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Show foolish idea, of driving children to the dictionary, and I know that It is done in the public schools. , Last year my daughter would come home nearly every night with a string of fifteen or twenty new words to look up in the dictionary. I simply told her that she was obliged to do nothing of the sort. And I myself gave her the pronunciations, pronuncia-tions, night after night. Although I said nothing to my daughter, to impair her faith in her teacher I felt that the teacher was doing an absurd thing." The words of President Paul seemed to have stimulated the spirit of discussion discus-sion and several teachers clamored for the floor simultaneously, but Miss Bab-cock Bab-cock of the University, who was acting as chairman, notified the assembly that the time had expired for the discussion of Miss Moench's paper. It was perfectly evident that had it not been for the timely ruling of Miss Babcock a general debate would have ensued that would have taken on a very animated aspect. The meeting was presided over by Miss Maude May Babcock of the State University. The session began with a very Interesting, Inter-esting, paper on "Tfce Function of Reading in Education." and "The Method of Improving Reading in the Public Schools." by Miss Ruth Monech of the Agricultural college at Logan. The paper was discussed formally by Harold Goff of the public schools of Pinghpjn Junction and Miss Ardella Bitner of the Latter-day Saints university. univer-sity. The other features of the programme were a paper on "Schoolroom Deformities Deformi-ties and Their Remedy," by E. J. Milne of the branch normal school at Cedar City, and a discussion of the paper led by Mrs. I sa belle Salmon Ross of the State school for the oaf, dumb and blind, and Warren A. Colton of the B. V. university. Both the paper and the subsequent discussion were highly instructive. in-structive. An interesting session was held by the school trustees in attendance at the institute Thursday morning. The board met in the Brigham Young Memorial building and listened to, six papers. D. 'O. Rideout submitted a' paper on "The Teacher's Salary What Should Determine Deter-mine It; the maximum and minimum.'' Mr. Rideout took the stand that the abilities of the instructor should, in a large measure, determine the salary paid, and that as a whole teachers were underpaid. Dr. John Wldtsoe of the Agricultural college, at Logan, was unable to be present and Mathonlah Thomas discussed dis-cussed "The City Board of Education vs. the County Trustee." "How Shall We Select Our Teachers?" by C. M. Sorsensen; "The Night School in the Public School System." by Prof. Byron Cummlngs of the U. of U,; "Should the Country Teacher Receive the Same Salary Sal-ary as the City Teacher?" by Amasa Aldridge, member of the Mount Pleasant Pleas-ant board, and "The Trustees' Duty." by Horace Cummings of the U. of U. were all interesting and aroused much discussion. President J. H. Linford of B. Y. college col-lege had the principal paper at the meeting of the superintendents Thursday Thurs-day morning. His subject was "What Ccnstitutes an Efficient Superintendent?" Superintend-ent?" and was ably handled. Superintendent Superin-tendent Larsen of Sanpete county read a paper on "Shall the School Curriculum Curricu-lum be Enlarged or Contracted?" In the music, arts and crafts section, the programme was carried out as planned. Prof. A. B. Wright having the paper from the B. Y. college. An Interesting musical programme was given In the Lafayette school, the assembly-room there being crowded to its capacity. |