The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-06-24

everyday life, or 1t becomes formal
and dead.
There are fundamental principles
that have TO be learned and thorough
ly absorbed before the child can en-
ter inteliigently into any activity of
life. These fundamentals reach as
far into the course of study as to in
clude the whole IL years of the school
life of the child. Our course of study
places emphasis on the fundamental
subjects of reading, arithmetic and
spelling and writing during the FIRST
i've or six grades. This does not
mean that we do not emphasize these
studies farther than the above-men-
toned grades. but the fundamentals
mnst be grounded early or else Cur
chance is gone. II is the attempt
after the above grades to add some
other so-called vocational subjects.
such as manual training and domes-
tic science, agricultural, teacher
commercial coures, etc.
Manual training and domestic sci
ence are begun in the Seventh grade
and kept mp all the way through the
high school course. Commercial sub
jects are begun in the Ninth grade
and kept up through the four years OF
high school. Teacher training is
given during the Twelfth-grade
course.
Our manual training department
has been crowded this year, and will
have to be extended next year TO ac-
commodate the number who want TO
take up that subject. Farm-shop work
has been done in the regular manual
training department this year There
were IL boys enrolled IN the agricul-
tural department this year. and all
have entered on some form OF sum
try projects, some have dairy prof.
eets, some have corn projects and
some general farm practice This
work IS being supervised during the
summer by Mr.. Thomasson. cur sEr.-
cultural supervisor. The results OBJ
tanned by these projects during the
summer will give credit in the school
to those who succeed in carrying out
the project All the profits of the
projects go TO the boy. besides the
credit he gets toward graduation.
There have been over Toe boys en-
rolled in the manual training depart
ment the past ySsr. Many useful
and very valuable pieces OF furniture
have been made, besides the farm
shop articles that have been made by
the class In the second year agricui-
ture-
Our commercial classes have been
full. and more room there will have to
be provided Girls and boys of this
department have been given Office
practice this year and much progress
has been made along this line
Ten of the Senior girls took the
course in teacher training and all
took the state teachers examination
and all passed successfully, and are
now entitled to teach in The public
teacher shortage. We think these girls
have done q patriotic duty In helping
to I'LL the schools with competent
teachers.
All the regular academic studios
have been pursued with great success.
and as these studies are or the old
and weil-tried kind. We have nothing
new to say in this report concerning
them. All our colleges Of this and
other states demand so many OF the
cultural and academic studies for en-
trance. and this Is right II 1t were
otherwise. our educational system
would soon deteriorate and the stand
ard would be lowered. All the yoca-
tional subjects are just as essential
as the others. but we can not say that
all the emphasis shuld be placed
there. A fair balance between these
subjects Is the sensible thing We
are attempting to make IL such.
Physical education Is essential and
hence We have laid rather strong en-
pasis on this department We ex-
pect 10 enlarge on our present course
for the next year. Girls should OBJ
serve physical training most careful
iy as they are more likely TO lead an
indoor life than the boy and they need