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Show 1 1 - WAR WILL MAKE CHANGES Br : . IN CURRICULUM OF THE I ! ' SCHOOLS OF THIS CITY J f" I ! Such vast changes have been -f I 'wrought in world history, politics, geography, and sclonco as a result of , Y -j ' the present -war, that It has been 1 1 j found necessary to make many ill ; changes In the curriculum of the Og- fi ; ' den schools, In order to keep the local f' I schools abreast of tho times. 'f' ' Superintendent Henry C. Johnson, of tho Ogden schools, Is now busy preparing a survey of the subjects which have been taught In tho past In . the local schools, and outlining the i subjects -which it Is planned to teach during the coming school year. The fact that thousands of Ameri-ji Ameri-ji T can boys and young man 'will bo in thf F ' i trenches of Europe -within tho next Li year or so, and that Ogden will fur nish her share from year to year, if t, J the "war lasts for an extended period . I I as many anticipate, emphasizes tho I .. need of giving tho pupils in tho high I school a thorough knowledge of French, German, and other languages they may have need of If they go to Europe. Wartime mathematics and sciences will havo their part In tho school curriculum, curri-culum, Superintendent Johnson realizing real-izing the value a knowledge of physics, chemistry and higher mathematics as applied to tho "science of wax -will be to young men who havo aspirations for officers' commissions in the army or navy. Although this Is vacation time for most of the teachers and others connected con-nected with the running of the Ogden Og-den schools, the local superintendent is as busy now as at any trme during the period when school is in session. It is his purpose to have at his finger tipB when school starts In tho fall all tho data necessary to superintend tho running of the schools with facility and efficiency. |
