Gunnison news-champion., 1914-02-27
Faeuhy @. Schools: Sen.os NosmsI
Class and Press Are Also
Cuests.


was the anniversary celebration Of the
GuHnison woman's Club which was
held last Monday afternoon from two
thirty 10 five in the Odd Fellows Hall
This affair took the nature Of dis
cgssion luncheon and was attended hy
about two hundred persons. The in
vIted guests were the members of the
Monday Afternoon club. the Isabella
Tourist club. the Philharmonic club. the
Current Event club. the faculty Of the
Gannison city school, of the Gannison
County High school and of the Colo
rado State Normal school. the members
Of the senior class of the normal school.
and Representatives of the press of
Gunnison.
Not only was this a brilliant social
event but was a gathering of consider
able Importance IN many other ways.
On this occasion. President James II.
Kelley of the normal school, outlined
for the first time before Gunnison
audience some of his plans ior the nor
NAL school. He took the opportunity
to give out the present plans for the
1914 commencement, the plans for the
summer session. and some of the pro-
posed changes for the school term of
lsl4-15.
Mrs. Margaret White O'Leary, presi-
dent of the Gunnison Womans club,
ably acted as chairman and introduced
as speakers Mrs. c. T. Sills, president
of the Monday Afternoon club, who ex
tended in very pleasant way greeting
from the organization of which she is
head, Mrs. Joseph Blackstock who gave
history of the Gunnison Woman S
Club, Mrs. r. j. Sanford who repre-
sented the Philharmonic club, Mrs.
Elizabeth Price who extended the greet
ings of the Isabella Tourist club, and
Mrs. Sprigg Shackleford who told about
the newly organised Current Events
! club Resi6ss these club members, Mrs.
O'Leary introduced rs speaker repre-
senting the schools and the press of
Gunnison, Mr.. Grant Rutland, superin-
tendent of the city schools; Mr. l. Allen
Keyte, principal of the Gunnison Coun-
ty High school; Mr.. James H. Kelley
president of the Colorado State Normal
school; Miss Winfred Castle, president
of the senior normal class; Miss Sara
B. Easterly, county superintendent of
| schools; Mr.. c. t. Sills, of the Gunni-
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Stone, of the Gunnison News Champion
Mr. Alfred Stewart closed the program
with cornet solo.
| The Woodman hall was decorated in
the club colors red and white Chrysan-
themum. A well appointed luncheon
was served by the ladies'. Miss Isabel
Bray furnished the music for the affair.
| Although the occasion was the cele-
bration Of the ninth anniversary of the
/ founding of the Gunnison Woman s
club, the keynote of the many interest
ing discussions which were made seemed
I 10 be in the nature of plans for the ad-
+ vancement of the schools. OF course,
] greetings were said and the history and
work Of the various clubs were referred
| TO, but all seemed to be tremendously
/ interested in the schools. The Wo-
mems clubs Of Gunnison always have
I been staunch workers for the normal.
They have created and built up the loan
! fund for students of the normal who
need help, and they have taken an in
terest in the normal in many other very
helpful ways.
Mr.. Kelley told in very interesting
manner some Of the normal school plans
/ He said that for the 1914 commence
ment it had been planned to secure a
large tent in which TO hold the com
mencement festivities. This, he ex-
I planned, was necessary on account of
the fact that there is not hall in Gun
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