The daily sentinel., 1913-03-07
OPEN UNTIL 8:35
TONIGHT; BIGGEST
EVER ATTEMPTED
Sargent Lectures on the Mesa
County Schools; Dozens Of
Interesting Sights.
SPECIAL IS CROWDED
Colorado ArricuIturaI

= train, carrying three cars
filled with exhibits and two cars
in which lectures are given, ar
rived i'm Grand Junction this af-
ternOon and is open for the in
spection of Grand Junction peO-
pie and the farmers of this sec
tion from 5:15 until S:35, when
il will leave for Pueblo.
On board this travelling col
lege will he found hundreds of
things which will interest the
people of this city as well as the
farmers, although the primary
purpose of the train is TO carry
direct to the farmers the results
of experiments in the eNperi-
mcnt station at the college mt
Fort Collins, and instruction by
the members of the faculty of
the college.
One can learn how meat looks if
affected by animal diseases: there
are many new ideas for poultry fam
ciers, a hive of real live bees is car
ried on the train, enclosed in glass
case so the little honey makers
10000 in number-can be seen at
work inside the hive. and in the
home economics section many new
utensils for :he kitchen not usually
found in. the. ordinary equipment, as
well as practical and efficient ideas
which can be put to use in other
parts of the house.
But the section which will probab-
ly interest Grand Junction people
more than anything else is that of
Prof C. G. Sargent, formerly county
superintendent of schools for Mesa
county, until recently resident of
nit tv
or for the Agricultural college. Prof
Sargent is telling the people what
has been accomplished by consolida-
ton of the rural schools in this sec
tion of the state and cites the cases
at Appleton and Iona to illustrate
his arguments. He shows enlarged
photographs of the new buildings
along with photos of the old ones
which were abandoned and the pict-
ure of the Appleton school is re-
markably attractive. He also shows
with displays of model sets of equip
ment how the studies of agriculture,
domestic science and manual train
ing can be introduced into the curri-
culum of rural schools His exhibit
has been attracting much attention
all along the line, especially from the
school teachers in. the rural dis
tricts and from the members of the
school boards who have visited the
train.
Consolidated Four Schools.
A chart shows what Prof. Sargent
has been doing since going with the
college, and it demonstrates that he
has been as active in the Fort Col
Inns section as he was here. There
are seven schoolhouses within ra-
dius of four miles of Laporte, six
miles from Fort Collins, and as the
result of Prof Sargent's activities
few days ago four of these voted to
consolidate, and indications are that
the other three will follow suit.
The train is in charge of Supt c..
ii. Hinman, head of the extension de-
partment. Superintendent Hinman is
in full control of the movement OF
the train, and extends cordial in
vitation of the people of Grand
Junction to visit the train during its
stay here.
j. ID. Kentworthy of Pueblo, as
sistant general freight and passen-
ger agent for the Denver & Rio
Grande, which road is furnishing alb
solutely free the cars, the transpor-
tation and even the living expenses
of the people on board. is travelling
with the train to see that everything
runs smoothly. In charge of the
transportation problems which al
ways arise on a tour of this kind is
ID. E. Wilcox of Salida, assistant su-
perintendent for this division.