The Holly chieftain., 1908-06-12
Holly Schools
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tional Enclopedia. 1t is expect
ed that the funds subscribed will
be available soon and that be-
fore the opening Of the next term
the school will have a very cred
table library.
The Grading of the Schools.
Throughout the year the teach
ers have made a special effort
to bring the work of their re-
spective grades up to the stand
ard of the most advanced city
schools. To test the results in
this respect, the examinations
given at the close of the year
were for the most part the same
as those given in the Denver
schools. l am now certain that
pupils regularly classified in our
schools are able to enter the same
grades in the schools of Denver
or any other American city.
Special Subjects.
Music, Drawing and Physical
Culture have formed a part of the
regular curriculum of the school,
for the first time, this year. The
work in these special subjects has
been carried on under the direc-
ton of experienced supervisors
and has done much to improve
the character and standing OF the
school.
The "Three RS"
We believe, however, that the
traditional Three Rs" should
still constitute the essential foun-
dation of the education OF every
man and woman: we believe that
the public school has no right
to become merely a college pre-
paratory school to the neglect and
detriment of the large number of
boys and girls who will never go
to college; we believe that the
public schools should train the
boys and girls for lives of activity
and usefulness in this twentieth
century, and then send as many
Of them on to college as it can.
We do not believe in showing pu-
pills along from one grade to the
next regardless of their "profe-
iency in the preceding degree"
Whether a boy can read, write.
spell and do sums" is a more
important matter than whether
he is classified in the fourth grade
or the eighth.
Public Interest.
There is probably no institu-
tion or business enterprise in
Holly capable OF doing more for
the material, as we'll as the social
and intellectual, welfare Of the
town and surrounding country
than the school. The interests
OF the school and the interests
of the town and community are
one and the same.
1t is with a feeling of pleas
ure and satisfaction that | have
noted the growing interest which
the people seem to be taking in
the school. They have shown
this in many ways during the
year. They showed it, for in
stance, in the royal way in which
they responded to the needs of
the library. With hardly an en-
ception, the numerous entertain
ments, lectures, ETC., given under
the auspices of the school, have
been we'll attended and literally
patronized. The teachers have
been received with the utmost
cordiality and have been shown
every possible courtesy while in
the town.
Believing the encouragement
and cultivation of this kind of
school spirit to be matter of
no little importance, addresses
on educational subjects by the
most capable speakers available
have been provided from time to
time. Among those to whom the
people Of Holly have had oppor-
tunity to listen during the year
are Senator Guggenheim, Mr..
Aaron Grove, ex-Superintendent
of the Denver schools, DR.. Frank
H. H. Roberts, of the University