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L Prosper Excel Despite Epidemic T 1 Practical Work Popular L B Bv By Dr Ernest A i. 11 Smith 4 I Sup Superintendent of or Snit Salt Schools School The Tho opening of or th the school year car In InI I Salt Lake August 30 0 o 1915 1918 brought upon pon It Its first da day an enrollment of r pupils almost as ts great as ss 9 That of or rny ny subsequent lime time In the first month 1000 Tho work started with t fine promise or ot an unusually success successful CuI Children evinced a 1 great enthusiasm in their support of or all of the various nar ar work activities The thrift stamp pledges i for the summer vacation wee we-e found to bo be more than fulfilled i so 10 o that when January Januar 1 1910 1919 arrived the total contributions of or the cit city children ex- ex more thin 0 oJ per pCr capita for the year of or loyal aid given to Uncle Sam In Jn the Fourth Liberty loan the teaching staff starr con contributed hilt cd The domestic science domestic art and manual training departments I were conducted so as to vai va- va I i lous flous projects outlined h by y th the Junior Red Red Cross Cregg society and nd other ern Eo mental a agencies 4 4 The Tho Salt Lake schools maJc a a. h creditable showing in their exhibits Vt at t the Utah fair September 29 9 to lo October Oc Oe- I t tober ber 3 o. The largo building set aside e for the cit city display was filled with products attesting to the pr practical ct Ical work York ork o of the classroom dons Hons were given I en In cooking methods and conservation conser The rhe art work and needle work were worthy displays s 's l 7 Public interest was much c centered upon the tho activities of the auto m mechanical me me- department Several Se young I Imen men inen men from outside the city were I by bl it Il to enroll In the West High school V 1 second buik building ing was wa's was set et asido by br the fair directors t to hou house e ilie war wal garden exhibits of or the Salt ake k c schools lvery available space pace 1 crowded ded to the limit and ld tho va- va yas 1 u and excellence or of inc fine products were universally all praised A very or cry liberal prices rices being awarded 1 d to the ho host t of C exhibitors education v In IJ the last year car the schools have hae a pro program fa o of vocational c education as a's as fostered b by the federal e legislation known as the Sm Hu hes act In both lust Fast ud West cst i high schools a R. score of young oun women livas was vas enrolled In tho the home economics economic tite l t par Uncut They gao gato half halt time Ume cal each h t day to the special cour courses es pl prescribed The ire hc extensive and excellent display of oC hand handiwork I worl of or both schools schools- made mado eon oi aiu Thursday May Ia 20 29 I. I 1910 1919 demonstrates that these course In l 1 education h have hate ye been a brilliant bril bril- brilliant Bant success 4 For the thc boys bors there thero has b been en part hart time m work worl In Iron wood and auto m- m hanics banies at the West cst High Tho The in these courses Is tenfold ld greater than the number t taking in- in arts the previous lous ye a H The school has reached 1 its greatest cst Advance hance c during the last ten months being double that of oC the previous year ear ct courses in cooking sewing gewIn r dr dressmaking dress dress- pl iu making lin- lin a and ld au automobile omo lle repair have halo lavoL peen been L cn hJ highly popular Never XO before have ha so jO many boys bors and girls studied In the Seventh c and el eighth gra grade night clas classes e jj Lt is a a. graUt gratifying ln omen for the new legislation of or Utah when those young ung people who have havo been n compelled to go JO to work v retain am ln ambition to go ro on with education that will help hell them In their business pur pur- suits The commercial department of or orthe the night school was as well attended d dan an and 1 the Americanization s section 3 at- at about one hundred persona of oC for foreign 1 n birth who were al r to scat n i. n-lIsh n tongue and prepare them them- 1 3 for fur citizenship As 8 re reent ent u tale state legislation te provides presides for compulsory study b by by- foreigners ners tho nl night lt school hool m Lt bo be in readiness the coming cur curto to accommodate the man many hundreds who h will demand this training r Undone The last year eat will be long long- memorable able for tor the time visitation of the Influenza To fo lose eleven en weeks of the he scholastic 5 year car eal would seem In prospect 1 a calamity that no school system could Successfully Successfully combat When one considers hat hat than half of ot the leaching staff during the period in which school chool was wa discontinued gave itself to various acts of oC merc mercy and amid the nursing of oC those Afflicted with influenza one olle suppose the capacity o of these teachers s for or work orle when chool wa was resumed must have ha been heen seriously diminished Yet the universal un cral opinion of or the supervising supervising super super- rIsing r. r Ising officers and principal is that all of these unu unusual ual obstacles have peen been surmounted to an amazing degree c. c work olle of oC the year ear will be corn coin pete Dieted In the week of June J 1 in the main with gratifying success To be hI beaure s sure aure re some subjects will net rt ft t Jr In e keen leen pursued in all the thc det eH e H U of former dears Oscars ars yet ct the fundamentals In ih rh j various various va va- various va- va rious grades and in the tilt hl high h schools have hao been mastered to such h a degree eJr c th that t with confidence the u usual promotion promotions promo promo- lions tion o ot pupils arc made Such Such 1 a splendid did achievement has been possible only through time the devotion de and energy of the tho teachers the fine spirit of oC determination nation and Industry on th time part pait of or the theand and the lie heary mid and it co operation of or parents parent throughout hout the city A A unique instance of ot this cooperation cooperation opera co tion lion with parents has been in connection ton tion with the epidemiological survey by tho University erdt of Utah Tho The purpose purpose pur pur- pose of or this was to ascertain tho nature na- na I j ture turc of ot the influenza epidemic in tho the various districts of or the tho city as evidenced evi ovi- I In tho the family history Tho The data was wa t collected by teachers and I parents and interesting facts demon demon- One of these theM Is that contagion conta conta- I gion Slon was not carried from the schools to tho the homos homes Again aln It was found that I during durins the period In which school was closed it was almost Impossible to get I II accurate Information as to cases of influenza in- in I I In th the various homes On the theother theother other hand hond the schools had re reopened reopened re- re re opened and the thE- principals and teachers teach teach- ers were maintaining m a n close check I upon c cases ses of oC illness among the pupils I accurate Information was as secured as Ito I It t to the actual spread and extent of or the epidemic j I I Attendance Normal I I When tho the schools reopened December Decem- Decem I ber 26 26 6 1919 there W was R some feeling I of oC fru In various homes as ns to possible I ble hIe exposure cf the ehll children ren lo tu a re recurrence recurrence re- re currence of oC the epidemic This ma made the attendance somewhat fluctuating I for a 11 period of ot weeks s. s The date dale of time the close of or the first semester was changed chang from January 17 to February I S By fay March work worl and attendance had become normal and In April the time maximum enrollment of or the year ear was reached reached pupils In educational progress the year ear has been notable for the time opening ening of oC new I structures to house the Bryant Brant and nd tho time I Irving Jun Junior High h schools school Both of oC thc these centers have havo the seventh eighth I and ninth grades the completed and anel proper r organizations on In t this latest adu ad- ad I in u 1 I t s s moo orga n men A plan of division is expected tt to be en enforced enforced en- en I forced next year relI for the units a associated associated I with the time hast Kast and West lest High schools Tho benefits of or the junior I hl high h school department have hate been so so manifest in the accelerated power and j I pro progress ress of or Its pupils that it Is fitting that all sections ns of the city cit should de deI desire desire de- de I sire similar a advantages anta es Stron Strong support support support sup sup- port of the citizens of or the western and anel I southern districts for the proposal to bond boud the for Ifor for tor school I Improvements w will allow 0 three junior high buildings to 10 be erected this sum sum- mer sum sum-j Students of ot the West Rest High school have o conc conducted 1 a remarkable campaign of or publicity to show the time ur urgent ent need 1 I of a Do new bulJ building ln with modern adequate adequate ade ade- 1 quate equipment The million dollar doll structure now note assured attests signally n to the time generosity g of oC the taxpayers and their keen appreciation of ot the best educational facilities I During the world war there were fourscore commissioned officers in the United States Statts army 1101 who received recel their preliminary training tr as the high school cadets federal government Jo ha has recognized the he efficiency of the mili military military mili- mili tar tary instruction given j in the Salt Lake schools b by ih the appointment In March I 1919 of or Col Cot R. R M M. of Thomas to become professor of C military science In Salt Iak Lake This appointment carried carried carried car car- I ried with lit it the adoption of the cadets I II as af a unit of or the junior reserve officers officers' t I I training corps The United 1 States furnishes furnishes fur fUr- free to all ho hoys above It 11 years I uniforms guns un and anti necessary equip equip- ment It al also alao o provides pro for tor a summer summer equiP I camp at the expense of the tho govern JO ment Four men hae have been detailed m I from Washington ton to assist Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Thoma In his duties The TlC military work wort goes hand band In to hand band with physical education lion and by br this enlar enlarged en- en lar ed pro program ram for Cor boys In high schools and the ninth grade g of or tho the junior high the thc physical well being the personal discipline and an ano the patriotism of the time m youth are art suc Prue p. p c to be nota notably I advanced anc rJ The Thc recent Utah Legislature placed I upon uron public schools a a. new dut duty of ot grave ra Importance Tho law lat requires that after J July Jul 1 1919 all children I f m 1 11 t tand and ti 1 IS years of ago o shall shaH r re receive re- re o I sonic some mc of or schooling If thc they have withdrawn from the time re regular ular day dar I sessions and gene s to work the they must spend CU during rint the year year at least 1 H I 1 hours In some sort of oC instruction Many bo boys 8 und tad girls Irl eave school after the eighth grade g Tho They have ha been al allowed allowed al al- I lowed hitherto to take employment at i 16 years ye of ot age I and even earlier b by special permission This new law la will t require that thousands In their teens be cared for r In our city ity schools I This advanced ld step In Utah Is In ini i harmony with the federal program that im Ih h. encouraging various forms of or vocational voca vocational voca- voca oca-I oca I tonal education throughout the union b by means of ot subsidies But the problem o of fitting ln Its children for practical service service I eer ice In the community belongs s finally to each sta state c and locality Utah has ha had the vision to see the need oV or tho the I hour It should hould be the high purpose of school authorities and the public I generally to employ all their energies to bring to pass pasa the results aimed at atIn I In Jn this moro more complete education of oC all an anthe I the children of all allure the people |