| Show SCHOOLS MAKE FINE SHOWING superintendents ANNUAL REPORT to the board of 0 education brigham city utah I 1 herewith have the honor to report briefly upon the schools under your direction for the current school year 1914 15 GENERAL STATEMENT the schools of box elder county opened on sept 1 21 1 1914 under auspicious 1 circumstances while we found it difficult to secure early attendance in the upper grades because of tile the bounteous harvest which had not been garnered when the schools opened by the end of the second week practically all pupils of school age who had not already met the legal requirements were in attendance during the he first three quarters the attendance was exceptionally good but during the last quarter minor contagious diseases became lant in nearly the entire county and our attendance was very seriously interfered with since the actual school year covered only thirty one weeks this year owing to the lack lac k of funds with which to continue longer we found it difficult to cover the work outlined in tile the state course ot of study many of those who were absent during the greater part 0 of last quarter iuar tr were retained in their grades grade 3 because of not being able to complete th work our list of is therefore greater than it ordinarily would be on the whole however the year has been successful and from some particular points of view which I 1 shall mention more specific specifically alli it has hai lelin been exceptionally agrati gratifying dying to note the improvements made PA stive consolidation of the county schools was effected in the spring of 1907 it may prove of interest to present some figures to show the growth and efficiency cie cy of the schools of today as compared with those oi of the last year of the old system from the foregoing it will be seen that t the I 1 ie consolidation lias has been real not merely theoretical the number of school buildings lias has been so far reduced as to almost double the number of children in each besides ten of the one room buildings have been abandoned bando ned giving way to larger centralized schools in which better grading grad ing is possible the twelve remaining one room schools are necessary under present conditions due to the scattered position of our school population in the western part of tile the county there is little hope of eliminating elmina ting these until the increase in population warrants additional rooms in each of these centers as they are so distant from each other that consolidation by transportation is impracticable while the number of children en on d has h as increased per cent since consolidation the number of graduates has increased per cent since coni soll solida dation tiow tile the number of graduates has increased 1264 per cent this Is significant as showing the ability ot of our schools of today to hold our pupils in larger num numbers beri until they finish the elementary schools our high school has shown a me most t remarkable growth increasing as it has from a two icar ear course with 81 students to a four ear course with students and 53 59 graduates the demand and tor for high school education isae oming coming as general and as insistent InSl owL as the demand was as for a grammar grade training 3 a few years ago TEACHERS one of 0 our greatest sources of strength il as a well as of weakness has haa been inbur teaching force we have been able thru the multitudinous applications 1 which havi have come in to se 1 lect elect a splendid body of 0 teachers but because ot 61 our inability to pay tile the salaries which other counties and cities ara are paying and also because of ane fact that I 1 most of our teachers are imported imi 4 from other counties of tills this state we have hake been been unable to hold our teacher 4 irom from I 1 year to year and thus to mabit mae ait permanent body they 4 have be beiS smore more or less delegation I 1 az lany many I 1 of them coming to us inexperienced and leaving us for more desirable 41 positions positions as soon as they a A va 41 liace fiade beco become T e efficient teachers I 1 to illustrate the instability ol of our teaching force ce I 1 give the following 11 in the year 1911 1112 11 12 gehad teachers i A I 1 out of als number 66 or exactly 50 pa per cen cent t accepted re engagement in the county for forthe A ae following year in we had w teachers only 62 or 45 per cent of whom accept accepted sd reengage greengage to ment 14 we had teachers only 68 07 or 11 46 per cent of whom returned to their positions in the county 1 this last year with less than 50 0 i i f per cent 0 our teachers remaining in b tk the service from year to year it will W b be e quite impossible to maintain a high t degree af pf y v this last year wo we had teachers axi VA amplo y d lie work done was of such uniford excellence that of these 4 tf v fe lt A rep aza bru wor ne t year P af ithe the 01 or per cent have accepted ree engagement tills this f t is the th ebest best record we have nade made but bul 1 1 1 it Is far from satisfactory if we could I 1 retain retain 80 per cent of our teach f i ers from year to year giving an average aa 1 tenure of five years in our service I 1 W 1906 07 1914 15 auna number of school hou houses s es used in the c county Y 61 44 number of one roomed schools 4 22 12 number of oc childen enrolled f number of children to each school average 58 number of teachers employed K or of pupils per teacher pra 33 31 ifa number 0 of children eail enl ia aig school scho or first I 1 year ill GOC number of elementary school graduates graduate s am gi I 1 08 number ot of students in the high school 81 number ot of graduates from the high it 0 53 aj we should be able to make consistent iff b 9 progress 71 A teacher entering a new 1 system in is never at her best tile the first year ye artand V nd seldom Is she during the second byear ivear put but to come to us inexperienced perien ced and leaie leae us at the close ot one on eyears service is to make a training school out of our system for the benefit of those other centers which can offer better inducements than we are able to give five years of preparation is now required to enter the teaching profession tour four years at high school and one year of professional work in a normal school the salaries offered do 1 fc 1 not seem I 1 to justify the effort to reach the profession young women beginning bingin in the primary grades are paid from pi 4 00 to per year young men beginning in the grammar grades are paid from to per year I 1 machof L this is expended fora ummer school work extension courses and at at institutes and conventions r in order to keep keel pace with the profession then again most of these teachers are away from home and must board board 1 aut out and since they mey are supposed bil to draw handsome salaries our peo plear charge them more than tile the regular prices for board and hodg 4 t lag ing because of being on salaries es teachers rs are always expected to contribute tribute te liberally to all public subscriptions they are expected to dress well T continued on page six t SCHOOL Sm RE FINE SHOWING continued from first page in school and out they are required to keep the latest and best magazines and educational works and by the time they meet all of these financial requirements their little monthly wage has grown so small that they are wondering where the summers expense money is coming from to take them to summer school in order to prepare for the ahe next years work SALARIES A comparison of salaries salares liere and y T q y I 1 csome ina iii me other cou counties cities and cit cities will I 1 serve e to explain why so many of aurl our j teachers refuse to remain with us the i average salary for women teachers in box elder county is aso per year in other places the hie average salaries ot of women run as follows beaver county carbon county emery county grand c county 0 ua alty juab county granite district jordan district sumit county slur mur ray city salt lake city 60 and ogden Is it any wonder these counties and cities take our good teachers from us Ls since since most of them must be away from home in either case she zb 0 average salary for male teachers ers in MIT aur county elementary schools including the principals principal s is r per er year in other localizes loca lites the average salary tor for male teachers runs rims as foli fol i lows beaver county carbon i county juab county I 1 morgan granite Sl 17 1 18 jordan san juan sunt mit murray city lo 10 gan ogden salt lake city ILY the greater part or of the school population of box elder is is found in small scattered communities in which there are few social or educational advantages and as long as other count counties comities comi ties les and cities enering oT ering greater barial boc al art and educational advantages can pay from one and one fourth to two tw and one 1 half times as much salary per year as ag we can we cannot consistently expect our teachers to remain here aft they find an opportunity unity to enter alie thee more inviting fl fields elds 0 one ne w way ay to rem edy this would be to establish a lar salary schedule providing for an all adequate raise for continued and mert dorious work as is done in III the more progressive school sy systems sterns 01 ir state stale and country we had hoped to be able to ri i ounce ta the 1 ic establishment establish men iest t by 1 tiie aw url n hersity of utah of oc a tr raining training or of tho the school ot of education in ox elder for the coming school year we ars are just now informed however vla da there are no lie lands fund available rot for such work tills this year we e had eracli cally been assured t ual that no lie less ICES tal thirty of last and previous years high school graduates would take the work the first year it if offered hers hem in it no way cou could id our state university leaie served us better and I 1 suggest thal we still continue our efforts to establish estabi I 1 is sh suc such I 1 i a course here so that we may provide a means of supplying our teachers from among our own box bos elder young men and women this will haqq a strong tendency to make our teaching corps MOMS permanent dorala nt supervision there Is scarcely ft a noted educator in it the land and nor an educational magazine of any prominence but that advocates more thorough supervision in county schools no company or business I 1 firm employing a hundred fifty workmen or more would think of 0 sot set ting ailiese these people to work for abear a year without competent supervision on and frequent inspection I 1 it ills has been our practice to nae maua a I 1 r rather glicr hurtled hurried tour of 1 dissection I 1 i hi 1 shortly s after 04 opening g of OC school sch ME in 7 S sept lu in this first visit careful notes t are taken helpful hc til suggestions g gi yen wa and such data secured as will enable us to locate all the weak teachers in the system A second visit is is then made as soon as possible to who are found to need special assistance this second visit usually discloses i vi lic lher the teacher is really trying or Is merely heo keeping school in order to draw liis ills salary it 11 the hie latter latier be true lie he Is sen given notice that unless ills his work is greatly improved imp oved within a very short perfect per ocl ills services will be als dispensed NI viii laii in case the teacher is weak but a willing worker such assistance si as Is needed is cheer cheerfully rully given the work is followed up by as frequent visits and tests as is possible to make and in this way good oid teachers are kept alive and viciie poor teachers who are willing to work are assisted to reach the required stin standard ot of efficiency and those who are incompetent thru neglect ot of duty are eliminated from the service in addition to our visits to tile the various i ous school rooms county institutes are conducted once a month in willell which the following months work in each subject is outlined and briefly discussed inspirational talks are given by leading educators of the state and the teaching corps is thus kept fully alive and abreast of oc tile the times LOCAL AND STATE FAIR EXHIBITS many local exhibits have been held daring tile tho past year in which the pu 11 pils work in sew sely toi cooking drawing painting woodwork wood work and agriculture has been displayed these os oi hibits have proved interesting and instructive tive both to pupils and patrons standards of excellence arld and effi efficiency cleacy were set up giving something definite and tangible to work towar kovaric to tr in all these displays the work shown has been exceptionally good tills this practical work lias has brought forth a v boac response or on the part pan pupils and patrons alike our small exhibit at tile state fair t the first we have attempted won tor us seven first prizes and several lion hou arable mention highly commendable awards in comp comparison arlson with somer other counties we were handicapped in this work in not having a coun county ty i i fair in which to make inake our exhibits before fore going to the state fair bur our boys and girls were unaccustomed to selecting materials for exhibits a training which the county fale fair is especially qualified to give should our box elder county fair become a reality we arc certain the training it will afford will be evidenced in superior ais displays plays ter la in our part of the state fair JOYS AND GIRLS GIRL CLUB WORK our club work this past year has shown chown commendable growth and efficiency fi fici ency the number of active workers has has increased several hundred per cent and the grade of work birg bing done is more systematic and tar far reaching in its effects several hundred dollars contributed by factories an and d b by y interested public spirited citizens were distributed in december to the successful club workers these cash and other prizes served as a stimulus in the various contests and elicited considerable interest both among students and patrons of the schools the county acreage in beets potatoes and tomatoes has increased to a marked extent since the club work in these lines began just how far our club work is responsible tor for the increase we cannot say but it cannot be without effect provably the most noted achievement in the club work forthe tor the year was that of howard dalton of willard who raised bushels of potatoes to the acre in this connection the following letter may be of interest amr air walter J glenn brigham city utah dear deaf mr aff camil at a meeting of the judges appointed to select the sweepstake champion boy for 1914 howard dalton of wilyard was declared the winner ills his score being and ills his nearest competitor being the judges in this work were prof henry peterson principal of the jordan high school prof junius andrews ogden high school and prof 11 II P barrows of the university of utah young daltorio has done a splendid piece of work and is certainly entitled to recognition he received the tree free trip to the worlds fair very truly yours J JC C HOGANSEN tate state leader of club wort THE BOX ELDER HIGH SCHOOL the following is taken from principal merrills merrilla annual report rt the seventh year of tile the box el der high school has haa been marked by signal successes the enrollment was much larger than any previous year the teaching corps was superior and the work done was of hotter grade we feel very pleased with the hearty support tendered by our numerous Aum erous patrons and with tile the many evidences they have given of their confidence in the school and their appreciation appreciate 0 of rf it this loyal support as well as the adverse criticisms that have been gien occasionally shall both goad us on ito to greater effort to make our school a mora potent factor for good the steady growth of the school is indicated by the record of attendance during the past |
