The Delta independent., 1917-02-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
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The first general session of the Par
ent-Teachers' association will be held
at the High School assembly room,
Thursday evening, February 22nd, at
7:45 o'clock. Hon. Geo. Bruce, presi-
dent of the association, will have the
meeting charge. The program com
mittee plans that the evening shall
be given to discussion of the Pro
posed Educational Code for Colorado.
This subject will be presented in a
paper by Mrs. Ada Price, County Sup
erintendent of Schools, and an address
on the same subject by Attorney Nor
! timer Stone. Following the paper and
address phases of the proposed code
will be discussed by Mrs. Clyde Stew
art and Professors Hendershot, Foster
and Yeoman. Miss Baxter annouces
that the musical program will
consist of piano duet, male quartet,
vocal solo, and mixed quartet All
residents of the district who are in
terested in the subject are urged to
attend and cordial invitation is also
extended to patrons and school boards
of outlying districts to attend and par
ticipate in the discussion of the topic
The committee plans to have a gen.
eral discussion of the topic. The com
mite is very much pleased with the
attendance and good spirit of the ini-
tiation meeting of the Primary De-
partment and hopes for a large at
tendance and profitable discussion of
this very important subject.
Our boys and girls basketball teams
played the Crawford teams a practice
game on the home court last Saturday
evening to keep in good practice for
the two hard games ahead of us: the
Paonia game here Thursday evening
of this week and the game at Mont
rose Friday evening. February 23rd
The Delta high plans to run an excur-
sion to Montrose on the date of the
game BE one of the crowd" We
need you to make up the hundred at
dollar to get the special train and
we need you to help win this game.
The scores of the Crawford games
were: 40 to 2 in favor of the Delta
girls and 10S to in favor of the
Delta boys. The Crawford teams have
good spirit but need more practice.
We appreciate their coming
The students of the Delta schools
pGnQCa11v ha to
County Teachers association here Fri
day and Saturday. The County Teach
! ers' association will be favored by the
following numbers from the public
schools: Friday afternoon, the High
school orchestra and Girls glee club;
Friday evening. High school band !;
vocal solo, Alva Ratekin; violin solo.
Miss Whitford; vocal solo, Miss Bax-
ter; piano solo. Prof. Yoeman; Satur-
day morning piano duet
That the public may have definite in
formation as to expenditures sustain
ing the Home Economics department
of our public schools the following
statement is published: expenditures
for September s10.65, October $685.,
November s715. December s6.25, Jan
uary $5.S5, February 81 40. total s4125.
There are $50 students in this depart
ment: 1853 ARE taking Domestic Art
and 1872 are taking Domestic science.
This statement reveals that the cost
per pupil for supplies in sustaining
the department is exceedingly low.
Miss Doris Carpenter, who gave a
dramatic impersonation at the Metho-
dist church Tuesday evening, favored
the High school with two well selected
and well rendered readings Tuesday
morning. The first was a selection
from Madame Butterfly" the second,
pleasing recitation about the Spank
Weed" The readings were greatly
enjoyed by all.
Messrs. Watson and Albertson, who
visited Delta last Sunday in the inter.
est of the InterdenominationaI Sunday
school work, visited our schools Mon
day.
We are glad to announce that Alfred
Flagg has enrolled in the High school
for the second semester's work. We
admire Alfred's determination to Sc
cure as much education as he can ant
commend him for his example of man
liness and pluck
FREEDOM OF THE DOLLAR
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