Show TEACHERS OPEN WORK OF YEAR Children Today's Better Than In Past Says Hopkins Two hundred six ninety-six tors tors In the tho Og Ogden den Cn city schools school for forthe the tho th present school year were iii attendance at the annual Institute held belch at Central Junior High today W V Karl Hopkins superintendent of schools presided and anel am was tho the principal speaker Wade Vade M St Johnson president of oC the tho city board ot of o education C N Jensen state superintendent of ol public A C Matheson assistant state superintendent and Dean Milton of ot Utah un- un un spoke briefly Teachers of tho the city schools school will hold 1 their annual social atthe at atthe a the Lewis Junior Junior High hUgh school to- to tonight tonight night commencing at 8 1 o'clock will be the Dancing concluding event Class Closs work In all 1111 the city schools will get underway at 9 a 11 m Mon Mou- Monday day Addressing tho the teachers this thi morning Superintendent Hopkins Hopkin said ONE OXE GREAT T DAY Y It Is Ia a great groat day In this tills city cit when our public schools open In September and our bo boys and girls Bin go 0 marching In thousands to them themI i I I sometime think the tho first day doy of school Is a n greater day than II a a nit nit- na holiday because it is so vital a day In every home where there thero ar are children Children face a new years year's orl under under new conditions a ney no nc course new books new c room rOm and ancl vital thinG OI all ncr teacher under whoso hoso influence they are to be bl changed to be ba b given l gooi habits or bad habits to bo ho or hindered in growth to grow In power or to grow row In stupidity The teacher is measuring tho th children as to t their elt power and Ill fit Illness ness floss and making her judgment oC o othorn thorn them The Tho children are busy too measuring their teacher uni deciding whether they will talc her or not What a 0 happy tiling thing when the th tb teacher at nt once wins the tho conG dence and good will of o her pu- pu pupils Pu Pupils pils Happy are the tho children when teacher has tact courtesy anti some coma sense of at humor and pathy with young life GOOn GOOD BREEDING O I-O There Is no place In the worM won where the tho manners of o a gentleman gentle gentleman man or lady count more than in intha ii the tha school room All the arts or o good breeding are not too much to t spend to win the heart and OCi the minds of or children A teachers teacher's name is In all th the homes that first night and fathers are ar eager to know ho the io the day has gono gone and nd what the th prospect is For or to the each pupil 13 Is Ii a child but In some som home he Is my child He lie ma y bo be dull or alert commonplace o 0 or Interesting colorless or vivid but bu buhe buhe ho he Is b to his parents their dearest deares possession What the fathers father an au and mothers think of ot a teacher should bo do of at o great c concern concern to h her r It s a wise teacher who to show parents that she sh Is work work- working work log ing with them for tor the tho best In- In Interests ill of at o their boys boya and girls To be genuinely Interested ii In chilI child life Is an asset It It always alwa's pays when a gives children the tho Impression that tha she uhe Is their friend as well as their teacher Some people do It lIh such lIuch case else There Is somethIng In getting gottini In back of ot the lessons and teach tench- teaching Ing the life interests of o boys and am girls that Is well worth while v NEED FIU PH FRIENDSHIP need most of at o all 0 l friend In those who guide them they need our reassurance anee ance when hearted down we w s can carsay often jay ay the word often otten that helps II not hot to lose faith in himself It Is Ia a spiritual tonic to a pupi to know that some sonic one ono In author authority authority ity over him believes that ho he h is In it earnest In his work and is to do his best beeL Congenial work never hurt any anyone an anone amone one Activity cures fatigue Let Letus Letus Leius us do our work well and insist insisi t that hat our our our boys bos and girls In ill school schoot do likewise The Tho children of ot today are aro arbet bet bet- bet bet to tee teI than titan tho the youngsters of o the thc past I- I I most emphatically dis- dis disagree dis disagree agree with wilh the pessimists who In- In insist In Insist that civilization Is on the tir de- de decline de decline cline This Is a 0 better belter wor world Id m iii which w wy live than It it WitS was years ears ago aso It Is h true he e that the tha children of the present grow old moro than formerly but by this I mean old In wisdom and experience ence and not hot In years ears They learn the tho bett better r things earlier In life liCe DEMANDING MOBIl standards for forthe forthe Vo Wo set hither higher orthe the children of at o tolla today and one ouo or of these s Is that we want children not liot only to be b healthy but to tobe tolie tolio lie be happy as well Fo For pier the tho child the te more conducive e lie Is to learning Children are arc taught a 0 respect for Ideals In- In in elude cluda reverence re and nd religion We Weare 0 ar are broadening our meaning or of religion today Summed up it IS brotherhood of or nil alt races and creeds Differences In theological matters there thero can oe De but not In feeling toward fellow human be- be beIngs be beings ings Pigs Hatred must be foreign to religIon One denomination can can- cannot cannot can cannot not revere rover religIon and hate hoite tI thosa ot 01 another So let Jet us be tolerant Really neally I am very cry optimistic about tho the future or of o our schools There Thero Is far better belter discipline ot of the right sort and and- greater happi happl- hap happiness pl ness nes among the children today ihan ever eer before The quality or of o Instruction and l tho 1110 results aro ara better belter than them at any ally tulle since tile the schools were wera first organized The schools are ar put put- putting put putting ting hog forth forth more moro effort today than It it any time lime In history toward character building School buildings and equipment ve vastly improved School costs relatively speaking In comparison with service rendered have hav not Increased Schools today are ar performing many functions which formerly was the duty o ot other er Institutions to 10 perform and ad tile they are r doing them bent well well- Schools are aro 10 more expertly man man- managed aged eged and taught by belt better r trained than ever before It s Cs is my humble opinion that the he good old days In educatiOn n were vera not as IlS good as the tho present lays das In education PUBLIC INTEREST educators must increase public Interest and public confidence The TheoM Theold oM Id slogan What Is ii wrong with the ho schools makes way for What Is S right with the schools when there ther Is a complete understanding of at what Is going on In the th schools I believe e the schools are or ar right It If they are ate preparing youth for life liCe Ir ir they thoy are arc teaching teaching- the funda fundamentals In education which inter Inter- Interpret Interpret interpret pret lIfe In terms of or life Books nooks aol things work woj-k and study honor duty truth courage faith and hope love lovo of ot home homo and country Country reverence for God Cod and nd for forone one an another other skill and self reliance kind kind- kindness kindness kindness ness patience helpfulness sympathy pa- pa pa tience forbearance obedience and regularity Industry and application love lo ot of work ark be- be be lief hot belief behot In service wisdom ls and strength from difficulties overcome these are aro como come ot of o the fundamentals In education which will III servo sene as os the final test or of o the th free treo public schools of at America HeadIng writing and arithmetic should be bo taught but not as s funds funda fundamentals except as In learning one Is taught to read fine tine things to write beautiful a U ul thoughts anti to know coat In of or life the sum of o ones one's books can bo be ob oh obtained tamed by subtracting from others ethers others e We 0 mIght discuss from the th sam sam point point or of o view th the teaching teaching- of ot go- go geography ge geography history civics science music and nd literature The sum of at atIt olIt It all Is that the product of at the school must be b measured in ter teris ot of character and citizenship A school system Is a money money- spending money spending rather than a monc money money making making organization The prod prod- products products of the tho system are arc not easy ca to measure and lire are incapable ot at standardization Tile fe Th benefits are often orten IntangIble and long delayed School people are dealing In fu- fu futures futures fu futures tures The rho rh responsibility which IS common to all school officials official is isto isto to see s o that the tho th money voted for tor forthe the schools Is l spent and wisely that the th largest returns possible como come to th the community In edu educational results |