The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-23
School Notes

Miss Alice Winspear teacher Of mu-
sic and drawing has been called home
by the serious illness of her mother.
She lives at Omaha, Nebraska.
Without neglecting more important
subjects, music in the high school will
receive more attention than last year.
Miss Winspear hopes to have 4 high
school glee club and high school or
ch estra: new music is also being order
ed for the chorus work. Miss Winspear
will also give one day each week in
assisting the pupils in the preparation
of the literary programs which will be
given about once a month. We shall
improve the quality of these programs
very decidedly and hope the public will
be sufficiently interested to come in
large numbers.
The Manual training building is q
very busy place as usual. Mr. Roddy
spent the summer at Stout Institute
and Greeley in the study Of advanced
phases of his work and has detailed plan
for improving his former good record.
The specimens received from the State
University will be enclosed in suit
able cabinet and placed on exhibit.
MIR. Roddy is preparing a list of sup
plies for use during the year that may
be purchased in Wholesale lots, and for
the proper housing Of these supplies
suitable room il being prepared At the
building. The furniture for the rest
and entertainment room will be finish
ed during the year and the Domestic
Science department will give a num-
Der of teas with which to provide mon
ey for the purchase of . suitable rug
for this room. Under the expert gu
pervision Of Miss Sly, the Domestic
Science department is taking on an air
and spirit that promises a splendid year
of useful service for the community.
There is no doubt that this department
of our schools can be made the most
valuable feature Of our work 20 far a.
the needs of the community demand.
Miss Sly believes in more practice and
less theory with which we heartily con-
cur.
! A problem of vocational training 10
becoming one Of the big questions in
education. A number Of our leading
cities are putting in expensive eqaip-
ment for sthe better training Of the
boys and girls to make q living when
they leave school. Ssme schools, no
tably Boston, provide an expert to
counsel with the young people and to
advise them on the selection of call
ing in which they have reasonable hopes
to succeed. There is NO doubt that our
high schools are crowded with boys
and girls pursuing purely academic sub
Jeots who should be in some trade or
vocational school. For the study of
this problem Of vocational training the
high school faculty will take up 1.-THE
Vocational Guidance of Youth" by
Myer Bloomfield, Director of the Bos-
ton Vocational Bureau. In connection
with this they will take up Snedden's
The Problem of Observation-Disclosures
The grade teachers will study "TAe
Principles of Teaching by Edward l..
Thorndike, Professor of Educational
Psychology in Columbia university.
The enrolment for the year will no
doubt reach that of last year. At pre-
sent we are somewhat below that num-
Der but new pupils are entering every
week and we are nearly five hundred
strn0g now. The enrolment is as fol-
lows:
High school and Eighth grade 95.
Central building 280
West End 80
East End so
Fall River 10
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