Show t I lp B. P. I T A O FF OFFICIALS 10 1 II S' S I 1 If L hi f t J. J 0 t r B BACK I IJ STUDIES SJ U. U UDIES IES J t A majority of ot Salt Lake City r j Ii f. f f. s l Its Its- Ia ars ara not not ov overburdened e with Ar outside I c assignments e I officials fIcI S of f the U Utah h Congress jot of Parents and r i Teachers and the Salt Lal Lake e City I 4 council counell of f the T. P.-T. A. A contended 1 7 Wednesday as they joined the controversial con cnn debate over homework l for r p public school l children Furthermore they enthus Ucal- Ucal r- r recommended ly ly recommended co homework for j thIgh high school and junior high school I I t. t The he T. P.-T. A. A officers were of the thet t r opinion that In most communities I parents rents not only expect but desire ill all IJ children especially those attending attending attending at at- tending high school sool to to todo do some studying at home y i i They were In sympathy with the teachers arid principals and nd In Indorsed Indorsed In- In the secondary school teachers teach teach- ers era who insist upon the necessity of I. requiring their pupils to do dp some ome given give to i h homework assignments supplement the regular classroom activities 4 I Mrs Arch J. J West president of the Utah Congress Congre of Parents and Teachers called attention to one educational value of homework This particular ular value Mrs rs West j said laid aid may be intangible but I think It is very significant and Is S really much greater than any Improvement Im Ima Im- Im provement that may result from studying t dyIng outside of schools d Responsibility Cited That factor Is responsibility she he added I think that the school must provide such a B. training training train train- ing lug when some modern homes do donot not emphasize tho the importance of dev developing a B. sense of it ity I Mrs V West t admitted that the j- j background of children and the attitude attitude attitude at at- of parent and child contribute t 4 heavily In determining the amount of ot assigned study a a. student Is able to accomplish without undermining his bis health Sho She asked for a B. closer cooperation cooperation cooperation tion between parents and school officials and explained that the school program program must must be carried ou out in order that the educational structure structure structure ture of our schools might succeed suc sue Cause Causo Championed Mrs frs H. H J. J Hagen second vice president of the Salt Lake City I the tho cause of council championed homework saying In order to get a complete education a student r must resort to outside study I favor it it she said and at the same lame time I know that children must have leisure But th the limited time devoted to outside preparation Is hardly a a burden on active young bodies I f They will not lose the best of life she added by Uby d doing ing homel home home- work And I have yet to see sec a achild l J. J child who became a nervous wreck t- t i fr from m studying at home hopie 1 J Finest Assets Assets' f r Mrs Hag Hagen n also In In- sympathy with ith the teacher called them the f finest assets we have t Mrs A. A R. R Curtis president of the Salt Lake City Cit council T. P.-T. A. A believed that homework is the finest prerequisite for students She doesn't hOw however ver agree with the practice some teachers have of loading p pupils pils with outside work They should use discretion she said and not force so much on J some students who arent aren't able to toI grasp the assignments as readily as I others Homework Mrs Ralph D. D Evans third vice president of the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers s said id keeps junior high and high school students occupied and off the streets at night Mrs Evans believes that students benefit from the extra hours of in individual individual ina in- I study In the schools she said teachers stress supervised study at home a students student's Initiative initiative initiative initia initia- tive prompts him to work on his own accord |