Show Minutes of Teachers Convention The second meeting ot the Utah County Teachers association was held in the Parker school building September Septem-ber 22 1894 The meeting was called to order by Superintendent D H Christensen A school song was sung and prayer fI fered Minutes of the previous session ses-sion were read and approved Superintendent Christens announced an-nounced the presence of JMiaj Holton snpeVviserof Salt Lake cir primate schools who spoke on the subject ol phonics After a brief recognition of the merits of the A B C word and S3ulence methods of teaching primary n tiding she made the following statements I state-ments Phonics furnished the pupils a key to independent work Very convincing con-vincing arguments were made in support sup-port of the position taken At this point the teachers took up department work The subject of arithmetic was discussed Springville teachers taking the lead After reassembling ten questions on the subject were answered an-swered Miss Holton continued the subject of phonics The Why being lucidly set forth the j flow was taken up and some very valuable aids in tho work were given Succes in this work depends on a few important points I Teacher II Teachers knowledge of the subject sub-ject III Logical and connected plan of work1ySure j 1ySure foundations V Thorough drill W i YJ Application to al work Roll was called and a motion made to adjourn IDA OOMBS Corresponding Secretary |