Gilpin observer., 1908-04-09
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

our debaters this week by loaning them
number of books from the library.
1t is quite likely that the special train
to Idaho Springs for the contest Friday
night, April Oath, will be secured. The
Alumni contest in defamation, original
story, and debate, will occur at the
opera house Friday night, April 18th.
Members of the Alumni are arranging
program which will probably appear in
the local papers this week.
Central City and Idaho Springs high
school base ball teams will play ball at
City park Saturday afternoon, April 1s.
On Thursday afternoon, May 14th, the
Central City high school will entertain
the eighth grade students of Gilpin
county. 1t is desired that every eighth
grade student in the county and as many
of the teachers and school board men,
bers as possible shall be in attendance.
The program will be given in three diff
ferent rooms in order that there may be
seats for all who attend. An exhibit of
the school work of the Central City
schools will be given and everything
will be done to make the visit of the
eighth graders notable day in the his
tory of the school.
How would you like to help us take
sixty Gilpin county boys to Golden to
visit the State School of Mines? Presi-
dent Anderson says that if we will bring
them down he will provide guides to
show them about the school and to ex-
plain the work that is being done. He
will see that every department of the
school has work on hand and will pro-
vide some special work for the enter
tainment of the visitors. No doubt
lecturer will be provided to explain the
work of the different departments of
the school before the boys start on their
tour of investigation. The Colorado &
Southern will make rate of $1.O5 for
the round trip from Black Hawk. The
teachers will be glad to pay their own
way. Would you not like to have a
share in sending every high school boy
and eighth grade boy in Gilpin county to
Golden on the 18th of May? The Colo
RADIO School of Mines has students from
all over the country and deservedly has
the reputation of being one of the best
mining schools in the world. A visit to
it would be worth weeks schooling to
any boy and should be especially val
liable to the fellows who have lived all
their lives in a mining camp. 1t will
cost S63 to take the boys on this trip,
S7s will pay their fare and will also pay
for dinner at Golden. The eighth grade
boys who will be in Central on Thursday
afternoon will be entertained over night
by the high school students without ex-
pense, a special car will be provided and
teachers will accompany the boys and
will do all they can to add to the value
of the trip, besides being responsible for
the conduct of the students. Next
week we shall give the names of those
who feel like encouraging this move
ment by contributing the money to send
one or more boys on this trip. This is
a county affair and subscriptions will be
gladly received from any one in the
county who would like to help us do
something for the boys.
Some one asks why we do not have
fire drills in the Central schools. The
reason should be plain to any visitor to
the school. We have exits on every
floor directly to the street. There are
six large doors in the Clark building,
the halls are very wide, all doors open
outward, and the pupils can be and are
dismissed in very few minutes with
out danger or possibility of panic. Be-
sides the doors there are windows on
every floor, number oflthem, through
which pupils might pass without danger,
stepping from the window to the ground
The same things are true of the Hale
building. We have the best fire escapes
of any school in the state, simply walk
out anywhere you are and you are on the
ground floor. Under these conditions
we believe that fire drill would be to
us an unnecessary luxury and conse-
quently waste of time that we can use
to better advantage in the school work.
Room No. wishes to express thanks
to Rev. Mr.. Millikan for the very inter-
esting talk on the philippines" which
he gave to the geography class, Friday
morning.
The class play chosen by the high
school seniors is "A Scrap of Paper" by
]. Palgrave Simpson. The play will be
given on Tuesday night, June IL, and
rehearsals are to begin at once. This is
comedy in which something will be
found to amuse and interest everyone.