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Show STATE MEET OF P.T.A. BEING , HELD IN PR0V0 "One of the most important things for young people to learn is how to work," LeGrande Richards, presiding bishop of the LDS church told delegates to the workshop of PTA in session at Brigham Young university Monday. Bishop Richards stressed the need of teaching young people some practical manual skills along with their academic training and giving them training and necessary neces-sary experience so they can learn to bear responsibility. Other principal speakers at the second general session of the week-long week-long convention of PTA members from over the state were Mrs. Charles L. Walker, vice-president of the Utah Congress of PTA, and Dr. L. G. Noble, head of the extension exten-sion division, USAC, Logan. Mrs. Walker, introducing the general subject of the meeting, "The Home andi Youth of Today," said it is one of the first responsibilities responsi-bilities of parents to help their children to become dependableem-ployment dependableem-ployment risks, to have initiative and ingenuity. The adult members of the group were challenged by five teen-age students invited to participate on a panel discussion following the introductory remarks. The youths were Karl Jensen, Dorothy Reid, Gail Gammon, Sally Hawkins and Nannette Nelson, all of Provo. Others included Dr. Noble, Mrs. C. N. Bereson, Helper; Mrs. Orson Jensen, Tremonton, and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, Aurora. The youths agreed that work experience in the home and in the community is necessary and desirable, de-sirable, but laid the responsibility on the adult leaders present, to provide the necessary opportunities. opportuni-ties. K. E. Weight, former principal princi-pal of Provo high school, and newly new-ly appointed school superintendent of Box Elder district, suggested the solution to equalizing job opportunities op-portunities throughout the- year might be operation of the school on a year-around basis, with three quarters instruction and one quarter quar-ter vacation coming at times of the year convenient to the student. At the end of the week, a report of the work of the four committees will be compiled into a booklet, according ac-cording to Dr. Golden L. Woolf, professor of secondary education and coordinator of the workshop. Th findings of the committee are expected to be important guides to further study in the field of youth and community service. |