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Show INCUBATORS IN EXHIBIT HOLD ATTENTION John M. Mills, superintendent of the ' Ogden schools, has returned from the N. E. A. convention. Just closed In l Salt Lake, well pleased with the show- ing made by Ogden. He states that the Ogden exhibits were among the j most Interesting and many high com- Pllments were given by educators I Mr. Mills states that Carrie V Knapp, supervisor of arts; Alice Bowen, supervisor of domettc science j and art; Henry Barker, principal of the Grant school; A. C. Anderson, head of the manual training department depart-ment of the Central Junior high school, and the Misses Frances Smith and Sophie E. Wethercll. teachers, deserve de-serve much credit for the success ol the Ogden schools' showing during the convention time, as they were ever present to make explanations and through their efforts vlBltlng educators educa-tors from all parts of the country were made to understand ihe school situation situa-tion In Ogden. The superintendent states that the Ogden schoolB Incubators In operation were among the more popular attractions attrac-tions and that nearly every teacher j made a study of the work. Since the close of the convention, Mr. Mills has received a number of requests for the I children's notes on tho hatching of chickens by artificial mean6, stating that the notes are desired not only for the manual training feature, but for lessons In art. arithmetic grammar, composition, spelling, punctuation and other features of the grade work In education. In the notes taken by tht Children'! drawings of the little chicks were made as art lessons. The grade students with Ogden schools, where the Incubators were used, were required to take notes and compile them Into a story of chicken culture furnishing an opportunity to work along the linos of the grade work In manv of its phases Mr Mills says that the Incubator was not Instituted particularly to teach the child how to raise chickens, but to furnish an interesting means for the child to learn to write and draw and spell and figure and think out and express a connected plan of Industry The Incubator from Ogden was a uovel and unique feature of grade work, as shown the schoolmen of the nation, and there is little doubt but that the plan will be adopted and placed In operation In many of the grade schools of the country next year The convention, says Mr. Mills, was one of the most profitable and interesting inter-esting yet held by the N E. A. 00 |