Show teachers convention summer bummer school for teachers on jan 30 1886 the utah county teachers association helda held a special session session in the BYA B YA building g provo prevo to consider coD tidor the report of tha executive committee relative to the plan tor for the proposed summer befool fla for teachers and to exhibit pupils pupi lepon pan manship mans bip provo spanish F fork ork salem don ben jamin payson goshen lehi alpine galpine american fork pleasant grove lake view spanish fork wast branch and provo aliver it iver bottom wora mero well represented tile tha penmanship exhibit was quite com complete plate consisting of not sample specimens only but of brie one from each pupil in ID the school represented the work was waa graded classified and the average age of ea each it grade givon thus biving the county board of ebat exam M iners ers a majority of whom were prea ent ant an opportunity of 0 judging the qualification of a teacher by the re a suits of his work the most moat reliable and last just way of deciding upon the merits of any workman either writ ten or oral examinations fall short of reaching the points sought for what these points are is is briefly told in in the quotation from a lecture by prof maeser in deciding upon alia ness of an incumbent of 0 an 0 office we wa should consider coB Bider 1 I can he be perform the duties thereof II 11 Is he willing to perform them III does he be perform them theat A diploma or certificate may be an index to the capability of the holder t to teach and train and his bis ap applies lion fur for a position n school field an evidence of hla his willingness but re ra aulls only will indicate whether he be does or does doe not teach and train pr properly the 1 tie school products on that occasion snowed showed plainly to the careful critic that bat almost entire clashes at an average age of 11 can bo be brought to lo n point of in tile the art where their work will be characterized by rood good shape size slant and space symmetry am shade developed by those of 13 and smoothness acquired by whole classes fit at 15 while the file exhibition indicated a large majority of efficient earnest tireless teachers lea cheri it also aldo gave unmistakable evidence of either total inability or unpardonable negligence on the he part orsome of noine ol of our public in who in their training it if it could be called such have not oven even laid sk foundation for rood good work but permitted permitted ermit ted their pupils i to acquire the babit habit of scribbling the unlearning of which will require more time and greater effort than the acquirement osgood of cooil penmanship a an n extreme view but tile the intrinsic value of childhoods precious cIouS time de a protest against anything but a profitable expenditure thereof most of our teachers aro devoted to their calling mid and rank among professionals they are re on the he alert for or every educational improvement pro a they havo have not hot pas d ih the period of preparation they are students still st they are convinced convince tl that teaching teach lne Is g an art based upon scientific i that hint in ili unton union thero there la Is s and In counsel there thera la Is barmy 1 reaching Is nut ft a mine make shift walli hein it is ii their chosen n voca vocation tinn I 1 n a and d clivy are determined to bring brill it to anti and keep it in the front to accomplish which they meet in district arid county capacities read 1 jandard f borks and educational 1 urn fili make a special study or child mind and have planned for PIONEER SUMMER SCHOOL fou TEACHERS in the successful carrying out or of this they will be b as they davd been to lo other educational enter enterprises prizes nobly supported by the he faculty of the tl 11 Y academy the fullow flowing lne Is s an boutil outil outline n a of tile the plan for the summer school COURS 9 Bor OF ES theory anil and practice letice of L joela 0 c the torte vocal and J culture physiology and hygiene Ui giene political science physics at W ebra Geon lotry drawing aud and bookkeeping professors K G maaser J L E talmage U B cluff jr dr LI II 11 lardy hardy 1 I af r coombs jr and oco it 11 lirlin liall TUITION nin FREE bocal anil and lodgings Provi provided dod it im hag the patronage of JO 30 tile the acad emy boarding Do ardine house will accod at to teachers leac tiera at students rates 60 per week teachers leH chers of utah C county 0 anly are ex petted and those of 0 ther oilier counties are cordealy rord cord laly ialy invited to avail them advantage which t ohp ho enter enterprise prIze will afford OEO GEO 11 |