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Show U. C. T. A. Tho Utah County Teachers AssocI ntlon met nt tho l'urker school houso in regular session, Oct. 27th, County Supt. Chrlstenscn presiding. City Supt. Itollins in attendance. After opening exorcifcs and reading of minutes, the memlicrs adjourned to various rooms for department vork Tho I'rimury, Intel-mcdlato Intel-mcdlato nud Grammar grades met In dlllVrent ru:ms to consider tho best method of presenting tho study of Geography, the J-olii Teachers loading out. In tho Grammar yrnde Mr. G. N. Child prcontid tho subject and di fluid It us tho study of the mrths tufaeo, claiming that all other views 'it furijij of the subject are but tlio outgrowth of tlio study when properly taught, bringing bring-ing about natural co-ordination o! studies with gtogrnphy us tho great base. Political xtography it hiiKoly history; what tlio soil producer is il.o ltotany of tho country ; its miiiornU, tU Geography; its animal, its Koolofyilts climate, rain falls, commercial ad vantages, and nil the environment from which tho condition of rami in aurtaiu locality may largily lie determiiKXl, can bo ery properly taught itli geography in the higher mndes, butthvrem.it Hrst licadellnito loeithin. The gDittli.-miiii gDittli.-miiii dUcuHcd tho educational value uf the study as a matter uf doscipline, ami also as enabling puplU to perceive with great distinctness Ho favored the method that grasped wholes, proceidlng from that to detaih, providid tho wIioUm were within tho comprehension o: the pupil.' Went Into method and system, and the bestdovlces to bo used by the teacher. Tlio subject was well prctsnt-cd, prctsnt-cd, and iu tho discussion that followed tho lecturer was nl.lo to sustain bis thcorlcB in a manner rhowlng thorough preparation of tho subject, In the Intermediate grado W, T Taylor, presented tho SMne subject, and II... liakcr offered n plan for the be. glnners In tbo study iji tlie Primary department. On roMseiuhlini: 1'rof. ltdaleh, of tho B. Y. Academy carried through it succession suc-cession ot instructing and entertaining chemical experiments, bused tijioii Tidmago'a "Domestic Science," illuitra. ting ot how this valuable, little lk could bo need in common icliool work. He exhibited a number of instruments, simple yet perfectly satisfactory that lould lo mado by almost any teacher, and will Just as accurately demonstrate tlie linos nnd principles to be Uught as the costly nnparntus Is entirely out of reach of tho ordinary teachor. A ioto of thanks was proposed by l'rof ltoM of Spanish Fork, fqr the very Instructive lecture, which was warmly responded to. l'rof. Kccse also stated that l'rof Rydalch had attended his school when nehildofslx orseun years only; had then been ttudlous, obedient nnd oliergetlc, aud it pleased luui grently to boo the promise of the child fulfilled in the man. Ten questions of practical value wcro presented by Supt. Christenson, wtut.li were vjrbally discussed and unaltered. Itoll called aud tUty membts present. Adjourned till Nov., 10th, whonDr. Talmago of the Salt 1,'iko Unlvorslsy will lecturo, subject not minounced. I El i h.n Jakkman. I |