The Glenwood post., 1916-12-16
Interesting Facts As to What it is
Whatit Costs, What its Benefits
and How it is Managed
EDUCATIONAL IN ITS CHARACTER

Citizens of Glenwood are asking
"What is community conference? !?
Who stands the expense? What is ii
for?' and so on. The following state
ment as to the nature of the confer
ence, what it is, its cost and how it IS
managed, will give our readers an idea
of the sort of an educational and enter
tanning treat that awaits them:
The extension work of the state uni
versity among communities of the state
is not new. This spring four confer
ences such as Glenwood is to have were
held at Fort Morgan, Louisville, La
Junta and Holly, all proving of vital
and community interest in these
towns and cities Four such confer
ences have just been closed at Florence,
Canon City, Alamosa and Salida. Re-
ports from these cities show that thes"
conferences have commanded communi-
ty-wide interest in these places, and
have proved to be of real benefit to
the respective communities.
The conference which we are to have
is what might properly be called "The
Peoples g Community School, 1t is
a practical method of studying local
conditions which relate to our comnluni-
ty and surrounding towns and determ-
lining the best solution of the problems
which these conditions make
As citizens, do we know how many
dollars tax we pay to meet any one
general or specific item of city, school
and county expense? Just how much
did we spend for permanent road work.
for road repair or bridges and culverts
last yearg Did we get full value for
our investment? Perhaps we did, but
what do we know about these things?
What is our knowledge of the CONNER
cial and industrial assets of our COM
munity? Just what are we doing i'll
our schools? To be sure we are doing
our best, but is it possible that expert
assistance may be of value to us? AS
matter of fact do we realize there
are twenty million public school chill
dren in the United States and that at
least five million of these children suf
fer from eye diseases or defects, which
prevent proper school advancement? :?
Do we know that it costs about fifteen
million dollars of public money to sup.
port the 100000 blind dependents in the
United States, and that most of this
blindness could have been prevented
by Q per cent solution of nitrate of silver
dropped in the eyes at birth and by
the annual systematic examination of
all school children's eyes? These are
few of the lines of study which will
be discussed in relation to our particu-
lar community by widely recognized au-
thorities at the coming community COLI
ference. Other subjects such as child
welfare, care of the teeth, safety and
efficiency, engineering and mining, and
fields of interest to our business men
will be treated.
These various lines Of study will be
concretely illustrated by eighteen unique
exhibits partly supplied by the univcr-
sity and partly by local committees.
The conference and exhibit costs our
community about 1926. This amount
goes to meet the travelling expense and
entertainment of the speakers who
come to Glenwood Springs to take part
in the conference, the freightage on ex-
hibit equipment, local expenses, relat-
ing to publicity, buildings, etc.
There is no charge to the community
for the services Of the speakers and
exhibit equipment. Admission to all
conference sessions and the exhibits
will be free to all.
The conference and exhibit is under
the management Of the state university
through its local citizens. It is an Of
fort on the part Of the university to
render direct service to the citizens
of the state who otherwise would re-
ceive no direct benefit from it. The