The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-07-01
SUPERINTENDENT RAY SUBMITS
ANNUAL REPORT OF The
CANON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

to participate in the beneficial and
wholesome games of armory ball,
tennis, basket ball, and base ball. as
well as in the usual track meets. In
spite OF unfayorable weather for all
our best paying events" we have
had good year in athletics, and with
our new base ball suits on hand. and
some well developed material" we
expect to do still better next year.
The work in physical training in the
grades. and with the girls in the high
school, has been carried on in sys-
tematic way, in the open air. The
and games has been to develop and
promote health, strength, and grace
fulness. This with the playground
work, with all the teachers on the
playground, can not help but make
our children better physically, men
tally, and morally.
Besides making the physical exam
nations, required by law. much more
definite work along the lines Of
health and hygiene has been done
by the school nurse. In order that
the nature and scope Of her work may
be better understood, l append the
following from her report.
Lectures given to grades, 172.
Phone calls Ito homes). 1876.
Visits to homes, 425.
Wounds dressed, about so.
Number of pupils examined sos.
Number of pupils normal. 279.
Number of pupils with defective
sight, "a.
Number of pupils wearing glasses,
so.
Number of pupils with defective
hearing. 10.
Number of pupils with adenoids.
SO.
Number of pupils with catarrh. 9.
Number of pupils with other de-
fects, 32.
Number of pupils with more than
4 one uelect' o.
Number of pupils with nervous
ness, s.
Number of pupils with extreme
round shoulders. 20.
Number of pupils with abnormal
tonsils, so.
Number of pupils with tonsils re-
moved. 35.
Number of pupils with adenoids re-
moved. 80.
F. .qaeMED- 4'fcf bkaI hrdluoinn
Reported Cases; Treated This Year.
Number of pupils getting glasses.
10.
Number of pupils receiving eye
treatment. 6.
Number of pupils with tonsils re-
moved. 5.
Number of pupils with adenoids re-
moved, 9.
Number of pupils receiving throat
treatment 4.
Number of pupils receiving stom-
ach treatment, 2.
Number of pupils receiving treat
pent for nerves 9.
Contagious Diseases Reported:
Cases of Scarlet Fever, 2.
Cases of Measles, 80.
Cases Of Chicken Pox lin town., q.
Cases OF Chicken Pox (Park Gem
ter. s..
Cases of Mumps. 9.
Cases of typhoid. 6.
Cases of Pink Eye, 12.
More >tnan usual interest was taken
in debating this year. Over eight
hundred people came out to hear our
high school boys in the preliminary
debate. In the triangular debate with
Denver and Pueblo, Canon City won
four points, Denver -four. points and
Pueblo one point. When we consider
the large number Of students enrolled
in, those schools, this is a remark
able record for our school. 1t also
shows that as good work may be
done here as in larger school.
Among the many good things that
have come to US this. year We must
mention the new book of Rules and
Regulations brought ont by our Board
of Education. While this book is the
direct product of the Committee on
Rules and Regulations, we want to
thank the entire Board for their
thought and interest in getting out a
work of this kind, and we wish to