, 1924-08-07

J the high school there will be an en-
rollment of IT'S or more in a room
built for IS. Grades five and six
will have about 100 pupils each and
none of these can be taken care Of
in the south ward next year. This
calls for two more rooms with about
35 in each room. For the coming
year the Board has decided to test
the value of an opportunity room"
of which Casper has several. This
makes three additional rooms for
which there is no provision at pres
ent.
II the boom" days Of Rawlins are
past and the city returns to a normal
rate Of growth there should be over
500 in the high school before 1895.
The proposed building will therefore
be crowded to capacity within ten
years after it is built.
Other communities have found
that school enrolment increases fast
er than the population of the town
especially following a period of rapid
growth. High school enrolment is
increasing much faster than grade
enrolment, partly because Of the in
creased interest being taken in sec
ondary and higher education and
PoAt " II ldCl tldL HldHy
parents are better able to provide
advanced educational facilities for
their children.
A new building always results in
an increase in the number Of pupils
remaining in school until they have
completed their high school course.
This is partly due to their having
more congenial surroundings, and
partly to their having a greater va
riety of courses. They also find
school better equipped to teach these
courses. Discipline requires less at
tentiOn in a new school building than
where a crowded condition exists.
This decreases friction and conse-
quent dissatisfaction among pupils,
one Of the causes Of pupils leaving
school. 1t is well known that people
having children of high school age to
educate move to a town having
good schools, and the school build
ings are the most conspicuous evil
dence OF a good school system.
The new high school building will
no sooner be built than the Junior
high school and the intermediate
school will need to take over the
entire central building except the
dark basement rooms which should
no longer be used for school room
purposes.
Miscellaneous Activities
The special activity that has come
most prominently to the attention OF
the public has no doubt been the
past years record in basket ball. AL
but three Of the high school gamer
played we're won by Rawlins. Two
OF these lost were at the State
tournament at Laramie where Raw.
Inns won second place in Glass B
For the coming year 1t Is the plar
Of the school to give opportunity t.
a larger number of pupils in some
kind of athletic activity. Contract,
have been signed for four fall foot.
ball games, two Of these being homs
games.
Honors of greater educational
value were won along academic lines
last year, at the state tournament
Representatives OF the Rawlins higt
school were entered in the declam
atory, vocal music. typewriting and
s~tenographic contests. Rawlins wor
second place in both vocal music ant
in twpewriting. : In the interstate
contest which was held at the same
time we won additional honors.
In order to develop ability in dec
lamation and in order to give pupill
an opportunity to- appear before tn,
public. the school instituted two
local declamatory contests which
hope will become annual events. TIL,
high school contest and the junior
high school contest were entered
by v thirty pupils.