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Show THE JORDAN JOURNAL JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT additional journals bearing directly that the figures in each case will be SUPT. ANNUAL REPORT upon the work of their respective doubled when the complet report is End your foot troubles (Continued from page 1) at our store this week , You can't afford to neglect your feet any more than you can your eyes or your teeth. There can be no such thing as perfect health and real efficiency unless the feet are normal and furnish a natural and comfortable foundation for the body's weight. Foot troubles are almost universal. In fact, seven out of every ten people suffer the aches and pains of abnormal feet. Decide to end your foot troubles this weeki It's only a question of making up your mind not to suffer the tortures of foot ills any longer. Tired, aching feet; fallen arches; weak ankles; rheumatic-like pain in feet and legs; corns, callouses or bunions-we offer you in a special way this week a personal service to end these tortures. This service, with its assurance of complete and lasting relief, is given our customers free of charge by a Foot Comfort Expert especiall,y trainedinDr.Scholl'smethods. He will gladly give you a demonstration of the proper Dr.SchollAppliance or Remedy which will meet your individual requirements. , D.rSchoUs I'Foot Co»ifort ~ek June 20th to 27th Dr. Scholl's Foot-Ea(~r relieves wt'!ak and fall t o arch~s. tired, achioa feet, P•io io tbl! lees and b~~. cramped toes. coro!J, cal!ouse• aa.d buniou. Woro in any shoe . Adjuated to m"' your individual requiremeata. $J..5e per pair. Dr. Scholl'• Bur~ ion R•d~~«r lootantly r~lie ..·ee bunion vai a by taklna away the prnsure. Reduce• alzc or the ea- larg-ement by absorption~ PreMrva the&hapcof thesboe. Mak.aaay•.lu:JI e:omh.•rtable to wear. 75c each. Dr. &ho/1'• :z:.;,.,_p•d• atop the pala of corns in ooe minute. by remoYinc the cau s~friction and preuure. Tkla, medicated and ~sily ap_plied. No fell -no harah medic!De. ~pes- boa. COMPANY • Meet our Meats Then you will realize just how unusually good, good meat can be. Tender and juicy, the choicest cuts of the choicest stock, it is easily digestible and full of nourishment for every member of the family. It's a wonderful feeling to be able to order meat by phone and know you'll get the best without substitution or delay. Get in with the satisfied ones today. CORNER MEAT &GROCERY Gilbert and O'Brien, Props. Visit Frank Soter's • "The Handy Place" Ford Accessories, Oil, Gas, Tires, Tubes Small Hardware, Broom~ Miscellaneous Items ALWAYS OPEN • ' and Smelter Streets Main Midvale, Utah e Touch the Spot Only Vice Versa Our Food Entices, Fills and Satisfies f ,.. ~· • ' . • Ancient Roman Temple The Malson Carree, or SGuare house, at Nimes, France, Is perhaos the m•>St perfect ot extant specimens of anc!P•Jt Roman temples. It Is th•·ught to hove been built In the Second century of STEWART'S CAFE 11 N. Main St., Midvale Firat Real Pantomime In Deeel!lber, 1723, the first real pantoml111e w11s proc!ucf'rl In London, at the Drury Lane thenter, as part of the Christmas celebrations of that year. The name of this epochal piece was "Harlequin Doctor Faustus." Special Promotions The problem of special proonotions is still a live issue in teachers' conventions and pedagogic literature. TeacheTs are divided, some holding that special promotions should not be permitted; others that they assist in placing children where they can secure the greatest good from the school system. In the Jordan Dist1·ict, we adopted the method, this last year of giving a special promotion to those pupils who tested two grades above that in which they were found at the time A few pupils, of the autumn test. however, were given a special promotion before the tests were given, based upon the judgment of the teachThree of er and of the principal. these were retained at the end of the year, one because of irregular attendance; the other two because of inability to do the work. In the grammat- grades, a total of 111 special promotions were made. All of these, except the three named above, were pr~motcd at the end of the year, If special promotions will succeed in the eighth grade, it is probable they will do so down the line, as the latter will have more than one yea1 in which to make -up deficiencies. A comparison is here given of the average results obtained by the eighth ;:;rade special promotions and the average results obtained by all the eighth grade students of the District in the April tests. Eighth Grade District Average Reading ····-········-·-·-··-·-··-····-·--···-·· 102% Spelling ··-· ·····- ··-···---·· . -····· 100.5% Alrithmetic, Fundan1entals ...... 111.4% Arithmetic, Thought ····- . ··-·- 146-4% Eighth Grade Special Promotion Average Reading ··-·------·· . ..... ···········-·- · 107.7% Spelling . ·-············----···············-····-····· 104-9% Arithmetic, Fundamentals ...... 123.1% Arithmetic, Thought . . -·····-·· 161.9% (100% represenl.; the grade standard in the test given.) It will be noted from the foregoing that the specially promoted pupils made a better grade as a whole, and that they are all well above the stand· ard requirements fol' the grade. Our experience would seem to indicate that great care should be exercised in the matter of special promotions; but in the case of children who test two grades above the grade in which they are found when standard tesb are applied, special promotions are fully j-ttstified. In school systems in which halfyear promotions are the general rule, it would appear that special promotions could be resorted to, to a greater extent than we have done with a distinct gain to precociOti!; children. Attendance Officer's Report It should be understood that the attendance officer handles ~nly the troublesome cases of juvenile delinquency,-those who fail to respond to the efforts of teachers and principal~ . The following facts are taken from Mr. Greer's report to the superintendent: Number of Cases Handled During the Year 1924-25 ··--··--· ....• 432 1. For attendance 2. For truancy ·- ························-····- ·····-·· 23 3_ Use of tobacco ···-····· . ··-·- ··- ·- -· 2 4. Destruction of school 2 property - - ····-····-··········-···-··---········ 2 5. Forgery ··-······-···-·-···-·-········-··········-·· 6. Stealing ·-- ·--· -··· -·--· ..• 10 6 7. Incorrigibility ···-··-· ·····-········-···· ....... 8. Immorality ··- ·-····-···- ·-··········· -····-··· 16 Total ....·-··· ··-····-··· ····-···-·-·····-··--··········-·· 500 Of the cases handled for attendance, all but 39 tenninated satisfactorily. These could not be forced into school because of lack of proper support by the Juvenile Court. We are already looking forward to greatly im! roved conditions in this respect next school year. The othe1· ca~ of juvenile delinquency were nearly all handled out of court by Mr. Greer, supported by the principals, teachers and parenh, whose cooperati-on is found to be one of the most effective and potent fore· es in dealing with troublesome ca9H such as they were. The most distressing cases were those of immorality, in .many of which adults were re!lponsible fw the delinquency of young girls. No punishment can be too severe nor too certain and immediate in such cases. Teachers and Principals One hundred forty-six teachers and seventeen principals were en~aged in the district du1;ng the past yearThe quality of work done and the results attained are most comme;1dable. It has been our practice for a number of years to eliminate the tea.chell6 who~e work did not meet the standard required in Jordan, and to retain and advance in salary those whose work merited it. In this way we have built up a high professional standard This spring only four in Jordan. teachers, out of the 146, received a rating of "unsatisfactory," and were therefore, not offered reengagement. Even these four were not what could be called failures, but their wo1·k simply failed to reach the degree of excellence which we are demanding in the Jordan District Schools. To illustrate the spirit of progress among our teachers, the following facts are pertinent: One hundred four teachers and principals took advanced college work during the year either by attending summer school or extensian classes, or by taking correspondence courses; one hundred per cent of our teachers and principals are members of the Jordan District Teachers' Association, the U. E. A. and the N. E. A.; one hundred per cent took at least two educational journals and a large per cent took fields. The Jordan Teachers' Association last year took the initiative in raising the standand for entrance to the profession in our district by petitioning the &ani to 'make the minimum requirements two years of college work for elementary grades, three years for Junior high schoob, and four years for Senior high schools and requiring 12 quarter hour creuits of new approved college work each yeat' for reengagement from teachers already in SCl.'vice in the District who have not yet attained the minimum requirements spedfied above. Since the suggestions of the teachers upon recommendation by the Superintendent, were adopted by the Board, it will mean that within a very short time there will not be a teacher in the District who will not have met the specified requirements in the matter of college training. The high quality of work done by our supervisors, teachers and principals will there be shown in a way that \\'ill reflect the progress made by the pupils throughout the entire district. It is gratifying to note that each of the seventeen principals of the distl'ict have areepted reappointment for next year; as has also a la1•ge majority of our teachers now in the ser· vice. This indicates a feeling of satisfaction among the teacher:; and princi Is, and is the best possible guarantee of stability and steady progress for the year to come. Supervision Two general types of supervision have developed in the leading school systems of America, particularly in city school systems. Wherever it i" possible, by reason oi a densely populated area, to concentrate from twenty to thirty or forty school rooms in one building, it has become cus· tomary to make the principal of such school a supervising principal. In the large city systems, therefore, tht principals are supervising principal, and do practically no teaching. But even in such s~'IStems, experts in special lines such as music, art phy<>ical education, manual arts, penmanship, etc., as well as prilmary and grammar grades, specialists are em· ployed to supervise the work in theil lines in the city system as a whole. No principal can be al specialist in all these special lines of work, and without the guidance of specialist:,;, the best results can not be attained. So in the city systems the two types of supervision,--one general by thE principal, and the other special, b~ the specialist,-<>•·~ · ~ .,nrl necessary to attain the highest results. In a rural school system such a. ours, in which most of the principal s have only from three to seven 01 eight teachers under their direction to make them supervising principals and relieve them of teaching would be unwi:se and unnecessary to say the least. It would not only give most of our principals practically nothing to do, but would increase our expense of supm:vision to an unwarranted ex · tent. Since nearly all of our principals therefore have been 1·equired to teach practically every period of the day, and are, therefore, not in a position to supervise the work of the teacher"' under them, we have placed the re;;ponsibility of supervision upon th( Superintendent and three assistants, -a primary supervisor, a gramma1 grade and penmanship supervisor and a music supervisor. This distributioJl of responsibility has worked admir· ably well and has given excellent re suits. We have been able to keep in touch with the work of each teacher; to assist the weak; to encourage the strong; to unify the work of the district as a whole; to assist principals and teachers in problems of grading, grouping and 'promoting students; to encourage children both individually and collectively; to measure results by the application of standard tests and . measurements; and to issue comparative reports which have served as a strong stimulus both to teachen and children to do their best constant· Jy_ It is largely this stimulating, coordinating effect of supervision and the fine cooperation of teachers and principals which has been made possible the high standard of work evidenced in the results of standard tests. Health Work Our health work has again been undel' the able superVIsiOn of Dr. Samuel G. Paul, who has cooperated closely with the Superintendent in making the work practical and effective. Two nurses we1·e employed, the school district and the county health department :;:baring equally in the payment of salaries and traveling expen8.CS. Since we have no standard measurements in this department, we can only enwnerate Tesults and activities as reported by the nurses. Only one of the nurses has, up to date Fro.n handed in her annual report. this I quote the following facts for the year just closed: Visits to schools · - - - __ __ 384 Number inspected ·-·-·· -·-·····-····-·-·· 4358 Number excluded for suspected contagion ·····-····-·-··········· 149 No. of pupils taking goiter tablets ·- ·-······-····-·...··-···· 884 Permits issued to re-enter 71 school after contagion ··········Number of minor dressings ·- 2565 Number of children 1303 exa.mined ·- ·····-----·- ... .__ Home visit~ made -···-·--·-··· .............. 1243 Pupils treated for following defects: 61 Vision or eye defects -···-· ··-·-··········· 18 Hearing or ear defects 526 --·-·-···-·--··· ··--···· teeth Defective 85 Adenoids -···---· ··---··-·-···- ~······ - •.. Tonsils ·-·-·· .. ·-···-·-····-···-····-·-·-·······-·-·· 154 Since the foregoing facts were talaen from the report of the nurse who had least populous part of our distl·ict, it is probably safe to assume available. The general attitude of patrons seems to have made a very favorable c:hange during the last two Yea.I\S. This is shown particularly in the number of home calls made, many of which were at the request of patrons who desired the advice of our nurses, and in the earnest efforts of patrons to cooperate with the nurses in keeping out contagion from the schooL~ and of removing physical defects which were a handicap to the children's progress in school. We appreciate the splendid cooperation of the county health department in making our health work so effective. High Schools The high school is the capstone of the District school system. It is the people's college, and a high school education is the birthright of every boy and girl in America. There are still many millions of child1'Cn in America, however, to whom a high ~chool training i.s denied, and as long as that is true, we are far from extending equal opportunities to all within the Republic. In Jordan, this opportunity, so far By as we know, is denied to none. our system of free transportation we have made is practically as easy for .-tudents at Herriman, which is 11 ~-2 mile.~ distant, to att~nd high school as it is for the students of Sandy who live within the walking distance of Rather than attempt to 2% miles. carry the high school to each community, we are calTying each community to the high school. Instead of establishing a multitude of small, inefficient high schools throughout the districts, we have established two which are real schools, the pride of all our people. As stated above, during the past eig1ht years the high schooL~ of the district have increased their enrollment from 324 to 832, or practically 157% , and the average number of days of attendance has increased from 120.8 in 1916-17 to 149.1% in 1924-25. A few years ago many of the high 11ehool students came in only for the winter term, remained in school while there was nothing to do on the farm, and then left school early in the spring when fann work became possible. By recognizing farm operations and by the school cooperating in beet harvest and canning operations, it has become possible for the high school students to ;make a better record of attendance each year recently than is made even by the lower grades, and completion of the high school course is now looked upon as being within the reach of all. The elementary schools of America have made much more rapid progress in the matter of measuring results by scientific bests than have the high schools. We are therefore, unable to give exact data which will show definite comparative results in the high schooLs as we have done in Some very creditable the grades., ~tandards have recently been developed in this field, however, and beginning with the coming year, we hope to apply measurements which will indicate the place we hold here as definitely as we now know our position in the elementary schools. Building and Improvements We are proud of the new high school building erected at Bingham during the school year just closing. It is a real credit to any school system and will meet the needs of Bingham for man}' years to come. The auditorium is one of the finest in the country, both from the standpoint of beauty and harmony of colors, as well as from that of equipment and acousThe science room is tic properties. probably the best equipped science room in the state. The building was erected at a total cost of $110,476.31. Additional ground was pm·chased by the district, adjoining the school site, upon which a cottage for the principal was erected at a total CO!lt of $5.550.06, for the building and $2,500_00 for the purcha!le of the ground. This has added much to the deshability of the position of principal at Bingham. These buildings were erected without increasing the bonded indebtedness of the District. The grade and junio1· high school building now under construction at West Jordan, when completed, will be a credit to the District as a whole and to the community in particular, and will serve the need• of that section for .m any years to come. Looking forward, we are reminded of the need of a Junior High school at Riverton; modern heating plants and lavatories at Lark, Herriman, and Crescent; and additional school room facilities at Sandy and before long, at Midvale and Uppe1· Bingham as well. Finances Due to the varying conditions of the mining industry from year to year the assessed valuation of Jordan District has fluctuated more violently pTobably than any other large taxing unit in the state. In 1919 the assessed valuation of the District was $68,854,089.00; in 1922 it had dropped to $23,275,014.00; while last year, 1924 it had Tegained emough of the previous loss to get back to $48,928,818.00. One would naturally expect the rate of taxation to fluctuate as much as did the valuation, but this was not the case. By looking ahead, the Board was able to provide, during seasons <Yf high valuation for the traditional rainy day during periods CYf low valuation, ~o that the rate has never been excessively burdensome_ In the same years as given above the local school rates were 4.5 mills, 7.5 mill and 7.1 mills respectively. While the mines are in a flourishing condition, and they and other corporate prope1ties within the district are paying SOc of each dollar collect- SATURDAY IS THE DAY COX MARKET IS THE PLACE MBAT SPBCIALS Cox's Market 56 MAIN STREET In The Center Of Town "WHERE QUALITY COUNTS" iRfi!:fi!:fi!:fi y; Yi Yi I MIDVALE ~ ~ y; BAKERY The Home of Home Made Bread and French Pastry 43 N. Main ~Bread, 3loaves for !J! Phone 47-J - - Cinnamon Rolls and Dough- 25c Yi 20c ~ !fi nuts, per doz. .. - ~y;~~y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;~~y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;~~ Mi THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY No one ever set a better example of thrift than did Washington .....And if saving wa..<; a good habit for him to practice, isn't it an equally good habit for you? After you have tried saving for a short time and Jearn the many benefits it brings to you, there will be no question of your continuing. We pay four ( 4) per cent Interest on all Savings Accounts RESOURCES OVER HALF A MILLION Midvale State MIDVALE, UTAH Bank ed for school purpose.~, a wise policy not responsible to the public. And oo will anticipate and take care of our I recommend that each month the building needs for the immediate Board members take time to examine future at least. Jordan is a wealthy appropriations in detail and see that district so long as our nll.nes pr-o per. they are necessary and justifiable, This does not imply that we are justi- l!-nd also to examine the condition of fied in wasting one oont, nor in ex- the budget each month to guard each pending money beyond our real and account ag-ainst a deficit. In conclu!lion, 1 wish to express my legitimate neetk But we are justiappreciation for the fino s upsincere fied in p1·oviding for these needs while by the Board, the supergiven port the burden can be borne without and all other emteacher, the visors, hardships to anyone. And hence the and patroos durpupils the ployees, building program should be taken care o s rapidly as current fun(\s can rlo ing the present school year, without it without increasing our oonded in- which the foregoing record of success debtedness. When this is done, our would not have been possible. Respectfully submiit~ed, bonds might be paid off, and the DisD. C. Jen en. trict be lifted completely out of debt. of Schools Superintendent The new state budget law will preDistrict School onlan J vent overdrafts and deficit hereafte!I", and will require strict attention ami A new naval order now says Angreat care in the expendiwre of the public funds. This is as it should be. napolis graduates mu ~t learn to fly. As a public official, I have always Going after higher education. When Chri st becomes "the head of maintained that tho ,e who spend the public funds ought to exel'cise even the house, the unseen guest at every grel..ter care in the expenditure of meal, and the silent li tener to every those funds than in their private ex- conversation," then indeed is tho home penditlJ!eS, for in the latter they are , Christian. • |