The state herald., 1920-01-02
our COUNTY HIaH SCHOOL


The schools Of the community are
usually considered as a barometer
for judging the type of people in
the community.
When came to the County Hiel
school in the fall of 1915, / was
very much pleased with the kin1
of school and the class and number
Of students enrolled. The number
enrolled the previous year was 65
which was good number for tho
size of the community. The sixty
five included practically all of the
High school students in the county,
Since there were no other Hig.
schools. TheN total enrolment To-
the county high school today j.
126. and there are four other
places lin the county maintaining
small high schools. The 1876 inclul
es 1852 at Holyoke and "a at Haxtur
This phenomenal growth startet
in the fall of 1916. 1t was yer,
evident then, that new quarters
would have to be provided. conse
quently in the summer of 1917, ",
had to divide the old gymnasium in
to class rooms and use every avail
able space.
The people soon become con-
vinced that they would have I,
build more high school room to ac-
comadate the students, consequent
ly two new high school buildinei
were built, one at Haxtun and one
at Holyoke. During the same yea
the Postegate land was sold to &c.
funds to build the Dormitory.
Our plant is worth $4,000, tax
ing into consideration the Mai.
building at Holkoye, the Manue..
Training shop, the Dormitory, the
Campus and the Athletic Field, to-.
gether with the new building ant
Campus at Haxtun.
The course of study used to
somewhat inflexinble, but upon ad-
vice Of the authorities Of the stat,
University, the Course Of Stud,
vas, changc1 SO that Il would ii
HAjh hASas u ths esszsnity NE hi \
tAhorc the tckange il was intsnde
+. train students for Colledge, a
II stands row, a student may pre-
pare himself. for college or he ma.
take up a course to fit him for bus
ness life, without going on to col
lege. When we consider that onl.
n small per cent go on TO collegr
we must realize that the high schoo
must train them for the hard prob
lens of life.
At present our course of stud.
includes all of the college prepare
tory work, such as four years o
English, three years of History, an
Civics, Economics, four years c
Science, three foreign Language
Latin, French and Spanish. Togeth
er with such courses as norme
training Manuel Training, Domesti'
Science and Sewing. Millinery, Boo
keeping, Typewriting, SHORTHAND
Duplication, Salesmanship and Az
riculture. OF course all Of Ties
cannot receive all of the attsntio'
that they should receive unless NOR
equipment and space were provided
For instance, Agriculture cannot b
taught without soils labratory.
Chemistry and Physics should Aav'
nm opportunity for observing an
practicing in the gra4:-. For AZ
riculture. besides the soils labrator.
most schools Of our type have
small lot Of ground, which serves
for experiments, they also have sho,
work for the farm,
We expect to recommend befor
the close Of this year. definite 50
nry schedule, ms they have in mos
Of the schools Of our type. For u
stance, the city OF Cheyenne has a sa
ary schedule for high school teacl
ers as follows: High school teact
ers with the proper education AM
one yenr's experience nre started !
in at 1890, with maximum o.
1880. Similar schedules prsvai
at Sterling, Fort Logan and man
other places in the state.
There is one rcdeemable feature
In increasing the salary for teach
ers. The tenchers, themselves, be-
fore they nsk for increased salarie'
ask for regulations, TINT tenchern
bs better trained before they re-
ceive higher salaries. In sever
towns near us. the teachers salariea
have been raised twice since las
Mnv nnd scvarat ,outccr vinVs.~ ,