Show THE CLOSE OF THC deriu an interesting interest ins time indulged lu by the spanish fork schools I 1 aitor of the knowing the deep interest taken by the educators of this county in all matters in regard to school business in particular a brief epitome of the progress of learning and doing in spanish fork may not bo amiss during the term just ended tho district school teachers have met at regular intervals to discuss the principles of the following plan educational instrumentalities school organization school government course of study and pro grammes study and teaching class management examinations and records system and progress in last week an examination was held to which the public were invited in various ways including public notices and on friday a public exhibition hibi tion was given in the grammar department under the management of bupt supt J A beese the walls of this department gave stong evidence of the rapid progress made by the pupils in artistic drawing there could be seen beautifully drawn houses flowers plants animals organs of the human body varied colored birds landscapes etc the exercises consisted of the following singing by school choir hark the 1 classmates class mates sung prayer by mr J A beese singing when called to the throne of your lord elocutionary exercise the battle of waterloo by the fifth reader class beading miss angeline smith phoeba monk beading exercise primary no 1 song by four little girls we love the schoolroom instrumental music mr asial hales an original historical sketch by miss bena snell which included a brief review of the history of our country from the time and his successors tone cd the shores of this continent through the various periods of discovery and explorations settlement and growth revolution independence and union development and prosperity civil war and emancipation up to the present recitation citation Be miss emeline james class Be citation the diamond bing intermediate no 2 object lesson A match primary no 1 this last named exer icse fully illustrated lust rated the truth that teaching from objects is the natural path that leads into the avenues of the childs understanding and causes it to easily comprehend with but little effort tha nature property and use of matter A drill in numbers under the direction of miss aggie lewis showed how thorough the grube method had been successfully practiced in her department part ment beading exercise the battle of fesington Le by Fourth beader class in which was presented the method of teaching reading and the obtaining of thought from printed words geography exercise by Miss Phena brimhall with the object of developing the idea of position and direction details of a picture story given by little lizzie ainge subject esqui maux was given in a very creditable manner mathematical analysis vere given by nathan snell alfred beese jane brimhall jane bowen jane atkin bena snell and nellie bowe the subjects wore bank and true discount equation of payments square root compound proportion and instrumental music mr hial hales prayer by mr H F thomas immediately after the closing exercises the assembly were invited to examine the school products of the past term and all expressed themselves as being well pleased and highly satisfied before retiring the children were relegated to candy nuts etc and all wont home happy having in their bright visions of good times during the coming term A L |