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Show CITY SCHOOL TEACHERS GATHER IN If FIRST CONFERENCE; EDUCATORS OF I OGDEN AND SALT LAKE ADDRESS THEMi Teachers of the Ogden city school?, met In the Central Junior high school assembly hall at 9 30 o'clock today. Moro than 250 Instructors, principals and educators were present. it was tho first greetins to th- Instructor since the schools' doors were bolted last spring. Mark Robinson, formerlj In cnargi of the music department tor the ily schools, who was recently signed to again take direct charge ot the nni-ii nni-ii w..rk here, was the first speaker n tbf program, following Invocation which was offered by G. A. Goatos, scout executive ROBINSON SPEAKS In his address Mr. Robinson said In part. The public school is everybody's every-body's university Music Is a great field of education In which much can be done to improve the present methods meth-ods In this countr .Music can be divided into three distinct classes. First, there Is the creator of music, second, the performer, and third, the listener. .Music Is one means of addressing .i forcicnei M i.s Un easiest w.i u making him understand and in that phase is a leafier. H mak'vs one love his country, Ins people ar"' his home. " Following his address Mr. Robinson led the teachers In three songs, the first being America. " the second, The Star Spangled Banner," and the ilnrd. IJ Folks at Home. Superintendent v Karl Hopkins then Introduced Mayoi Frank Francis, Fran-cis, who formally welcomed the Instructors In-structors in behalf of tne c.tir.ens of Ogden. Mayor Francis In his speech said in part: When 1 entered the school building build-ing this mornlns I carried my hat in my hand, which shows that 1 have been associating with a different class of people, the politicians. I hope that ihls (. r will Da far sunerlor to last year in your work and thai foil may realize your ambitions to oui hearts' dcaire." REPR1 SES rs BOARD in the ebaenpe of President E l I Rioh, R. li. Hodge, the youngest member mem-ber of the board of caseation, represented repre-sented the board at the meeting. Ihe uy of gden should arl?o so they may have n time the best schools In the r.tate of L'tah." said Mr. Hodge Wc have one of the best corps of, teachers in mo I'nlled States and the best corps of instructors of any city, in thv stale In behalf of the noard of caucatlon 1 extend a greeting to you and 1 hope tnat tho coming ear. will be one filled with success at ever? turn. You have given splendid results Hi the past, let s have even better results in ihe future." W1XTLE rALKS "The Junior High School As an up- portunlty" was tne subject dwelt un by J W Wlntlc, president of the principals' prin-cipals' association Principal Wintle toiu of tne work of gden teachers during the epidemic or lniluenza in j th.s . ity in ihe tall of 1918 and winter of 119, of how some of the teachers, curried on a ciurespondence school! by mail with their students and ot the wonderful results obtained. He urged teachers of ugden to professionalize iheir calling, stating that they were leading In the development of the nation na-tion in closing his address Principal Wintle read a poem, entitled The Hvy Who Didn't 1 a.. ' o PATRIOTISM "Civic Patriotism." was the subject selected by Superintendent E. 8. Hinck" ley of the State Industrial school. Cl -1c pride and civic patriotism are two! essentials to civic welfurc," said Mr. Hinckley, and civic patriotism Is one, phase whl h an surely bo Improved! upon in gden as well as in any other, city. . a kw years ago I was In Los 1 Angeles ami had the pleasure of chat-! ting with one ot Me leading business-' pien ot that Qlt) He stated that there were bui two classes of people in tne United States ana he defined, them to me. much to my amazement.' "One class, he stated. Is the clas that livesn Loj Angeles and the other class Is the man who wants to live! In Los Angeiej That's civic pride. And fo it IS the time with all of us. A lew ye. us ago. while attending the world s fair al St. Louis i was riding lo the fir grounds in a street car In ' one end of the ear was a nuky Iilsh-man Iilsh-man As we neared the fair grounds he noticed an Irish flag floating in the breeze. Overjoyed he sounded out Hurrah for Ireland ' Jn another orner of the car was a drowsy fellow, fel-low, who answered. Hurrah for hell .' You're right old top," the Irishman icplled. 1 wouldn't give a damn for! p 1 any man that wouldn't stand up for I his country.' ENDORSES SINGING "When I was a student In school Singing was one of the subjects neglected ne-glected and I can now appreciate the' ' work of those Interested in musli 1 g-j g-j den Is Indeed fortunate In having the bo 1 music Instructor In till state and one of the best in the United States at 1 the head of that department Mark I Robinson get., results and that Is one 1 phase of development In Civic welfare wel-fare rind eivlc pal rioti r 1 We u in I a greater Ogden and a better ogden.' . MURRISON H s N. Harry Murrlsoii, in charge of the; music work fur dmmunltj Service In I Ogden, who has conducted the sings here fop the last sl. week , frafl IntrO-1 ilucetl to the icaehers l Snperlnt 11-I 11-I .lent Hopklna M irrlsor 9 is right at 1 home, he said us he vra.e (r manj ; years an Instructor In an eastern I ichbol He led the teachers In three i songs I "The majority Of audiences want I jazz, fox trots and one-steps." said Mr MtirrUon, but few want the folk' songs and ihe national songs " Three songs e ere sung b the teai ei Pill Wi Met I A iln,' 1 ld B a i Joe" and "Smiles." In the s,.,ig Smiles.' the word, "smiies" was omitted, the teachers rlit- lerlr.g a regular how l. vou d'." ' -n-.he ins'...,i which, brought om the results Noukci.t y. Mr. Murrison, Mrs. I Murrison pl.iyed the Mpanlihent, 1 1 MILD SPI Ms v Superinten.lent Q. N Child of the Salt Lake cltv schools was the final j speaker of the morning His subject 1 was. "Growth, the Teachers' Dun Mr Child said In part: I 1 believe teaching Is the greatest profeion on earth. Businessmen throughout the L'nited tSates admit teachers are one of the mr.-t essential 1 iactors in the country. Their service IS important to the world, to the nation, na-tion, to the people engaged In It and Ls In nr. estimation "ne of the leading factors In the upbuilding of our great country a must not fall, we must succeed. When we all succeed the reform re-form school 11 nd the jail no longer will be known lr man. Failure is serious; it leads to misery. When we are in need of n carpenter for the construction of a building, we always select the expert and so It Is the same In other line.-, of endeavor. If you are going to be happv vou must be successful. Success to" us this year ls not only Important to the city, the county, the state, the country, but to ourselves. It Is Just what wc make of During his address Superintendent child explained how somc cities g 1 better results in education than others stating that a clear vision of understanding under-standing was one of the essentials for success In the school iooni. UFTERNOON PROGR M The afternoon program was scheduled sched-uled to start at 2 o'elock with the following features: Music by Mark Robinson. The Challenge of the Roy," l' Superintendent Frank I.'rlggs of the State School for the Deaf and Blind The Call of the Hour." bv Superintendent Superin-tendent of Public Instruction L. J. Mulr and a closing address l Hon Nephl L. Morris A reception nt the Ogden high school will be held this evening In honor of the teachers. The program will start at 8 o clock and will be In the nature of a "get acquainted" Party. The reception committee for tho entertainment this evening is as follows fol-lows W L. I'nderwood, J. a Junk Gerta Woodruff. Mrs S E. W Reed! Carrie Knapp. Henry Barker, Emma Nlelson and J E Beeson. Tomorrow morning and afternoon the tea. h.-rs will meet with principals at their respective schools, at w hi h time they will he assigned to their rooms, and after that work for the coming year will be discussed The school bells will toll a greeting to students stu-dents Monday, ar which time work for the 1920-21 seasons starts. 00- |