The Delta independent., 1918-03-01

and returned in good time for school.
The next one will take place next
Wednesday after school if the wea-
ther permits
The first team which this one will
meet is Hotchkiss and the debate will
take place in about two weeks.
Here's to our team which we know
will present us with victory.
d Treat visited the high school
Wednesday of last week and contin-
ued the account of his European trip
at the time of the outbreak of the
war. His description of the many
places of interest was enlivened by
personal anecdotes which show the
Doctor to be quite a humorist The
Doctor assured our young people that
such trip is well worth year in
college and makes a most desira BILE
postgraduate course.
Thrift stamp clubs are organized in
most of the grades. A report of the
savings will be made in the near su-
ture.
Our track boys are out and mani
Testing much commendable euthusi-
asm in their preparations for the big
Western Slope meet to be held here
April 25 26 and 81. Join with the
high school in boosting for our track
and debating teams.
The girls of the high school decid-
ed they would enjoy meeting the 9TH
er girls mother and friends and
| thought that perhaps their own mo-
a = ri
ing the school girls as a whole, and
so have planned an afternoon tea in
honor of the mothers and friends
This takes place this afternoon and
will assume the nature of a Colonial
tea. the committee in charge being in
the costume of that day and the deco
rations being of patriotic character.
| A varied program has been perpared
by the girls themselves and everyone
is looking forward to an enjoyable
afternoon
Miss McClanahan. our domestic SCI
ence teacher. has resigned to accept
a position as county. agent in New
York. Her work will be directed by
the extension department of the Cor
nell university. We regret to lose
|
had proven to be very efficient in
structor. Our schools are fortunate to
have another member of the faculty,
Miss Minnie Hoppe, who has special
lied in domestic science, and art, hav-
| ing graduated last spring from the
state agricultural college. and Miss
Hoppe has been transferred to this de-
partment. Miss Gwendolyn Taylor.
who recently graduated from the
Gunnison State normal, has been
placed in charge of Miss Koppe's
room. These changes were made on
Monday and the ladies are perform
| ing their duties in a way which
means success.
Interesting and instructive was the
address given by Mr. Cook of the
University of Colorado in Monday
morning assembly. AS an illustration
for preparedness for life he took up
the problem of the engineer who de-
signs a huge bridge of structural
steel. The engineer must allow for
the dead load, which is the bridge it.
self. Then the live load or the traf-
fic, and such emergencies as wind and
water. Another element, corrosion,
is due to age. Besides all this there
must be safety factor of four This
means that the bridge must be made
four times as strong as the above cal
culations indicate. If the safety fac
tor is less the bridge will collapse. The
problem as applied to the human be-
ing is much the same. Here the dead
load is the bodily processes while the
bridge is the body itself. The live
load is the demands made upon the
individual by daily labor. while di-
sease is the emergency in human life.
Age also saps the vitality of the indi-
vidual just as corrosion saps the
strength of the bridge. Our safety
factor is the reverse force remaining
after the above demands are met. As
this factor is low or high. so our pre-
Daration for life's demands is small
or great