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Show ' - ' .---r ' V ' - SATURDAY OCTOBER 6 i&V SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1923. ' "AliERICAN UUA&HN a- THE RELATIONSHIP BEMENJHE,' 1 r-1-!! .--;'-J &7r . SCHOOL BOARD AND THE TEACHERS SL inpt&S$ m-" ' I By ELLA SAUNOEW """Ng Z1 Q The following li a reproduction of an article presented at on of the first teachers' Institutes held in the Alpine school district after tt organL cation, and still expresses the Ideas of the author on the subject treated. For the successful operation of any business, a number of things present themselves to us as being essential. Among the number, might be mleu-tloned mleu-tloned th0 following: . (a) Proper organization. (b) A systematic working relatlon-- relatlon-- ship, together with a definite and clearcut understanding on the part of each workman as to the Hue and " limit of his responsibility. (dj VEffloiency and skill on the part of each workman, ' (d) An abiding Interest in. and a constantly active determination for. the success of the business by each Individual workman. - It the above be true when the result sought for la a purely monetary con stderatlon, how much more ".Impress fvely true should It be In the educa tional field. H being quite generally ImpoMslbfe for the stockholders of any corner atlon to keep la direct touch with the workings of the company, It la' ens ternary fof them to choose a board of directors whom they hold responsi ble for tha successful operation' of their business.' "This board then stands between the stockholders and the workmen. In the school' work, the taxpayers are the "Itochholdere, the teaching force the workmen. The board then ax selected and employ, d by the taxpayers to look after their Interest and to get vain re ceived for their money. ( To the people peo-ple then, the school board are direct ly responsible for' the success pr fall, ure of the schools. In their hands lie th responsibility for the (employ, meat "of alt th workmen. 7 As la practically very corporation, the board of directors are not (expect-d (expect-d to b strictly professional men, capable of passing professionally upon up-on th qualifications of each . workman work-man and th standard of his work, so It Is tn the education il field. " Under th ftld organisation of th schools la Utah, many school boards had but one, two, or three Uachert In Tpwlr districts, and la tnany caaei whief Oter Wer evea nror than thl number, no one was employed to do supervisory work, This, as a rnl nat. orally left the' matter df passing upon up-on the teachfert' educational atahdard and professional spirit almoat wholly with trd members, With th posfb-.1 posfb-.1 result that teacters were aonw-Umea aonw-Umea employed whoework wa not strictly 'professional ' V " 4 ' t say this wHth all deference to school boardaT believing that they ex ercised their beet JudgemehL Under thie new organisation. tD( I nunber of . board members Is very much reduced, and the scop of ac. Uvlty for each board very materially enlarged; thus making It practically imposslbl for the board, (even though they might feel themselves capable of doing so)' to kdep in close touch with and pass upon the qualifications of each Individual ,tacher! " ' It therefor becomes necessary for thfe board to employ an expert tor, man. whose business It should be to know In detail (at least after a reasonable reas-onable time In the position) the edn-rational edn-rational staadlag and the professional "SplfU of every teacher- In -hi 'corp. This foreman Is known ss the superintendent, super-intendent, and his selection is a very Important duty imposed by law upon thle board of education, as his sue.: cess '' or failure will determine In a very large degree the jsducational spTrfrnihe district He becomes, when appointed, the professional head of the schools In" his district; and should be closely associated with, and a careful' advisor of. the board of edu. cation In all matters pertaining to the felfare of the schools. He be-' comes a member of the board without 1 a Vote. His right is to make recom-! mendatlong. With the board lies the official right to pass upon his recommendations. recom-mendations. Ijet us pause here, how. '" everJong enough to say that, when any board of education finds Itself self unable to accept at least the great majority of th Superintend, ent's recommendations. It would pos- aioiy De wis tor the Doard to get a 'fiew superintendent, or the superintendent superin-tendent a nw board. Thabdaro'properly organised, and with 1U officers. In good working condition: con-dition: the superintendent appointed, and wflth'hls co.operatlon and advice, all other supervisory positions fill, ed; each high school and grade building properly prlnclpaled, with enltable faculties employed; and we are perhaps approaching our first heading; xft "Proper Oranljatlon.' It la possibly,' only fair, to the board of education and th superintendent, however, to say" that practically all of th teaching fore for this school year waa employed by, the local school boards before they retired. To' roach 'our second polntA sys-tematlc sys-tematlc working relationship, together togeth-er with a definite and clearcut understanding und-erstanding on the part of each work, man a to the line and limit of Us responsibility," may take a little tlma under our new organization. Allow me to express the bnllcT and confi dence, however, that the superintend ent being equal to his responsibility and the board of education standing by him in his work. It will be reach ed. No. S. 'Efficiency and skill on the part of each workman;" and No. 4 "An aniuing interest in, and a constantly, con-stantly, active determination for, the auccens of "the business by each In dividual workman," will of course be very largely a part of th supertn tendont's business to look after; and can be realised 'only when he, with the aid of supervisors and principals has had sufficient Urn " to become thoroughly acquainted with the work of every teacher. The Stat Board also, by an occasional raising of th standard, la showing "both a desire sad determination to solve No. 3. The board of education must then necessarily deal with th teachers largely through their superintendent On hi recommendation they are employed. em-ployed. To him th board looks-for the success of every teacher's work I hear you asking then, "Is a teacher to be denied th right of appealing to th board of redress f My answer (s. no; but no case of difficulty should be brought to th board of education for adjustment till It ha been presented, pre-sented, 1 first to the principal of the building, aad second, it necessary, to the superintendent of the district. If then an adjustment Is found imposs ible, it may b, brought to the board for their consideration. The on common aim and purpose of board of education, Superintend, ent. Principals, and teachers being the growth and development of th child, there should exist .between board aad teachers a perfectly har. monlona feeling. "Each should : feel that the other la his friend. No board should employ a teacher In whom they cannot have confidence. No teacher ahould eagag hi aarrtees to a board la whom he doe aoi, hay conmdence. in either case th re sults will not be the best Bach needs the confidence a$s support of th":oUeT Each should endeavor to consider the situation from the viewpoint view-point of the other. It thta is done, and both parties are properly qualified quali-fied for their work, serious dltXerea. ces will seldom arts. Now 'fellow teachers, anyone can be a "knocker," a disturber of the peace, a promoter of discord. To erect a beautiful and substantial structure may require in errort or many skilled' workmen. The eame struct. (ure may be raxed to the ground by the commonest laborer. I remember reading an excellent article a number of year ago entitled, "Anvil and Hammer," in which th leading thot of the author was that everyone could be a hammer, pounding constantly con-stantly at the anvil and bouncing hither and thither with every blow. but to the anvil constantly pounded at by all the hammers and remained unmoved and unchecked through it all required the proper kind of met al In the sense In which these terms are here used, If the proper re lationship Is to be maintained be. tween the school board and the tea. chera, we need among our numbers many skilled artisans, few ordinary laborers: many anvils, tew hammers. ELI J. CLAYSON, JTVejIdentAlplne School Board. i' . First Hand Infe Frolicsome: "Ah, I used to know your wife before you married her She was such a pensive girl." Henpeck: f'She She'a ex-penalve." got over that. GENUINE o DURHAM TOBACCO STANDARD OF THE WORLD (A WHtam Nr Vatoaj ifirOTIIER, Barry' coming dowa to meet yoa on Saturday." "That will be nice, Marjory." Mrs. Taylor looked absurdly young for her forty-live years. She faced her pretty, wayward daughter. "Marjory, you are sure you care for himT ah naked. "Of course I car; what should I be marrying him for if I didn't carer" asked Marjory petulantly. : : "I thought you and' Tom Bryant'' "Oh, Tom's all right WelL If you must have It, I "do lllke Tom better. But Harry Smith's got the dough, and I'd rather be a rich old man's darling than you know I" Mildred Taylor sighed. She had often wondered, whether Harry Smith, her daughter's rlrti fiance, could by any possibility be but of coursethe chancps were heavily against that There mere so many Harry Smith tir the world. Tet there had been a time before Marjory was thought of, when a cer tain Harry Smith and she had meant everything to each other. They had drifted apart In th way people do, and . ... - - But when he came np to the honse on th Saturday afternoon recognition was mutual and Instantaneous. It was Harry, and hardly changed t least, in the mother's eyes. v":,' She wondered If he felt foolish, while they looked at each other with something of dismay In their eyes, to hay Marjory hanging on to his arm and fussing ever him. Of coarse they could not utter a wordcould not even let each other know that those memories' meant anything, v, TH would be beat not to 'let Mar-Jory Mar-Jory know we have mat," Mildred Taylor Tay-lor whispered. tie agreed to that But It wa an unfortunate evening. Harry v had agreed to remain over th 8unday. On th Sunday morning Marjory suggested suggest-ed that he ahould take her mother to church. - She wasat going. Sh was a little mysterious, too. To be thrown together was th last thing either of them had Wanted. Tvt it was U2e taking np th old affair where it had left' off; ages before. All the while they sat next to each other each was remembering the old times. Their looks showed It as they walked rather guiltily hack from th church to Mildred Taylor's house. H Marjory came la lat for dinner, looking flushed and uncomfortable. Th silence that had 'fallen between th two elder members of th party seemed to have bees conunaakated to th daughter. "Why don't yoa take Mr. Smith for a walk to ase-the country r susaeassi Mildred after the meal. Marjory assented rather angra-dously, angra-dously, she thought When th pair had departed, Mildred want np to her room and Indulged la the fsmlnln lost ury of a good cry. Sh lay ba her bed and cried, aad all the while she was conscious f th absurdity of It. There sh was, a woman of forty-flv. crying over her daughter's lover. Shame and pride came to her relief re-lief at last She dried her eyes aad powdered her nose, and tried te look her normal self when the two cam back from their walk, looking stiff and uncomfortable. "Harry's going horn this evening," Marjory told her mother. "Listen, I may as well tell yoa tie truth. Wv broken off our engagement." ' "Marjory 1" "Well, I don't care" answered the girl defiantly. "It was you put the idea Into my head. I went out with Tom Bryant this morning while you 'were at church. He he wanted to say good-by to me. And he 1 well, I'm going .to marry him, that's alL And I guess Harry won't care" she went on with a defiant gesture. Mildred could only look at hert daughter ,lirlplexl.v. It seemed an Incredible In-credible tdtuutlnn. She wentdown-talrs, wentdown-talrs, to find Harrv pacing the living room uneasily. "I see you know what's haiei)d,n he salt), coming up to her. ... "Yes, Marjory told me. I think the girl has acted shamefully toward yon," "Yesterday lshuu'd hiAe it. ought the same - tiling," Hurry miswered. "But now 1 understand what there was In her that attracted me You know, Mildred. It wus the remembrance of you." "Harry, you do you mean that T What fools we were, weren't we, Harry f "I guess I've paid for it Mildred." "Hush I There's Marjory coming." Tm coming back after she' married. mar-ried. May ir . The little smile, the sudden look of yearning In her eye anw!red him, 8ucceea and Genius. -What Is It causes one man to becom successful In life, while another, under Ilk conditions, fallal Is it Industry, coupled with character and efficiency, or Is It genius I If It la genius, w can da- nothing to help the dull man ; w poor mortals cannot change the acts Of God. But In certainly seventy cases In a hundred, success Id life Is not da to genius, but to rood conduct";, by which I mean Industry,, efficiency, temperance, falrnesa, politeness."" the great bulk of the suctcisful men I know have not been geniuses; indeed, I have never known a real genltm. Moat , successful men I know are dull men, Kse me resi o us, except that they Jnck a.jriMid de;' if nor fnrelewiies. I'roiO K.'V. I lube's' Monthly.' 1 .! JLT UU3W TO HE A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE Did you'ever know Connie Talmad. go to fall In anything? Well, she doea this time; but tnere s . , I,. ..nl m no occasion ior aiariu, -part of the story. Connie has set her heart upon being a stafie star and decides de-cides to make her own way in New York. She squeezes her entrance In to Flo Zlegteld's omce sna me b man gives her a chance In th Fol lies. For the first time m ner me Connie flops on a part. But the part Ip In the film and as a failure Connie U said to be the most successful star the screen has ever known. It's uortraved n J'PoIlv of the ijay Follies"1 the feature picture at the Jtealart Tonight, and Saturday. MASTERFUL "CHARACTERS D0H5ATB "THE SEA LIOH" Hobart Bosworth promises another treat tor motion picture tana ' who delight in hie drawing of strong sea characters when 'The Sea lion," his latest starring venture opens at the Realart Monday. . "The Sea Lion" la a study of the unbending ways of the sea and the stern character of sea captains. The plot deals with a calloused old Scan, dlnavlan master of a whaling schoon. er, a regular old Viking, whose life has been embittered by the wife he believed to have, been unfaithful to him twenty years previously. When chance make his daughter who is Ignorant of their relationship, an unwilling un-willing passenger on the ship, th captain, believing her the token of his wife's Infidelity, wreak his ven- geanle upon her. The revelation of the truth come in a series of smash ing cllmaxi that reach the height of emotion. IICK UP WELL RECEITKD Betty Compson, Bert Lytell and j May McAyoy ar the featured Payers, In "Kick" In", a new George '' TO!1 manrice production at the Realart on i Wednesday and . TlHsfsfay. ' Oareth nugnes piay opposite bus micAvoy and picture fan who saw the picture were delighted to see the hero 'aad heroine of "Sentimental Tommy" to. gether in a plcture again. ' "Kick In" was adapted by Ouida Bergere from Willard Mack's stage play of the same name and is characterized char-acterized by tense " scenes, excellent acting and beautiful photography. The story Is one that holds attention from beginning to end without resort lng to Impossible or false situations. This production by George Fltxmaur- iCe Is a worthy addition to hla large list of famous pictures. "Kick la" Is a drama of the underworld and so. ciety. The locale of the picture Is New Tork, where the rich man's mansion Is often but a tew blocks from the miserable tenements of the poor. , Thf Truth, S Help Me .... Jones: "Say, Smith, I Just bought a new car and-I want my wife to learn to drive, too. How long did It take your w4fe to learn?" Smith: "Well, let's see. Iulont Just remember, but I think It will be eight years this December." STOP at the Cobblestone Service Station PEP The Qas With a Punch SPECIAL LOW PRICES ON TIRES, All kinds of accessories. HOT DOGS and COFFEE , CONFECTIONERY r SOFT DRINKS. OPEN DAY and NIGHT PHONE 89-J " em 53 ing it fill xmiiteiiKMiiMii wmto mm American-Fork High School Notes Following the regular asaembly at which a splendid program was rend ered, class elections were held by each of the classes at the American Pork High School Wednesday. Th result of th election are as follows: Seniors Melvlh Dunkleypresldent; Bella Hunter, vice president; . Ilda Holmes, secretary and treasurer; Bessie Ingersoll, class reporter; ex ecutive committee Ray Greenwood, chairman, James Chadwlck and Theo Adams. Juniors LeRoy Mitchell, president; Florence Logsdon, vtoe president; Lourena Clayson, secretary and trees. urer; James Johnson, class reporter; executive committee, Tlolet Burke, chairman, Edna Stewart, Mary Abel, LuRae Buckwalter and Quentln Greenwood; Sheldon Sinclair, athlet. Ic manager. Sophomores B. H Devey, presi dent; Gladys Howes, vice president; Mack Chlpman, secretary and treasurer; treasur-er; LenoTe Crookaton, class reporter; executive committee, Marie Gudmnnd- sen, Lao Searle, and Genera Thorn. Freshmen Morgan Boley, preat. dent; Cleoae Marsh, vice president; Stanford Wilde, secretary and treas urer; James Grant class reporter; execucUv committee, Edward Lee, chairman; Loralne Adamson, Mildred Dunkley. Verna Nielsen, Vlma Ol son, f The elections were spirited- en thusiasm running high In the meet. Ing. Already the h?w officers of the various classes are planning their programs, and the class members have expressed themselves as being willing to support the- new officers to make this a banner year In the history of the American Fork High School. ' Dr. James H. Grant addressed the students at their assembly meeting Wednesday morning, his subject beta? i "Yourself." Mr. Hyrum Blackhnrst waa present and sang, other music being furnished by the Glee Club of the school. 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Dear Mabel: JDutwardly I am very plain, bat Inwardly, I am told, I possess great loneliness of charade?. I long to attract, but yet I fait What can I do? " - "Lonesom." Dear "Lonesome": Try walking around insld oat for awhfl I'm tar jroa.11 attract. Dear Mabel: I am a great lovir of pigeons and I want to breed th tor show Durpoaes. Can you advln me how to proceed? Harry B ' Certalaly; Hany. Buy a wB mated pair of prixa plgeota, Choos a iar ' ' enamia la baby bio for preference. It at the nd of a year results an sot satisfactory buy rabbits. ' 0 THAT DULL ACHH.6 Dont worry aad complain about a bad 'baolt Get "rid of Ul For we .kidneys, lame and achy backs, .yow neighbor recommends Doan's Kldnsf 1 Fills. Ask your neighbor. Bead tah statement: ' A H. Young, tanner, ?nd East Iti N.'St ' LehL'sars: "My back hurt considerably from a dull ache that ) settled across my .'kidneys. I j troubled With a lameness and soreness sore-ness through my back. 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