The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-11-16
SCHOOL COLUMN
The Convention OF tie Colorado EJu-
catioral Association

ca.iornl Asso.Iation
The week beginning Nov. 5, was
proclaimed Educational week for the
entire state of Colorado. Ministers
icrcl t the state were invited to
de, ,o;e some time as part of their
regular service to a program which
should help further the great cause of
education for our people.
proclamation was issued by Gov.
Shoup urging everybody to join in an
enthusiastic observance of the time
d voted to earnest consideration of
the wosk being prosecuted daily in
very school room in tie land.
In order to permit full attendance
of the faculty the board ordered the
schools closed for tie week and as a
result every teacher took advantage
Of the opportunity to study conditions
in the educational work of other in
stitutions over the state.
1t was further deemed advisable to
send delegates to all three divisions
of the state, thus enabling our facul-
ty to study conditions as they were
found represented from all quarters.
Accordingly, Misses Buck and Fluke
attended the convention in Pueblo.
| Miss Hoyle went to make a study of
the methods in the large systems of
the Denver schools. Those assigned
sections to attend and report on from
Grand Junction were: Misses Breen,
Watson, Stephenson, and Miller; and
Mesdames Baker and Heuchemer; and
Messrs. Heagney, Hatch and Tinsley.
TIE renewed inspiration caught in
the various divisions seems to have
fred each teacher with a determina-
tion to see the objective aims in ed
ucation realized in the individual
needs of the boys and girls under his
or her charge.
The hearty support of patrons and
friends has been felt and appreciated
by all departments of the school in
their efforts thus far to accomplish
the work set before them and to the
end that this may be a record year
for the students in our schools in
equipping themselves to cope success
fully with the problems of the most
complex civilization in the history of
the world, your further cooperation
is earnestly solicited.
| The teachers all report very good
time at the convention this year. A
number of good lectures were enjoyed
and also the excellent concert given
by Florence Macbeth" the famous
grand opera singer from Chicago.
Several new buildings are going up
in the city of Grand Junction and also
a number of noticeable improvements
have been made since last year.
The main social event of the con-
vention at Grand Junction, was
stunt" party and dance given for
the teachers at the Armory. Five of
the state institutions represented
were asked to give stunts" which
proved to be very clever The rest of
the entertainment was in the form of
a dance and seemed to be enjoyed by
everyone of the five hundred teachers
Ipresent
No fear is entertained of fire in
our schools with the present system
Of heating the buildings by steam,
but in order to avail ourselves Of the
benefit of every safety device known,
both buildings are being equipped
with electric warning signals and un-
der the direction of Mr.. Heagney, all
the high school boys are being organ
lied into fire-fighting squads and
plans for rapidly emptying the build
ings are being completed with the
teachers in every room. Fire drills
will constitute part of this safety
program.
The enrolment of the high school
is now forty-nine. Slovka Panion
and Frank Sudey are the new stu
dents added to the roll.
Charles Niccoli started to school
Monday.
Rudolph Kochevar is still out of
school on account of tonsilitis.
Miss Fluke visited the Fowler
school last Monday and Tuesday.
While in Denver Miss Hoye visited
her brother and two cousins.
Miss Buck visited her brother at
Rocky Ford the first of last week.
Frank Rino enrolled in the sixth
grade last Monday.
Inez McShane, who is absent this
week. is visiting relatives in Rockvale.