Gunnison news-champion., 1915-03-05
IS
GREAT SUCCESS
Over 700 Dsacreai Peeple A.
tend Sess,oas Umyersssy Rep
resentstlves Well Pleased Wmh
Response Here.

1t is estimated that over seven hun
dred different people attended the eom-
manity welfare conference conducted IN
Gunnison last week. Every meeting Of
the four days session was well attended
and the representatives of the Univer-
sity of Colorado who conducted the con
ference were exceedingly well pleased
with the response given by the people
here. Over one thousand people at
tended the child welfare exhibit which
won universal praise, and made silent
yet eloquent plea for bettering condi-
tions of the home. the school and the
church.
The domestic science demonstrations
by Miss Miriam Haynes were well ct
tended, the kitchen laboratory of the
normal being too small to accommodate
the crowds. Dr.. George Glover, Of the
Agricultural college, drew large crowd
of ranchmen with his address on The
Hoof end Mouth Disease
In the conference the University ves
assisted by the Colorado Agricultsssi
College and the Colorado State Nossssl
School. The university speskers we've:
Pvssidsnt LiviAGstsa FsrrsnA, Dr.
l.orsn ID. Osborn, heaA Of the extsnsisa
department, Dr.. Frank l.. ClApp, u
charge Of extension wssk on the West
ern Siege, vhs was the sbse presiding
sficer Of TIE conference, DR.. Willian
A. Cock, 90 Mr.. Lincoln ". DoauD.
fsssi1sat rssssnA von universal -
aisaaisa fsso ~ GunnisSa psGVR.
The agsieustsFsl cs,lsRe speaker wefe
Mise MiriaM Haynes snd DIR. Geosgs
Glover. President James HerbeTs
Kelley gave ~ eble address on Friday,
and Earle Pritchard, Of the normal, osn-
dsctsd n sxhibitioa ef eames - 49,
ing. The music department and tAe
Gunpison Choral society furnished sAe
music for the conference. The leOl
speakefs were DIR. r. p Hanson, 0ss.
Margaret White O'Lesry, DR.. T. C.
Horton, JsAee Clifford X. Stone, Hon.
James B. Mesh, Hon. George Hetbee-
ington. Prof. n. B. Schoonmsker, Of
Montrose, gave y splendid Address o.
Training the Juvenile Delinquent, and
Rev. J. Herbert Dennis gave the prinei-
pal address at the Sunday morning seq
sion. Supt Duehren Of Crested Butte
gave an address Sunday afternoon. Al
of the Gunnison pastors took part at
the Sunday sessions.
Space does not permit publication
of the different addresses, but an effort
will be made next week to publish some
of them.
/ The following relative to the confer
ence was taken from the Normal Nevs
Letter:
Was the community interested in the
Welfare Conference in Gunnison? For
answer we had but to note the great
numbers who attended, and the earnest
and serious attention given every SPEAK
er on the program. Over one thousand,
in all, visited the Child Welfare Exhibis
in the Normal gymnasium. and as many
as five hundred were present at some of
the meetings in the Assembly Hall
Was the general and mark ed success
of the entire conference due TO the pro-
gressive citizenship of Gunnison and
vicinity? To the fine personality and
executive ability of the men from the
University Of Colorado? To the CO.
operative spirit and forensic talent Of
our local people To the interest and
general willingness to help displayed by
faculty and students Of Normal and
High-School Not to one Of these. prob
ably, but to the splendid combination
Of all Of them, which combination made
the conference, in fact as well as in
name, a Community Welfare Confer
ence.
An interesting feature was the Sun
Continued on Fifth Page.