The Glenwood post., 1916-03-18
COLORADO
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

The Western Colorado Teachers as
sociation held at Grand Junction last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday was by
far the greatest teachers convention
ever held on the western slope. Five
hundred eight teachers paid member
ship fees.
DR.. Mary G. C. Bradford, DR.. Phil
lips, Dean McCracken, Dean Coffman,
DR.. Clapp and DIR. Farrand were among
the leading educators to take part in
the program.
The most popular address of the con
vention was that of Dean Coffman
when he scored the parents for the i'm
pudent and insulting conduct that par
their children, which magnifies the dis
ciplinary troubles of the teacher. He
was cheered by great number of wo-
men when he said that at the present
rate of increase of woman teachers in
the United States there would not be
a man left in educational work in this
country in fifty years. But in Ger
many the men are in the majority
even in the primary schools.
A very spirited discussion took place
in the high school section between the
state superintendent and some of the
physical training teachers in regard to
military training in the high schools.
Sentiment seemed to be strongly in
favor of making this compulsory.
In the closing sessions, President
James Kelly of the State Normal
school was elected president of the as
sociation, and Superintendent Under
wood of Glenwood was elected president
of the high school section. Superin-
tendent Underwood was also appointed
to the legislative committee with Sit
perintendent Allen of Grand Junction
and President Kelly. The committee
recommended that the followig meas
ures be initiated and passed by the
people of Colorado:
l. To establish the county unit sys-
tenn as the unit of taxation and ad-
ministration.
2. To invest the state school funds
in district bonds.
3. To give financial assistance to
summer normals for the Improvement
Of teachers in active work.
4. To make provision to Offset the
recent decision of the supreme court IN
regard to high school tuition.
S. To establish commission to re
codify the school laws of Colorado.
The report of the committee was
unanimously adopted by the association
as body.
The Glenwood and Montrose delega-
tions each invited the committee t,
recommend their respective cities az
the next place of meeting; but the
people of the Gunnison country as well
as those from the San Juan towns, Oh,
iected to Glenwood on account of the
distance, while the teachers of Gar
field county objected to Montrose on
the same grounds. AS a. compromise,
the matter is to be left to referen-
dunn vote of all the teachers in western
Colorado.
Sixty teachers attended from Gar,
field county, sixteen of these being
from Glenwood Springs. The Glen,
wood Springs school board contributed
$3.50 toward the railroad fare while
the teachers paid the remaining ex'
penses of the trip.
Glenwood Springs was represented
on the program in the primary section
by Miss Walters, and Miss Porter, in
the general meeting by County super
intendent Westerman, and by Superin-
tendent Underwood in the high school
section of which he was afterward
elected president.
The Grand Junction people did every
thing in their power to make the Wis
itinp teachers enioy the visit.