Show qa co ah school op M 0 teachers am am MIP au fal ta HOM an mw M M the uintah county teachers institute met oct 11 in vernal central school building witti vim every teacher but one present considering the weather and the roads this certainly shows the caliber ol of the teaching corps 1 ibe he institute was opened by the enthusiastic singing ot of america and the invocation lead by prin J P rudy of alta school miss lola cazier lead the teachers in group singing miss ellen mary bender being accompanist the teachers responded well it was waa certainly inspiring to bear the vigor with which they sang at different times during the sessions I 1 tim rooneys at the fighting the star spangled banker and the new international song freedom forever tor for all supt bupt ryan gave three talks one at each session on thursday and one on friday morning the rhe lecture on thursday morning was on rural sweets his theme the adaptation of education to the needs of a rural count the great opportunity tor for growth ol of i personality sona lity which the rural teacher and the rural child alike enjoy during the talk he quota statistics showing that in utah 3 34 4 per cent ot of the I 1 population are engaged in agriculture that in uintah county the percentage was over twice as great being between 70 and 80 that such being the case it was the teachers teacher a duty as well as opportunity to imbue each child with such ideals as would tend tead to make him an ideal rural citizen the child is our most valuable asset in so far as he be has health trained ability and desire to serve his community and to state 1 the subject of his talk in the afternoon was physical training tor for the country child lie ile quoted from a pamphlet by dr chas W ellitt called certain defects in american education the fol following losing are the physical defects mentioned 1 remedial bodily detects defects such as aa ade poor teeth detective defective eyes etc 2 poor diet 3 no systematic physical training 4 infant mortality 6 tuberculosis 6 alcoholism 7 venereal diseases A list ot of mental detects defects followed in his comments on the lack of systematic physical training he ha stated that not all children could be athletes but that they could develop physical vitality a perfect digestive system a perfect nervous system and a strong heart and lungs lie he went on to give a list of games game a and activities especially suited to rural schools group athletics etc in summing it up he further stated that ono one of the most desirable cesi rable out growths of these activities was the development of a social sense in the participants I 1 mr ryans talk on friday morning was waa on teaching correct haba diab its of study in the course of the lecture the teachers took part in i the discussion and many helpful and instructive things were brought to light mr ryan contends that teachers are in their own line of work the greatest experts in ili the world today their modesty and humility has kept the people from realizing this fact I 1 the county has haa had an unusual opportunity port unity to hear bear a really worth while speaker mr ryan gave a lecture in the he first ward meeting house on wednesday night which in spite of the stormy weather was well attended supt bupt thompson gave a talk on I 1 the nations needs and la in conjunction with the work of the junior ald cross work outlined by mrs barnett put the teachers in touch with the appeals from the government to the schools and the teachers the president the interest and devotion of every school teacher in keeping these the schools bools up to standard efficiency and asks aska their support in all war activities the get acquainted social at the academy hall was nas well attended those who have taken part on the pro programs gramB so tar far are miss lola cazier prin chas lewis mrs mabel stagg miss genevieve Genev leve wallis mrs leona colton peter hansen and daughters jennie and mabel who furnished delightful music the members of the board of education the principals of both academies son sen don 13 colton who spoke at the various loas sealos nd and miss cuba dayton who read james 11 II dauis outlined the clean school contest work on friday afternoon in his usual pointed manner nothing that the schools have done has been so commendable as the cleanup clean up work this was inaugurated augu rated by supt bupt thompson with able assistance given by mr wallis it is one of the most distinctive things that the present administration has promoted this year there are to be two sets of prizes given and the teachers and principals are all ready to do valiant battle tor for the honors the contest will be more close than ever this year and the judge mr wallis walla may well wish for the wisdom isdora of So Solo lomot moi to 0 o decide aright mrs airs barnett gave a talk on the subject of the language period on friday morning and again in the afternoon an exhaustive exposition of the method of teaching reading and the manuals and books to be used this year was given prof hall of the university of utah will be in attendance at the institute tomorrow Batur saturday dAy and will take up the new state courses of study MRS MARY BARNETT secy |