The Coconino sun., 1927-07-15

1 AI1Zona,g Story OF Apache Warfare
in Arizona" and STORY of Mining in
Arizona
Announcement was made Tuesday
by DR.. Grady Gammage of the ap-
pointment by the Ashfork school
board of Howard w. Denman and Lee
Patten who will both receive their
degrees from the college four-year
course next month, to positions in the
Ashfork junior high school and pub
lie schools. Mr.. Denman will serve
as principal while Mr.. Patten will
take charge of part of the coaching
and junior high school subjects.
Both are well known at the college
and by Flagstaff people, having COM
pleted the greater part of their col
| lege work here; Mr.. Denman having
been assistant coach and prominent
in all phases Of athletics the past two
years, besides carrying a great deal
of extra-curricula work. Mr.. Patten
was member of the southwest cham
| pionship basketball squad the past
season and has been one of the out
standing athletes the past two years.
In addition he has also carried heavy
extra-curricula work.
Miss Elsie Cornforth, assistant in
the business office, expects to leave
Saturday morning for her home at
Miami where she will spend the
weekend She will motor as far as
Phoenix and expects to return to her
duties the following Tuesday.
Miss Ida G. Wilson expects as her
guest this weekend Miss. Amanda
Hippner, dean of women at the Uni
versity Of Nebraska Miss Hippner
is passing through on her way to the
coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Lyman of Long
Beach, Calf, were house guests of
Miss Ida G. Wilson last Monday, stop
ping over to visit while on their way
home from touring trip.
Miss Mildred Kemp of Lincoln,
Neb., was recent guest at the home
of Miss Ida G. Wilson.
Miss Helen Strom, Miss Elsie Corn
forth and Mrs. Carolyn Smith of the
business office and Miss Helen Runke
and Mrs. Thelma Davis went to Grand
Canyon Wednesday morning with the
national delegation of Business and
Professional Women's clubs who are
stopping over on their way to the ma
tional convention in California Tues
day evening the Flagstaff group held
theatre party and entertainment
awaiting the arrival of the national
delegation which was scheduled to ar
rive here between two and four the
following morning. The Flagstaff
group returned Wednesday evening as
far as Williams by special train with
the delegation and from there by auto
mobile. Miss Amy Rourke was in
charge of the business office at the
college during the absence of the
regular staff
Mrs. c.. Barney, instructor of
French at Smith college, and Mr..
Barney were guests of Mrs. Carolyn
Smith at a dinner at the Monte Vista
Saturday evening. Miss Amy Rourke,
assistant to Mrs. Smith in the busi-
ness office last year, was also
guest. Mr.. and Mrs. Barney are
spending the summer here attending
the lectures and entertainments at
the college.
DR.. H. B. Wilson, superintendent
of public schools of Berkeley, Calf,
completed his weeks lecture course at
the Teachers college Thursday eve
ming, answering criticisms made by
the critics of the public schools of the
nation.
Monday evening DR.. Wilson spoke
on Factors in the teachers, success
and reward" The following evening
his subject was "The Importance of
maintaining a progressive school sys-
tenn in order that the public may have
reason to believe in and give support
to schools" DR.. Wilson's afternoon
topics consisted Of chain of speeches
on the national procedure in promot-
ing learning, discussion of methods
teacher should use to get the best
results.
When interviewed on what he
thought of the Northern Arizona
Teachers college summer session, DR..
Wilson stated that here he found an
entirely different environment to that
in the majority of summer schools he
had visited, the sociability and ear
nestness of the faculty and students
combined with the many summer ad-
vantages of Flagstaff presenting
situation that would be hard to dupli-
cate. In talking of the possibilities
of the school, DR.. Wilson said he be-
lieved that an all Arizona summer
school that would combine the Uni
versity of Arizona, Tempe Teachers
college and Flagstaff Teachers col
lege would be worked out in the near
future. DR.. Wilson said that Flag
staff had the opportunity for the
formation of the greatest summer
school in the entire United States, if
the people of Arizona would only get
back of the move and put it over.
DIR. Wilson has become one of Flag
staff's most enthusiastic boosters,
having lectured here at three differ
ent summer sessions. when ! get q
chance to come to Flagstaff, 4 never
miss the opportunity" said DR.. Will
son.
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