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Show MORE MONEY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock Superintendent Su-perintendent J. M. Mills calb-d a mwt. ing of the principals, supervisors and teachers of the city schools in the assembly as-sembly room of thy" high school. .T. E. McKnfght, head of the trainlSg school of the University of Utah, and Assistant Assist-ant Professor C. W. Porter of the do-department do-department of chemistry In the Agricultural Agri-cultural college, addressed the meeting. meet-ing. Superintendent Mills explained tho constitutional amendment pertaining to high schools. He explained to those present that if the people of the state voted in favor of the amendment amend-ment at the election next Tuesday, it, would give to the Ogden hl;h school an adrift'-ional $7,n(i0 from the state without any additional tax on the people peo-ple There has been a misconception regarding the half mill lax. Ogden would get ?7,ii0 without any increase in Its taxes, as the half-mill would be taken out of the five mills that are now used for state purposes, lie explained ex-plained that if the people vote this half mill tax, it will gno a much-needed fund f.r raising the salaries of tho teachers of the Ogden schools. Mr. McKnlght was then introduced as the speaker of the occasion, and he dealt with the detail of outlining a class lesson He stated that, by his subject, ho was limited to the minor details of teaching, and could not speak on th- larger educational phases, which are of so much Interest to teachers and the public in general. Mr. McKnlght ga.ve the teachers a profitable hour on the details of the profession. He said that In outlining and in presenting the lesson to the class, the central theme, the main thought, the aim of the lesson, the point to be reached, or whatever it might be called, should be uppermost in the mind of the teacher, and that one aiJd only one main point should 1? In each lesson, and that all material presented should bear on this one point ami help "make it stick." He explained that teachers often made the mistake of emphasizing the subordinate subor-dinate details and forgetting the main thought, requiring children to memorize memo-rize things that they should never memorize and spend 'their time and strength on unimportant matters, which thev would and should forget at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Mclvnight's address was well received. Profes ior Porter spoke briefly, urging urg-ing the polnt6 brought out by Suppr-intenden Suppr-intenden Mills with reference t the constitutional amendments. |