Show 4 OF liasse liaise lara party of provo and utah lit county instructors visits salt q A Lake Subjects disca discussed assed the salt lake forenoon Tyler tey the utah county teach teachers factora caily canly nnie and the provo city teachers to vi met in the art ot of over SM 00 ether du aia the a of 0 the ali state un vers aty and their completely the largo large jamb superintendent van cott colt ulf ikek county oil n the tha meeting to orders order wel welcoming comini ax and introducing state su ol of instruction john R arii io be read taa a paper par on 0 statistics contended that in estimating the ile t and value ot of the work done a all c record must be kept in the schools the duty of 0 the trustees officers it visa A 4 teachers tich cra it the schools to observe pertaining to the NN 01 0 1 k l in car cal the li laws alag out cut the t scheme of 0 education i mil data and statistics must be laj anti nd reported and facts acts thus dr ar caged would influence school legisla ell the reason wua was apparent for or re rc facts ac it gave eave grounds for or coro corn ris nand and a basis for or improvement the 1 people eople fl he said should rato in the selection of 0 trustees an and it titto and select only those who had abt be interest ot of the work at heart r and 1 ford and victor rendered i local selection election after which i dedent J I 1 brown brawn 0 of the utah coun county t y schools radke brielly briefly on oa tha th p r 10 be b ob wilned tAllied front ron organization it rulers ho he said mid a bond of 0 sym ey end n union between teachers and brimbee over the at 0 the pro HIGH SCHOOLS NEEDED prof J tt kingsbury president or of 14 spoke eloquently on irtel tr IS needed heeded to makl make our school J complete Coni pleto lie he sold said that in tho the n at mtr tr vt of education utah compared fit fa atily with ith the majority ot of thi the older state amle but bur for some soine ume time the public schools had been lame laine in regard to the 1 high schools there were only three or i lour thereas should be eighteen or inertly where three or four your year mrm could be taken 1 the deficiency lie ho mald cald was waa partly i tilled by a preparatory department in the th university but he regretted that such a department had to be maintained in hla his opinion tile the high schools tied ml denominational schools should be schools and that deport depart ant should be eliminated from ill the Ull hersity it was of primary imbor impure i lanct ilance that high schools should be cs PC throughout U utah tah and depart if abate tit of science and manew training raining ii should bo be added to both the district atil aad high schools A united effort it ho a ly mid should be made for public edue k lion dolt but economy should bo be exercised d g and n good work do done no that the people feord 0 I 1 get lalue received tor for their j i money VALUE OF MELTING S first anit vice president Tg eggertson gertson of 0 the utah llah county teachers association toke spoke of 0 the beneficial tendency of the teachers meetings and endorsed indorsed Indor sed prof regarding the n awl d of more high schools J a luff of the salt sa lt laks lake 1 county association thought meetings p bet bethka veca teachers at ovail vailous oua counties brought them closer together in their vioelt and he was a lover of individuality divi duality be believed rome pome good might come of exchanging idona ideas and fruit imitating after successful plans of others dr J M tanner president of the tha agricultural ri college collece declared that teach erg cra needed the iho spirit of 0 friendship they wore were by tile the nature of 0 their callins in riven I 1 to sentiment and the excel II 11 E qualities of love and good will wa I 1 that characterize the lh higher life organization gani was a eln of advancement nt find UV th more perfectly they onan led tho the moro more bould the spirit of unity manifest itself superintendent porter of deaver beaver county the of I 1 two of the larlor lat ricer of thi L state and prof G georce it hall of at provo preal dent C ne I 1 of tho the alato bachora Ta chora association cia tion re forred to the teachers organization iza tion the N E A i ith its tens of thousands thou banda of at members no aa the greatest organization the lh world ever saw the great army of the teachers aca chera of the land la is tia training ining ilia iho youth of tho the land arid A teacher should be more than teacher ile he should ix be ono villa ho helps helpa to to torm rm the opinions of the land the aho organ organization I 1 ho he sald can bo be made one of political influence ty by expanding the minds of C dumatol a and of low law makers a and nd ele lating and leading them along proper ways prof brimhall Bri invited hla his hearers to attend the meeting of uie the state association g at provo on oil the dinst and a rol said paid he expected about would attend te nd from salt alt lake 01 city aty and co county u uty T the he n n 9 then n adjourn adjourned 1 I and many of the visitors v nera shown through tile the university CITY TEACHERS MEETING paper read bead on ciet the tha ot of physical culture sense training the general monthly meeting of tho the teachers of the city was hold held in the high school assembly room yesterday morning nearly tho the full force orce being represented tito tho first paper read was waa by miss L iii br principal of 0 the hamilton IIa mllton school who spoke upon sense training its purpose and Mett method iod or OC tile the beginnings of 0 tho the souls outs activities little can be sold for or concerning concern lne this matter less than little 13 19 known said miss alsa science seems to have established ilia I 1 ho fact lavt that wo we come into the world V without alb t ideas but with nith the ability to acou acquire aci quire i them that all ajl ideas are acquired and that sense bene perception the mental activity by means mcana at 0 which our enil eail lest ideas sense ideas always are acquired is 13 ono one of 0 tho the arlist earliest arll st activities of 0 the m mind ind although there to Is a great difference in development even among children of the same family some develop very rapidly others slowly the difference la Is on oue 0 ot of time and decree and not of 0 order psychology has pretty definitely determined that the steps are the saine in all individuals and taken in the same flame order at the age when children enter the schoolroom pure burcl sensation atlon la Is probably on an absolute absolu to the resultant at that age of 0 even the simplest process Is a perception the conter content of which Is the mum buhot of the ilia and reproductive brain processes combined knowledge Is the resultant of at mind action upon the data obtained by observation r out and the be great danger in file v rk of training la is 1 I 1 our pw I 1 abl 1 I 1 fat failure abreo re to recognize the necessity f for or this mind action and i 1 our fall uro to 10 allow tar for it ohp th acre amry time T athla hi a unfolding li bi a slow plow process a and can cannot nt bo be forced A forced expansion will destroy it just juit vis aa surely purely am aa tearing pen open tho bud will vill destroy tho the r ros 0 so the rand continual a UPI furnishing urril ehing of sensations without a allowing I 1 low it tic time lime for or the action of tho the mind upon the matter wilt in tile the end and its puller power of expansion and cha change go it 11 from an active to lo a amro anoro recipient of observation through the senses upon by lla lie own contents from a naturally constant agent to a a siciely receptive agent PHYSICAL TRAINING tito tho first of the fitiles of papers on physical education was read by alsa alte alta wiggins supervisor of physical training v m lie ho chose as tier her theme the of physical education as aa a 0 I 1 agular rea rec iture of t the lie public school curriculum miss wiggins said in part lart tho the value its 09 its as the absolute necessity 0 of I 1 physical aral il ing as aa it part of the school curriculum Is becoming more generally recognized all tho the best schools of our own olvil country as well as AH those of european countries have established this department as fundamental germany has baa it a national law enforcing dally phy mical exercise in all tier her common school ath and perhaps amei lea may in tims time follow her example c some pome states stales have already legislated 11 el hinted in ill favor of it the fact that the na national L lonal educational aaton has ma made de physical aducat education one of its departments dobai Is id nimet on cn ind aud a deeper inter C atit at in tilts important subject physical training still means to some boino manda fancy exhibition drills cheese muslin dresses and artistic pos inc the time was waa athen hen to be it tea teacher cherf or gymnastics one needed only 1 to 0 be able to direct certain movements t to 0 be made aith tho the arms logo less trunk etc but that time la Is rapidly passing poss lne it not already past systems 0 of f physical training are arc being severely measured and tested by all the laws of anatomy physiology philosophy pay and pedagogy miss wiggins dwelt at length upon tile the value of breathing exercises and stated that imperfect circulation la Is fit at thu ilia bottom of most moat mental moral and physical its turban noes e s 1 l bel believe I 1 eve said miss Ws gins tha that t t tho lie teaching of interesting Interest lne games on tile the playground la in of more value in raising the moral tons tono of a 0 school than the of any set ethical lesson I 1 an educator of some came prominence who vilio visited our schools it few years tago ao remar romar kerl keyl that he was impressed with the tha strong healthy look of the children certainly we are working under some most moat favorable conditions velh bilth ebel spacious epa cloua corridors of our fine grammar schools our target larco playgrounds cro unda and our invigorating mount moun fain air we should malce make a very tailing advance over ovo r cleles cities whose unhealthy climate and cramped play mako make them less fortunate in due time wo we shall look for results and thero there should be it general ahoy ing in pride of carriage and deport deportment men t and the round shouldered aloy or girl should bo be the rarest exception HEALTH or OF PUPILS principal 0 11 avey of tho the washington school was next announced and treated physical deterioration re suiting f from rare life aban abundant d ant statistics conclusively prove field mr avey that there tile aie a larko large number of phy physical mical ailments which have their origin in school life tho young person should leave tho the school in as aa sound health as aa when ho he entered it IL tho causes which mako make school life unhealthful should be discovered and remedied modern schoolhouse con can at ruction has placed within easy control of the teacher the th heating light ing and ventilation the evils arising la from in improper seating can never be satisfactorily I 1 Pact orlly removed until adjustable adjust Abl desks are arc provided nearsightedness Is due in large mei measure vallre to bad habits I 1 1 acquired in school life seats properly adapted to banh individual pupil will ill do much toward preventing this round shoulders flat clients cheats curved rp hiett and the long train of 0 evils evil axis ing ln there frome are tra crall a t to bad in standing and sitting tina tills should be remedied by the teacher con can correcting attitudes and by a regular systematic course of physical training mr air avey alvey discussed other photos phases ot of the subject with prone profit to his hea hearers ers mrs airs T B rhodes formerly cuper visor of 0 physical training was very pleasantly brought forward by superintendent I 1 in wh who in announcing 1 her name in spoke men mont ly of her services in tile the schools when alia tills he stepped upon tho the platform M alra 1 ra rhodes A v as given a very cry cordial greeting nor paper upon the rotation relation of physical to doial education was wan written in a very happy vein and wits was accorded a careful hearing president BrIm liall being present was felicitous y introduced by tile the and made a neat speech calling attention to the approaching state meeting nc and lurlne a barbb atlen danco cordially endorsed indorsed Indor sed prof pro bramhall a remarks and urged reed tho the tea ca ciers to attend in 0 body at tile tho next general meeting after the holi holidays daye school banking Bank Dan kIng lne still come coma up for discussion universo ity the university w will ill close alone next friday tor for its two weeks week christmas 0 vacation the registration ot of students now I 1 lacks ac ice but three of 0 being ILL at tile tho mark prof stewart went to cedar city last thursday to visit tile branch normal and to deliver the opening lecture of 0 I 1 the lie public sort corlea to be given under the aus apices of 0 that school during the winter winaus prof mainhall Mai Mais ball accepts an invitation to bountiful tonight to deliver 0 a lecture before the people of that place prof whiting met the members of the ilia university club last evening and explained for t their cir benent one t an and entertainment tain ment tho the result of his recent investigations of the food of tho the freshwater fishes of utah several of the university professors and instructors have accepted invitations from tho the lecture bureau of 0 the young mens mutual improvement association sou lation to deliver lectures in various wards of the city during tile tho vi winter inter our public schools md and the recent school election Ilc cllon in salt lake city Is the topic of the university publio public lecture to be given next friday night by prof stewart Bl ewart the lecture will treat of the development of tile school system of utah discuss the ahn faults and keitts of tho the present hestain Hy sy stain stoin and point out some ome ot of the dangers clangers that now threaten the ot of our schools interest Int erett la Is growing in tho the proposed literary contests between the rhetoric rhet orlo classes of the university and those of the BrI brichant ghant young academy at provo the university students ati identa are hoping that tile academy w will ill a accept hilr their proposed changes and in include hillh the oral story con contest test contests in oratory and expository essays enthusiasm for cla clas clans s organizations la Is perhaps greater in the university this year than it lias has evir ever evi r been before A all 11 the college classes and nearly all the preparatory classes have effected organizations adopted barbarous yells yella an and 4 otherwise rought bought to make themselves distinctive the preparatory class of 0 naughty naught 1300 1900 organized lx alx d last week and adopted about the most outlandish yell of all agricultural college correspondence tribune lorna dec II 11 prof widtsoe Is windi winding nir up experiments in the laboratories preparatory jo to their removal to the new buildings the holiday w ot of the longfellow society promis eit to ally lly interesting prof M macewan a c ewan ill lecture on n the character r of milton prof dryden will give some of life hla rich humar humor in an m essay on klondike L tc and alegs cannon will recite mr irvine and miss rich are ar president unit secretary respectively ot at tho the society mrs cotey his conducted the senior young voting ladles indies through a very successful term of on household mane ge ment tile balter part covering household economics tho the young modlea aro are now preparing essays on the domestic service problem which 1 ii so BO prominently before the public at present en I 1 the works or of lucy salmon and lelen helen 1 camphell are receiving careful tudy study conditions that will afford more service 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