Gunnison news-champion., 1914-09-04
NORMAL AND co. HIGH
SCHOOLOPENSTUESDAY
.ork m Grades Commcaoe
on Same Day.--President
Kelley Announce Increase
IN aculty; Large Resistra-
ton Expected.

The Colorado State Normal. the Gun
nison County High Schooi and the city
schoolA open here next Tuesday. Al
ready the teachers are arriving for
their years work and the students have
begun to arrive. President Kelley OF
the normal returned last Monday and
Miss Eva Carpenter, secretary of the
normal, returned Sunday and during the
week they have been getting things in
readiness for the registration Tuesday.
Ii is hard 60 determine the number
who will enroll this year, but II is said
that there have been an unusually large
number Of requests for catalogues and
general information.
The normal high school faculty will
be increased by the addition of eight
members this year The high school
board has not announced the election of
a successor to l. Allen keyte who re-
signed as principal of the high school
Miss Carpenter who has had charge of
the commercial department for the
past three years will have only the
typewriting and shorthand this term, as
the growth of the school demands more
of her time as secretary. Moses A.
Jencks will take Miss Carpenters place
in the business training department
Mr. and Mrs. Jencks and child arrived
the early part of the week. Mr.. Jencks
haa ~. Il
Wisconsin, and has been head of the
commercial department of Washburn
high school and principal of the Walker
commercial high school He will give
a one and two year course in business
training and this can be joined with the
regular four year course. Ernest Miller
is busy building new desks for the com
mercial department this week.
Under the direction of W. p. C. Med
dins, head of the manual training de
partment, many new improvements
have been made in his department. A
two horse power electric motor has
been installed which will drive a new
band saw and two new wood lathes.
Five new desks have also been added
and new tools supplied. Equipment for
sheet metal art work has also been
added. 1t is said that the manual train
ing department is now as thoroughly
equipped as any in the state, having
every kind of machinery that is needed.
There will be four courses in manual
training, two for the normal and two
for the high school.
Prof. Grant Rutland, superintendent
of the city schools, and supervisor of
the training school, and Pres. Kelley
are this week making arrangements to
put manual training household science
and music in the city grades. 1t is said
that this instruction in manual training
and household science will be given in
al grades above the fifth, while music
will be put in all of the grades The
music viii be in charge of Miss Alberta
Rogers, who will have charge Of public
school music, voice and piano on the
normal school faculty. Miss Rogers
was formerly Gunnison county girl
She has a diploma from the Colorado
State College, is a graduate of the
Columbia School of Music. Chicago;
studied at the normal summer school,
Chicago, Des Moines College Of Music
and Conservatory of Music and the
State University at Boulder, was assis-
tant pianist and aecompanist to director
Of Jnusic, Boulder and accompanist at
the Columbia School of music.
F. George DamsOn will be director of
the band, and orchestra and have charge
Of the choral work. Pres. Kelley said
that he had talked with him when he
was in Chicago. For the past summer
he has had charge Of the orchestra at
Mackatawa, Michigan. He is a soloist
in the violin and clarinet. He is a
graduate of the American Conservatory,
Chicago
While in Chicago, President Kelley
talked with Earle A Pritchard who will
head the physical training department
Of the normal and high school. For the
past summer he has been physical di-
rector of the Y. NJ. C. A. Fest Liver
pool. Ohio. He has had extensive
training as a physical director. For the
past week Mr. Chas. Meyer has been in
stalling a system of shower baths for
the physical training department. A
heater and pressure boiler Is being put
in to supply the hot water