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Show STUDMN 'Vitalized Education Given Thorough Thor-ough Test in Iron County . ,.- . -Schools . . r COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS PRAISED Salt Lake Tribune Quotes Mosiah Hall in Commendation of Local School Work. Health Training Hygiene and Sanitation Fine "Vitalized education," which has come to bo tho official name of a plan of school work which emphasizes "doing things," and seeks to instruct in the common school subjects by their relation to things dono by the hands, is having, a thorough tryout in Cedar City schools, under tho supervision super-vision of superintendent II Claude Lewis of Iron county school district. Mosiah Hall, state high school inspector, in-spector, who has returned from a week Bpent among the schools of Beaver and Iron counties, said ho found the grade Bchools of Cedar City in better condition than at any other time ho has visited them. The school there, in Profesor Hall's opinion, ranks with the best in the state in efficiency. "The grade schools of Cedar," said Mr. Hall, "are now housed under one roof and in a new building in which every grade room is complete, tidy and beautiful. The schools have been well organized and aro proceeding to work out tho modern objective of education edu-cation in an efficient -manner. The teachers are in harmony with tho ideals and there is a gratifying spirit of enthusiasm among staff and pupils. pu-pils. Each room when I was there had Its Christmas tree, and in tho hall thoy were building a community Christmas tree and plnnning for a genuine Yuletide festival. The health education of tho pupils is a matter of official attention, and a school nurse is making n good record for work accomplished. ac-complished. Several cases have been turned over to physicians for further attention. "The work in vitalized education is carried into the grades, each of which has access to the manual training room, where the students in even thtf lower grades may make things needed at homo or in school, and thus carry over the school work into their daily life. Tho system bids' fair to work out tho problems of elementary science sci-ence and nature study In a manner never before worked out In Utah schools. "Enoch, in the same county, 1 found to bo preparing for lifo o earth in n commendable way, without tho translation into realms above granted to its Biblical predecessor. "In Beaver I found the health work progressing staisfactorlly at the Bel-nap Bel-nap building school, nnd the morale of the school commendable. "Under n now instructor, tho Branch Agricultural college bids fair to give ,more attention to agricultural work, and tho good equipment there will I function In school service, I believe. I Excellent work is being done in English, Eng-lish, music, art and science, About twelve students, nil girls, are attending attend-ing tho normal training courso there. J "Tho Parowan High school is in excellent ex-cellent condition, and Profesor Robert Fenb n hat, worked out n plan of stu-Idcnt stu-Idcnt ovgar.intln thnt is giving results re-sults in student discipline. It was probably tho first school in tho state to establish student discipline in the study room, nnd it is working out well there. The doportment of tho Btudents is gentlemanly, nnd there is 'a gratifying nlr of industry at tho institution,. "The attendance at this high school J has increased 100 per cent over'whut it was at this time last ycav. The work at the school is woll balanced. "I found something of a lack of earnestness, industry nnd morale- at the junior high schools at Beaver nnd in Minersville. The Milford High school is more satisfactory, but tho attendance at-tendance in tho upper grades Is mucl: smaller than It ought to be." n Salt Lnko Tribune. |
