Gilpin observer., 1909-04-15
SCHOOL NOTES.

school this week on account illness.
Master Walter Schweikert will
make his home in Denver, his parents
having moved to that city. Walter
showed his appreciation Of the high
school by presenting to the library
well bound copies Of the virginian.
Arabian Nights, Uncle Toms Cabin
and Last Days Of Pompeii.
Arbor day will be celebrated
throughout the school by programs in
each room, Friday. after which
school will be dismissed for the
day. Arrangements are made for
considerable planting, mostly of flow
ers and vines.
Prof. William B. Mooney, state
school inspector for the Colorado
State Normal School, was recent
school visitor. He spent all of one
forenoon in careful visitation, spend
ing considerable time in each grade
and in the high school, At the con-
clusion of his visit he congratulated
tie superintendent and faculty on
what he termed the Exceedingly fine
condition OF the schools" 81 have
visited this year." said he, schools
all over the state, and l find your
schools to be among the very best
of the schools l have visited" This
opinion by man who knows the
Cchnn1 un-k w huc
is to estimate the quality OF work
that is done in each school. having
as he does every opportunity to COM
pare the work he visits with the
best that is done anywhere, is not on
ly gratifying 20 each teacher in the
school but tends to confirm the con-
viction that the schools, both grade
and high school. are doing the best
work in years. Prof. Mooney was
greatly interested in the methods of
managing tho work, grading the
school. reports to parents, teachers
plans. etc, and took with him to the
State Normal school, copies of all
printed matter and plans for use in
Tie training school.
The high school congress elected
new officers Friday night. and ap-
pointed a committee to correspond
with the Golden and Idaho Springs
high schools relative to organizing a
debating league for next year. 1t is
proposed that three debates be held
each year, one at each town, that
no prizes be given, but that each
school take part as its reward the
encouragement given to the practice
of public speaking and the research
attendant upon it, the decision of the
judges being an incidental matter. 1t
is suggested that the questions be
chosen this spring and that they be
thoroughly discussed in the high
school congresses, leaving the choice
of speakers until next October. This
plan will give every man in congress
a chance and will assure careful study
and debate Of the questions by all
the members. We trust the members
of the committee may be successful
in their venture. 1t is worth while.
The annual eighth grade day pro-
gram will be given on Friday after
noon, May IA. Every eighth grade
student in Gilpin county will be ex-
pected to attend this meeting. There
will be welcome address by the
president of the senior class of the
high school and responses by repre-
sentatives Of the various eighth
grades. An interesting high school
class day program will follow. rem
iniscences Of school days. special
music, interesting laboratory expert
ments in physics and chemistry, and
work in the gymnasium. all Of which
will be Of interest to the visiting stu
dents. A school exhibit by the Cen
trail grades and the Union High
school will be displayed In the re-
ception room. At the close of the
program there will be ball game
and field sports at City park.
The second base ball team put II
all over the first team Wednesday
afternoon to the tune Of IA to 1. The
first team claim that the umpire
handed them several very sour lem
ons in the last half Of the game but
the score would indicate that cy
clone had struck them. The second
team play fast ball and is schedul
ing some outside games.