| Show educational convention large and meeting meeta of school officers cars and teachers in pursuance of therall the call of the county superintendent trustees and teachers of 0 the county to the number of fifty three met at provo saturday ila may y to consider the topics named i in n bat said d call besides these theae there was wa s quite bite a sprinkling of visitors present among them prof K U G albeser il Al noser his son U maeger two representatives ol of abing houses bouses i rev T W lincoln n the afternoon and two or three teacher s of the Alis mission sion schools the first topic change of 0 textbooks text books looks was wa taken up hy by the trustees anil and discussed it seemed deemed to be the preva prevailing illy opinion that a change ol of readers headers is al all I 1 that ll is now desired ll 11 Maeser county supt bupt of 0 heaver beaver co arid and prof maeser each by invitation tio expressed ills his views on tile the q question u es under discussion the latter 1 bind that while several of 0 our books dont fill the bill lie ho was opposed to a change for financial reasons in ili the tha past the people people had stood the expense of 0 a cl a ge ol of text books without boing being bo n 0 bitted thereby bupt supt BrIm bramball ball urged the tha trustees tru steen to se ucb a that the school census of the count county be ba properly taken which would M odd materially to 0 out oui territorial apportionment by unanimous consent the mannor manner of 0 reporting tile the census to the county supt bupt will hill be different in the future exhibiting biting tile the complete list instead 0 of I 1 tile additional names and the names of those removing or going out of the school are ace as has I 1 aas been done in the past tho supt bupt suggested that tile the trustees a should engage their teachers for the next year at an early date lie ile called attention to some of the duties of teachers and strongly t oil I 1 recommended om mended that no teacher abr should to be employed em employed loyed who could not live in a up tip to Us his duties asset as set forth in in i the circular tile proposition proposition position that school rooms should tro be a renovated at least twice a year was waa in A e system adem of promotions by which eael cadi 1 cal child I 1 id is to receive ft a certificate on completing any grade only on tile the pro pre sensation Ben sen tation of 0 am w fell lie he can be admitted to a higher grade was n as suggested by tile the bupt supt and alter some deliberations deliberation i was a adopted by bv it a vote of the convention in tile the afternoon the minutes of 0 the last meeting of the teachers association were read from tile and adopted d tho the county Cir airhar clar being the tha next net topic for con consider kiler i it was decided to leavo leave blank the though it n ns S almost the unanimous opinion that when at all practicably ablo tile th first term 0 of f next school ear should begin in the hie lust last monday in august under the If curriculum sonia some changes were ft ere made reading writ writing n 9 or bookkeeping spelling ar arithmetic c I 1 language geography and 11 history stor of object lessons physiology and flyg II ynone n 0 anil and physical culture were era me made is og obligatory g ig g a branches arid and drainer Draft Drai ine nir aage algebra la c or r music alusic and physics i vere named as aa optional some additions were made to the duties ol of teachers and other minor minor changes inserted in the circular and tile hole as amended was ft as adopted by the con ven mention bention tion this completed the work of tile the convention so BO far as the trustees i nero ere con berned the tha supt bupt stated to tho teachers that the public 0 examination would be held the first week in august tile hie condi tiona are that all teachers must pass in theory and practice those who v lio tin have vo been active members of the teachers association and ac tully trally engaged in fa teaching will n ill bo be excused front from nii I 1 in other bran brandies clips but till all others mus must t pass in those branches in ili winch they stand below 85 8 00 spanish fork canyon was a definitely settled upon as the place for hold holding ina t lie school the teachers tea chera are to meet tit at spanish fork friday is een ell ill the dinst preparatory to goine to the mountains saturday the I 1 alth ath 0 u o circular of 0 this summer will be prepared but ilia programmer program mea ire are to be duly published in the ENQUIRER E A cor seely spanish fork june 1 1887 |
