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Show PROF. MILLS FOR WOffl ANB STUDY That pupils In the public school3 should be given manual labor to perform per-form after school hours that they might learn the value of the dollar, is tho opinion of Superintendent J M. Mills of the Ogden public aehoois. Mr. i Mills made the statement when shown statements by prominent educators in favor of abolishing home study. When interviewed, Mr. Mills said. "Sonic children should be required to study at homo and others shou'.ct not It is my belief that manunl la bor required of boys and girls at home would be of more benefit to them than study, but I do not advocate all work and no play hy any means. "The modern system of rearing children chil-dren is turning out into the world an army of young men and women who are growing more frivolous each day They do not understand the value of money, having never been given an opportunity op-portunity to earn. In several instances, in-stances, the young men and women of families are permitted to idle after school hours, when servants are hired to do the work which could profitably be done by the children. "A proper system of education would require school work for half a day and manual work during the other half This manual labor could consist of gardening, dairying, or, In fact, any form of labor that would require re-quire physical exertion. If that sya-tem sya-tem were followed out, the student would bo better morally, physically and mentally because the brain would be clearer for the reception of thoughts gleaned from tho 3chool work and the results of idleness would be 1 done away with. "But such a system Is not possible when home discipline is slack The pupil pu-pil Is bettor off In the school room than out when he would be on the streets because of a lack of something some-thing to fill his time. Several young men nowjn the higher grades are show sh-ow too much spending monoy with the result that they do not know the value val-ue of money and are growing up in such a manner that they will not be the most useful members of society. "In cases where home study is required, re-quired, the study should bo of such nature that the boy or girl will tako to it willingly and thereby get more from the study. It is not necessary to study' the text books alone to ger information. History may be studied through books which aro of such Interest In-terest that the pupil will delight In rending them. I have found that such subjects as agriculture now being taught In public schools have a tendency ten-dency to interest the student to such an extent that he will seek out infor matlon of his own will Study which must be enforced does not accomplish accom-plish its purpose. "Up until the student in the Ogden public schools reaches the junior high schools, very littlo homo study is ie-quired ie-quired But In the high schools n little home study Is required and I do not believe that the students surfer sur-fer harm through It' |