| Show III SUNDAY SUNDAY Y MORNING JUC JUi JUr i-i i RE S EDUCATIONAL C N I I I INTERESTS NATION I I ec ests Information Constantly Received l From prom All AH Quarters t taha ha S 'S educational program appears Jl J e e the thc em cn y of ot all educators through- through the the country for demands are aie be- be made constantly upon the state ool oo authorities for information re- re the the system The Tho National Edu- Edu onal association recently made a U t upon the state superintendent C IP public Instruction for data t the he consolidated school system of ot Mate Dr Thomas state Ident dent t turned the Inquiry over to toot ot JosIah Moslah Hall hail state high sool ool O l Inspector to gather the data now being done and the data 1 tanning to the Jordan school dist dis- dis t thas has been gathered and is now dy for transmission to the national dYt C atlon The story is told by D. D I Jensen superintendent of ot the Jor- Jor I school district It follows district IS 13 1 lt it is divided by nature Into two ts viz the Valley district and the mining district GIVEN I ach Z ii district has has a high high school school and feral elementary schools but j but for the purposes of ot lion the the- valley the alley district and Its high at handy Sandy Bandy will probably serve Illustrating 1 the consolidated tern tem The pupil is shown that he l d deserving s r Ing of ot at least as much at- at and care car and anc interest as In is the thet t oded ded stock which Is the pride of oft t farmer and ranchman As InterI Interned Inter Inter- ned td t d in the Jordan district some of ot alms aims of ot the school law are I a To escape from the erroneous at only formal schooling is edir- edir Ive ve Wh 1 bT bt iT To bring about a closer cooption coopt cooption coop- coop t tion ri of ot all forces and factors InI in- in I ve ved In to the childs child's development More to keep kelp the home the O ool I the social civic and economic I I tors of at community life lite In constant P intelligent interaction In the de- de of the child Lc c To see whether or not the things fight Ight In school may not actually y the tho life ute of ot the child so that tool ool life lite may become more In reality p part rt of real life and and not so much ar art from real life lIe ltd Id d To vitalize school work by dem- dem its applicability In the solon so- so lon ion 1 of ot real life lite problems and pro pro- ses and to eliminate such school pro pro-I II rk la cannot thus function In life lite er To awaken awalen the child to his perl pertal per- per tal l re responsibilities and duties rela- rela Pelto eto h health habits vocations civic hi asocial social obligations To train him keep himself physically fit tit mor- mor glean and mentally alert t ff To show the child that he Is deving de- de ving of ot at least as much attention I de deIlIng lIng e and interest as are the blooded I tI tic lies t and horses which are the tho pride farmstead the Sg g I g To guide the child In the se- se hion of ot the vocation for which he hemil hems mil ms best fitted and to see that he heis is the proper start In and Insight liD N uch vocation a. a h To see that during the leisure ra a ot of each child he is directed Into o some amusements surrounded by table liable companions and made an ace ac- ac ac- ac e member of such Kuch group Io s. s as will ill furnish a proper outlet his Is surplus energies STATEMENT t. t way way of a general statement reding re- re ding the schools Salt Lake county to 1904 contained thirty six inde- inde I Pa ident nt school districts outside of the orate limits of Salt Lake City Each I these districts was under the di- di tion of ot a board hoard of ot three trustees thing administrative school oters of- of ers ers in the entire district 1904 upon the nd of the county superIntend superIntend- t Ot of schools B Id W. W Ashton the coun- coun commissioners c consolidated the thir- thir Independent districts into two Jordan ordan and the tho Granite school dis- dis The Jordan district includes the nth ath half haU of ot Salt Lake county some miles At the time con- con was first effected the die dis- a school population of dr n assessed valuation of ot lle today it has a school population a total population of and assessed valuation of approximately the lh district Is divided Into into five rep rep- I tentative precincts from each of ot Lich ilch a board member is elected to toor 1 for or a period lod of four o x years cars r I Elec- Elec le I I I I I u VE E 26 1921 I are so ll scheduled scheduled that two members members mem mem- mem-I mem bers bera are elected one bIennium and three th the tho next so 80 that a complete I change of membership does not occur at any election I The school board is a corporate a- a bod body I I It has power to purchase and sell seU school sites and Improvements to erect and i i l furnish school establish buildings to and maintain kindergarten schools elementary elementary elementary ele ele- schools high schools and Industrial in industrial industrial In- In schools to establish and support support sup sup- I I port libraries and to furnish all aU textbooks textbooks textbooks text text- books and supplies used in th th tho elementary elementary elementary ele ele- schools Tho The district superintendent of schools l Is j appointed by the district board of 1 I education Ills His term of at office is for two years lie He Is the executive officer of the board and his duties and functions functions runcI I are aro the same as those of the superintendent su- su su superintendent of a well organized city su-I su II school system In fact tact tho the organization tion an and l administration of the school system tem of the tho consolidated district Inthe in inthe inthe the state of ot Utah parallels ls In practically practically all ally every ery a aspect that of the best city school systems of our country JORDAN CONSOLIDATED Jordan Ugh High school is located on South State street thirteen miles I south of Salt Lake City almost In the center of a a. fertile agricultural area occupying the southern part of the valley valley valley val val- ley basin This part of ot the Jordan dIstrict Includes thirteen communities with a total population of something over a school population of ot I ages 6 to 18 IS years and a high school 1 enrollment this year rear 21 1920 of students one forty-one of ot whom are in the I Junior High school at Draper and 63 6 9 in the Jordan High school proper I JORDAN HIGH The main building Is a three-story three structure situated on a twenty-three- twenty acre campus on an eminence eminence about about one mile south of Sandy The building and equipment to date have ha cost in the neighborhood of In addition to the mam main building there are two shop buildings one feet teet used principally principally prin prin- for training in woodwork farm mechanics cement construction mechanIcal mechanical mechanical me me- drawing upholstering etc and another feet a modern fireproof fireproof fireproof fire fire- proof brick structure used for traInIng trainIng training train- train Ing in auto mechanics and gas engine work Over Ove boys are enrolled inthe In Inthe Inthe the the practical work given in these thesa two departments The course in farm mechanics consIsts consists consists con con- largely of at projects In wood and cement work the solving of practical problems for the farmers of the district district district dis dis- such as laying cement walks building septic tanks silos etc putI putting putting put put- ting In foundations and cement floors basements and wash tables for garages for garages building feed teed sheds poultry houses garages garages garages ga ga- ga- ga rages and cottages In the last named undertakings the brickwork painting and plumbing have hav been done by hired tradesmen TRANSPORTATION The Tho board of t education provides free transportation to till sill students outside of the three-mile three limit Twelve large auto busses are at present used to transport high school students to the Jordan n High Some of ot the busses bring In two loads daily dally and return them to their homes at nt night In all fourteen loads are transported All students are under the parental roof root at night The length of route varies from three and one half to ten miles or twice those distances for tor the round roundtrip I trip Consolidation has helped to bring good roads so that auto transportation tion is very awry efficient regular I and economical economical eco eco- the actual cost being less than 2 cents per mile per pupil About I out of ot the in attendance at the I high school are given free I tion The others live within walking distance ce of the high school school or a are furnished furnished fur fur- 1 t t transportation n r 0 on the e street street- r ca car I II I HEALTH SUPERVISION Three nurses and a health health supervIsor supervisor supervisor super super- visor are arc engaged in the Jordan dis dis- dis- dis Every school Is Inspected every four days and sometimes oftener es especially especially especially es- es If contagion exists in any form formin in the community A health record is kept of each child enrolled In the dis dIs- dis- dis This record follows the child through h the grades and the Junior high school In addition to keeping down contagion contagions and assisting in the enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of quarantine regulations the teachers and nurses are working on ona ona ona a positive program for the maintenance maintenance maintenance nance of good health the formation of ot health habits and the elimination of at remediable defects As an example atthe of at the latter two years ago a survey was made of the pupils to find out those whose tonsils and adenoids were glIng giving giving gl ing serious trouble Three hundred fit fit- ty five serious cases were found Ina in ina ina a school population of Parents of thOse these children h r were notified of the lefo defects r found and d were e urged to have havethe l tho the defects detects remo removed d. d A survey at the opening of school the toll following owIng September September September Sep Sep- showed that had had their tonsils and adenoids removed The re results results results re- re were so noticeably beneficial that practically everyone is hi now converted to the benefits derived and very few serious cases remain In the district A Avery Avery very ry recent survey shows that pupils pupils pupils pu pu- pils have had their tonsils removed Through cooperation with the county board of ot health and the tho county hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital sta start staff t many malty of or the thc cases treated were done at the tho county's expense because be because because be- be cause of poor poor financial condition of pa pa- rents We Ve do not see sec ho how systematic and effective work like mee the foregoing I can be done under the old olds system stem of organization of country or rural schools I |
