Gilpin observer., 1908-11-05
SCHOOL NOTES.


school board, was a school visitor on
Tuesday
The high school boys are organizing
brass band. Twenty-four boys have
promised to secure instruments and to
become members of the band. They
are now looking for director and in
structor who will take a personal in
terest in their work, and who can
organize and train the band for effective
work next spring.
Miss Gertrude Flaherty, Miss Hall,
Mrs. Melita Seymour, Miss Thomas,
Mrs. H. H. Lake, Mrs. Sherman Har-
vey and Mrs. Mckay were recent school
visitors. We are glad to see an increase
in the number of people visiting the
school. Visitors are always most cocdi-
ally welcome.
The Alpha Zeta literary society gave
the first program of the. year on Thurs
day afternoon, October 90, in the high
school assembly room. This is the
society which has won the Alumni cup
for the last two years, and the standard
of the program last Thursday was as
high as might be expected from such
successful society.
There were number of visitors pre-
sent, among them Professor l. E. Cutler
of the University of Denver, head of
the biological department of that in
stitution.. He expressed himself as very
wall y,laocaJ yrith tho nd tho
appearance of things in the high school.
Miss Mae Harrington, president, was
in charge Of the meeting and appointed
Miss Bertha Reynolds critic. The critics
report, usually most important and
interesting part of the program, had to
be omitted on account of lack of time,
but was prepared and forms the basis
of these notes. The program follows:
Address of Welcome. .... Mr.. Wiedman
Piano solo ..... Agnes Nordlien
Recitation. ..................L Laura Hill
Song Fairies Dance" ....... School
Humorous Reading. Mr.. j. G. Williams
Solo" "Mignon' n'.........M Miss Gill
Playlet-"The Burglars
josiah bTeen. INOrflldll hOFrlSOn
Maria Green. his wife ... Elsie Teats
Kitty, a maid .. Emma Grutzmacher
Toby, negro hired to catch burglars,
................C Curtis Rundquist
All the members made hit, to Judge
from the applause, and the program
was decided success. A high mark
has been set, and the Alpha Omega
society will have to work hard to sur
pass this first production of the year.
1t is said they are trying, and will make
their bow about Nov. 13. They should
take precautions against the hoodoo-
Friday, the Thirteenth.
Miss Susie Richards, one of the
teachers in the Bald Mt. schools, visited
the Central schools on Monday.
Miss Edna Pascoe of the Russell
schools was Central school visitor on
Tuesday.
The Central high school football team
will play the Idaho Springs team at
Idaho Springs, Saturday afternoon.
The game will be called at o'clock.
The teachers spent very busy and
profitable day in Denver on Friday last
They went in groups of three or four
to visit the departments whose work
would be most helpful to them and their
time schedules filed with the superin-
tendent show that they made faithful
and effective of every moment of the
time from 9 to $3.50, some beginning
their work as early as $50 and others
finding opportunity to inspect work and
to confer with teachers as late as 5
O'Clock. Everywhere they went, Den
Yer teachers and principals, accorded
them the finest courtesy and helped
them in every way to feel that they
were welcome to visit and inspect the
work of the schools. The Wyman, Clay
ton, Whittier, Longfelow, Corona, East
Denver high and Manual Training high
schools were visited. The work varied
greatly in the different schools, exhibit
ing variety Of plans in management
and in teaching as well as widely diff
ferent conditions as to attendance, school
environment, and personnel of both
teachers and students.
Some very excellent work was seen
in all the schools. Denver has the ad-
vantage of splendidly equipped buildings
and almost first choice of teachers in
Colorado with skilled supervision not
ouiy in the general work but in many
special departments. On the other hand
she has disadvantages peculiar to schools
that must care for great number of
pupils in each building, and handle the
school body, as it were, en- masse. The
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