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Show h ft Logan City Schools Have Shown Steady Improvement The By DR. H. GRANT VEST Herald-Journ- al Logan City schools had a humble beginning, as did all the schools In early Utah communities. But a deep and sincere belief In the need for education was a characteristic of the founders of the state, and it is a tribute to them and to those who have followed that steady growth has been recorded. True, the people of the community have differed in their views on the amount and type of education There have been many needed. strong disputations about the ways of accomplishing the purposes of the school. Yet a steady advance has been recorded. H City Charter Logan received a city charter from the Territorial Legislature In 1866 identical to that granted to Salt Lake City, but school statistics reported to the Territorial Superintendent were still combined with those of Cache County until 1893. A school building had already been constructed by 1850-6- 0 on the second block due west of the public square. The first stone school building was constructed in 1870 on West Center Street where the Lyric Theater now stands. Following the granting of the city charter in 1806, schools were established in each These of the five L1)S wards. structures were adobe, about 25 X 50. The first election of school trustees was held in August, 1872, with C. O. Card, Alvin Crockett, and Robert Davidson being chosen. This election of trustees for the city, wide school program gave lxigan the distinction of being the first school system In the state to develop a pattern of consolidation e control of the school and program. The flist school census was taken in Logan In 1872. The count showed 577 children between the ages of 6 and 16. Great ( bangs A brief comparison of Logan's school system on the eve of statehood, June 30, 1894, and at the June 30, turn of the 1950, reveals an Interesting picture of change. The first report to provide school statistics for Logan City separate from those for Cache County was filed In 1893 and consisted of the school census data. Thereafter, and since statehood, the general statistics for Logan City School District have been reported independently of those In Cache County School District. By early consolidation, Logan had avoided multiplying small one and two room schools to the extent found in many cities and counties. In 1894 the report showed 1151 "Mormon and pupils enrolled. This amounted to 77 percent of the children between the ages of 6 and 18. It is Interesting to note only one child under the age of 6 was enrolled and 4 persons over the age of 18 were enrolled. Total Cost The total expenditure for the maintenance and operation of that school year was $38,320.05 which amounted to $33.28 per pupil. There was an average daily attendance of 919, pupils which was about 61 percent of the school population. The average child attended school approximately 90 days. School was held for a total of 145 days which was a term of about 7 months. The average monthly pay of teachers was 53.00. There were 13 teachers hired in the school system. The community had Invested $71,808.00 In school facilities. In these early schools little at- city-wid- y, ' ) i Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition rP-- The early history of Millville Is the early history of Nibley, since Nibley was a part of Millville and was known as West Millville. As the popuation of both wards increased and there was a natural barrier, the Blacksmith Fork river. between the two, it was decided that a new ward be established on the west side of the ri er. The new ward was organized &t It daub Salt jotol If'0 H.E VISOt (Ctrl pe 20. 1920, and was named Ntbley In honor of Charles W. June Pede Nji the Presiding Bishop of the L.D.S. church Alma Yeates was installed as Bishop. Nibley, First MUSIC TRAININ' ft Part of the full and v led entlculum in the Logan City schools to comple.e musical program. Many fine musiu. grants and choral presentations aie given in iblic performance, such as the one pirtun-ubovc, being presented in the Loga , tabernacle. tention was given to planning and I designing buildings to accord with the educational program. The curriculum was based primarily on acquiring knowledge and skills through drills. A variety of subjects were recorded as being taught. Ttie report of the Commissioner of Education indicates pupils divided their time between the basic subjects of reading, writing, spelling, language lessons, english grammar, geography, '! , V Rote TPziT learning As in other systems, rote learning was the predominate piactiee. Teachers training was perhaps the equivalent of two years of high school educaiton. The educational opportunity was limited and not widely used. At the close of the school year June 30, 1950, some 56 years later, Logan schools enrolled 3,019 pupils. Although there was some consolidation, the number of schools is about the same with 5 elementary and 2 secondary schools serving the community. The elementary schools enroll the Junior High 1,773 pupils, School, 661, and the Senior High School 615. This enrollment consists of 98 percent of children and youths In the community of school age as enumerated in November 1919. Also Adults t This enrollment also Includes 288 Kindergarten children who were 5 years old. Approximately 800 adults were instructed in some phase of the educational program through a variety of adult edunction classes. The total school expenditure amounted to $660,327.00. Expenditures per pupil amounted to $173.76. The average daily attendance was 2,711 or 90 percent. The average monthly pay of teachers, principals and supervisors was $250.00. There were approximately 101 teachers and principals. The total staff of employees was approximately 150. Twelve hundred pupils were enrolled in the Junior and Senior tk ic Oi Pari Mayor The ward was incorporated August 30, 1935, with Alma Riggs as the first president or mayor of the Town Board. Through splendid cooperative effort of all the citizens of the community, many improvements very necessary weie accomplished. Among these were a fine church and reel cation hall, a water system, cement sidewalk and a beautification program. A marker composed of a drinking fotinlain was built on the main highway in 1941. This maik-e- r was built to honor the herders who built the Elkhorn Ranch, the fust in Cache Valley, established in 1S55. This was a part of West and it BOARD Shown above are members of the Logan City school board, in conference with Superintendent of Schools, H. to right are: N. D. Salisbury, Dr. Vest, Grant Vest. Pictured Mrs. May P. Simpson, Dr. Mdlon R. Merrill, Dave Taibett, recently retired clerk who was succeeued by G. Frank Raymond; Dr. Newel K. Munk, Percy E. Smith. They study school problems. students received Instruction above is a typical typing 600 LOGAN HIGH Pail of an expanding city school system is the lygh school, wheie neatly Shown last Fc classic poll Sivtl w POPULATION FIGURES RELEASE D Smithtield and H.vium. Logan's tntal gam in population was 4,'til. or about 41 per cent. Laigest gam in the county was (I River Heights, which showed an met ease m the pet md o si people, or 51 per cent. Ninth Logan gained 112 people, m 21 per cent, and Nibley picked up 33 people for a gam of 12 per r lint ral column and largely . ed for a county populati ci ease of a lit tie nioie thu per cent. It should be pointed out official Logan figures tut students legislated at Utah si Agi lcultural college, which c that a substantial part of th gan City innease resulted ti the sensational growth in ; cent TIip huge Logan gain took the lege personnel which took; county as a whole out of the de- - during the years 1945 to W-- an I.T ( Ba.i U ten-ye- 1 0. graduates. New Buildings New buildings have been constructed and designed to fit the kind of an educational program the school Is expected to provide. Programs within the schools are varied and broad. They include, in addition to the typical subject areas, health education, recreation, many phases of vocational education, national and international understading, many phases of science, increased attention to art and music, child care, library use, and lunchroom activities. This expanded program is cond ducted by teachers. A large percentage of Logan teachers have Masters Degrees, practically all have Bachelors and others are doing advanced work beyond the Masters. The schools are governed by a Board of Education elected on a ing and drill techniques to emphasize instruction in all of the subjects. The chief emphasis was on acquiring information. They extended education to a i at her select number. The schools today me community schools of citizenship. Great emphasis is placed on developing the latent talent of all children. In addition to acquisition of information and skill in fudamenlals, emphasis is placed on qualities of leadership and ability to think. The present progiam is increasingly complex. The responsibility of including all children and the goal of making competent citizens of all children is full of impli- cations for school ptogtanis. The 7IEMPHIS, Tenn Mrs. Adam cat pounced for a small bird at tno same time another cat did. Both missed and Mrs. Hail's turned on the other cat and boxed his ears. Jolir i Den. SPO, son T! son 1930 For "TOPS" in Quality and Service uas jejet I -- or 0' Its pt The h?ri jat ?.n- NORTH STATE OIL COMPANY Knight Unto Day BOSTON Knight is day and Day' is night at the American Ait lir.es here. Ullie Day vvoiks nights at the airport ticket office, Fiattk Knight is employed days. I .eu I AND ORLAHD HANSEN N t row jvjS IN 3ail that co- M Al IaBx kai to - well-traine- De-gie- es HALF A CENTURY EXPANSION EMFHASIZED THESE NEW STORAGE TANKS BY Orlnnd Hansen, operator of the North State Oil Company, has been Identified wUh the gasoline and fuel business since April 7, 1931. At that time he was associated with the operation at 78 Y. 1st South. April 1, 1947, he leased the building v and holdings of and operated it as his own until June 9, 1951. During that time he built up a patronage that was outstanding due to good service and quality products, both wholesale and retail. October 15, 195G, he established the North State Oil company to deal in gasoline and fuel oil from a wholesale and retail standpoint. In August of that year Hansen had purchased the ground, and established tha service station at 615 North Main. Realibzing that to maintain the North Stat- - Oil Company and the service station would ho a full time of job because its marvelous growth and accepttince, he disposed of his interests in Juno " 9. 1951, and has centered his entire efforts on North State Oil company and the service station since that time. Ga-Sa- Ga-Sa- ' lt-pu- "Ga-Sav- North State Oil Co. Operates the Only Service Station in Cache Valley Supplying Three Grades of Quality Gasoline. THE PREMIUM GASOLINE with extra-hig- h ideal for high octane content sell at the price usually paid fr compression motors with "no ping" regular gas. THE FIRST GRADE REGULAR GASOLINE IS RATED PH A IS QUALITY AMY ETHYL PAITY WITH WHEN YOU GO TO Cafe for Northern Utah You , F - in Food at. All Nationally-Know- n ti r For Your Convenience Service Station Open From s 40 SOUTH MAIN 6 a. m. to 12 Midnight NORTH PHONE LOG AN, ITA1 - iinom.i 2 ' L. , . ' . THREE COURTEOUS ATTENDANTS TO PROPERLY SERVE YOU WITH A CORDIAL GREETING AND A SMILE! t DINNER LOUNGE vx & K Get the Very Best Economical Prices COFFEE SHOP rjn Lrr week to see if they thought democracy was being taught in schools of the city. To let these men know what school leaders considered as being signs of democracy the schools listed many requisites, including the following: Learning to work and play well togetheif learning to be followers as well as leaders; sharing experiences and objects with other members; learning to work in schools during groups; pupils and teachers operating and planning together; acceptance of equality, through school inevitably must pt oxide for consideration of the other person; a great variety of activities and a when he wants to express his great variety of differ cnees in in- opinion; freedom to talk, read, terest and ability. and think, while considering Have Kept l'ace others rights also. Historically, Logan City Schools Progressive have kept abreast of changes in educational thinking and plannof the progressive atTypical ing. This progressive attitude has titude of the citizens of Logan been referred to by educational City is a district-wid- e school surbasis. systems in other parts of the vey and study presently being The schools in other years plac- state. As eaily as 1870 the Logan conducted by a citizens commited great emphasis on scholarship. City Schools had attracted state- tee under the direction of the They used special drills in spell- - wide attention for outstanding Board of Education. educational leadetship. Robert L. The study includes a public Campbell, the Terutoiial Superinopinion poll in which the people tendent of Common Schools, in his of Logan were given an oppor- annual report in 1870 commented: unity to register their views The character of the school about the school system. The work houses recently built in some of is near completion and will be the counties are very creditable. reported in the early part of SepIn this connection it might not tember. be invidious to name the settleFuture Prospects ments of Logan and Wellsville In the years ahead the changes in Cache County. Several of these In the school program are likely buildings might be called model to occur slowly even in our changschool houses, and reflect credit ing society. Revolutions and cruon the Trustees of the respective sades are not the typical pattern. districts. The schools will seek to find better ways of individualizing inSystem Praised Typical of this same spirit, the struction and of helping maturing Utah Education Association, in a citizens to develop the ability to bulletin published during 1950 think clearly. Schools will become under the title Democracy Thrives more completely identified with In our Schools, has this comment community processes and life. by the editor on the effort Logan More effort will be made in the makes to teach democracy: years ahead to adjust the achool One hundred Logan businessmen program to genuine life needs of had been Invited to visit the children and youth. The Dominate Hostelry I IS act let High Schools. The district had Invested In school facilities, $1,235,-632.6Approximately 23rds of Logan students attend college and a large percentage of the people In the copimunity are college i its Must of the in communities Cache county showed a loss in decade the (iuimg population ftom 1910 to 1950, acouding to the official figuies of the huienu of the census The only exceptions ate Logan, Nibley, Noith Logan and llivei Heights. Nibley. Losses ianged fimn ah mt IS The piesent population of Nib-le- y is 385. per cent foi Mention, slightly Present mayor of Nibley is moie than 13 per cent foi Lewis, John 15. Yeates. James L. Mc- ton, and almost 13 pel cent lor Wellsville lo one per cent lor Bride is piesent bishop. Halls (SCHOOL F with Feline Rebuke History, arithmetic, and other subjects. U.S. FOR OVER ' i Nibley Ward Was Organized As Unit, Given Name in 1920 ' 4 I 58 Brands of Oil Are Stocked I appreciate to the fullestxtent the fine P ,troni that has been accorded mo since April 7, 19ol- - Ml lar customers will find me ready and happy them even bjtier service than before, and I extenl an invitation to make me prove It, says Orland state oil company SERVICE STATION 615 NORTH MAIN, LOGAN, UTAH TELEPHONE 1292 |