Show kindergarten article 1 continued from front page alms to make the child as physically competent as ho he can be made in connection with this emphasis upon health ad balth training the kindergarten gives systematic training in character the child Is taught to work courteously contentedly and f 1 consistently as a member of a group he la is allowed much freedom under I 1 do finito rules rulea of 0 law and order inilla initial alve in lea learning aning Is encouraged self confidence checked by self control Is developed in this way kindergarten cL children ildren alquire acquaro early those traits oty of cla ar acter that aro are desirable in nia ma 1 turo ture life the proposed kindergarten kinder garten bill tile tho kid kindergarten law in in tile tho state ot of utah la Is all but obsolete andaas and has long needed now legislation an act to lo amend amond compiled laws ot of utah 1917 pertaining ning to the establishment ot of kindergartens Is boing introduced in tho the legislature which reads as follows be it enacted by the legislature of tho the state of utah section 1 that section compiled laws of utah 1917 are hereby enacted to read as aa follows section the borra bor ra ot of education of any school district shall esteb and maintain kindergartens for children between the ages of lye five and six upon petition of 0 a majority of the parents or guardians residing in the district the cost thereof may inay bo be paid in whole or in part out of the school funds of the district kinder kartens established under the provi alons of tile the district shall bo be subject to the control of the school boards of the respective districts in which they are maintained and all teachers of said schools shall be legally qualified when a kindergarten shall have been it hall not be discontinued unless the lie enrollment for the next prece preceding dig school year shall have been less than twenty section 2 this act shall take effect upon approval this law provides for kindergartens on petition of parents ad deserves the support of all the people of utah first because only a small pro portion of the children of this state are havle havig the advantages of early ays tamette training second because a mandatory on petition law provides for local option it does not force kindergartens upon any community but makes it easier for parents to obtain this educational cat ional advantage for their children when they desire to do so third because in no state whore where this typo type of law Is in force has the extension of the kindergarten ben been precipitant the law has resulted 1 in a gradual and orderly increase in the number of classes provided I 1 fourth because utilizing the years between four and six when the i childrens services are of no econ j onile value to their families Is the most logical means of providing additional schooling for those of the very poor who are forced to become breadwinners at an early ago fifth because statistics show that that one child in four repeats the first year of school work which proves conclusively that the work of the first grade does not meet the need of the little child who has just loft left his home environment the kindergarten Is an investment which will bring large returns to the state by preventing retardation dation sixth because by reducing the enormous sums now spent upon our criminal classes largely the result of neglected childhood the kindergarten will eventually more than pay for itself abraham lincoln expressed the involved in the Kinder kindergarten gorten bill in his gettysburg address when he said that this na tion under god shall have a now new birth of freedom and that government of the people by the people and tor for the people shall not perish from the earth thus the proposed kindergarten bill is based upon the constitutional right and the moral and legal obligation of those in authority by the will of the people to obey grant the will of tho the people as expressed in said petition when the petition represents a maxi maximum muni benefit to the maximum number of people I 1 |