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Show I The statement recently expressed I that ""Uintah county probably led the state in the institution of a popular competitive school sanitation contest. ( which "was a distinct innovation anti bade fair to makea sensation in school circles of the state, was contradicted by SupL W. N. Peterson of the Weber county schools, who slated that it was only fair to come forth ant! claim the honor for Weber county. SupL Earl Thompson, of the Uintah county i schools, recently had an extended in-terview in-terview in a Utah paper to the effect that the competitive school sanitation contest was original with Uintah coun-ty, coun-ty, says Superintendent Peterson, and he added that the idea had been bor-rowed bor-rowed from Weber county, where it had been in effect three years, Tiie Uintah county schools started the competitive sanitation plan this ear, according to the article, and with a report of its success made to the state department of education, was tho statement that Uintah, county was pioneering the plan, a form of which 1 ad been tried throe years ago in We-her We-her county. ( "This statement would lead ope to H believe," said Superintendent Fetter son, "that the plan had merely, been tried here three years ago and aban- i doned. We instituted it in 1015 and I have used it very successfully every, year since, so what is now hailed as new in fiho Uintah county schools has been tried and thoroughly worked out in Weber county. In 1915 and in 191C a report of the plan was submitted to tho state superintendent of public instruction. in-struction. There is no desiro on our part to enter a controversy on this subject but we merely wish to claim for Weber county what it deserves.'" The plan, as started in Weber county coun-ty in 1915, is that twice yearly a judging judg-ing committee from the schools visits vis-its each school of the district to inspect in-spect the score the school on its conditions con-ditions of sanitation and cleanliness. Prizes are given in A, B. C order for the winners and tho money is used to buy books which are the property or tho -winning school solely. This is an incentive to the students to clean up their school grounds and keep them tiloan, at least twice a year, and thus raises tho standard of sanitation and health about the buildings. "This plan was startod in Weber county," said Superintendent Petter-son, Petter-son, and is still in use. It has not been given t;p and we challenge anyone to prove tlfe contrary." |
