| Show SECOND DA DAY f Of THE CON CONVENTION Individuality of School Teachers The Subject up for Dis Discussion TIME GIVEN TO SPELLING People of ot Today l Too Tau Much Ilith of or arA ofA orA A Hoy Do of 11 JI 1 l D DAH AH ts Ii to In Studies Upon the tine opening of at tho the n second cond days B session slon of tine the convention of city and county superintendents of schools school In hr Inthe Inthe the Joint building this morning internIng tine the discussion slon started yesterday afternoon In regard to Individuality of ot teachers In III n each school and individuality of courses for each school was renewed and occupied the attention of the su for more inure than a II halt half hour After Arter that discussion was vas all cloned clo d the paper of ot SuPt Hupt Orson of Wasatch county on the subject of ot tile the Purpose of ot the tho County Superintend Intend cuts cots Semiannual Visits Was tuns read rea At 1 the tine session yesterday ye afternoon City Supt of or Schools Christensen rend renda a n paper on en The Thu Relation of or the line Course Courso of Study In the tho ho City Schools to the The superintendent went Into details OH nu to the tho more Im hn Important orl nt subjects In the course at of tho the city elt schools mid and told of how each ench sub subject subject la Is handled and how moss much times Is Ie devoted to each As Au an mitt example he men mentioned Honed spelling particularly and und stated ilIa tel that more mote time line Is la now given to spelling under the present preset modern system than thun wits was given under the th oM aid 1 system The Tha trouble with the thu people of today Is III that tinny they the criticise the spelling of ot a II boy ot or II 11 and expect him to bo ho 0 able ahle to spoil spell words In the tho of ot a n person peisou of 39 20 0 years cn Ill of at age The Idea of ot the present system he said Is to require him to spell correctly only such words us as are ure In ht his hili vocabulary at ut that ago age PHOI Sll W AllIS Pi riot Prof of W v M Stewart of ot othe Ollie University filly sity of ot Utah followed the former I speaker and rend read a Il paper r on Tho Tine He littlon of or the Course of Study of or the tine Normal Nominal Training School to t the State Course He lie contended that the course comae of studY for tor each school should be an all Individual lual one and one ono suitable to the locality lie Ho also contended that the teacher could do better work by b work workIng tog Ini outlier out her own Ideas and by Individual effort He Ho thought that every subject taught In the tho higher hl her educational tonal Institutions should be begun In the elemen elementary tory nary schools Supt Christensen Supt Allison of or Ogden Osden and others took Issue sue with Prot art In regard tic to lo Individual courses and Ind Individual efforts on the part pait of or orthe the teachers The Tha discussion lasted lastell until tho the hour moor for tor adjournment was WILli passed pasHed nod and was renewed again this title morning Prof Prot Stewart opened the tine discussion again this morning and renewed his hill Ideas presented yesterday Supt SUIt Chris hints lenten Supt Ila of ot Provo and County 1 tt on of or Utah coun COUll county county ty I took tool very cry active interest In the or III which there tre very vcr for a 11 short time Supt Hupt Ryan Hyan of county then read an Interesting paper limper on tine the Pur Purpose pose of ot tho the County Count Semiannual Visits Ho lit said that two 1110 kinds of ot duties dunes are nrc expected of or the superintendent of or schools tamely namely ex IX executive nets acts mind and supervisory work The loiter latter work he considered the tho most moat Im lint Important p as lie a superintendent who Ion con lines his hili activities to to his attire mind and falls hails to keep keeI In touch with the tho school schoolroom room roam by frequent visits will Inno lose sight lIht of or his hilt roost most Important work and will still willbe willbe be out of ot sympathy with his hili teachers with hit his pupils ninth and with the tho genuine and practical educational activities He lie said that the tho visits of or the super sniper superintendent Is III sometimes dreaded by lJ the teacher add tho the pupil Such should not lint bo be the case UH nun the fundamental purpose of the visits Is IN to tn nit aid thin the teachers In the tho management of ot their theft respective schools which can only oily Oil bo ho accomplished by a I visit at nt the proper tune fine Tho failure allure of or a II I to lo visit vl n II school In Jill salt said sometimes result In tho the lack of at Interest t on tiro th part of ot pupils timid and teachers and per Iler maps hUI the tho failure of at the thu school LUNCH AT A UNIVERSITY U At tho close of his remarks the tho meeting meet hip ing In adjourned nod tho tin went to the University of ot Utah to take tuko luncheon us 1111 tine Iho guests of tho thu domestic science department They Piney will visit tho the various of ot tho the school this afternoon nod and their session will then be brought to a n I close rho committee committed of ur superintendents appointed to revise tho thin course courso of study In III the Iho count coney schools IH Is not prepared to submit a n report as nil was contemplated for today hence UH Its report wl will VIII bo be re ru received vetted In about ten t n days T |
