| Show I 20 Years of Change I In The Schools Of County And Nation I John Dewey ey sa says s Some Present day situation is 15 always the true starting start start- starting ing point for any lesson In glanc glanc- glancing ing mg back into school history for I forI twenty years ears it is well vell to begin with something that happened today Here It t 13 is Today Friday Nov 7 ase as we ise e wat wat- watched watched watched ched the fine boys boS and girls file into the Stoker school a car bearing a Sint S Louis license drove up The drIver a well groomed business man mani alighted and walked hand in n hand pith Ith his little boy into school handI Ashe Ashe As I he returned we e recognized Alvin Ses- Ses Ses Sessions the thrifty operator of loot beer stand stands in the central and west western est est- estern ern states state Addressing 03 W Adams president of the board of ot educatIon and myself he said I have hale ha e just ar- ar arrived ar arrived rived from Saint Louis and am start start- starting starting ing mg my boy to school in m the fourth grade He was vas as in m the fifth in n Saint LouIs Last year my children here ere herein In the schools of si sip different cities from California to Missouri 1 and I found each school is lS compared wIth DavIs count count- one grade behind In other words the fourth grade chil chil- chil children children dren In m the Stoker school are doing the same work as the fifth in m the school we re just dust left in Saint Louis From the present we sic e turn back a score of years T Twenty enty years ago pone none of the students at the Da- Da DVIS Davis vis Di-vis VIS high were here born At that thit tIme there vas wis JS no D Davis VIS school dIStrIct I po io completely graded schools Stoker excepted no transportation system s stem for students at public expense no domestIc science and art departments no ph physical education program no art and primary supervisors n no modern heating and ventilating J vs ms no to toilet et and rind plumbing fix fix- fixtures fixtures fix fixtures tures in buildings no drinking foun foun- fountaIns foun- foun fountains fountains in m buildings no assembly rooms nO gymnasiums g no athletics no East I hIgh and Da Davis IS football game such as is we witnessed this afternoon and no very good roads leading to school or other places Twenty years ago there were thirteen separate school districts n n Dave county with Ith three board mem mem- members members bers hers in n each thirty nine in m all There were twenty schools of the one room t ty pe and three of the tW two room class None of these are left There acre ere 2612 children enrolled in m the grade schools Today there are m in all schools There were 83 students n hIgh school grades 9 0 and 10 To- To Toay Today To Today day ay there ale air more thin in grades 9 to 12 Twenty venty years ago the attendance a 80 per cent of the Last year it was as 9 95 per per cent The average number of days each ChIld Attended in m a year was 1265 5 Last ear the average attendance of each chIld was days The students of school age not enrolled in m an any school numbered Last year there ere is ero only 32 of school age not accounted for tAll All the others were ere in m school or legally excused e Twenty years ears ago there were ere none except WhIte chIldren last enrolled enrolled last year there were ere The total cost of operating schools in m 1910 was vas or 2244 22 per capita In 1930 the total cost as 31 or per capita The Tho average in the state is 60 22 To reach this average the Davis district v n be bo required to spend 38 more than was spent last year ear on her Schools Twenty T years ago student transportatIon transportation transportation tation at public expense vas was not m in inthe inthe the school program It is a development develop develop- development plent ment ment of the past few vears ears The fol- fol folIo follow fol follow Io low figures show how the th Importance of thIS stem here and end in m neighboring dis- dis district dis district districts Last year ear the Davis transported 1780 students 12 per cent of all children attending school at a total cost of f or 68 each Weber transported trans 1173 at 72 or 2080 each Jordan 19 1819 at or 1189 1183 each Cache 1571 at 36 or 76 each Tooele at or or 13 13 05 C Granite 1575 1576 at 55 or 1160 11 60 GO each e ch North Summit at or 2686 each Alpine 1 1049 1049 1 at or 20 2095 9 each and 1587 at 19 or 82 32 19 10 each The Twenty years year transformation tran so briefly sketched ketch d above is 15 only a type of what Vias iia through through- throughout throughout throughout out the state and in m n a degree d ree through through- Continued on page 5 T 20 YEARS OF CHANGE IN THE TILE SCHOOLS OF COUNTY AND NATIO NATION Continued from page lout out the nation tion Ar Are we we gong too fast Wha What ill will th thc next score of years ears bring to the the high gh school stu- stu students students stu students dents that are e are today day unborn A |
