Show valley gallery valley Books Cover Story Horse sense Looking bock Poetry Valley gallery What's up Word sleuth VALLEY magazine it published every Monday by The Herald Journal 75 West 3rd North Logan Utah 84321 CP Cheney editor Chris Wayne Paul publisher Helpingstlne copy editor Edith Morgan poetry editor Opinions expressed AJ Simmonds contributing editor are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the editorial opinion of The Herald Journal Freelance manuscripts are solicited but writers should query the editor first Unsolicited manuscripts must Include stamped enveloped to guarantee return Valley subscriptions are not sold separate from regular Herald Journal subscriptions Advertisers should contact The Herald Journal advertising department corner by Karen Vended Cemetery Another year hu begun in Logan Our fllfliff pffj pp ammal cycle are measured not so much by the solstices andequinoxuubythe aeademlc quarter Each autumn nhont this time the population of Locan swells by soon UAH bodies the tempo of life picks ip and Van Alfen we’re off and naming on n brand-neyear Logan has been a college to state lNO when the south wing of Old MatabMame the lint structure on the new campus and Vendla Bernston became the first student to enroll at the new Agricultural College of Utah Now the school on the Uu is called Utah State University and it is the industry in the entire valley largest P lodging back The Cache County Educational Institute by AJ Simmonds With today's educational requirements a with for teacher certification multiplicity of special programs for training and with budget totals which stagger the observer the Valley's school teachers ought to be thoroughly Sue Van Alfen who works a publicist for the equipped for their pedagogical duties university spent some of her unbusy summer-quartThe educational profession hu made hours in the library digging up a collection of advancement since the crude phenomenal we historical trivia about USU or of the frontier Until 1190 for instance days should say about "The UAC" Even if you think you there wu no requirement for mandatory know all about the university’s history you might be school attendance Nor wu there any surprised by some of the gems Sue turned up for our provision for providing free education to cover story this week the Territory's children Schools were a Photo illustrations were provided by USU Special local affair supported by tuition payments Collections at the Merrill library and the layout was Until INI each town in Cache County constituted a separate school district dmajpiNby HJ Staff Photographer Paul Carter governed by three trustees elected at an Historical research is one of Sue’s most recent annual pubue meeting The trustees hired Interests A graduate of "The BYU” she Joined the the teaeher — a class which included Information Services staff at Utah State a couple of anyone who could pass the Normal test years ago and continues to do occasional freelance given by the superintendent or a board articles for our Valley magazine and such lesser-know- n appointed by him The educational atpublications ulfounutawesL tainments of the teschers were generally low With salartas in the lUOs averaging Sue is a Salt Lake native who spent some time S40 per month (often paid in kind) it would living in Connecticut before returntagto Utah with not have been surprising had the corps of her husband Neal and four children They reside in teachers who Instructed the Valley's youth Providence Sue’s father Ken Duflta of Logan hu been a thoroughly demoralized lot I also contributed to YaDey were bid what is surprising some suspect You too might be a potential contributor If you're is the sense of purpose that so many of poets these men and women brought to their task the many talented writers among photographers Illustrators and other creative people and the seriousneu with which they viewed of Cache Valley we'd like to invite you to consider it Even more surprising are the steps they a possible outlet for took to improve their capabilities And one our weekly magazine section editor the work maybe we can put you of the key measures of Query your was the Cache County Educational Inmtoprint se u er tang-forgott- u —C P Cheney 2 Tha Harold JoumolVollay Monday Saptombor 25 stitute The Institute was organized in the lHOs apparently by Wff Apperiey of the Brigham Young College Its purpose was to proride quarterly meetings at which time the teachers could exchange ideas learn special skills from the proficient among them and — in the way of most professions — entay one anothers fellowship in the sure knowledge that it was them against the world The Cache County Educational Institute was a true innovation — the ancestress of today's UEA gatherings and special teachers' workshops However much one might applaud the conception of the Institute on a still raw frontier it is impossible to read the' proceedings of its meetings without some shock and amusement The overt union of church and state is an especially uncomfortable aspect pf the Institute's work And while it is symptomatic of the times there wu more than a touch of authoritarianism in the answers which the teachers thought they knew The Institute recrired considerable local publicity In INK for instance The Utah Journal published in full the Institute’s Some excerpts are inproceedings structive “The loog anticipated Normal Session of the Cache County Educational Institute convened in Brigham Young College on Wednesday morning June 23d 1SN at 10 am Thirty members were present Opened by staging "Gladly Meeting" Prayer by wm G Reese Staging "Did You Think to Pray” The day’s session wu devoted to papers on school government by Wff Apperiey arithmetic by James A ungton the life of John Quincy Adams by WG Reese and a paper by Bessie Morehead on methods of teaching the alphabet to the young The next morning the floor wu opened for questions — which the Journal dutifully reported r‘Question Which are the better dass of readers the National or the Independent Answered by Martin WoUbe stating that in his opinion the National Readers were much the best "Question How would you prevent gum chewing during school hours? Answered by JW Hurren who stated that a good way to prevent it is to show students the evil results of the habit” wuHamf with And so the on Florence papers Nightingale language JThe Progreu of something called Civilization" (in which In UN I suppose it wu still possible to believe) and naiuttanal segments on School Government by WJL Apperiey In the four day meeting he spoke on the subject five times And between these weighty sessions the teachers were treated to such entertaining interludes Caddie Hopkins singing "Stag Sweet Bird" accompanied by Nettie Thatcher Nellie Haines reciting "The Bobolink" ami a unison netting of “The Shipof State” The sessions closed on the 27th of June after a meeting in the Tabernacle And after that sort of a program I can well understand the next activity: "After a vote of thanks to thou participating in the exercises and to the committee staxtax dosed the exercises in the Tabernacle and adjournment was taken to the Tabernacle Grove where foot races and other gamu were engaged In" I would have run too if rd ustened to all those addresses on school government u u |