Show HIGH SCHOOL OGDEN UTAH 1 I FIVE POINTS PUBLIC SCHOOL OGDEN UTAH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS educational advantages ol 01 ogden modern school buildings Buil dines ivo and a corps of bachers la chers BOARD OF 1895 96 term espiria dec 31 AO 1895 THOMAS D IEE W P HART JOSEPH F D M mckee OFFICERS A C president THOMAS D DEE vice president GEO 11 MATSON clerk VM superintendent STANDING committees 1 AUDITING FINANCE AND A thomas D dc D c josepn P durton D M mckee 2 TEACHERS SALARIES D M M ke K e chair iaan W P hart F buron 3 BUILDINGS GROUNDS REPAIRS AKIL FURNITURE V P art A M makee 4 TF BOOKS COURSE OF TION PRINTING joseph P burton A C emerson thomas I 1 dee 5 lankart Lin KART A 0 bennt gyori chair mAii W P clift thomaa D dep 6 A C emerlon Emer pon chairman deewe hart it i p for supported by a generous and public sentiment to establish in a community a very complete of public schools but the operation of such system will be without purpose life or sou all its movements are vital zed by tha inspiring influence 0 intelligent amr skillful teach rs far above and surroundings in importance are alib teach eiB that janaee aal instruct placed in their care the is chanced being aa soon as it comes within the charmed circle of a well kept ant thoroughly taught school it would debard to find anywhere more ot the qualifications that BO to make teacher than in our own system of schools there is a etrope evidence 0 an earnest hearty cheerful cooperation between the teachers principals and pupils never before in our history has GO much attention been civen to the methods education tha attention which the schools are receiving from large and intelligent portion ot the community is moat encouraging what is sometimes construed as an may be but an evidence that the leopa are insisting that every public institution in our land deserves and enst receive the benefit ot the best judgment of the best people just bow much the public schools ofa today OUR lit to undertake is and has bren a fair an scion generally all agree that the main object should re the train iop of ha youth toward a strong vigorous patriotic and more than all an upright moral character mural exceeds in importance intellectual power and BO it is truly paid that any system of education that dovw emphasizes cultivation of the head neglecting that of the heart should have no placa in america GRADING AD SYSTEM for convenience we speak of the schools as primary grammar and the twelve yeata ot the complete loniea are divided into parts of four ears i aab the conduct of the pr mary ia not 0 o uniform aa in iha grammar serio ola tho dent has been to allow and encourage enco individual action in all room in birst fiade rooms and to withhold alt hini tationa those rendered nees sary by the relations of classes and rade one to another caro is taken to dia tin gush liberty from licanda in management and method the rooms have more in common than tha primary grades the discipline 0 the schools is excellent cel lent corporal is deldorn or never reasoned to it may bo well to remark that the bet be t choo lr ara alios e who e ia never by even the ot physical pain mch as taints fretting and whip that pupils can be ROO I 1 discipline without recourse to tha rod is a fact actually demonstrated the new lourse f study prepared by the superintendent prof william ach don marks a new era in the affairs of una city the teachers geror not long in adopting the new methods employed and took up the work with zeal as to leave no doubt 0 alie excellent results to be obtained an increased amount of time and attention over lat year bein given to elementary science and literature together hac alie correl lation 0 subjects the befar are encouraging to insure efforts along the earns line in the future important chanzes hava occurred in the high school this year to new teachers pi of J P engle and miss fan me M dy have been added to ilia corps OF the course has been changed from three to four years thus increasing the efficiency of this department now universally to be a necessary adjunct to a thon nigh public school B stem heretofore the four years course hasa not been considered expedient owing to the advanced aea ri the pupils the better facilities of late years however have obviated this so trial now thu age of pupils entering the aich school dues not exceed eliat in other cities where the four years couro ia the only buo ouo deemed practicable the average child school at six borrs of etke is able to the entire course as prescribed and at the age of eighteen the school law provides for twelve years of tuition tha curriculum of the high pibool embr atea and Cla they both include all the fundamental branches in common the main difference differ enca tant the study 0 jaitin la required durins the four years in h while the english courna mathematics german is taught in holh cours s and ia not op ional as A critical in ot ue oden now in i B school a ruining an comprehensive aad complete as that of any other city in the west TUB TEACH KRS the board of education guard jealously the baet inie of the public schoola echo ola la appropriated in unless while everything hect to the healthy growth of abb s supplied os rauk FROM FIFTH OUR PUBLIC the B paid to teachers are above he average throughout the united the efficiency of the teaching corps cannot be questioned to be eure incompetent teachers are fount here and thorn us in all balerna Be lerna of ec hoole but us soon as the board discovers ahat no progress is beinar made new teachers are employed to fill the vacancies caused by lie resignation of teachers atie teaching force is being strengthened constantly by the addition of new and er ongar material every department of the school as in peneca harmony with the others the board commanday commanda com manda the respect of every te the teach era in turn have the full confidence of the board and the the and confidence of both ogden may well be proud of her schoola echo ola they are second to none in alie west one striking excellence which first attracts and continues to hold the ad maraon of the vie aitor teacher ind pupils indeed the spirit of beauty deemi to hover over every tho athletic elein nt in childs nature is bring developed in moat of the room visited pictures framed with autumn leaves adorn the walls plants are in the windows and excellent drawings break th monotony 0 the black boards pot in daily ue in one of the he halls were filled with and century plants A strong contrast to the bleak and dreary outside all this haa been accomplished by the untiring energy and zeal of tho teachers it is an education in itself it was a feature in such rooms as above that the children were doing belter work the ease with they talked the correctness of their speech and the well bred belt possession with which they responded to their teacher was wonderful in barly every instance the mutual relations of teacher and pupil were those of a cultured ahnne the aleal home ia realia d in the school BO far as the purposes of the school permit lit the child he shielded from dreariness and dext after lie is shielded broco hunger and cold of body lt him be protected from hunger and cold of soul we may be wrong in our conjecture but there ia every reason ta believe that the men who have been chosen as mem ber bert t of the board of education and who constitute the several have had something to do in encouraging the growth of the spirit of refinement and culture THE CHANT the grant school is an 8 room school building and including the annex has 13 room besides the prin cipala office teachers room ato the spacious corridors are a pleasing innovation in school buildings buil dinga the building alco has play rooms in the basement for the use of children in inclement weather the sanitation and ventilation is complete the smead system of hof air ins been adopted onder this system the hot air ie changed every six minutes the exterior it to bo one ot tho handsomest it not the handsomest building in the city the sealing capacity is about but cn ao commodaro comm by a little crowding over pupils the ro ma are BO arranged as to throw the light in the beat possible manner for the convenience and health of the students and ventilation ti is as nearly perfect as can be provided tor in any building professor baduel doxey a native teacher esthe prince al the corps of assistant teachers in elude P C evans seth thomas miss fannio giai clara lint mis M Is eie e ie mies mary littlefield ifield miss bessie zinn mii ti minnie haves miss etholin Ed holin mrs will jenkins juliu diebol miss noel the grant is sustaining the splendid reputation which it has justly acquired the last few years the work is entirely and good progress is being made THE SCHOOL this build loK with the annex in ft thirteen room building with principals office teachers rooms etc it is more compactly than tho grant and therefore lacks the commodious halls which are found in the latter building it however admirably serves the for which it was constructed aud is considered by rood judges to be an almost perfect school building there is a good natured rivalry exia between these two schoola as they are the largest and best equipped buildings buil dinga in the city and employ a magnificent corps of teachers T H sweeney is mhd principal his assistants are P C evans miss mrs burton miss liea elliot misa mciguire Mii guire miss rose estelor mes sallie Ie tereen misa fitz kerald miss L petersen arr cahill liea bagley and miss keller prot sweeney is one of the oldest in the city and hua been in of the school far cur years to due the excellent accomplished accomplish ad at this school TUB school tha ia a four room building buil dinK equipped with heating and ventilation apparatus ednal to the larger buildings it ia well constructed and presents a handsome appearance in common with the other schools this has the same modern appliances and uru iture so necessary in tha ot the present the principal ia prof P K chistensen associated with bain are J hirst miss M rogers and may burton ris GREE thia is another tour room building in the bouth western part of the city the epe odid system 0 ventilation etc which characterizes all the build inga is in vogue here should the bonds be voted it in the purpose ot the board to increase the pingree school to an room building prof G P sic cabe lifts charge oc this ie ia probably the you nerist principal ia the city but aee with him has nothing to do with ot the school under his cure his assistant teachers afe misa alexander misa butts and mibs hurst MOUND TORT SCHOOL this school building was the elret ot the new faur room erected the same general advantages here asin the interior might anve bea arranged arrao ged BO as to male abd entrance the are prof J M bishop principal assistants mita fell and miss etta john BOO THE FIVE POINTS school this is conceded to be the baist tour budding in the city by thi best if meant the arrangement ot class room etc the location Is in chef extreme northern noi thern part of town and represent the impartial treatment ot the school bord to the inhabitants of this remote district prof W S a graduate of the of utah ia the principal with him are acci cited mies kennedy miss eugenic smith aad miss lillian shaw cl H the oldest school building of the laist modern buildings buil dinga is tho central school situated west of the city hall squire the inter or has been remodeller remodelled led tho present season and the tour large into eight convenient class rooms A new system of sanitation has also bawn introduced and it st ands today on apar wilh the other large in tins building is located the aror T B lotus one of the oldest and educators of the territory and the present of public instruction for the territory is the principal prof geo A katon has the de of and science FBi ile anthem and abo natural sciences misa M day history and literature prof EL II 11 adaina lias charge of the grad which asals instruct el in this building buil dinc ilis are airs dalton liaa sue west other schools are conducted in mariona parts of the city in bull aina not oded by the district eliw arthe south washington school critchlow and kirnan and Anna Covington aix street school la in charge 0 liea T II 11 maceuire and mias sadie robbing th twenty cef nd street school in charge ot mrs E B king and miss ilos ana childs built lini ot which prot G I 1 wado is principal mea izelen ataro and miss cora mcknight are the brooms anih school n conducted conduct pd by mass I 1 irwin the W et oden school is in charge of ass tho chippa school la ably bandied by miss may wasa the annton boad school la in clarne ot miss carrie peu i |