Show WHAT IS DOING At the University of Utah Summer Utah Leads Western States of Like Size in J 1 In six years the Summer School of the University l of Utah has grown in size to a. place among the half dozen largest summer schools in the United In it enrolled a total of who every county in twenty-five states outside and three foreign It utilized a teach- ing force of about sixty professors and v drawn chiefly from the regular staff of the from several other institutions in and from several institutions outside It gave in- in about one organized under about twenty-five Gathering this large community of students and teachers and holding them together for six weeks by the common interest of i a desire to improve by means of serious the Utah School stands among the largest and most widely influential institutions of the Teachers who attend show their progressive In 1911 the school promises to be even larger in size and wider in The committee in charge V confidently predicts an attendance of The besides a staff of seventy-five from the lar University include from other universities s and colleges following well known men and In Education and John M. Pro fessor of Amherst in the Pedagogy of Professor S. H. Clark of the University of in Play Grounds and Play Ground Henry S. Clark in x Joseph Professor of Brig- ham Young in Francis W. of formerly Lecturer in German University of now University of in Physical W. G. of Yale Miss Anna M. Day of the University of and several others from the state and in Domestic Miss Director of Art in the Ogden V in Miss Mary Instructor in Mechanical Drawing in the Salt Lake City High The courses have been con- extended and several new departments The announcements which have been very widely distributed show plainly that there can be but few summer schools in the country which surpass in 5 variety and excellence of opportunity for summer study this institution here at ij The Utah school was among the first in the coun try to realize that a summer school to be of real worth must cease to be a place for entertainment and pop- ular lectures and become a place for real study u the regulation of the governing boards work of the summer school must have equal value with the work of the regular The earning of credits is so rigidly safeguarded that any student who wishes to earn the maximum amount must count on a working day of ten Under such pressure the summer school becomes a busy The students are not a holiday but a hard-working com- Not that as a summer community they are too Informal musical entertainments and popular lectures are fitted into the general scheme of the summer school in such a way as to without waste the student's the needed breaks in the serious Excursions to nearby resorts occupy several of the Saturday afternoons and At least once during the summer all classes adjourn and the entire summer school numbering last year more than persons pour out doors to what has become popularly known as the Summer School Play Under the guidance of the teachers of physical the students of summer school forget their years and the cares of personal responsibility for a livelihood and indulge like children the games and dances of The event is unique among summer When it takes place the lawns in front of the University buildings are thronged with spectators from the The extent to which Utah forging ahead in industrial and commercial matters is well It deserves to be well known also that she is forging ahead in educational Perhaps as significant a force in her educational development as can be cited is that of this great summer school conducted by the State Besides the varied courses given in the various University an unusual feature is the work given in the school of physical education for younger The Boys' and the Girls' Vacation Clubs are open to boys and girls of the ages of 8 to The daily schedules for the clubs suggests best the sort of educational activity which has been The departments of the Summer School in 1911 are as follows The Summer School of six beginning June and closing July The Summer School of Physical Education of six beginning June 12 and closing July j The Special Teachers' Course of four beginning May 15 and closing June i A Boys' and Girls' Vacation beginning June 12 and closing July J |