The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-06-06
Tri-C County Institute
In Session In Canon

The annual teachers normal insti-
tute for the seventh district of Colo
RADIO, embracing Pueblo. Fremont and
Custer counties, opened at the Canon
City high school building Monday.
and will be in session till June IA.
The advisory board of the institute
is composed OF DIR. Mary c. G. Brad
ford of Denver. state superintendent
of public instruction; DIR. J. C. Crab
be. president of the stale teachers
college. at Greeley and DR. ID. f.
Phillips of the University of Denver.
The executive committee consists
of Lloyd Wright of Westciiffe: Miss
Anna S. Garwood OF Canon City and
Mrs. Lille Ogan Baker. county sup
erintendents of schools in Custer
Fremont and Pueblo counties. re-
respectively.
The institute instructors are Mrs.
Helen Gumlick of Denver: Miss Elsie
Chambers OF Haswell. Colorado; W.
d. Blaine OF Fountain. Colo; Milo L.
Whitaker. superintendent of the
Canon City public schools and Miss
Marion Bourroughs of Steamboat
Springs, Colo.
Lectures on educational topics are
also given by Dr. Phillips. who is the
conductor of the institute and has
/ general supervision of its work. DIR.
1 Phillips lectures every afternoon at
2:l0 o'clock and people interested in
j educational matters, whether teach
ers or not. are invited 10 hear him.
The various war enterprises of the
nation has enlisted the services OF
many of the teachers of the seventh
normal district during the last few
months and the attendance at the in
stitute this year is not as large as it
has been in years gone by. The regis
tration of teachers at the institute at
noon today. was 113; nine tenths of
them being young women. The names
OF less tnan half score of men ap-
pear upon the registration rolls. Stu
dents for the institute will continue
to come in for the next two or three
days and Miss Garwood stated this
afternoon that she expected that the
maximum attendance would reach
about l30.
The institute instructors rank high
in their profession and their work in
connection with it will be efficient.
helpful and inspiring. The teacher
students are TO be congratulated upon
the excellence of the faculty at the
head of the organization. That the
institute will fulfill the highest antici.
pations of its patrons and friends is
assured.
DIR. Phillips is both an author and
an educator and is popular as an in
s,ructor in university and institute
/ His speciality will be applied to
psychology and educational problems
His afternoon lectures are for teach
ers and the general public
Mrs. Gumlick will have charge OF
/ the primary work and her special
/ province AT the institute will be pri
mary reading. language of all grades
primary methods and storytelling
folk games and children,s literature
Miss Chambers who has. probably
made reputation second to no teach
I er in Colorado in her particular field
of work. will present her course oi
I study in correlation of art and the
I text book. She will also have charge
J OF drawing and penmanship.
Mr.. Blaine will have geography
I history. agriculture and nature study:
( Mr.. Whitaker will have arithmetic
( grammar and rural hygiene and Miss
I Borroughs will have reading. expires
sion work and domestic science FOR
! rural teachers
On the theory that all work and
no play makes Jack duh BOY" the
teachers will have some recreations
and pleasures in connection with their
studies. A picnic supper or two. a
reception and an excursion over some
I of the scenic highways about Canon
: City have been planned for their de
location. Tuesday evening a large
number of them enjoyed a hike" 20
the City park and TO the Soda spring
! at the end of Main street. II is hoped
I that their stay here will be at once
beneficial and delightful
GONE TO LA PLATA. Mo.