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Show SUBnlGn IS MAKING A ' NAME : Ogden enjoys the distinction of being be-ing the first city In the United Stntcs to establish a sub-high school, says D. H Adams, principal of the local school, and during the three years of its life it has proved a most successful success-ful venture, increasing the efficiency of the pupils, It Is estimated, more than 50 per cent The school embraces the seventh and eighth grades only and is conducted con-ducted exactly as is a regular high school, each teacher specializing in one. particular study. Mathematics are treated in a rather unique manner. An amalgamation of algebra and arithmetic Is used, the basic principles of each are set forth as related to each other, thus enabling the pupil to become thoroughly familiar with the co-ordinate principles and pass to the higher school understanding what he does and why. "Scientific application of practical things," Is the motto of Prof Adams endeavors to follow, and to this end he has labored for the past fifteen years, with results that speak for themselves In the very atmosphere that surrounds the class rooms A greater concentration of thought and effort seems to proail than Is ordinarily ordi-narily apparent in school rooms. Although thero are now a number of sub-high schools In other cities, modeled after the one In Ogden, tho local school Is farther advanced along practical lines than any other The manual training department is especially interesting and reflects much credit on Miss Gertrude Fitzgerald, Fitzger-ald, tho teacher in charge. Bookbinding, Bookbind-ing, together "with brass work and carpentering aro taught and a large part of the work shows a great deal of skill and intelligence on the part of tho pupils. Over one thousand school books havo been bound during the past year, effocting a considerable considera-ble saving to the city. Thirteen rooms aro occupied at the sub-High school with a dally attendance attend-ance of four hundred and sixtv and it will not bo long before additional space will be required. The outdoor Industries, such as beet sugar culture, forestry, dairying and. in fact, all local industries, arc Introduced Intro-duced and tho pupils taken on periodical period-ical excursions by wjiich to acquire their" own ideas of such -matters and it is in this manner that Pro! Adams hopes to attain real "scientific application appli-cation of practical things" and to get away as much as possible from the purely theoretical Ideas. This, he believes, be-lieves, is the coming method, and as such is already recognized by teachers teach-ers throughout tbe country. |