Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-03

was held at tho Commerce club at
which the legislators who were to take
office the first of January, 1891 cducat-
crs and the representatives OF local
examinations were presnt.
Professor j. +. Keating, supcrintend-
Ont Of Pueblo school district number
twenty and chairman OF the education
al committee OF the Pueblo Commerce
club. was elected chairman OF the
meeting. After a fun discussion OF ths
need and possibilities of technical
school located In Pueblo to serve not
only the state OF Colorado but the en-
ttr. Rocky mountain region and after
remarks by w. II. Blaine, supcrintond-
cnt OF the Fountain school, legislators
and others, II was voted that the
chairman appoint a committee OF five
who would undertake to make the
dream OF such an institution realized
Chairman kcatinS appointed on
this crystalization committee T.. r..
Parks. the manager OF the Minncuun
plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company. Il. /. Crockett. IA graduate of
Vanderbilt university, j. u. Crecl. "A
membcr Of the board OF directors of
school district one and Wardncr Will
liums.
The four appointed members insisted
that Chairman kcatinE be the fifth
member and chairman OF the commit
tee and elected him to tina, office. The
committee unanimously agreed thx,
Wardncr Williams should go to. New
York and take up in person with the
general education board the matter
where 1t was discontinued In 1916. This
plan was endorsed by the Commerce
club. the Rotary club. the Lions club.
tho Manufacturers association and hy
all interests and individuals familiar
with the matter.
As result Mr.. Williams went to
New York in February OF this wear
n nd fatI ha V.. .ga4... ~
ficcrs OF the general education board.
He stated that he was not there to
mako any demands or unreasonable
requests but simply as an ambassad dor
TO give them the vision OF deeply
interested and united people who had
the welfare OF tho coming generation
at heart, the same as they who were
administering the funds so nobly pro-
Nided by great Nisioncd men.
On their part the officers OF tho
board called attention TO the fact that
the board could not ,stablish now in
sututions as this wo oild involve their
supervising their odt cational policies
as well as maintaining them financial
". Their time and office force would
not permit their uu, ertsking such a
responsibility. \ deviation from their
policy In this particular would be lIktly
to give them no end OF trouble i'm tho
form of requests to establish now insti.
tutions throughout tho United States
Their policy so far has been to assist
needy and worthy Institutions by spc.
cial gifts and in no way to exercise
Influence over the policy of institutions
accorded help.
After that, tho matter was taken nm
In a legislative way ana PASSED the
house of representatives in Denver on
third reading yesterday.
Briefly outlined. Pueblo Is tho logic
al point In the west for the location
OF polytechnic school Colorado is
pretty rapidly becoming "a manufat.
turing state: the value OF mRnufac-
turcd goods exceeds tho value OF mined
products threc-fo Tho state has a
wealth of fuel and wator-powcr TO fos-
ter this industry.
Colorado is in the wool growing sec.
tion of the country and close to tho cot
ton producing statcs-TcNas and Okla =
homa. a polytechnic school will furnish
technically trained men who will In
time assist in starting textile indus
tries at tho foot OF tho Rockies.
The need for trained men is far be-
yond the ability to supply; already. IL
is said Colorado's SCHOOLS cannot care
for all those who apply for instruc-
ton.
The wet needs the school The in
dustries of the west need the school
need the trained product that the
school will produce.
Pueblo, AS the heart or tho VESTS
industries. IN the sane. logical place
wherein to locate tho school