Gunnison news-champion., 1914-01-30

If TIE tax esestios which has been
raised in Denver and decided by the Su-
preme court is not carried to the Supreme
court of the United States, the Colorado
State Normal, located in this city. will
receive seventy percent of the money
appropriated by the last legislature as
soon as taxes are collected. In the
event that this case in Denver is quieted
the board Of trustees in the recent meet
authorized the Normal here to make i'm
provements. One of these is the addit-
ion of another member to the faculty.
Considerable equipment will be added
end in the spring much Improvement
will be made on the grounds. II 10
thought that if the tax matter is settled,
the entire appropriation will be paid be-
fose the h1s0ia p.sieA sxpirss
Irrespective of whether the tax ques-
tion is appealed or not, the board auth
orized President James H. Kelley of
the school here, to get out an announce
mept bulletin for the summer Normal,
and catalogue for the regular school
year of 1914-15. He was authorized to
get out newsletter every two weeks
which will he sent to the various news
papers of the Western Slope. President
Kelley was further authorized to organ
ize nonresident work and issue 1000 bull
letins regarding the nonresident work.
The foregoing is statement of the f.
nancial condition of the Normal school
here and the action of the Board of
Trustees of the State Teachers College
and the Colorado State Normal School,
in consideration of that condition, taken
at the last meeting of the board which
was held last week. President James
H. Kelley of the Normal school here and
George Hethertngton, the local member
of the Board, were present at the meet
ing of the Board.
Upon the suggestion of President
Kelley, it was voted that the Normal
school. here should be officially known as
the ColoradoTState Normal School, and
not the .Gunnison Normal as it is named
in the statutes which established the
school. Hereafter the school will be
known as the Colorado State Normal
School, located at Gunnison, Colorado.
As a result of the recent action of the
board. Gunnison may be the mecca for
teachers from other sections of the state
than the Western Slope. The Board
authorized President Kelley to appoint
a committee here to confer with repre-
sentatives Of other districts concerning
the holding Of summer Institutes here.
Through Miss Sara b. Easterly. county
superintendent of schools Of Gunnison
County who has secured the consent of
the other'county superintendents Of tnis
institute district, il has been definitely
decided that the summer institute of
this district, which includes seven coun-
ties. shall be held IN connection with the
Summer. Normal There is consider
able movement on foot in district thir-
teen, which includes ChafIee. Garfield
and other counties, to hold the summer
institute 'of that district in connection
with the Summer Normal. Students
who attend the institute are given all
the advantages of the Summer Normal
but are only charged the regular insti-
tute fee. flthey continue the summer
work after the expiration of the insti-
tute term, then. institute fee is deduct
ed from the..summer school fee.
While in Denver, President Kelley
and Trustee Hetherington called on the
officials of the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad'and secured the promise of a
Continued IN Last PaSs