Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 16

PAGE SIXTEEN eee SCHOOL ENROLLMENT JUMPS 50 PER CENT IN 6 YEARS’ TIME \IILLIONS BEING SPENT ON ATTRACTIVE NEW BUILDINGS HIGH STANDARD 5 MAINTAINED Marvelous Growth Is Met By Steady Program; Funds Growing BY KATHARINE A. MORTON. (State Superintendent of Schools) There is no sharper con- trast between modern life and the earlier ages than the atti- tude toward Al- 920, based on the statis. the increase in er the repo ment in 1919 in the 80 . three and four-year high 0 entered 40 of the h schools. These te that the per for the last two hown in 1919. w was enacted re i pay the h school tuition of all boys and rls who desire to attend high school and in order to do so must leave their school distr: The largest high e|chool in the state in point of enroll is Sheridan. Five hundred and ¢ the close relation w’ rs to our existence and| «' 3 and girls are at etuat of our national nding that high school. The school ns |authorities there for a number of progress seen made dur-| Years have encouraged pupils to come ak |trom: all the rural districts. Casper manu i e 6 and| high school has an enrollment of 420 and Cheyenne 338. ing the last hundred years in facturing, commerce, agrioultur science than during the precedin; centuries. Changes are still takins place. We cannot be sa’ | with the curriculum of two decades| ego. Children must know more now | @ fm preparation for life than “reading, writing and arithmetic.” They must know in addition how to use their reorganizing by eliminating a re number of rural schools and trans porting the pupfls to some central point. Perhaps the best example of consolidation is in Powell. When the government frrigation project on the Powell tracts was opened. the people realized the need for grade schools and deciijed to take advantage of the opportunity to organize in the best way right tn the beginning. Good roads and short distances—two essen- tial factors in the transportation of puptls—helped to make plans success- ful and twelve years of experience inet cma rta tee have convinced the patrons of the School Growth Marvelous. school that their plan is securing ex- It is a rather startling fact that our’ enent results. achoo! population has increased al-|“Sxramples in Consolidation Success. fnost 60 per cent since 1915. In 1915] For the present echool year the en- the school census showed that there|, tment in the Powell school ts 750. were 39,156 children of school age {of this number 162 are enrolled in the ‘Wyoming. Zn 1921 the number had !n-| high school. Ten school cars are used |. ‘The school census)+, transport 380 pupils from the sur. the month of April.|-ounding country and during the last any familles/two winters there has been only one since that time.' case where a car failed to cover its on September hands deftly, to observe carefully, to accura ly, to express them: and to cooperate with reason selves c others. ‘The schools of Wyoming have kept pace with the development of educa tion. Indeed, In some things wo are taking a leading part. In the follow ing paragraphs will be found a brief acoount of the growth of our school gystem and of the new activities re In certain have entered t! For instance, ‘ route. was confront 1 the problem of phe school at Worland is another caring for a mately 1,500 more/eriendid example of consolidation. pupils than were enrolled when school ‘There are also many smaller schools elpsed in the spring. l where, through consolidation, children This rapid increase in the number|are recelving much better school ad- ef children for whom school advan:|vantages than would be possible in tages must be provided, has necess!-|one-room buildings. tated a large building program. In al-| ‘The North Central Association of most every town in the state new Colleges and Secondary Schools havea have been erected./system of accrediting high schools. schoo! build Lender, The c Casper, Wor-| All high schools which meet these Jand, Powell, C.dy, Kemmerer, River | standards are placed upon an accred- ton, Greybull d Green River heve |{ted list and graduates are accepted in built magnificent high school build:/al! colleges and universities in the ings within tho last three years. New/ United States except those, few in high schools will be built during the number that require entrance exami- next year in Cheyenne, Rock Springs, ‘nations of all students entering. Wyo- Bheridan and Newcastle. Buildings|ming has 16 of these accredited high are needed and probably will be built | fn Torrington, Laramie and Cokeville. | gy a have erected buildings for the elemen tary grates. : In the year 1890, $10,588.63 gpent for school building in Wyoming. Just now there is being spent fo choo! buildings $365,000 in Cheyenne, $200,000 in Casper, $160,000 in Rock , $50,000 in Green River, $10, and $90,000 in Cody. Another of the increase fm the number of ren of schoo! age is the increase in the number of tedchers. In 1890, 306 teachers were | employed. The number in 1915 had in-| creased to 1,634. In the spring of 1921 the teaching staff numbered 2,850. Salaries Average High. Balaries of teachers in 1890 aver eget $62.96 a month. While exact) figures can not be given, in 1921 the; average {s about $110.00. ‘The wealth of the state in the mean time has grown wonderfully. This fact has made it possible for schoo! | @istricts to finance the ever-increas-| was) = = | TT tng budget. The discovery of ofl on| echool lands has caused the state's permanent achcol fund ‘to srow Casper and state of Wyoming. feaps and bounds. In 1915, the sta amounted to $2 1921, the sum of $531, tributed among the school according to the number of ct of school age. The last legisiature prc yided for the semiannual di of this fund. This made availa additional sum of $220,105.81. ‘A new fund distributed this year] fer the first time is the government | royalty fund. The legislature pro- vided that 50 per cent of the money received by this state from the fed- share of the from ofl pre- land within state shoul be public schoo! | B= 1 Iast,| = == we have purchase items in Ee the = you better service, jounts mean a grand total 602.14 distributed in and there ts every reason to bel that within a very few years this sum be doubled or trebled Higher Education Sought. The portion of pupils and f g high school low in this state until the last few] Russell Sage fc our school THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE AND WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW Attractive New High School Being Built at Cheyenne — ot ow lowered cur rani. In the biennial re-| schools, a remarkable showing con-|who for some physical or mental de- sidering the eize of our towns. The/fect were not able to profit from the B ose in’ Lander, land, Greybull, Laramie and the state school. This rumber shows four over last year. w ttained the the past year and should ulated for doing so schools of Lander, and Kemmerer Th Greybull, high high schools accepted in 1931 include uftalo, Casper, heyerine, Douglas, Evanston, Raw- , Rock Springs, Sheridan, Wheat- Powell, Kemmerer, untversity high an increase of high schools rad during congrat the high Powell are Department Activities. Here will be noted briefly sume of| the new activities of the state depart ment of education: Just now the state department is furthering with the the State Teachers’ the Association of Cou tendents a plan for a contest. Many other states }: contests very successfully. arrangements are carried out, county will be held in each county.) the winners later competing in a state spelling contest at the state fair in contest Douglas in September, scarcely an occupatt in life possess the ability to This contest will vitalizing interest to sons and it is hoped will prove of lasting benefit to the state. It is open to elementary grades, both town’ and rural. Rural schools have where one does not need tc lend a new of co-cperation association these If present , 1922. There jon or occasion spell correctly and the spelling les children of the ali pupils in received a large amount of time and attention on the part of those connected with the state department. Two yer for the was set regarding s equipment and qualifications of teach standardization schools was worked out. ars ago a plan of rural A standard chool buildings, ers. To reach this standard does not require an extensive outlay of money. As soon as the requirements are met, the school {s inspected and state rec- A large steel plate in tho form of a shield and lettered ognition given. with the words, “Wy: School," is presented the buildfng. In 1920, in the number of oming Standard to tha school to be fastened in ® conspicuous place to Park county led standard rural schools but in the spring of 1921, Lara- mie honor. not maintain schools county secured because they have no definite infor- mation as to proper or suitable text books Many times rural] boards do that coveted as they should building plans and equipment. The standardization requirements put these things in concrete form and rural boards are endeavoring to meet them. In this way the rural child will be able to secure more nearly the same educational advantages as those enjoyed by the town child. Defectives Receive Attention, The legislatures of HUA NOW IS THE Tl appropriated sums of 1919 and 1921 money for the education and training of children regular school work. ‘Twenty-one clarves have been organized tn “order { to @ to these childcen the special instruction they need. The classes are smaller than the regular clarses, th allowing the teachers to gtre in- dividual attention to the pupils. “Op- portunity” would be a good name for) these classes, for through them many | children find thelr special aptitudes/| ang often, too, are helped to re-enter | thetr grades, if, through sickness or through physical handicaps such as poor eyes or partial deafness, they have fallen behind tn their work. In giving the group tests In the; schouls to find out who are in need of spectal training, the state director of special clanses also discovers the exceptionally brilliant children * who! are then advanced as fast as their abil- ity allows. Wyoming {s in the very forefront of this work in the United States, if she {tles not so many years ago did not take into consideration the difference in children’s ability and tried to make all children fit imto a school system which had no elasticity. Now an at- tempt is being made to provide work which each child is capable of under- standing, thus eliminating much repetition and the needless expense of “repeaters.’ Vocational Education. The vocational education division of the state department seeks to or- ganize clusses in agriculture, home economics and trades and industry in the high schools and also evening classes for adults or for boys cand does not actualiy lead. School author-} girls who have left school. The 813 persons enrolled last year for voca- tional work were in 14 different places in the state. The legislature of 1921 provided for a much more generous fund for this work than it has had in the past. For that reason plans for this year include 60 classes with an enrollment. of 1,100 tn 20 different com: munities. Rock Springs has been es- pecially successful in organizing classes to meet the industrial needs of the community, Rehabilitation of persons injured in industry or otherwise was also placed in the hands of the state board of edu- cation by the legislature of 1921. Money for this work was appropriated out of the funds gtven by the state to the workmen's compensation fund. A total of 81 cases have been investi- gated so far, The State ‘Trustees’ association meets each year in conjunction with the State Teachers’ association, In Laramie, Platte and Niobrara. coun- ties there are wide awake county asso- clations of school district trustees. penis SSS ‘“Kimong the famous women authors who never married were Hannah, More, Agnes Strickland, Jane Porter, Joanna Batilie, Maria Edgeworth, and Adelaide Anne Proctor. I To prepare for a constantly increasing business which can be had by every enterprising concern in the city of Casper. Business is On the Upgrade 9 Just ask your stenographer to call will come right over and give you detailed informantiont The Mills Company Chamberlin Building And all forces working consistently to bring conditions back to normal, As one cog in the great business wheel we are doing our utmost to “mesh” perfectly with the other business organizations of the city of In conformity with this line of action Reduced Our Prices To correspond with the current, lower manufacturing costs, and can assure our customers that they witl not’ profit by waiting longer to Art Metal Filmg Cabinets Herring-Hall-Marvin Safes, Office Chairs and Desks, Steel Lock: a Stationery Cabinets; or anything in the line of Office’ Supplies, Printing, Special Ruled Forms, Loose Leaf or Blank Books. You can buy of us at the current prices prevailing in Denver or Chicago, ME and we can give 1570, and we Casper, Wyo. THAN700PER CENT IN PERIOD OF 10 YEARS rh La i if ip i HH i . Elec is nt f i ii i i ; 3 ES & BS i i 7 i é i i i i i tg EE Hu i i f i (3 DIVERSIFIED (Continued from page 13.) Mountains” is the greatest mountain landscape in the world. The artist has faithfully portrayed the mountain scenery as viewed from Shoshon! lake looking toward Wind River peak and Mt. Hooker to the north of Fre mont’s peak. Sloping toward Bull lake and Din- widdie lakes is the largest live glacier in the United States. All of these famous sights may be seen by making short trips on horss back from the matn highways. South Eentrance to ¥ Good roads have been laid out and are being built to connect the Yel- lowstone highway at Shoshoni and Riverton with the Rocky Mountain highway, which leads from Denver through the Shoshon! Indian reserva- ton to Two-Gwo-Tee pass and the south entrance to the Yellowstone na- tional park. On these roads the trav- eler obtains the most comprehensiv: view of the {industrial and agricul- tural possibilities through irrigation which the state of Wyoming affords. ‘The roads from Shoshon} to Riverton yy, Street, and Lander lead past the big dam! North Casper The work cf the art department of! bushels per acre; rye from 10 to 35 the grade schools is both practical and| bushels, wheat from 10 to 40 b cultural. The Loys of the seventh and’ els and oats from 15 to 75 bushels aighth grades are privileged to take per acre. 6 HOUSE IN CASPER Besides doing a General Printing and Publish- ing Business we can furnish. the oil man with gal Blanks of all kinds, Township Plats, Daily rilling Report Books, and many special forms for use in the office and field. Lithographed and Engrayed Stock Certificates which the Unitel States reclamation itis, service is now building tn the Big South Casper, Art Calendars for 1923 ind river. hie Toaline iptt 386d cwaet the Liste rz Special Calendars Made to Order discovered in Wyoming, {t having i been known to explorers for nearly 100 years. Two years rgo the field id id : ducing steadily ever since, with no falling off in the quant!ty of oll. _ The Hudson and Plunkett of! flelds give great promise for the future, while the Maverick Springs field on|nomics and Manval . f one 980-J abe Rt ae Portion of the Sho-| Piwno classes organized in all grade Phi shon! Indian reservation has indice-| buildings, ‘ MIDWEST S CASPER, WYOMIN tons of being m great producer. . Special class work best in the stato. ca Seams Re So ee, @ The Sand Draw gas field Js one of| 11% graduates from elghth grade, ‘4 the big producers in the country. 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