Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 5 | Logan Schools Make Progress Past 5 Years

LOGAN SCHOOLS MAKE PROGRESS PAST 5 YEARS Advances Along Educational Lines Shown in i Superintendents Superintendent's Report oo LOGAN Jan 1 Numerous Numerous Changes In the Logan school ss- ss l. l J Jem xem were Indicated by the annual f t r report port to the city board of ot education tl tion n from Superintendent Orson A I Ryan cyan ran The report covers the fivey five five- I y 1 teAr year period from 1921 to 1926 i In In 1921 the first year of ot Utah's lf compulsory school law the grades gradess' gradess s' s TU In Logan schools were put on a a. 1 time part-time basis according to the thu 1 t 1 re report port The time part-time has y Required fi unusual vision and care i t In ln seeing that Its Hs operation does not 4 vork a hardship on the students In Inthe ini i the schools For several years according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the superintendent the tho schools schools' operated on this basis Then in 25 1924 all fifth firth an an 1 l r i grades in Inthe tho city were placed i on n a a. full day basis states Mr i Ryan The senior senior high high s. s school hoo wll vas f falso also placed on the full day clay plan In that same year but Its operation operation-Is Is still handicapped by tho the necessity of holding Junior and senior high school classes in the same samo build build- ing Although serious problems problem havo have been before us Ul we have faced facell them squarely and accomplished the most possible We Ve hope soon to place all other grades In tho the city on the time full-time plan NEW REPORT CARDIn CARDIn CARDIn CARD In operation co-operation with the Cache county schools a very complete completo an and Interesting report c card rd has hns been beon worked out and is now in use usa This new card is probably tho the most complete lete to be found in any school system and according to Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Ryan has attracted national national national na na- attention and praise I ralso The card is designed to give parents much more information on their childrens children's work in school than has ever before been possible Successful Successful Successful Suc Suc- in operation the new re report report report re- re port card is Js being adopted by other school systems here and there Tables and chairs have re replaced the old-fashioned old desks In the first second and third grades in all all' the city schools Work benches have bave been provided in these three three- lower grades Play rooms are now c common common com com- m- m mon to all schools in the city The schools are following tl the Iho state course of ot study revised to meet local conditions and particular lar attention has been paid during the the year five per period od to subjects of study In operation co-operation with other educational agencies the local school system has worked ou au out an Ion advanced curriculum The schools are operating co-operating heartily Utah Agricultural college the Brig- Brig ham Young cOll college ge and the county schools ABREAST OF TIMES For the past twelve to fifteen years Logan school sU superintendents have attended all Utah and anti at least st one national educational meetings meeting annually The tendency has haJ been beenu to u o keep fully abreast of the times in best educational procedure While the standard of ot scholarship scholarship scholar scholar- ship in all the Logan schools hns has been raised considerably during the period still more attention has been paid to student activities s other than scholarship This hiss has been particularly noticeable in the Logan high school t Am Amazing growth has come in the period In all high school student activities School publications have beer put on a snore more permanent foundation the high school newspaper ranks very high physical cd education caton and athletics debating mathematics and other othel contests and various other school ool activities have bave grown All departments have shown pros pros- i l tess ess SS under encouragement from school authorities and local organIzations organizations organizations organ organ- such as the chapter of ot Rotary Rotary Rotary Ro Ro- Ro- Ro tary Int International