The state herald., 1914-12-11
/ School Notes.
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The advance announcement of the
Colorado State Teachers Association to
be held December 1929 30, 81, 1914, has
been mailed from this Office TO the sew
eral teachers of the county. Supt. j.
Az Sexson of Sterling is a prospective
candidate for the presidency of the As
sociation and should receive the support
of the teachers of this section.
The State Tax Commission has ap-
proved the levies of those school dis
tricts whose levies exceeded the five
per cent allowed by law. More than
one-half of the dis tricts asked for an in
crease over last years levies.
Consolidation of::Rural Schools where
conditions favor is imperative if the
country children are to have anything
comparable to the educational advant.
ages enjoyed by the children of the cit
les. Rural schools are taught by ap-
prentice teachers seeking experience as
a qualification for better jobs in the cit
les. City children are taught by teach
ers who have acquired this same expe.
rience together with degree Of matu.
rity and further preparation by way of
college degrees or special courses. Chill
dren meet specialists in music, drawing
manual traiBing, domestic science and
sewing; to say nothing Of the teachers
who specialize in geography, arithme-
tic and grammar. Investigations made
at the time of the enactment of the so
called minimum wage law for teach
ers" showed that the rural school dist
ricts are not, relatively to the cities,
overtaxed, and that with large units of
administratit n rural schools can have
many desirable things not possible un-
der the present system, often without
any increased expense but with greater
economy of administration and expend-
iture. But whether taxation shall be
increased or not, conservation of the
country's best crop, the children, de
mand better instruction, better appli.
ances, better ventilation, ard sanitation
more music, more and better social liie
including play, without going to the
cities to get these things. Consolida:
ton of rural districts favorsbly situated
the erection of good building central
ly located with auditorium, with stere.
opticon and stage, with gymnasium and
shower baths. with laboratories, libra
,.es, museum, cisssrooms, with the en-
ployment of teachers by the year and
some sort of educational activity the
year round. These things are of the
best for the children and Of the best
for the communities.
The spread of the knowledge Of scien
tific agriculture and Of those things
that the state and the nation are offer
inR for the bctterment Of rural life is
promoted by the very existence Of such
consolidated schools.
In situations at all favorable why
should not each district send a man and
q woman into Mesa county to see the
Appleton school or irto Lsrimer county |
TO see that wonderful Caehe-La Poudre
consolidated school. Then on their re-
turn let the people hold meetings to
consider reports. The cost would not
be great and the money expended would
bring results well worth while even II
consolidation would not result. The hab
It Of looking out for best things is q
good one to form and to cultivate.
Colorado Teachers Association.
The subject Of the consolidation Of
schools will receive much attention at
the coming meeting Of the Association |
and no doubt the present consolidation
law will be greatly simplihed Ind
strengthened.
County Supt. of Schools