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Show f FHK TK() WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1923 O POST ALL SCHOOLS IN PROVO SHOW BiG GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS YEAR HIGH OBJECTIVES CHARACTERIZE HIGH AIM SET BY ELEMENTARY GRADE INSTITUTIONS OF CITY LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS Franklin School Yocational Equipment and More Building Space is Urgently Needed. By HANNAH J. CARDALL. September 17,' 1923, the Franklin school, with its new. peppey, e Print ipal Byron 1). Jones, began the work for the Ine-wire- d, wide-awak- By L. B. HARMON. What America needs is an American school program stated W. E. Owen, president of the A. at year. These ten teachers inspired with the same feelings radiating trom the principal, r gistered tor Emil Nielson, good, hard work: ne. the convention recently held, a program that shall lead every child to the threshold of his chosen occupation, Gussie Bailey, lthea Dixon, May Johnson, Adele Peters, Hazel West-ropJennie Harding, Etta Hyde, Emily Anderson find Hannah J. Car-(lal- l. e, able and willing to walk alone or in the words of John Dewey, Learning first, but living primarily must be the objective of education This social challenge has been accepted by many of the leaders of our nation and legislature has done much in raising the school age for compulsory attendance, but the real problem of education tha.t education the child needs to live well must be shouldered by the curriculum builders of our secondary schools. No school can do this and be a pattern. The school must "be individualistic; it must know the needs of the community of which it is the servant and knowing that need it must endeavor to provide for it. To serve the community through service to the individual; to build the community through an earnest endeavor to build life interests and ideals into thelives of our students has been the objective in planning the activities of the high school curriculum this year. The vocational needs of the majority have been considered and as a result the department furOle E. Olson was elected to fill the By SUPT. H. A. DIXON. nishing this type of instruction as Provo is pronounced by alL an unexpired term (one year) of Mr. woodwork, sewing, typewriting are ideal in which to live and to Thatcher C. Jones, and Mrs. Margacrowded beyond their capacity and rear aplace This is due primar ret P. Maw was elected to fill the family. many are stll going unsatisfied. ly to its fine cultural atmosphere and Unexpired term (two years) of Ar Every room is crowded every hour the excellence of its schools. It is a thur N. Taylor. Mr. Olson has served of the day for classroom instruction clean, quiet city of neat homes and since 24, 1921, when Mr. and teachers are making an almost of wonderful industrial possibilities. Jones August and Mrs. Maw since resigned superhuman effort to reach each in- People used to say, Provo is the July 7, 1923, at which time Mr. dividual student? but the problem is finest place in the state to live, but Arthur N. Taylor resigned. On the in the solving and only a spirit of it is a hard place in which to make first of the year Mr. Olson becomes cooperation between community and a living. The recent industrial de automatically the president of the school can make a solution possible. velopments, the board for 1924. however, are We need more building space, we latter portion of the abovemaking statement ' Provo City has an efficient, united need more vocational equipment; we more and more untrue each It board of education. One that need more opportunities to develop is predicted by many, whoday. the confidence of the communiknow, in each student a responsibility and that it is only a matter of a few ty and the 105 school employes alike. ability so that he may better serve months until Provo will be one of the It is united in working for the eduhimself and hence his community. easiest places in Utah to make cational interest? of Provo as a The following extracts have been living. whole. It has outgrown the old custaken from the departmental reports Any community is fortunate that tom of district control where each of the high school and have been provides the very best educational op- member sponsored the district from produced to show in a brief way what portunities from the kindergarten which he was elected often to the the difficult departments are con- to the masters degree. To hold the detriment of the- system. The tributing to this Ideal already men- distinction that Provo holds educaproblems of the, schools tioned as the motivating power be- tionally in this state is indeed a rare are requiring more and more of the hind our school activities this year: distinction because the Utah school time of the board members each SCIENCE DEPARTMENT system was recently rated the Second year. It is extremely fortunate of In the science department of our best system in the Union. (See Dr. the community that it has a body of citizens who devote Do Good public-spirite- d school the enrollment has increased V. C. Bagleys article Pay, in the June number of their time so ably and so willingly greatly over last year, and, due to the Schools the public nterests. larger amount and better quality of Journal of the National Educational to AN UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE Association.) been the have students equipment, IN SCHOOL POPULATION. enabled to do a higher standard of THE BOARD OP EDUCATION. The school census jumped in one With the exception of Mr. John W. work. The subjects are: Biology, of the members of the year from 3522 to 3904 or nearly 11 physiology, botany, physics, general Farrer ofalleducation have taken their per cent. The increase represents a chemistry and household chemistry. board of office oath Is to enrich the lives of the during a period of two number equal to the total number enOur aim Walter Adams was elect- rolled in the Timpanogos school at students by opening to their view a years. Mr. term two years ago the present time. Such a comparifor a five-yelarger field of interest and to give ed or them useful and practical informa- the third of this month. At the re- son makes it evident that a more must Monroe Mr. cent election less extensive Paxman program building tion. was elected for a term of five years. be started immediately if all of the THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Mr. Paxman was appointed a year children are to be housed. The ParIs of the tool Language greatest previous to this time to fill the un- ker school is now full to its capacity (Contlnuted on page 6, this section.) expired term of J. W. McAdam. Mr. and has two classes in small rest -- in-pir- es - i ar ever-increasi- ng Timpanogos School for all Kindly consideration success and with brings happiness 923-2- 4 thi- - a. the slogan, 'the Timpanogos school aims to ho the ban. ncr school in the. spring. We as teachers fire striving t b be confide late of each other and of cu'ri pupil, of our supervisors, our Mipoint. ndiiit, our board. 'and also our patrons. By setting this example we hope to teach our pupils to lie cons derate first, of home and t ot parent-- ; achers, Schoolmates, friend- - and neighbors Since culture is nothing more than kindle on idc ration we are e r lie an- - and de ie to liae our bovs and gills loam and mn-kpart ot (heir lives the habitb of cultuie in voting ci tone delights to set 1 r Five hundred twenty pupils registered the tu-s- t week, hut as this wa an overflow a number were sent to other schools. The school now registers 475 pupils. November 22 the Horne and School association entertained the parents and teachers of the district. Oter 300 people attended the program ami social, this being the largest attended parents meeting in the city. wp are visited by one Every or more of our supervisors Emma Brown, Mary Ollorton, Orson Camp-- 1 bell, Ernest Paxman, or Superintend-- ! ent Dixon who )ieip us solve our problems and infuse sunshine and rays of hope in our lives. Franklin davj which comes in January, will be celebrated by the Love children giving an. operetta, Pirates of Hawaii. which we hope to bo as successful as the operetta The Isle of Chande, staged by our school last year. Our school is aglow with the Christmas spirit, a feeling of good will and hearty fellowship, although lurking beneath )s a sackcloth and ashes feeling, caused by the sad news of the resignation of our beloved superintendent. We are assured of a very successful year from the spirit and determination with which the children attack the work, apd' the splendid and of parents, superhearty visors, and superintendent. The Franklin school wishes its patrons and citizens of Provo a Merry Christmas and a flippy New Year. c -- u-n- ig t folks Good f'tizenship is amiihefr brainll of We bclitve with i e our gieat statesman that a is worth more to his a hundred mei ly book-- c arnfd m n It is our idea that if we In gin now while our hoys and gills plastic-- to. niohl their characters for good riti.ns possessing the qualities of culture and, kibdlv that the real purpose of education will have been found Subject matter will be use'd more as a tool than as an end in. itself. As part of our routine work each day we have health inspection, and physical education for a two-l'ol- d to check up on cleanliness purpo-e- ; and health habits, and to instill into the bovs and girls the habits of personal health through cleanliness and d proper exercise. A period each day is also given to appreciation of the fine arts music and art. While the music is appreciated more than the art so far, it shall not be long before they become rivals for first place in interest we have recently purchased a number of reproductions from master paintings and are working now to get some local pictures by- our local artists for our pupils to study and enjoy. In this way we aim to pyt before tests in each of the .common branches our boys and girls all that is good every year. The tests that have and beautiful in art and music. The enrollment of tlie Timpanobeen used are: Reading, Burgess tests I, II, III and IV; Thorndike-McCal- l, gos school this year is 4 0 0.an Thorn avermaking Grays Oral, Haggerty m its are nine teachers; r pupils perr teacher various forms, and the Monroe. age of forty-fouis a large minberyet each Writing, the Gettysburg edition of This the Ayers scale i$ used. Arithme- teacher is keeping close check on tic, the various forms of the Cour- every pupil and giving all the inditis research tests, the Courtis prac- vidual help and attention she postice cards, the .Woody tests, the sibly can. One of our big aims for the year Cleveland spiral tests, and the Stone cent promotion in the reasoning tests. Geography, the Is 100 per Halm Lackey, and Boston. History, spring. With all our teachers and the Van Wagonen tests, and Spelling, pupils working together happily and the Ayers list and the harmoniously we feel sure well be successful and make a name for the list. Timpanogos school that everyone will be proud of. v SARCASM. We hope the New Year brings our and friends even better Do 'you feel able to patrons Employer: take a few letters. Miss Typer? things thn the passing year brought, Claus that Why, Stenographer. certainly! and we suggest to Santa our puof one not must he what forget Thats Im here for, isnt it? I guesss so, but my pils. Employer. Timpanogos School. request came so soon after your last telephone conversation that I feared Philadelyou might be exhausted. phia Bulletin. (Continued on page 7,this section) -- oni ot k rooms. The Timpanogos has one spare room. The Maeser has two spare Tooms and the Franklin one. The teachers of the Junior and Senior high school are forced to conduct classes that are altogether too large because there are no rooms to accommodate extra teachers in case the board could afford to employ them. And worse than this, in order to provide the room that now doesnt exist, students having no class the first period in the morning and the afternoon, are requested to remain at home until their class begins and those having no class the last period in the morning and in the afternoon are sent home. SUPERVISION. The compactness of .the Provo school district adds greatly to the efficiency of supervision. Teachers can- reach the high school 'for conferences and meetings in fifteen minutes from any school and likewise, all schools are easily accessible to the supervisors for their visits. The board of education has within the last few years installed a complete supervising unit. A list of supervisors follows: Primary grades, Miss Emma Brown; intermediate grades, Miss Mary Ollorton; art, Professor O. D. Campbell, music, Professor Ernest Paxman; health, Mrs. Ruth W. Mum-forEach department in the high school has a splendid departmental Regular meetings of organization. the department with the and visits of the superintendent and principal constitute the plan of supervision for the secondary - d. EDUCATIONAL AND MENTAL MEASUREMENTS. The city schools have had for three years a very thorough system ot checking upon the results d of the classroom product and a scheme of classification from the first grade to the junior year in the high school. Along with the childs health history goeB a cumulative record card that contains all of the marks received in each grade, the well-planne- upon the temperament, industry, and other proand the nounced characteristics score made upon all standard educational and mental 'tests. Besides the test score is the average for the grade in the district and the standard for the test, which means generally the average score for that particular cities. grade in numerous American student It is the aim to give ever;at least two mental tests,or generally Terman the National, Raggery, group tests, and to all the problem cases is .given the; Stanford Revision Individual test. of the Simon-BinThe Detroit test is given all first not maintained grade children. If is tess predc the by the district that future success of the child. Neither do we affirm that the tests measure exnothing but native capacity. Ourrathindicate does perience, however, er conclusively that the tests do predict, the vast majbrity of cases, the childs ability to do school work which predication, along with the results of standard educational tests and the teachers estimates, affords as accurate a basis of classification as can be found. Besides the periodic tests of the teacher, the superintendent and supervisors give at least two standard teachers comments - et , c i Horne-Ash-bau- gh PREPARATION UNEXCELLED Watch Our East Window For Bargains You Willi Find Just What You Want and at Prices to Suit Your Purse PROVO PAINT & GLASS COMPANY 110 West Center St. Picture Framing Our Specialty 33 YEARS IN BUSINESS T SATISFACTION GUARANTEED ili SMOOT & SPAFFORD COAL ( X). Up-Tow- n Office: Commercial Bank. ' Yard Phone 17 |