Show OF TEACHERS HELD A very interesting and instructive county teachers institute was held at moab thursday the teachers of grand county were in attendance per cent strong and evinced a very keen interest in the proceedings of the gathering the teachers organized for the coming year by electing A H newman as president miss helen M taylor sec detary treasurer and M J andrews vice president at the business session a resolution was passed providing that N E A and U E A dues be paid out of the teachers third salary checks A general session was held thursday morning community singing was conducted by ployd kennedy instructor in music in the high school and the upper grades of the central school dr C N jensen state superintendent of public instruction spoke on the curriculum of our schools and what it contains he was followed by prof lofter bjarnason supervisor of grammar grades in junior high schools of the state who showed in a tangible way how to put over the state cur during his address he read from the report of the results of the 1931 state uniformity tests that were conducted in 45 of the school districts of bah these tests showed the high standing made by the grand county schools their rank being seventh with several first places dr jensen also commended the schools of this county for their excellent work in departmental sessions dr jensen spoke on the high school the peoples college 1 showing the rapid changes made in our social conditions and the necessity for radical changes in our schools to meet these social and economic changes he stressed the manner in which the grand county high school Is meeting the requirements of our times mr Bj amason met the teachers of the elementary schools in a separate meeting dealing in an illuminative way with the alms and objects of the elementary schools in his talk a comprehensive outline was given of the accomplishments of the elementary schools and how these achievements may be made secure stepping stones advancement for in junior and senior high school |