Show provo is well in the lead SOME KEW splendid Appear appearance atice of tile grounds school house am prove broye inputs men ts discipline provos schools are worthy a visit of parenia and enose who are interested te in public education the city has reason to be bround of cf the work of its public educators they are not drawing the extravagant salaries of some of the county officials official but bat aliey are ara nevertheless wholes fouled workers one is impressed this season by a visit visit to the schools with the excellent grading that is being followed nt at the various schools crissee CI issee in the same grades ia the Wet getster ster and the ozias fit example are pursuing not only the earne studies bat the same lessons leses and should a child remove from one part of 0 the tha city to Rn another other he could enter the school chool nearest his home boma and go right agag with the classes there the same earns as at the school he left not ony only therefore there foie is each of the four schools graded but bat the whole city system is car carelly euly gracea grad sil the teachers have their weekly meetings every tuesday sf r aoun where lessons are discussed and topics for presentation to the pupils chosen the manner is ia left to the teacher so GO he or she does not lose his or ber individuality the subject matter howa however in like grades at the various echolls is the same another An innovation this year is that of vertical penmanship which most of the tha teachers are presenting discord inz inc the old slanting style the Ilie vertical system it is is claimed is a great improvement prove pro menton on the position of the child at the desk the copy book can be so BO placed that the tha pupil sits squarely siu arely before the desk and also erect doing away with the careful arrangement of of the copy in the atoo stooping position so common with the slanting letters it is 13 further farther argued areas aba in business life the vertical writing is 13 most common many contend that the vertical system is a mere scholastic fad that is 13 sweeping over the country bat its results in the provo seem to commend it to more general tice the barum bearam style of going out to recaps and coming in again so BO common a few years ago is is now discarded for at an orderly march in all except the parker an organ is ia pl p aved and to a lively mareb march the children maren out by grades in the parker the buile building ing is is so eo large that an organ cannot be hearl in all the rooms so a snare drum misused is used after recess the children form on the playground by grades and march iq as they marched out etisa it Is a pleasing and shows good discipline inside the school room regular military movements are used when the take their seats great improve ment is noted in in this direction tre tee board of education is also entitled to praise for the ex neat janitorial work secured and the improvements about the groonis gro unis out houses are models of cleanliness considering the city any has no systems and complete completa vacy for the sexes has bas been secured by mears of well arranged board fences the pressing demand for more room roam heard last season has been obviated this by rearranging arranging re the stairway at the franklin and making two rooms of the aba lour ion nn ronny upstairs also preparing the room where the stairs formerly landed the upstairs ol of the Tim Danma laa as aleo been fitted up except turn furniture iture making a sufficient room for another season the total improvements in prove nie ments ts cost less leeg than seven bundred dal dollars lars some of the departments it is observed are arc already crowded and the extra rooms room s will have baye to bs be supplied with furniture in the near future following is the at the beginning ef cf the second week last monday school enrollment parker list lai to esth grades franklin let to ath grades aas gass list let to eth brades webster let to ath sadea mountain to eth grades SO 30 page ast 1st to ath grades 33 total 1062 |