Gilpin observer., 1909-01-14
SCHOOL NOTES.

examinations for the second term
Will occur on Thursday and Friday.
Term reports will be sent to the
homes on or before January 25th.
twenty two boys have signed up
for baseball training. So many boys
nave given up the use of tobacco
that it is thought we may have a
team and substitutes who will 20
through the training and playing sea-
son free from the debilitating effects
OF the weed. Four good batteries
have been signed and they are work
ing out each day.
The high school congress had a
splendid meeting Friday night The
| congress has now well organized
library, including the congressional
record for 1908, in nine large we'll
bound volumes, also the complete set
OF the messages and documents of
| the executive department, 30 large
volumes, just received. With these
books have been correlated an en-
tire case of books on government, the
daily papers, monthly magazines and
the daily record of both state and
| national legislatures, as printed and
mailed to us each day. We are un-
der obligations to the members of
congress and the members of the
general assembly who have helped in
| every way possible in adding to
library without expense to the dis
| trict. We also wish to thank the
board of education for the free use
Of the rooms used by the congress.
Mr.. Bosanko supplied the grades
with ink blotters this week which
will help very materially in securing
neat work.
The Turner art exhibit which is to
be at the high school Feb. lib, is
said TO be exceptionally good this
year. The proceeds of the exhibit
will be used in purchasing a stereop-
| ticon for all of the schools of the
Union High school District cooperat-
| ing in this. venture. We know of no
| more useful piece of apparatus that
| might be placed in the schools for
| up-to-date illustrative work than
| first class electric steriopticon. AZ
ter the steriopticon is purchased
slides may be rented on any subject
at five cents per slide, making the
machine available for work in any
subject taught in the schools at
minimum cost. When this rental is
divided among several schools it
makes the rental per slide SO low
that an hours work in the geo.
or nature study classes with the
stereopticon need cost little if any
more than the paper for a written
exercise. Over ten thousand slides
on school subjects are offered for
rental. One company sends a page
of descriptive matter with each slide.
The use of the stereopticon in the
school room is no longer an expert
ment, there is no plan that will make
the work more attractive or the les
son more impressive than the use
OF pictures.
Last Friday morning. County Supt
Ida Kruse McFarlane made one of
her welcome visits to the high school,
and addressed the students at as
sembly. She took as her topic the
power of personality. and gave a mos
helpful address. She urged the point
that while many irritating incidents
may arise to threaten friendships and
to make mountain out of q mole
hill, yet life has greater signifi-
canoe than the opportunity of get
ting even," and friendship a greater
value than the establishing of ones
personal opinions. Consideration wa
urged on the part of both the teacher
and pupils. At the conclusion Of
the address, a vote Of thanks was
given Mrs. McFarlane for the beau.
tiful picture of the Lions Court in
the Alhambra, which she presented
to the high school on the occasion
of former visit. X.