Show TALKED OF BY SCHOOL MEN Objections to Present Course of Study St Threshed Out in Con Convention Convention Convention PEDAGOGUES DONT AGREE PLEA FOR INDIVIDUALITY STARTS DISCUSSION DIS Fads and foibles in the education of the he young yo came carne in for fora a discussion at athe atthe atthe the he convention of county count r school super superintendents which opened yesterday and the discussion may be continued today oday A plea for a larger scope for individuality in the course of study made by Professor W M Stewart principal of the normal department of the he University of Utah precipitated an animated discussion which was cut short hort only by the arrival l of the hour to adjourn Only about a score sore of the county su superintendents superintendents were in attendance but buthe the he principals of the city schools were many of them in the gathering held in n the afternoon The rhe first session opened at 10 o lock with State Super Superintend Superintendent intend nt A C Nelson presiding and two wo papers were given President Kerrs Paper President I t W J Kerr of the Logan Logn Agricultural college spoke on Modern Demands Demms Dem n Js in Education He divided his lis subject into four heads as follows the he function of education the concur concurrent concurrent concurrent rent development of the country and education the present educational system tern tem em and the requirements of the fu future future ture ure education He held that the only practical education is a technical edu education education education cation and that all studies should be begun in the grades He said that no 10 education which does not fit for life lifes is s good and Incidentally claimed that womans only sphere is the home an 5 her only duty the raising of children President J r T Kingsbury of the Uni Un University University of Utah spoke on The Com Comparative Comparative Comparative I Value of Different Kinds of Education He talked especially for fora a practical education and advocated manual training and kindred subjects in n all aU elementary schools He placed the practical education first of all and spoke of culture as a secondary re requirement requirement requirement The afternoon session began with a talk by City Cit Superintendent D H Christensen on The uThe Relation of the City Course of Study to the State Course of Study Mr rr Christensen went through the more Important sub subjects subjects subJects in the course and sought to show with what purpose each is handled and how each Is given its proper share of attention He held that more mor actual time tune is put in in teaching spelling than ever was in tile the methods He said men who find fault with the spelling of children in the public schools of to day expect the vocabulary of a maji map of 30 In the boy of 14 and that the boy of 14 Is only required to spell correctly the words in his own vocabulary Stewart Starts It Professor William M Stewart of the training school followed with a talk talI on courses of study In general in anc and the relation of the training school to the state He held that the course of study for each school ought to be dif different different different ferent that each group of teachers should get together and decide on the best for their locality and then each school decide for itself and still later that each teacher should work out her own Ideas In this way he argued each teacher would be working out her own plan and would do better hetter work He Be also held that every subject taught in the highest university should be be begun begun begun gun in the elementary school His talk aroused a storm of criticism I but the hour was so late that it was wasn necessarily n curtailed Mr Christensen L criticised very severely his ideas in re regard regard regard gard to the Individual making a course of study William Allison of Ogden I found serious fault with his advocat ing introducing all aU the subjects into an elementary school curriculum Why are our business men already finding fault with our pupils said I Mr Allison AUlson uIt It is because they are not taught things definitely enough and anc and I they are taught too many smattering things Mr Stewart contended that only by b making the subjects interesting and anc L making the child feel the need of or certain certain tain attainments would the child learn He said the finest reading he ever eve heard was reading which was no fbi not t taught but was just spontaneous Miss Mis I Rosalie no alie Pollock primary supervisor in ir inthe inthe I Ithe the city schools criticised his state statement statement statement ment that such work was accomplished I without drill on the manner of doing the work Orson Ryan of Wasatch county wil wIll I speak this morning on The Purpose 3 of the County Superintendents Semi SemiAnnual SemiAnnual SemiAnnual Annual Visit to the Schools This will wil wilbe willbe 1 be followed by a discussion of the pro proposed proposed proposed posed changes In the course of study and the suggestion of amendments t to the same The committee appointed to revise the course of study consists consist of E M Whitesides of Davis county A L Larson of Sanpete San ete J r W Smith of Salt Lake L E Eggertson of Utah W N Petterson of Weber Walter M 11 Boyden of Summit and B D Jensen rensen o of Sevier This committee will not b bready be ready to report for forten ten days the pro proposed proposed proposed posed changes A general business ses session session session sion will be held this afternoon Professor William M 11 Stewart ex extended C extended tended an invitation on behalf of th the university faculty to the superintend superintendents to visit that institution today anc and to take taki luncheon there as the guests guest of the tile domestic science department The invitation was accepted about abou thirty signifying their intention of at attending attending attending tending |