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Show 1 CONSOLIDATION OF f THE RURAL SCHOOLS Rjf Question Was Recently Debated At Sunnyside Hff and Miss Kathryn Yergensen, Teacher, Hgj Presented These Arguments. Hf.- ( Home Hint' ago nt 11 meeting of the Hr 1 Pnrent-TeHchcr association nl Hun HfiT ' upside the question of consolidation H? "' mIhhiIh wn debated, nnil Mis Hj, Knlliljn Yergcnscii, n IwicKcr In the Hk. school there, presented these nrgu- Hv, merit, whlrli The Hun consider well K'$ worth) ( publication. KtfX '" lonslderntioii of thin mi ! t 1,11 &&3 ptejudlec mid ixmoiml Interest Vfir kIkiiiIiI lip In III nil I tie nnil the suiiicrt KSr Irented In n oriMtl unit demm ratio KEf """)' Consolidation Is founded mi the HHjj minn ilnn nn thin grent government HH nf our. Aii Alirnlimii Lincoln snld, HV It hj fur thp people, hy the people ami E "t I'll' people. K rWncntlonal M stems ilu not firing ffi 'l In n mushroom fashion, to lie mlc In a da)', hut they grow slowly r nml nrel. I,cl u henr In mliul thnt K the beet Interest of the cominunll) RH will he secured only when the great- H1 vt cwd Id received hy the greatest U mihfter nf Inillvlilmtl. H) The foremost nlUfAtom throughout Bj "f lountry on school administration H nay thnt the little Independent Vhool H dUlrlet. iidmlrnhly in It linn met the need of It time, linn outlived It tine H fulnes. nnil If the rural school I to j mke lommcndahlc progress It munt H hceomo ii purl of the administrative. H It U of loiirne nut n difficult mat- K ter tu bring forth argument for or K ngnlnst nn proponed plan, hut proof Hfj "f the effleney of n plnn In quite con. H lnoliiic when experience pluceK prne- B lloally ever) thing In It favor. Con- j sotldatlon In not only it stnto wide HR movement, hut n nation wide move- Hf ment. tn July, lot I, the Nntloiml H ,; Kdticntlon nssotlntlon passed n rcso- t v lutlon favoring coniiollilntlon of nil H ' '' In till pnper lollKolldrttlull Mill he H trrntrd from n soelnl mid civic Mnud- point. In n soelnl wny It certainly B i J inriuin much to nil Individual to mill- H f Kle with from three In flM Jiunilred . ' hhIiooI companions, while under the B I i "Id system theee pupil were dlalrlh- H., A '''d In letiimln with mi nttendnm-e H ( M ' from tuentv tu thirty puplln I'u- J , idln Knln inueli eduiiitlnii, Kenerul I'tiU Bt lure ami hreodth of lcv from con. B tint with n number of compiinlou. H j Udtinlly the Indlvldiuil Kron mid iroierN with the community. Hure j It In thnt one riinnut lle npurt from K ' other people mid Ihn n lilu lirtmd life In excli county there nre twenty or BHi thirty nepiinue inhool nnltn. hut there HB I" li f which en ch U n part. Con Kff' 1 ' Kollilatlon Ih n clone nppllrntlnn of K ( the principle of eiiunllty mid deinoe- 1 may In r-chnol iidmluhitrntlun. Hy E h ' tnennri of trnimporlntlou, children In K many illntrlctM are hroiiRht from HI J nilleN nrnuiid mid mlimle im one L community. Ilelter roiulu mid the HH u of inodern conveynnceH uld mater- W In till. HB iff j Tho necond point to lie conaldered K Y l the unlfjlni; of Dm nchonl nyntem. B Work In nut done hnphniurdly. K: i. Hohooln work im u unit. I'lunn and H 1 outllnen nre Klven out each month J ' f43 ""ll u'l M',,"l K''1" Hi" inine In. K !,1 Mtriictl' tin mi mure, no leim, if u t ' I child mown from one dlntrlct tu tin- B ' (V other he not only ue the wime text B I u hook. Inn the Ninie Hue of work U B' I i J purmied. One whool iminot ImhuI of HK I .11 nil the mUiiiiUKeii mid nlhem of none HB 'VV Thete U u unlformlo of the itrada. B j Hon of inhoiilii. The Hot Kriule In HBBi l jJmI Hunn)ldo nlmoU U the mime im the BJK 1 1 rCPB rimt Krnde In Trice, and no on Kuch B , 'Ot urn ile linn u certAln amount of ground BBx Jsi to cover mid It due, thnt work. There BBF K U no oxerluppluK. Nor doc u tench- B, lf0 er ttsuh Juki what hu liken and lie- ' ,K Ktect other tudle. Hhn munt tenih K i j the eiuentlnli. Where tin re In proper Bl , KTudutlon the impll U Inuxht rertnln K , , I' iV) thliiK In certain Kradcn, mid really BB, V I f,t known them, lie then paimrn to the BHj I1 ) ' "( rrude full) prepared for the BH I) LikE work, t'lldcr nuih n nHtcin there In Hi tlw Krenter tendency fur the hoy and Hf j J S aid t remain In nchiml liuitcr '?jU In the Urnnlte tu'hool dUtrlit after BBr ilfrfll ''" '"ul" "f coimolldutlou the annual BB U m number of fnlluren In all the grade BBj ,f i? hni1 t',''ii reduced from 31 to :o per B 'f J cent. The number of ulghtli grade Br j I gruduulen lm liren Inerenned from fj Iji S.K per cent of the entire enrollment B! ' N't of all the urn den to 6 3 per rent, mid BBV ' . j hnn InereaiTil the eighth grade gnid- BB , yd uuton from 67 per cent of the total BBb ' ( yearly enrollment to KO. mid the a- BH ( ' Irfl emgo number of iuplU per lent her BhW' M IM '"'' '"'"" " ! from fort) -four to1 BM .7) thirty-four. BB' fn In llo Ktder couul mIumiI illntrht BB ! the m.ltlntleH nhow that under the old BB IfH M)tem In iaui).7. u hundred and BBJ,' '? thirty-five poplin fluUhed the eighth ) ( ' grade, while 1914. eoiwlderllig the In- .Ll criHio of imputation, u hundred and I j J nuxellt) -three would hne gradunted, I j 1,1 hut owing to coilHollilatlou there were HHM ' 'I )J three huiiilied mid tweul)-fle grad- BH il; )', uativn. In oilier wordn. under the old BH ' V" iWa H)letu there would have been mi In- BhV i iMB tireane of thirty-eight, hut under the BhB) vl '""w '',ll(l,ll there uiin an Im leave of BhH ' )iM ,NV" hundred I'lve time nn many MH' 71 puplU attemleil the high whool In IH It ISI4-1B u In 1900-07 B , "i t Cluwlflcfltlon lieeumen piMwIhle with K' ! V all the advantage to the pupil when I- J j ', working in u Llann where all nre up- J f VC proximately of hi age and tnge of b f T mental .leclopment. Mere ulo the B8i ' y -SB matter of WtnlUIng nuhject nuch a K' i S niulr, drawing, agrluulture and the Hfli Si liouiehold art In emphanlted. Under BHKjr .j! tho old nyntetu lliene subject were VHI i ' hardly thought of except In the lurger Wml 1 " jtj The thlid point of coiulduratlou U Hl, I i ,vj that coiiEolldatlon Innuren efficiency BKI'I i of teacher. I'Sidef the uld Hjtem BH, ' j 4 i profemlonal ntanJIns waa Imponnlhln, IBBu y i '. I'rinclpala and teaclur" might be re- RBl' (''ft;- fused re-emplejment without Just BBBu i.U Kll;JBL inline funnily where ratine wnn ghell It wan only opinion or prejudice preju-dice of n layman who knew nothing of school work and who would condemn con-demn the most npprintd method of temhlng In the eonnolldatlon plnn the nn-nlgninent nn-nlgninent of teacher I a hunlnen. The superintendent who hnn n knowledge knowl-edge of grading, dlntrlliullng pupil nnd reletting teneher mnke hi rec-ommendntlon rec-ommendntlon to the hoard for their appronl. The teneher unually ha the nnnurnnce thnt he can remain nn long a she I upright nnd efficient. Thl menu much to the teneher nnd lo the community. It mean that nol Ihu whole teaching force will he ihnllgcd nt once. In the pnnt under the old )lem the small school lime stiff) red mont from Inefficient tench-em tench-em a these dhttrlct were usunll) financial!) fin-ancial!) unable lo pay salary enough to Induie the belt leathern to teach In such school. In connection with thl point I wish lo quoin a recommendation recom-mendation recently made by Kuperln-Undent Kuperln-Undent Cloldlng to the board or education, edu-cation, It read1 "In order to secure heller teachers for our ungraded schools, tin Increase of one dollar per month In snlnry In recommended for mill grade taught uhole two. No t ember, hiiwcxer, nlinll n-iclie n salary sal-ary nlie the maximum.'- Thin recommendation rec-ommendation wan npproxed by the board mid It menu thnt our best leathern will be In charge or the one lenchrr school of thin district nnd they will receive the best salnrlen. lie-fore lie-fore leather me emplojed they nre checked up hy supervisor, principal nnd the superintendent from tcttir of In'iulry sent out for thnt purpose nnd the Incompetent nre dropped from the district. Fourth point, t'onnolldutlon pro. lilei superilsotn who assist by I'ltst (living out mtinthl) outlines. Hecouil Holding monthly Institute where these outline nre dlsuiisned so Hint the teacher known exactly what she I expected to tench euih grade. Third lreiiieut lsll lo school are mitdo where local troublesome problem nre met. I'oorltl Inhibiting nt these Institute Insti-tute the beat work of the different grade nnd school. Klf Hi (living speclnl help In music, mu-sic, nrl. agriculture nnd pli)slco.l education. edu-cation. , fllxlh l'reentlng teachers from railing Into .llfelesn rut nnd keeping them nllve lo their ilutles. Heventh (living uniform exmnlna-tloiiN exmnlna-tloiiN mid test on the work nivcred each month, the result of which lire sent out to the different school milking milk-ing known the highest mark. Thl stimulate the keenest competition. The fifth point In the consolidated plan I the fair distribution or funds, one or two dlstrlit cannot prosper while other nre working under serious seri-ous rinnuilul liu ml leap. It should not be u matter of Indifference that one school pronpern while another I of n low grade. Due district cannot horde up money nnd another suffer, n wa often the ease under the old Hjstem. ll I a know ii fact that a number or school betatise of locution nnd tnxailon hnd so much money they did nol know what to do with It, while other school suffered. Where there I an iiiual distribution or funds them I ii uniform length of Ihu school let in. One community cannot kgi school nine or ten month mid another an-other but six. The children or the l lib and the -poor lime the same op-pnttunlty op-pnttunlty for dotation. Thl I what make ii nation great and hnppy, A sufficient amount or text book and mipplle nre rurnlshcd to all school alike. Hlxth point. Consolidation provide for comfortable building with Improved Im-proved lighting, heating and ventilating ventila-ting ostein, lurgo halls, tinted wall, ample blackboard, planus, single desks, working table nnd up-to-date furniture In Weber county nlono thirteen old uusanltar) building hnve been dUcnrded and pupil moved to latge sanltar) building. They have built a new school house so It can be renchrd by all the schools In the dl-trlct dl-trlct exiepl two without Incurring a dollar of ItidehteduesN. In all consolidated con-solidated district of n few ears large nnd spacious building have been eretted, taking the plme of four or rive one mid two. room building. The building have modern equipment equip-ment They nl hi have the hst or Janitor senlie. Other advantage or conmlldatlou are fewer mid better llool officials; etoimnilf administration of school; iwuulixutlou or tuxe. pHivbdou for the servlie or u truant off her, mid the elimination of politics. Were the ihhooU leiitrnllivd in n mere iiimIi-unlcal iiimIi-unlcal wio without raising the standard stan-dard or the teat hlug profmMloii and providing iimn advantage ensil) prm tired through iinoldatloii there would be ii largi wiving or inhool expenditure. ex-penditure. The plan Is. therefore. tHMinomlciil. Hxperienve shows, however, how-ever, that board or education are not a muih concerned with u reduction reduc-tion or hool expenditure n with giving the child the host thut inn be procured from the same amount or iiioiic). Hi cry dollar Is made to go rurihet In thl lie both the rinan-i rinan-i Inl nnd educational strength of consolidation, |
