Show REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT to the board of education box elder school district Brig brigham barn city utah gentlemen in compliance with tile the school laws of the state of utah as president of your honorable body I 1 f submit a brief report ot of the labor performed by the board during the past pasi year yea r and it is with much pleasure and satisfaction realizing that the management of the schools anderl under your our aare care has been conservative and progressive and at the same time has as kept pace with tile the up to date n methods of supervision per vision of schools and afforded all the opportunities possible for the schools ot of the county as a whole teachers all who have been closely in touch with teachers linow know that there has long ions been a feeling that the wage of the school teacher leacher is not on a par with other professions of equal demand patrons insist upon and pupils dolight in efficient teachers whose hearts are in the work and I 1 believe we have such teachers jn in box elder county there is no line of work ork which Is moi e strenuous both upon the nervous ou and physical constitution than that ot of school teaching to compensate those who have hai e been willing to enter the service and falth faithfully I 1 1 perform the work we have paid more than was paid in 19 07 OS 08 and I 1 believe that we are justified in malting making a steady advance in their wage and demanding some effort on their part to keep abreast of the advancement which is being bein g made in all directions in our so school hool system buildings and sites never in the llis history tory of box elder eldee county have the school children been been better belter cared for in the way of buildings and grounds and yet there is areat g reat room for improvement but this improvement Is being carried forward as fast as possible with the revenues at our disposal during the past year several nearly antiquated school buildings that were falling into ruins hive have been converted into funds with which to carry on the work and there are still some properties which we are now investigating I 1 vesti gating school supplies your attention Is called to the expenditures tures for school supplies for the past season beason you will see that a saying saving of 0 over has been made and at the same time the students have been better cared for than ever before their wants have been carefully looked after and in such a consistent consi stant way that the pupils have been better supplied with less expense tor for the district we still believe there is room for improvement anti and suggest that this matter mailer be judiciously watched on nil all sides that unnecessary leakage may be prevented primary supervision primary supervision is the direct direce fruit of consolidation under the old system of 0 segregated school districts throughout the county the idea of primary supervision would perhaps never neer have been born at least not in our generation it would have been fraught with many difficulties even after the idea had beeri been born before it would kavc abc come into force it if nothing more had been accomplished by the uniting ir of districts than the securing of effi efficient clent primary supervision for our children in their tender years yeara it would have been ample reason for the step it if it did nothing but hasten basten the day ten tell years it was the bett be step we ive have ever taken transportation I 1 believe that in the matter matte of centralizing we have many excel loit lait opportunities port unities to convenience the I 1 aeils iii ils and afford much hotter better educational advantage I 1 think it better to haul children five miles to a 1 good well fraed school than for or them to walk half that distance to a lonely isolated mixed school which is generally the atmosphere that surrounds one of those small isolated schools the feeling ot of parents and co communities M muni ties must of 0 course be recognized and so long as they are not converted to the transportation of their children it would no doubt dou bt be unwise to ois disregard regard their feelings but as continued on page six REPORT OF THE 1 continued from first page fast as possible I 1 should like to see this system carried out truant officer one of the greatest disadvantages we have to contend with in the progress 0 of the schools is the neglect of students to commence at the beginning 0 of tile the school thus malting it irregular in their promotion from grade to to grade and causing d a necessity for them to study st side de by sida pid a with much smaller pupils in many instances install ces to the detriment ot of the whole class in con sequence consequence of the ex exl stance istance of th this is evil I 1 recommend and will endorse the appointment of 0 a good truant truan bof officer high school I 1 point with pride to the splendid achievement of your honorable body in the erection of the box elder high school the equal it if not the peer to any high school in the state of utah which means many states ot of the union as utah is in the front ranks ot of the states in education I 1 refer to its pos possibilities bics tics in its new home with thanksgiving our high school is one ot of the first in the state ol of bah to offer a domestic science and domestic arts course in the state of utah 1 I feel that these courses will do much to unite the schools with the homes and lend dignity to the work ot of both I 1 feel it will aid our child ren in their preparation for life while we desire our high school graduates to enter the higher institutions ot ol learning and go on to tame fame we see the truth and prepare our pupils for life first and colleges after our high school stands at the head of the school system of box aldel county as the university stands at the head of education in the state the ambition of every graduate in the grades should be to e enter the box elder high school is as it affords equal opportunities tto ito any high school in the state and will be a greater saying to the students in the way of general school expenses by being nearer to home when you spend a dollar in another county you take from your own to build up your neighbor every box elder county student should have an ambition to graduate Fradua te from his own county high school and then go on and on and render in return ter service which his education has in made ade possible I 1 hope to see this splendid box elder high school duplicated I 1 in the box elder school district di as conditions and circumstances may warrant conclusion Conch isloa after summing up all divisions of 0 our ur work I 1 come to the conclusion that I 1 feel to congratulate you gentlemen most heartily and commend you for the splendid condition of the work over which you have dad supervision during the past school year ending june 1909 and I 1 desire to make mention of the harmony that has existed in the labors of oc the board and to commend the labors of the superintendent and clerk very respectfully yours P it M hancen president |