Show am lob REFORMS one of the leading educational it I 1 men of provo a pioneer teacher of utah and a man whose early schooling was wall obtained under difficulties remarked in our office yesterday that our public schools may be suited to the ag age e but bat said ho he it is a good thing we did not have such schools when I 1 was a boy why was asked because I 1 never neter would have re an education in such auch schools as we now have he then went on to explain that our public schools now havo have so BO much grading and machinery to them that it takes eight years yeara at the very best to complete the common school I 1 fc course ourse they reckon on about four years yeara for a pupil to completo complete the arithmetic and in tho the early schools of the T territory errit ory energetic pupils often went through throng BAYS third book in one term he said that he never could have annd time to have bava attended school as long as the pupils now attend 1 I went through courses course in a couple coup e of win wins tara that now require years he remarked the thought occurs to us ua that there may be boys today in much the I 1 same sama ciran circumstances usta noea as tail gent gentleman lr whon whom we have quoted they may not adva hava the tinie time to devote in school that the curriculum requires what then are such boys going goine to do T have cur publio schools become too intricate for the education of the children of the pool it seems seema to us TIB that the public bublic school system of utah while it is far sup superior eror 0 to o the early school system of the territory in many respects has grown too theoretical in we believe too huoh modern machinery has been brought into the public pub schools of today that wastes valuable times time q and does but little goad A 1 ambition and capacity for advancement should be con ai si dered and by no means should it be curtailed by the rigid rolel rule of grading give every child free and full fall scope for the exercise of its ita powers in lea learning ruing dont t fetter fatter th the a 1 young mind b by y cast iron rules of grading and other false notions of education eliminate from the public conesa all features feature not tending to perfect the child ia tho th fundamental principles of education we feea need a more mora practical poli policy y in the tha school room and lop leei s of the t he theoretical it seems that tha more some of our teachers study the theories of noted eastern educators educator edu caton the tb farther they get away from practical results ma many DY edem to got get carried from their thair surroundings and forget they ara here in utah in the wild west where cond conditions 1 irions are entirely an different from those where their edu national cat cati ional ODal favorites reside what may mav ba well wall suited to new york boston or chicago might inight not apply at all in the tha small towns of utah our teachers should remember this and try to be original in in their work they should think up some policy that bould best suit their surroundings there is no reason why they should be governed entirely by the theories of parken par PAGE E or BALDWIN BALDWI ir no ko matter if they have no written precedent for leome aethol methol that brings bringa elc excellent ellent results their work should r ilia tild londer lender than written ant authority hority |