Show observance varce of legal holi holl days and use of flags by schools explained at meet there mere seems to be a question re girding garding the holding of schools on lal legal holiday holidays said superintend kit ent it 8 olsen it at the recent moet ing 1 held with all ot of the uintah school district the rhe board of education Is authorized to hold school on legal holiday holidays provided at least part of the day is gavvn ever to appropriate exercises laid mw he the superintendent in speaking caking ap of the use we of flags o 0 by the schools mr olsen said each school should be provided with w ith a flagpole and the american Ame ritan lag flag displayed during the daylight hours of every legal holiday we are facing a critical situ situs tion carrying heavy deficit with prospects for a light tax collection this means economy lit every possible say ay said mr olsen in re erring to conditions in the dis brict at the present time our big problem Is to carry on the h best possible program wit with the least possible expenditure there Is a it big bit daffe difference rence between keeping school and teaching school there is s also a abill big difference between betseen leaching school and teaching children if you are teaching school you i ou are thinking in terms of school but ut if you are teaching children you are thinking in terms of children when you teach school you attempt empt to make the children con form orm to the needs of the school but hen you teach children you attempt to make the calic children ren con form orm to the needs of the children think it over Is the child tor for the school or Is the school tor for the child we have prepared a chart on an per er calta cost of school child on the folio follo ang v ng items school supplies janitor supplies and fuel tuel an all examination of this chart mill reveal a range of from 3 to 7 some improvement over aver last year you will also observe that a majority ot of our schools reduced the cost oer the previous year bit difference between time us u ed td and time passed time Is 13 an ele client merit that must be reckoned with proper use ot of time Is jut juit as important as 93 proper use of money your first duty Is to your school you have home oric call ing you but just to the extent it calls you home you loose out ith the school and people your home duties should be so arranged that you can remain a short time after school people ant just a litte local attention teachers rea chers and especially principals should be well sell informed on school questions ques tons not only ed edica acs ics but financial matters 1 think the principals should be in a better position to inform the pub ile on school questions than thin people that seldom if it eier enter a school room the people want light how show them the light and they will folio parent teachers organizations have played a very important part in n helping to promote the educational interest of the school but n some cases they have almost decked the ship people look to the teacher to lead out in school matters but if they tall fall to do it some one else may and then beware are the only excuse for or a parent teachers organization Is to coop trite erste with the schools and render assistance vitie heraver he rever possible and hen when they fall to do this they should either be abandoned or ignored |