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Show MISS PETERSON CIVEN RICH PRAISE RY COLLEGE PAPER The students' paper, at the Agricultural Agricul-tural college at Logan, pays the following fol-lowing his tribute to Bflsa Matilda Pe tcrson of Ogden: A comprehensive exhibit of the work of the Summer Quarter stu- i dents at the Utah Agricultural college in the industrial arts and educational seat work is now being be-ing held in the faculty room at the college. The exhibit was open from nine o'clock on Thursday and opened at twelve today. All summer school students and the public are invited. This work is under the direction of Miss Matilda Peterson, a specialist spe-cialist from the Kearney Normal school. Kearney, Nebraska. It is intended to train primary teachers in the educational seat work that Is such an essential part of the elementary .school education. The importance of this kind of training train-ing to the child can scarcely bo over emphasized. It gives opportunity oppor-tunity for independent thinking on the part of the child, and contributes contri-butes to concentration and logical thinking. It increases manual skill and conserves good habits. It conforms to the demands of art and of good taste. The individual individ-ual responsibility of the child is greatly increased by this work. Projects of different activities such as borne life, the farm peoples peo-ples of other lands, and studies in literature have been worked out by the teachers in the summer sum-mer school, in correlation with geography, history, numbers and language. These things, and many others are worked out in the exhibit in practical and easily recognized rec-ognized forms, so that the prospective pros-pective teacher may learn Just how to construct and apply them. nn |