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Show Kindergarten Law ThemeatP.-T.Meet Some important matters pertaining-to pertaining-to the proposed legislation for kindergarten kinder-garten schools of the state, will form a feature for study and discussion a1; , the Parent-Teacher association meet- ing for next Wednesday evening. , Leaders in the kindergarten movement, move-ment, realizing that the present, laws are obsolete, have been active for the revision, and an act to amend section 4544, compiled laws of Utah, is being introduced in the legislature. The amendment would provide as follows: "The board of education of any school district shall establish and ' maintain kindergartens for children ' between the ages of five and six, upon petition of a majority of parents and guardians residing in the district. The cost thereof may be paid in whole or in part out of the school funds of the district. Kindergartens established under the provisions of this section shall be subject to l conrtol of the school boards of t le respective districts in which they are maintained and all teachers of snid schools shall be legally qualified. When a kindergarten shall have been established it shall not be discontinued discontinu-ed unless the enrollment for the next preceding school year shall have been less than twenty." Advocates of the revision of the law point out that this law provides for kindergartens on petition of parents, and deserves the support of all people peo-ple of the state. I Because only a small proportion of the children of this state are hav-ing hav-ing the advantages of early systematic system-atic training. II Because a mandatory-on-peti-tion law provides for local option. It does not force kindergartens upon any community, but makes it easier for parents to obtain this educational education-al advantage for their children when ' they desire to do so. III Because in no state where this type of law is in force has the extension ex-tension of the kindergarten been precipitant. pre-cipitant. The law has resulted in a gradual and orderly increase in the number of classes provided. IV Because utilizing the years between be-tween four and six, when the children's child-ren's services are of no economic value to their families, is the most logical means of providing additional addition-al schooling for those of the very poor who are forced to become breadwinners bread-winners at an early age. ' V Because statistics show that one child in four repents the first year' of school work, which prnvs conclusively that the work of the f ir.t grade does not meet the need of the. little child who has just left his homo environment The kindergarten is an investment which will bring large returns re-turns to the stale by preventing -tardation. VI Because by reducing the enormous enor-mous sums now spent upon our criminal crim-inal classes largely the result of neglected childhood the kindergarten will eventually more than pay for itself. it-self. Abraham Lincoln expressed tlv; sentiments involved 4 the kindergur-( kindergur-( Continued Gi . 'iflt page) Kindergarten Law-Theme Law-Theme at P.-T. Meet (Continued from page 1) ten bill in his Gettysburg' address, when he said, "That this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, free-dom, and that government of the people, peo-ple, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." In addition to taking up the matter on the kindergarten schools and the proposed revision of the laws, a brief ; musical program will be given. The 1 meeting will start at 7:30 and par-j ents are urgently requested to be present and assist in the great movement. |