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Show I SCHOOLS OF BINGHAM RANK WITH BEST IN Bingham schools and scenes: (1) A panoramic view of the Utah Copper workings. (2) General view of the Bingham High and Central schools in Main canyon. (3) A class in shop work. (4 and 5) Children oB IWell-traineH Instructors ariH Progressive Methods Are Features. ''I to Tho Tribune w-v ".HAM, April 11. Ono of tho chief I 9 icntlons of a community's prog-ff prog-ff i Is tho chnracter of Its Hchool " .-tern. Bingham Is proud of her chools and well sho ha8 need to be. iUf buildings, erected at a coat of J9G.O0O, are anions tho finest and most up-to-dato In Utah. Ono building Is located at Highland High-land Boy, ono In Upper Bingham and two In Lower Bingham. These- Iiittor. the Central school for the grades and tho high school, aro shown in on accompanying cut. Tho buildings are furnished with tho most modern equipment, ovorythlng in the way of furniture, school supplies and apparatus la provided. The Bingham achoolH arc a part of the school eystem of Jordan district, ono of the consolidated districts In tho southern part of Salt Lake county. The general government of the system is vested in a board of education of 11 vo members, elected from various precincts of the district. Bingham has ono representative repre-sentative on this board. At present this member la C. L. Countryman, one of Bingham's most wide-awake, progressive "It.ZOIIS. Superintendent at Head. This board of education elects as Its 'hlcf administrative officer a superintendent, superintend-ent, whose duty it Is to exercise general supervision power over the schools of tho entire district. Tho present superintendent superintend-ent of the Jordnn school district Is Onion Hyan 0f Mldvalc. Mr. Ryan, In the three -cars of his administration, has wrought remarkable changes for the betterment of the schools. J. C. Muerman. western representative of the National Bureau of .education, who recently made a .study of the consolidated rural schools of Utah, says that the schools of the Jordan district dis-trict are among the best In America. Bingham to the Fore. I Not least of those arc the schools of Bingham Canyon. Here are taught all grades, from tho beginners to the fourth year of high school. The schools at Upper Bingham and Highland Boy havo grades to the fifth. All of the upper grade and high nchool work Is done at the Central nrVol. Pupils are hauled from tho upper rartn of the canyon each morning nnd taken back in tho afternoon. For this purporo the board of education hires two large Atage coaches. In the grades and also the high school the -"la to course of study Is followed. Regular room or grade work Is done In 'I druses up to the seventh grade. Departmental De-partmental work prevails In the seventh and eighth grade. In the high school t-ourucM nrc offered In English. German, oral expression, history, mathematics, the : nonces, mechanical drawing, shop work, domestic art and domestic science. These rrt- are to be enlarged next year by t addition of business courses In stenography, stenog-raphy, typewriting and bookkeeping. Ateo, ere Is to b creeled In the near future a thoroughly modern gymnasium. This vill provide opportunity for extensive work in physical education. Principal Is Experienced. The principal of the Bingham schools Howard V. Alston, a nntlve of Utah ml graduate of tho University of Utah, fncu hi? graduation Mr. Alston lias held t e rrlncipal5hip of tho Jilnh school at PJia..r.t Grove. Richfield and Bingham ' an:-o.i. His work na principal of tho Itlchfcld high school during the years of 19f3 to 1812 Is perhaps ben known. ArsoclaWd with Jlr. Alston are eighteen teachers of superior ability. Miss Llnle E. Macklnson. who lias Indirect chargo of the primary work and who serves as music supervisor. Is a woman of exceptional excep-tional talent. She has been i -oclated with the Bingham schools for ton years, and lias been largely responsible for their advancement. Among tho teaching force are to be found people from every section of our country. The presonl corps consists con-sists of Lloyd H. Ilamrcn. Royal II. Daw, Mies Amanda Brim, Miss Luetic Lee, Miss Jessie M Sammons, F. R. Freeman, high school and departmental work: J- A But-terworth. But-terworth. sixth gnulc: Misses Tlulda B. Schweitzer and Edith Jeffrey, llfth grade; Miss Maude MacNatnam, fourth grade: Misses Pauline Fuller and Margaret S. Rood, third grade; Misses Dollle M. Macklnson Mack-lnson and Agnes McDonald, second B; Misses Lizzie E. Macklnson and Lola M. Moore, second A; Misses Mabel Grey and Jessie Kooortson, first grade. Cosmopolitan Pupils. There are registered In the Bingham Central and high school ECO pupils. They represent practically ever; stato In tho union and every civilised country of Europe. Eu-rope. There Is perhaps no Hchool In the wcrt whose pupils arc assembled from so many different localities. This bringing together of to many different classes and nationalities makes tho teaching problem an unusually difficult one. Everything I considered, the pupils make good progress. Ther is a sense of honor and fairness among the student body that is remark-uble. remark-uble. Much has been done In tho past, and 13 still being done, to adapt the school work to the needs of the community. Domestic Domes-tic e.lc::. and art, shop work, mechan leal drawing are emphasized. It Is aimed to mako of the school the community social canter. To this end school parties, entertainments, debates and tho ltku are encouraged. Each year ono day, which Is railed "Bingham Day," 1h set aside especially espe-cially for parents and friends to visit the achooL On this day during school hours an exhibit of school work Is displayed In each room. The parents and friends aro invited to see tho actual classroom work of every department. In the evening a programme Is given In which every clash In the system, from befjlnners to high school, participates. This year the programme pro-gramme drew an attendance of 1300 people. peo-ple. New Assembly Room. Of more than passing Interest Is the beautiful new high school assembly, a picture of which appears with this article. It Is Uttcd throughout. Including gallery, with the latest model of opera chairs. It will comfortably seat 300 nnd will accommodate accom-modate 400 without undue crowding. There is perhaps no llntr high school assembly as-sembly In the state, outsldo of tho new S,?!t Laku high :hool. It U.o Intention of the principal and other school officers to throw open tho assembly for public meetings of nil sorts. They wish to make the assembly and all parts of the school plant usable for purposes other than mere classroom purposes. pur-poses. Bingham Is ono with her sister towns of Utah In boosting for a bigger and better state. At tho very doors of Salt Lake- City Is this progressive mining camp of Blngnom Canyon. This camp has risen from a position po-sition of obscurity a few yvars ago to the greatest tonnage produced In tho worhi today. Tho cllmato of Bingham 1b as near the Ideal as can be found In tho mining camps of tho west. The winters are moderate for a mountain locality and the summers are cool and pleasant. Bingham's largest producing mlnos nro tho Utah Copper. Utah Contoildated. United Spates. Utah-wpex, Yamim. and Ohio Copper. ThcHC initios aro now shipping ship-ping about 35.000 tons of ore dally. Of special Interest Is the monster Utah Copper. Cop-per. At this mlno tho enormous volume of 2S.00O tons of ore Is being excJivatcd each day by means jpt steam nhovelH. and transported to the concentrating mills at Garfield. In addition to the ore, about an cqnal amount of wasto-rapplng Is elng removed. Some conception of the !g-nc3s !g-nc3s of these operation may be gleaned from the fact that aa much rM rial is now being removed ut iaP T Copper mine in a day aa wes rW ( In a day from the Par imn canai excavating na at a r. .ix?nrim. .jj |