| Show CHURCH SCHOOL convention the church school tio tap direction of or dr karl 0 maeser mer nier in the B Y academy building build jog at provo at 10 a m on mon oay aug 14 1893 on the egand were dr karl 0 maeser or dr J E talmage Tal maice prof JB auff and elder F M lyman Liyo oan the roll call showed from the following stakes alberta bannock bear lake beaver box elder cassis cassia Iron Juab morga malad Marleo maricola maricopa Mari copa ps mexico millard Ot onelda iida parowan carowan Pa rowan rich blob sanpete San pete salt lake sevier st george st joseph snowflake U utah tali uintah weber and wasatch dr basser maeger delivered an address ol of welcome he referred to the excel lence of the church scho schoola olp and gave explanations explanation a on re rip quarterly and special district diet riot conventions faculty meetings mee tioga minutes minu tee records dc etc the speaker pleaded for uniformity in organization grading management etc he knew some home schools ec hoole below academic grades which needed 8 9 oo on tte tie tt e loi lowing points 1 incidental denta 1 questions 2 nomenclature of departments and classes 3 monitorial system 4 bia graming and analysis ja in grammar and arit ninette 6 5 liand hand ticket rotation and promiscuous methods of recitation A vote was wag taken in favor of an explanation from the general beneral kuperm euper ii of the he had found foutin involved in these points this rf quest was complied with the first point discue eed was incidental questions most teachers pres out eat approved of allowing students stu denta to ask questions ques tiona germane to the subject in hand to be answered at the time or later dr talmage advised having other students answer as many as possible prof Brimi brimhall jall formulated the following motion and explained that he wished it to be understood as a recommendation men dation only not a binding law lt 1 I move that incidental questions bearing on the subject in hand be permitted to the extent af subordinate to re lation ship only on the subject of class claes nomenclature the superintendent stated that in some schools class A la is the highest and in some it is the lowest it makes no difference one to is an aa good as the other but this is in a oae cate in which uniform uniformity ily is not only desirable but necessary he who audits all the reports has a right to know what they mean do not grade classes too close ly jy for convenience A motion was carried that the convention refers the naming and numbering of classes to the board of education it was also agreed upon motion that it is the sense of this convention that in the eight grades the monitorial system be considered a part of the oh church u roh school system and that for the benefit ot of the students and not for the benefit of the teachers also that it is in the sense of this convention that diagrams should be considered a means and not an end edd 11 prof duff cluff moved that it be the sense of this convention that in methods of teaching each teacher should cultivate variety but in school tactics he should have carried professors cleft and Brim brimhall ball dr talmage and prof done assisted in the discussion this closed the regular business of the convention was then addressed by dr talmage and dr maeser and the convention adjourned |