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Show REPORT OK THE EDUCATIONAL I COMMITTEE OK THE STATE ! KARM BUREAU OF LTAh Vour committee on education begaj leave lo report as follows and res- j pectfully submits the following principles prin-ciples and program for your con sideration as affecting the relation of the F:rm Bureau to the public schools, to the Agricultural College, and to other state educational institutions insti-tutions and commissions. We believe the function of our educational institutions to be the preparation of young people for the responsibilities and duties of life and these activities, as revealed in 'he normal life of the community, ihotild be actuated and controlled by :iigh moTal and spiritual ideals. These objectives, as we understand under-stand thera, are tersely summarized by the National committee on the objectives of secondary education, published by th eNatlanal Department Depart-ment of Education at Washington, in 1918, and' now incorporated In the Utah State Course of study. They are as follows; First, health; ocond, vocations; third, citizenship fourth, worthy home membership; fifth, worthy use of leisure time, sixth, ethical character; and seventh command of fundamental processes. We are in accord with the Utah 'tandards of education which provide pro-vide free elementary schools and require re-quire compulsory attendance upon he?e schools to the age of sixteen years, or until the eighth grade In completed, and which also require young people beyond the eighth i;rnde and between sixteen and eighteen eigh-teen years to be at work or to attend school a minimum of 144 school hours each year. We subscribe to tne principle that our youth should either be profitably employed or attend at-tend school to eighteen years of age. On the other hand, we are not In favor of a uniform school year of nine months for all youths regardless regard-less of economic circumstances, taste and abilities. In our judgment u great injustice is done a serious educational ed-ucational mistake is made where our young people are denied work experiences. exper-iences. The luxuries and ease of modern life have reversed the conditions con-ditions of a generation ago when we had too much work and too little school. We believe we need today more consideration for father's work on the farm and mother's work In the home. We understand this is good education, educa-tion, especially when this work experience ex-perience is etnriched and made profitable profi-table by instrucetion in agriculture, home-making, farm mechanics, and other practical courses. We want our schools to teach and train our boys to see the beauty and joy of life on the farm and! in the rural home, in short, to glorify the .vork of mother and father. With these as fundamental objectives we are willing to give as freely and liberally lib-erally as we can that our children may enjoy the art, the music, the literature, and the science of modern mod-ern life to enrich and embellish their lives. There is a limit however to oui' ability to pay. We therefore ask our local high schools, our state schools, j and our state commisisons to give J us just a little more if they can for the money at their disposal, to prevent pre-vent waste and duplication wherever it may exist, and to direct their attention at-tention more seriously to the practical practi-cal needs of the people. On the other hand, we do not : want our standards or efficiency low- ered. The cost of crime in America , today is too great to permit the neg- lect of the educational control of ! our youth. ; We believe th? local farm bureau j should familiarize themselves with ; the local school program to see that i it conforms to these principles; we ! believe the state executive board should familiarize itself with the ed-i ed-i ucational program of our state institutions in-stitutions and state commissions, j and especially with the program oi' i the Agricultural College, in order that all our educational institutions I may receive our sympathetic support I and that we may be assured that ev-j ev-j ery reasonable effort is being made ! by them to serve the best interests j nf the state. Very respectfully submitted State Farm Bureau. ' j Francis W. Kirkham, Samuel E. i j Taylor. M. S. Windser. ! |