The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-03-26
School Notes

sr the sophmOres, and the Lincoln
Invincibles have taken the fresh
men into camp. Considerable
track work is being done.
A great many teachers applica
tons are being received For the
benefit of those Interested In these
applications a brief outline of the
qualifications required and the
method of investigating the stand
ing of applicants is given here.
In the Lamar grade schools the
applicant must be normal school
graduate with two years of exper-
fence or must have training and ex-
perience that may be deemed equiv
alent. I'm the high school an APP
plicant must be college gradu
ate with two years experience or
must have training and experience
that may be deemed equivalent
When an application is received
Dy the board it Is referred to the
superintendent, who mails to the
ipplltdnt an appiiSooioh oiohh e""
calls for information as to the ap-
plicant's education. training. char
acter, health. reference. etc. The
applioa ant returns this application
blank with ten cents postage to
partially pay the expense of look
ing up his record. Direct letters
are mailed to each reference CIV
en- asking for definite and conf
dential Information concerning the
prospective teacher. A seventeen
question form is used that usual
" gets the information needed. No
attention whatever Ia paid to rec
concentrations others than direct
letters. Out Of a great number of
applicants the superintendent selects
usually three or four and recon-
mends them to the board in the
order of their merit as successful
teachers. BY this careful method OF
selecting teachers the board of ed
ucation has provided the schools
with superior teachers in every
grade and in the high school. The
policy OF the board Ia to retain the
teachers who have made good and
to use great care in the selection
OF teachers to fill vacancies. there
by continually improving the per-
sonnet Of the teaching force
which 10 the most essential fac
tor in insuring q successful school.
The Glee Club Of the woman's
College will make its first appear
ance in Lamar at the high school
auditorium Saturday night. Presi-
dent Treat is making a great sue
cess of the only Woman's College
in Colorado. and he. as we'll as the
local people. deserves the encour-
agement of good support for the
glee club. The college Is sending
out two musical organizations at
one time. one to tour the north
ern part II the state. and the other
to make the trip through the terri
tory traversed by the Santa Pc.
Colorado Woman's College differs
from some Of the popular institu-
tons of the East in clarifying the
home as the central thought of all
education. Whatever goes into It's
courses must have some definite
bearing toward fitting young wom-
en- to be competent home makers.
This Is the key note of the pur-
pose of the schools since its organ
ization by Mr.. Treat and he has
been successful from the start in
securing the interest and attend
ance of a large number of young
women with this for their ideal.
Hear the Glee Club Saturday even
ing.
A great many persons have Wis
tied the art and penmanship ex-
hibits in the high school building
this week. The exhibits are open
to the public without charge every
afternoon this week including Sat-
urday from four to six O'Clock. The
visiting teachers were greatly in
terested in the penmanship exhib-
it. The proof of the pudding is in
the eating; the results of PEN