Show PARENT TEACHERS OF VERNAL MEET attendance fair enthusiasm gleat living questions discus the parent teachers teacher a association of the vernal central school met tuesday february ath at p ru in the central school building president charles colton in the chair after a prayer led by A theodore theadore johnson misa mina hamilton sang Sc huberta serenade prof win hanson accompanied and miss mabel played a violin obligate miss hamilton sang den ben dolt bolt as an number mr charles colton introduced the subject of the evening correct english he stated that the object of the discussion was to find some way in which the co operation cooperation of the home with the school would make the language work function irttie life of the child in order 0 o refresh the memories of the parents on the subject i with which teachers are constantly in touch he called attention to a list of common grade errors and the corrected form ile he explained the forms and then called on miss burton to give a i brief outline of the primary language work miss burton stated that primary language was almost entirely out and the aim was to teach the child to think and express his thoughts the subject matter was such as came within the childs chulds experience and in addition the best beat literature suited to his bit age she gave an example of the kind of games used for corrective work and a ilist list of the most common errors to correct which articulation drills are given ashley bartlett took up the discussion of a home and school league ile he quoted the late state superintendent A C nelson as saying we consider our schools well up to atan standard dard compared with the schools of other states but it if I 1 have any mission in life it is to raise the standard of the homes to meet the standard of the schools and aid in the development of future citizens mr mn bartlett stated further that there were three classes of parents the slothful who though not indifferent were spasmodic span in the work of correcting their childs speech second the antagonistic who wanted no starched collar grammar here third the parents who are anxious to correct their children but because of a regretted regret ed lack of knowledge are unable to do so miss in speaking called attention to the danger of becoming so used to incorrect expressions that they no longer offended the ear and the necessity for constant ear training in order to keep ones english up to standard mr charles colton reminded the audience that since the child was in the home 1112 11 12 of the time the language of the home would be the language of the child it if corrective measures were necessary then the home and school must operate cooperate co to make the work effective after further discussion by mrs J N davis and anton strobel on the methods and ways of home correction action ec tion mr moved that the teachers make a list of each childs mistakes and send it home to the parents asking their co operation cooperation in correction of the same ashley bartlett lett seconded the motion supt bupt thompson amended the motion to read a list of two each month the amendment was seconded and carried by vote of the members of the association supt bupt thompson called attention to the influence habit has on our lives and stated that the correct form must be used when calling attention to the incorrect form although it will be necessary to tell the he parents the incorrect form they are cautioned to keep before the child the correct form reading v r ill III do much toward correcting and establishing good language habits it IB planned to launch an active rampa campaign ign in vernal help toi tol boost our slogan for the future is to be correct english A list of the most common mistakes are herewith printed incorrect I 1 seen been I 1 done set down I 1 et correct I 1 saw I 1 have seen I 1 did I 1 have done sit down I 1 ate I 1 have bays eaten incorrect had ought to I 1 have wrote I 1 have went aint got faint taint he teamed learned me Carr correct oct ought to I 1 wrote I 1 have written I 1 went I 1 have gone arent it II he taught me N ver use done aaen without went came saw did wrote broke never use done seen with out a helping verb such as has had bad have will be Is are |