Show SCHOOLS C L 0 SET 4 funds ran ban short at spanish fork GOOD ipp MALDE MADE The People lovers of education nonpartisan 1 elections A are re favored I 1 editor enquirer the school bell is ia now silent eilent the hurried footsteps foot stepa of childhood and add youth toward their respective school rooms looms will not be f een peen nor heard beard for nearly four months to come the funds fund ra ran and necessity required th the c losing of schools daring the present school year the enrollment was high bieh and the average odily daily attendance greater than those of previous years fifteen valbera were engaged for noat moet of the time thus and the work performed by them and pupils give general satis sati faction Braction two TKO TK O and sometimes three meetings a week were held by the local faculty of teachers wherein the history of education methods of teaching and a practical review of the branches of the curriculum were presented studied and discussed disca sed during the past week the tha graduates of 98 have wen busily engaged in answering the stimulating questions prepared by the iho co bupt supt as a necea C salv step to graduation T the he questions pr oro pounded meet my unqualified ap because of their comprehensive scope their true educational nature and their potency Y in diaco discovering the act actual standi st andine ue of those who anticipate graduating IQ in comparison with the questions given the teachers of this county in in their examination for certificates to teach the common branches they stand sublimely higher penetrate deeper and civer a wider area of thought thouR ht the closing exercises of the school year were conducted in the grand pavilion friday last about 81 0 children of all azes ages were present and joyfully participated in the various rating foot movements in the tha forenoon I 1 speeches songs sones and music of an educational compass were given otter alter which the day and night were employed in gals gala recreation the characteristic conservative disposition of the clio people of spanish fork has always manifested itself in educational matters their disposition is not cot I 1 to run ran in debt not to bond but to pay down for all requirements as soon as needed while this policy has haa been the tha c controlling factor it most mast not ha be that they lack the essentials for educational advancement on the contrary there has never baen a time in ia all ail their bastory wherein they jailed failed to eo provide as best they could for ample school room apparatus te teachers ache rs etc and to dayno day no settlement in thi this county can boast of a better equipment than this thia true other school districts have more pretentious school hous house e a nd and in some instances are an supplied wito superior heating beating appliances ne he lies lef a we have ample room so far improved seats and desks throughout the district progressive reading cuarta in abundance maps globes black boards in plenty together with dictionaries in every school and a good elzse library tor for the pupils and all this without bonding it is a pleasing part of this correspondence to be able to add that an eight room school house is now in the course of erection at a meriting meeting held here about a year byear zoo aco the reply sea pie decided to prepare for future requirements and with pleasing unanimity agreed to tax themselves a sufficient amount to build I 1 90 a baboul abou house boue ample and commodious commod ioas ai and to tit fit it up with the latest the tha best and the tha most improved of apparatus sad and appliances this house when ebani ebni completed plated will rival in excellence for utility any other school honsa bonse of its size in the units there is a commendable move movement ent under way by the teachers of this thia conn ty the purport of which is to formulate formu lale a code of principles Le betting etting forth their opposition to school boffl officers cers being nom and by political par parties ties fan f them it trill doubt doubtless leas be ba c claimed I 1 aime d that the integrity Into anty and eda aims and purposes are aie to 10 suffer under the tha control of Part izan zan ship iship aud and for securing the hinest bless ings inge for child children rea school officer sas such should be nominated nomi rated ana amu elected bv I 1 the people wit without tout regard to party such views are in z strict harmony with I 1 thelt the beet thought of the age but bat not necessarily applicable in all cases where school have been baen elected on strict edrict party lives lines in confirmation of this I 1 may refer to the present trustees steea ut t this school dis died tall all three of whom are ardent democrats elected by the democratic parly of this thia district but who in their cecial capacity as school officers have never attempted to show the least partiality in their dealings with school matters mattera of any kind whatsoever in fact the people of spanish pork fork while extreme lr zealous for their respective P party arty principles have from the first drawn it a clear distinct line in actual pretice between and duca I 1 tion on t all with arith whom I 1 have eel on 06 matter are velt anxious that the next summer anad aute oute of teachers shall be ba held at this thia place the subject was waa recently placed before the city council and with unanimity they agreed to glye give the teachers the use of the grand PAT ilion and the he public square grounds free of all charges it rea R ea without question that utah bouny with allita all ita facilities cannot equal spanish fork for institute pur purposes posts the pavilion easily 1000 persons it is ful taly y seated and has A grand grandstand stand for the of js speakers ip eakers at night either lor to lai lectures tures con cuti or dances large lamps fi D I 1 tha ball with brilliancy ani the equale itself I 1 it is an idea retreat or ol f comfort tall ollars i mij eti mb ash and byca more and th spreading outspreading out branches ol of tho the maple knaple afford ad a delightful elight ful shelter on grassy lawns while the artesian well close by with limpid freshness or senda firth la rth pure cool water irona from the depths below it is to be hoped that payson pay son will concede these advantages i to spanish fork and then surely the la institute statute will be ba held hero here J A R spanish fork may mav 18 |