Show PEDAGOGUES P G STilL STilLI I IN CONVENTION f TI Hold Two Well Veil Attended Meetings In City and nod County Build Building U lug ing Today Toda THE COUNTIES REPRESENTED Strong Stron Addresses ly by II Pret Of the University and Treat Prest lerr crr Of or the College The rue city und county public school continued their biennial convention this with two sillen splendid splendid did by President J T I Kings Kingsbury Kingsbury bury burr of ot the tho university and President Presidents W s J s Kerr of o the Agricultural college From I most overy oel standpoint tho the pres present res eat ent convention tins hns been the most sue suc successful ever cIer held by the superintendents tents dents The rhe attendance Is 18 particularly artl good 22 2 of or 27 7 counties being represent represented ed by the following 0 O V 1 McShane Beaver Anderson George Georg Jt M l Thompson Cache L W Bowman Carbon Carboni 12 n h M DavIs Beth Allen Emery Erner Elmer Io 10 see O orge W V I Iron Ironi Oliver Juni Mr Mrs or Maria Marln da cia Kane Joseph Millard Henry II U Fry 1 ry Morgan Wil WI WilHam William liam Ham Johnson Plute George Weston filch U n V Ashton Salt BaIt Lake Lillian LillianD D I Wood San SaIL as Juan Junn A L I Larson Ban Sati pete liete Jacob SevIer Walter Boyden Summit Alonzo Tooele J L 14 Drown Utah Woollen and W B II Wilson Weber Weier Of ot the city superintendents the tho following Rte nrc In attendance D H II Salt Lake City William I Allison Ogden W S I James Langton Logan lm Tho rite subject of President address this morning was WIS The Rein Heln lion tion of tho the State University to Other OIher Parts Parta of the Public School System Ho lie first defined tho the duties of ot tho the pub lie llo of ot the tho state their principal obligation being to see lito that the tIe very Cry best beet teachers were employed tho tue money lIon y at their dis disposal pOlin I to Bee lIeo ea that these teachers are ore well tehi lel ly and morally The rite county superintendents tho speaker believed could accomplish h much for tor the tho good goot of or tho the educational system and this ho pointed out would not tave I e been established hall had hadIt hallI It I not ot been bf n a 1 good thing Our public school system he do Is hi II tho the corner stone of ot our sup support support port lort of ot liberty anti and alt freedom Without this thie system Istel liberty and good government I 1 believe could coull not survive Without It wo we would have In ill time only orl one Olie great sreM denominational school It I seems to mo me that tat the law contemplates that child shall thal have havo nn nit ni opportunity to acquire a thorough education within the confines of the state dote It I does not compel all children to receive their education In these but It does llos contemplate that a n Krent great many will wi do BO 1 s Also Alto that every child chilI shall get at nt least a n district ever school education He lie le or she sh shall Ihal learn lear enough arithmetic to carry carryon on Oil 01 tho ordinary business of ot life enough enogh language to speak spek fairly well 01 read and write and some come Imo knowledge of at the his hIli history history tory of ot our country and Its tta geography I PLEA FOR FOH STUDY I Tho rho speaker made a I strong plea for nature Ho lie 10 pointed to 10 Prof of ot the University of ot Kansas Kansa who w WIS brought up among long the th In Indians tImId and nt therefore wan sae 1 constantly In touch louch with lh nature Today he Is 18 pr per prImps TodaY pr Imps hahN States tho the best beat zoologist In the tho United President made a n telling point of or tho fact act fat that tho the university ansi tho the common schools hol are arc or should be one 00 Each helpa tho the other he lie con contended contended tended and any an person pcr on who Is l disloyal to one nM Is In s disloyal to ta the entIre school chool system malm BlOttER H MORALS Ho lie le spoke Ilko of at higher morals anti cul cuI culture culture ture studies In our educational Institutions believing that the thu higher In should Instill or cultivate a taste for tor the artistic unit and 11 the tho moral field n of at life le H It I the university does doell this ho he h saul saM It tt must necessarily nece uplift th school y tel ansi In tn tinier order ufler to do 10 It I the Institution must mu t have hare men 01 of high talent The Thu speaker gave iw tot In interesting statement as 1 to tho the rapt raps Brow Growth th of ot the state university tind nd the tho thour mat great ur lt work It Is 18 i doing Incidentally President referred reter to the Agricultural colUgo und onti expressed hl hll hie opinion that it II I should hould be b combined with wills the university He le loot hal always favor favored ed oil It but apparently the 1 ol ul the tise Idea Iel was Wall an ftc al remote H R He vet ever NT TALKS TM S Ste After te an n lon In tn which superintendents I W J Kerr err wee was Intro Introduced fur for a talk on How Can the Rural b l be Made More Attractive to Its 11 Pupils This Thle Itself said hl President Kerr that the Ih work In lit the rural schools at al present la is I net not attractive AUrl tive liv I to 10 pupils The IiI fi thins thIn ia II 5 then to 10 find nUlt the th remedy H if J quoted showing that thai U 13 a poi 11 of or the its population of ot the Unite I Is II I rural Hi iss II diameter character and amid occupation u pation and nearly nealy M per pr cent Ont ot of the lit Ih pr ur are n n l lu iii It Industrial pur Pl cults ull rather than Olsen the learned Imd IU lip I pointed out 11 that of the In this lbs only bout about abut 4 per Ir KII iO 11 beyond the common schools 3 i Ir r nt nl n n rach high school thol and all only ii r i m 01 I nf r I 1 in Ir Hr r erni g pt get l Into la eol col f v in ui ll UI I AND UW LATIN 1 Til NOT NO OT DIVINE rhO rIi t if vf n he Isa h d la is isto tu to I romi to 10 1 end and this Ihl 1111 lit I h Ok ami Uit wU ar KI no isi 11 lI tn r ink thUS than II WO and po p IIII The Ih I ii It of t C al ned ami 1 n n la found fo la he I all cli 11 III bv h I 5 iu u c it I I it ii I natural Situ ursi In I child tt I li I i i a i i if mak ma Is Isa b 1 a h hJ ta ela II SC f ll Thy Thiv Tb haw ll hai r t plenty II of st stis a is lila h I it II uld tt b t if sC 1 pUnt IteM ne ia slId Hid d i 1 t put l of r i show hot 11 u II hi hIl h they tome it m in I sun cuu sunI UI I I MM I IS 11 Jl I Ihl tv h s ill ti I i i iI study iu ly the Ihn ua us uain u uI usI in I 1 7 I ii I 11 IM i ill II K aa h sui suii ll i M I I lw I It l v U UV V I VM ws ihu 11 t fI tI M 0 ks IS WM Mini 11 I 4 III hi hid i kS d II M l Lt tin II I us 11 W V H hII b aItU 1 S II iH III in i i 5 ni 11 ii u ts h I i 14 I t I 11 1 M I 1 i 4 I 1 i tie I M s 5 lit I II I 1 10 I I I I I I 1 5 k y U I 5 tUI I i 1 iet eke I a lawn and Id flower flover beds bed around every school The students will do the tile work ork Te It n a question of oC money mone They will I gladly I work for tor or the tho school chool and nil wi the th th y or r learning earning something the teacher Is I working up an In Interest In natural studies U ft I Is conceded he continued continue That the tho rural schools tire ore not as l interesting as tie 11 they the should hould be b The lies les here While a II large majority of the pupils are from fram the Industrial classes the curriculum of oC the district schools Is not It adapted to their needs nees HARD lAnO ON ARITHMETIC I r would ouM eliminate nt at least four our tenths of oC nil all the arithmetic now nw taught tauGht Wo We te are ro wasting at least 1 lt of ot the tUne time now devoted to 10 the tho study of arithmetic that tho the child will wi never be bo beable beable able to use ule I 1 am convinced two years Is II sufficient for tor or the study stud of ot arithmetic in tho the grades grade and ond more time given glen to It Is II time wasted We e Waste time In grammar In trying to teach too much that is technical Yet the pupils pUls come to us In tn the High school and college are lamentably weak in both arithmetic and language Tho The trouble Is lp I we spread our efforts over oror so 10 much ground and tho the pupils fall fail fal to 0 Ret Fet the fundamentals of these thesa subjects subJect In Ia hl hi his history tory tor we find n a condition Not Kot Kotone ono one child In ten can tan answer tho the most common fundamental questions re regarding regarding garding the tho government of their own oln town county or state Much that vie ve attempt to te teach leAch should be eliminated This afternoon has hn been h fl devoted to tonn tonn toan nn an address by Pro Prot Prof Wm o M Stewart along tho the line lne of ot the he question How can cnn the superintendent best aid old tho time growth teacher 1 V to continue her hr professional |