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Show TEAH HFF fill APES I y ;j Ep fears in Prepare ': for Bii School. ''.jil Boarcl of Education Would H i' Place Our Schools in Line H ' With Other Cities. I ' Little Moro Work for Pupils Will ' , ;.j Ennble the Department to Ac- H' ' !' complish the Chnnpe. ' ' ''.j 1 T THE next meeting oC the Board ' A of Education a resolution -will be ' y i, ilL adopted cutting onu-lial year Hl'y i 'M .1, fi"om erade pupils' worlc. At the ! ( .j ' P present time entrance -to the High " school la gained only after eight and fl 'i'1!) one-half years In the grades. Previous l '( " to about 1894 It was eight years, the M ' ! j same as In other cities throughout the Hi I ''if ,, United, States: but when the, Legisla- , I 'j lure at that time cut the ten-months' I ; school year to nine months, then the ' ( ! '"i Hoard of Education thought It neces- , t t'j sary to extend tin? grade work over an ( ' extra half-year to make up for the I ) ' ' shortening of the school year. ! i I ,i Eight-Year Plan. II f The present regime has worked : j. smootlily enough thus far, but now that . 1 i ' many of the pupils are about to grad- n T if uute the school officers see trouble . , , ahead in graduating classes' at mld- M I' 1j year as well as at thd regular spring l i i' graduation. Superintendent Chrlsten- Is v, sen favors the eight-year plan, and is )l , preparing the outline of work for the i ! , coming year on that basis. The pupils. K i I 1 v, he says, will be given a little more t I j' J '(, work; but this will be more than com- H'l ' ' 41 pensated by the earlier graduation. itSl!!' I ! Lik( Other Cities. i ' I-' In other cities with the nine-months' 'H' l ' J school year pupils complete their gradp work in eight years, and Mr. chnstensen sees no reason why Salt Lake pupils cannot do the same. The matter, he say, has been under consideration con-sideration for the past five months, during dur-ing which time special committees have been constantly at work upon the matter. Favorable action has been taken upon the resolution by the committee com-mittee on teachers and school work, and there Is no doubt-that the report of the committee will be adopted by the Board of Education at its meeting one week from Tuesday night. |