BKKilMM'S SCHOOL SYSTEM. A Touch or ShntlH UIit Upon a Fow of its 1'ivlpuble Defects, As a pedagogue who has labored Tor some time in the schools of Brigham City, I will joint out a few of the merits and demerits of our present school system for the benefit of those interested in education. edu-cation. I . hope no one wilf read this who thinks his boys need not begin school until after Christmas time, because I am wri'ing it for modern people. Since my labors here in Brigham City I have been asked many times about our school system. After Af-ter telling the enquirers we had four wards in Brigham City and each one had its school system I found that I had told them enough if t h ey knew an y t h i n g abo u t schools. . If you go to the University of Utah today, how many young men or young ladies do you find there from Brigham City? Answer yourself. This condition exists because that educational spark that was once kindled in our fair city has been growing dimmer and dimmer until now you can see it standing out with that of other cities to be seen only as the botanist botan-ist sees the pollen granules on the stems of his flowers, with a microscope. micro-scope. Are we as citizens going to help quench this spark of life, and throw ourselves open for ridicule? We can never better our condition con-dition while we have four country school systems in our fair city. The citizens of the Second Ward deserve credit for the steps taken regarding their school house, but I do not approve of any ward erecting erect-ing a school building large enough to accommodate all the pupils of that ward for the next ten years to come. They either wish to say we run our school Bystem independent of any other ward; or that they are willing to help pay for another set of bonds, for a central school building, build-ing, in addition to what they have. When entering the modern schools today of S. L City, Ogden, Provo, Logan and other cities in our Territory you see each teacher having hut one grade of pupils. Here in our schools we have three. Where they have one hour for a recitation, we have from twenty to thirty minutes. We cannot content ourselves with this condition when other cities with less resources and advantages ad-vantages than we have, have long ago laid it on the shelf. I claim that if we are going to neglect the training of the young and tender minds of our fair children child-ren we break one of the most solemn covenants we have made With God. Most men know what kind of food and treatment their cows, horses, cats and dogs are getting, but never know whether the spiritual nature of their children is being fed or not. It is sad to think that such conditions exist, but the truthfulness of the statement state-ment cannot be denied. Let us all work for (he grand union of our schools in Brigham, remembering that our world is itself it-self a school, and every form of life upon its surface is preparing for something higher, nobler and better. (Signed) One who is interested in the welfare of the children of Brigham City.