The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-01-22
DIR. Wade Points
Out Advantages
of Consolidation

South Canon high school, DR.. Pitt A.
Wade, president of the school board
for District No. .. gives some excel
lent reasons why this move will work
to the advantage OF both institutions
and, Incidentally help increase the
population OF the community and
trade.
In his remarks, Dr. Wade indicates
that he has given close study to the
proposition. and makes clear the fact
that such a united institution will
bring benefits in many ways that viii
be lasting. He says:
Il am heartily in favor OF uniting
the North Canon and South Canon
high schools. for | can see that if the
plan is followed that and others
have discussed. it will bring an in
crease in the population. and business
OF the Community, it will advertise our
town such as II has never been ad-
vertised before. and it will make the
united institution one that will be
sought after by ambitious young men
and women who do not now enjoy
such benefits.
In my plan. and which is favored
BY practically all who are especially
interested in the South Canon high
school feature, we would have the
South Canon school as the manual
arts department. both institutions be
ing united under the name of the
Canon City high school In District
No. S. We have three unoccupied
rooms which could be added to the
floor spaee conveniences. and with
the rooms now in the South Canon
high school building. We could event
uaIly make the manual arts depart
ment so attractive that both young
men and young ladies would want to
attend from the Wet Mountain valley.
and the San Luis valley. and in this
manner our community would be ad-
vertised in all that territory.
The parents OF these young people
would also want to be with them. and
this would mean increased building
operations. a demand for real estate
and necessarily an increase in our
business operations.
we would use the North Canon
high school as the liberal arts depart
meni. or in other words. follow the
curriculum now being taught in the
Two institutions
We wpuld develop flie mammal arts
department IN such an upto-date man
nor that il would truly be trade
school in every sense of the word.
where Young men could BE- trained to
do practical things. such as type
setting. carpenter work. automobile
repairing. and the handling OF tools
In general. while the Young ladies
would be given a knowledge of dress
making. the millinery art and other
points in domestic science All par
ents are anxious that their children
should be taught how to use both their
hands and their heads and the courses
in this department could be 50 ar
ranged hat student could by choice
remain with us. say nine months a
year, or even longer. according To
what he desires to learn. and be grad
uaied as profciently as he would in
any similar institution where he would
have to pay big sum for such instruc-
ton.
commercial course truly indeed what
its name would imply. The students
could qualify in bookkeeping. type
writing or stenoci Apply in the same
length OF time that it would take them
in Il regular commercial college, and
our course could be such as to make
It possible to secure n position just
as readily as though they We're trained
in a commercial college We could
also have in the manual arts. an agri-
cultural department and horticultural
be taught tree husbaudry. plant hus
bandry and vegetable husbandry.
I'm this plan. you can see that it is
not our aim to prepare students in the
manual arts department for a univer-
sity. but give them a knowledge OF
practical things so that they can sue.
cessfully meet the battles of life Sta
tistics prove that only about 81. per
cent OF those who attend high schools
ever co 10 universities. II is not our
purpose to graduate young men so
that they can sit around in white col
lars. and pose for the admiration of
others. but to impress upon them the
fact that It is no disgrace to don over
alls. get acquainted with the runninr
of an automobile. and get their hands
soiled, Il It is necessary TO repair
something that is essential for the up
building and support OF industry,
BY uniting the two schools It would
also enable us to develop an athletic
team that could compete tavorably
with any other high school athletic
team In the state This would bring
other athletic teams here, and in this
manner the city and institution would