Gilpin observer., 1909-01-07
SCHOOL NOTES.

I ~ Supt. McFarlane visited the higl
9 school and grades on Tuesday ant
"Wednesday preceding the holidays
! Mrs. II. F. Hunter presented to the
, library this week number of COPIES
Of Success"
az The teachers and students extend
70 patrons and other friends of the
School their best wishes for a happy
ana prosperous New Year. We know
}, OF no other community in the state
In which there has been more good
VIII and less friction between pat
rons OF the school and the teachers
IN the school than we have found
nere Such relations are not only
pieasant but they are responsible for
q large part of the improvement in
the schools.
| The State Teachers Association
held in Denver during the holidays
enrolled in the neighborhood of 25OO
teachers. The three days session
was one of the most valuable in the
history of the Association. At the
close of the general meeting a col
lege high school conference was held
In the assembly room of the State
University at Boulder. Messrs. Green
and Momyer were in attendance at
the high school conference as rep
resentatives of the Central schools
and are pleased to announce action
on the part of the conference that
will enable students to get college
credit for part Of the subjects in the
business course proposed for next
year. This credit has been refused
heretofore and has been one of the
| reasons why business courses have
I, not been introduced in the high
schools. The conference emphasized
the need of penmanship, spelling and
arithmetic and grammar reviews in
the high school as we'll as the need
Of insisting on a quality of work that
will be exacting enough to be true
mental discipline.
Supt McFarlane presented to the
high school nicely framed picture Of
the Lions Court in the Alhambra
Spain. She gave the grades a scrap
book of recitations suitable for con-
test work. The picture is placed for
tie present in the upper hall in the
asieS building and is the first of a
number of pictures that will be place,
in the halls where some such means
of adornment is badly needed.
Examinations for the second term
will occur on the 14th and 18th of
January. Term reports will be given
out to pupils week later.
A base ball schedule is being ar
ranged for the spring term. There
is some good base ball material in
the school this year and a good
team should be organized. There is
prospect for a trip down the Ar
kansas valley in June.
The high school congress will hold
its regular meeting on Friday even
ing at O'Clock The presidents S
message will be discussed and ar
rangement made for limited debate
in the future. Copies or the daily
record of the national and state con-
crosses are promised and the pro-
ceedings of the school congress will
be planned TO exemplify the actual
work of the national congress.
We are always glad to welcome
visitors to the school. We trust that
a good many parents may make the
New Year resolution they will visit
the regular work Of the school be-
fore its close this year. A partial
list Of the visitors on Wednesday,
Dec. 23rd follows: Mr.. Baum: Misses
Cash. Chapple, Lulu Davidson, Mary
Thompson, Florence Johnson. Yetta
McFarlane, Lottie Haefer, Frances
Loughran, Helen Hibbett, Marjorie
Lake, Florence Rule, Frances Hearne |;
and Mesdames Mccullough. Stearns,
Holmes, Hamor, Hambly. Rule. Lake,
Keleher. Anderson, Hosking. McGrath
Baleria, Williams, Patterson, Hender-
son, McFarlane. Some, Kruse. Nc
Kay, Emery, Taylor. Bitzenhaufer
Moody, Bowden, Hancher Dunnavan,
Thompson, Green, French. Williams,
Couch. Head. McNicholls, DAILY, Clan
Vile, Gray, Short and Angove.
The Turner art exhibit will be at
the high school building on February
10. IL. IL and 13. A nominal admis.
sion will be charged. The exhibit
is said to be the finest that has been
sent out and will be well worth q
liberal patronage.
Ed. Morrissey, who intends to &C
to Steamboat Springs and grow uL