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Show 00 NEW SYSTEM IN SCHOOL IS A SUCCESS So successful have been the results of the plan introduced into som? of the county schools b Superintendent W. N. Petterson, whereby credit Is given In school for industrial work done at home that next season such industrial work will be placed on the urricuium and become as important as any other subject on the list of studies Teachers and principals have re ported that the system has been the means of retaining boys, from the fifth grades up. in school at this time of the year when, under the old ss tern, they would have given up their studies to work in the fields The successful method of combining home and school work was originated by the state superintendent of the Oregon schools and when the BUCCess of the movement became certain he communicated his plan to United States Commissioner of Education Claxton, who in turn sent letters to the superintendents of the schools throughout the United States Superintendent W N Petterson of Weber county took up the plan and, with a few chances of his own, inaugurated in-augurated the system In five of the larger schools as a test and the results re-sults have proven entirely satisfactory. satisfac-tory. As followed at the present time, students who do garden, dairy or house work at home will secure credit upon the school books for work done after 6chool upon bringing a written report from the parents that the work has been done. For such work the students are given a credit of 10 per cent on their final monthly marks. That means that If a student attains but an average of 60 per cent for the school work and the passing mark must be 70 per cent, the 10 per cent that Is secured from home Industrial work will give him a sufficient grade The principals of the schools, where the system is in effect, report that the pupils, knowing thnt they will ret i ivo credit for work done at borne, hesitate to leave school when it becomes be-comes time to plant the spring crops, but work harder before and after school to do the work required of them on the farms Not ouly do the bovs Rain by the system, but the Irls. too. secure benefits. ben-efits. For such homely duties as washing dishes, scrubbing floors, cooking, cook-ing, baking and washing, credit Is tuven at school upon receiving a rec-ord rec-ord from the parents Thoueh the adoption of tbe plan baa met with the approval of the teachers and students, the parents Iho are pleased with the way the proposition Is working and to meet the wishes of all residents iu the county, the board of education will order that all schools of Weber county plai e industrial work upon the curriculum curric-ulum i oo |