE CITY.
Courses Of Study Outlined, Elegant
New Building Having Been Added
to Equipment Of District on Pur-
pose-AppeaI to Young People Of
Community to Take Advantage Of
Departure on Part Of OFFICERS.
BY Andrew /. eramhaIl,

Principal OF the High School.
The city schools Of Laramie open
their doors mex Tuesday, and the at
tention of the public is respectfully
invited to the following remarks on a
certain phase Of the school situation:
For a great many years Laramie has
not supported q high school. The first
year has usually been carried on, and
occasionally the second, but beyond
that no attempt has been made. The
young people Of the city have attended
the pfsparatorys department or the
state university or have gone away to
outside Institutions or have not gone
to school at all. Within the past few
years, however, a new spirit has been
developing, both in the schools and in
the community, calling for q school in
which the boys and girls OF Laramie
could obtain a higher education sur
rounded by circumstances and iniu.
ences adapted distinctively to their
own stage of development, a place
where they could study among other
boys and girls of similar abilities and
ideals, and where the methods of in
.struction might be suited to their own
peculiar and special needs.
Keeping Children in School.
Added to this, ana mtensifying the
demand, was the fact that each year
in the past has witnessed the loss of
a deplorably large per cent of young
people who on finishing the eighth
grade have not entered the university
and all because of the knowledge that
they would not be able to finish a
full course, and who have not entered
the high school because there was
one without a doubt, many of these
might have been saved to the cause
Of education and to greater service in
the world had there been a high school
with a four-year course to receive
them, introduce them to the higher
work, and stimulate them finally for a
university course.
Building for High School.
Obedient to this demand, the board
of education last spring designated the
new ward building on Fremont street
as the high school, and decided to Of
fer full four-year courses of study. In
this building ample provision has been
made for all immediate needs of a
high school, and as the school grows
and the demands increase the building
can be enlarged to meet them. Its
conyeniences are modern throughout,
with a laboratory for demonstrations
and experiments in physical geography,
zoology, botany and physics.
Two Courses.
Two courses have been prepared, a
result of much careful study of the
situation and of a comparison with
similar courses offered by representa-
tive high schools throughout the Unit
ed States and the university require
ments in our own state and in others.
The school year has been divided into
two equal parts, a first and a second
semester. An outline Of the courses
is given herewith:
College Preparatory Course.
First Year, First Semester-Algebra,
English, History Greek and Latin.
Second Semester-Algebra, English,
History (Roman) and Latin.
Second Year, First Semester-Alge-
bra, History (Mediaeval). English and
History tMediaeval) and Latin. Sec
ond Semester--Geometry (Plane), Eng
lish. History (Modern) and Latin.
Third Year, First Semester-Eng-
fish. Latin, Botany or Zoology and
German or History English). Second
semester-English. Latin, Botany or
Zoology and. German or History (Unit-
ed States).
Fourth Year. First Semester-Eng-
lish, Latin. Physice and Political Econ