Show Reservation Teachers Meet in My Myton ton County Superintendent Bro Broadbent dbent Outlines Outlines Out- Out 1 TT I i nn in lines Progressive Policy and Talks Plain English to Teachers and Parents The teachers teacher's institute held I in I N Mj lyton ton on last Saturday was attended by most of the pedagogues pedagogues of this end of the count county and some from Uinta coun county ty A fairly good turnout of parents in the thc immediate neighborhood were yere also in attendance at at- attendance at the thc different sessions sessions ses ses- and all with whom we have IHl talked express themselves themselves them them- selves ao as H being heing well repaid for their trouble in going out County Superintendent Broad bent who was here herc during during during dur dur- ing the greater portion of last week paying his first official visit to the schools was present present pre pre- sent at boti sessions of the institute His HIS- talk was along along- practical lines and amid thoroughly thorough modern methods of teaching Some good timely sug suggestions both to teachers and and parents parents were made by Supt Broadbent Broadbent Broad Broad- bent and if carried out there will be bc no question of satisfactory satisfactory satis- satis factory factor results The rue forenoon session was devoted de mostly to routine work work matters matters as between the tle superintendent and the teach teach- ers At the thc afternoon session Miss l Sarah of the Theodore schools read an original p paper l er eron on Primary Language Miss l thesis treated of the toe methods of teaching the child mind i the correct usage of language by 03 imitation growth and theory Miss liss dwelt on the idea of requiring a i complete statement front the pupils in t to all questions Cu the observation of most of the ors rs present was to the effect that the idea of requiring a complete te stat state statement ment went was a good thing but Gut at times times' impracticable Miss liss Davidson of the Myton lyton school took the stand that in rapid number work a complete statement statement state state- ment of ten caused the child to get its thoughts tangled tang Every Everyone one however cr agreed with Miss that an excellent excellent ex ex- plan was to catch the playground expression and get the children to arrange them afterward yard in the classroom classroom class class- romil room into correct language Mr r Thurman of 01 Packer entertained the pedagogues a afew afew few minutes with humorous repertoire 1 Mr Broadbent Boadbent explaining explaining ex ex- that he had encouraged ed Mr Nr Thurman because he felt that a little relaxation would be good for the teachers Superintendent Broa Broadbent bent then addressed the meeting in iu part as follows follos s I am not sure that time the idea of having a Q child make a complete complete com com- statement is a good one I think the most natural answer is the correct one oue when I ask you who was Ui the commanding Ie ge general of f the continental army you at once answer George HGeorge Washington I cannot convince con myself that I it is always best to demand a complete answer particularly I is this true of examples in iu rapid number work In Iii language by imitation the scholar is apt to adopt too I many of the characteristics of the teacher I remember ber a ayoung ayoung ayoung young fellow who lived in ill a southern town where I once lived he was wu ju jum t an nil ordinary ry I I I I country village bo boy till tili he was sent away to college he returned returned re rc- re- re tu turned in a year tl the c greatest piece pied of affectation I have ever known known He lie had been heen taught I his language by imitation and amid he showed it in every even way you fou could notice the teacher in his talk the he stereotype stereotype stereo stereo- type ype- phrases th time the e accentuation of the als and all of the idiosyncrasies idiosyncrasies idiosyncrasies idio idio- of the teacher so you see language by imitation may be carried too far and I t Relieve t that the best way to teach english is to g give ge e to the children as touch much latitude as you von would give an all older person l' l Miss iss Arnold at the state institute t told ld of an incident incident inci inci- dent lent that occurred in her school She was endeavoring to teach her children language by hy growth A 4 small b boy 3 had said during during- the day day JL 1 have went out Miss Niss Arnold said she kept the thc boy in after school al and d told him to write on the Uw blackboard the phrase I r have gone five fhe hundred times She had explicit faith i in l the boy and knew v th that t she could leave him hium alone conscious of the fact that he would perform the task properly so after get getting ug him hinl started she left the build build- ing The boy covered all the blackboards in ill the room with I have e gone then over in the corner of on one e of the blackboards blackboards black black- boards hoards he wrote Teacher l I have ha wrote what you told me melhe live five hundred times and I have went home You see the boy ha had performed his task but hut the idea was not deeply rooted in his mind nd In him language b by growth had not had its effe effect t. t Mr Broadbent then told the thc teachers he had a few observations observations observations he had made during luring his hi s visit through the schools and he would li like H the teachers to note th the m mn for fu further re re- ference Teachers should keep a specimen of the school work on file tile for the ben benefit t t of visitors etc When visitors come to the schoolroom yot should have some sonic of the work of your scholars to show them such as compositions specimens specimens mens mucus of penmanship drawing etc Nature work work teach teach it natural Your b hooks books prescribe a grasshopper for one term and amid anda amida a butterfly for another Be Bc a bookless g t teacher acher Nothing is ismore ismore ismore more disgusting than to see teachers walking around a I classroom with an open bookin book bookin in their hands hearing the scholars s recite I IThe The teachers teacher's preparation should be gre greater ter than that expected of the pupil and amid no teacher under any circumstance should go before a cla class s without thorough preparation on can the lesson of of the day clay Treat all your our pupils alike l lay by y treating each cach one differently Keep hoop their in You have some pupils that must be stormed at nt to exact anything from and you also have sonic some that a across across across cross word or look would send them home broken hearted During Juring the thc recess period the period of relaxation be he one with them J Join in in their sports do do not be the heartless te teacher hI do not sit at at your t o r desk with the thought ht ll before rore you I am the teacher the the idolized leader of this class who are arc not fit n associates for forme forme forme me out of the class room Mr r Broadbent said that teaching on a permit was only allowed ved for one year but that there had been exceptions to the rule in such outlying districts dis dis- districts as Myton i. it is often impracticable impracticable impracticable im im- im practicable to get teachers and I the thc commissioners had therefore therefore there there- fore made the exceptions possible pos pos- sible lie lc stated however that thata a sixteen weeks week's summer school was main maint maintained at Ulen the Ule University n of Utah at Salt Lake to prepare teachers for forthe forthe forthe the fall examinations After Aftel a little friendly argument men t between between between be be- tween Professors Winslow of I Roosevelt and ond McCormick ot of Ny too it w was s agreed that time the eighth grade grale final examinations examinations examinations examina examina- would be bC held meld in Myton l The Thc date da te has 11 not t yet been fixed |