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Show TELLS (IP UTAH j SCHOOL SYSTEM Mosiah Hall. State Inspector, Writes to Literary Digest SALT LAKE. Sept 20. Alma of Utah schools in bringing about a more Intelligent, responsible and a more active ac-tive eltlienahlp are relateil in a letter by Mosiah Hall. stan high school inspector, in-spector, to the Literary nigesu Ho xays. . "Utah has definitely set herself the tp'ak of equalizing educational ad van -tagen to all Children In the .tute; mak- Inn possible a hlirh school education , for all of her younp people; rendering each child na nearly as may be phys-ICally phys-ICally fit. morally stralpht. mentally alert, vocationally efficient, and ca-thettoally ca-thettoally Inclined, all of which are es- ntlal to the highest type of citizenship. citizen-ship. "To realize these hlK'i objectives. Utah haa adopted a most progressive Jpiogram of education Among the pro-!i?1oii pro-!i?1oii now In operation are the tol- lo ing: The consolidation of all of her public pub-lic schools Into tbTrty-flVe rural ills-t. ills-t. ict units and five city systems Thla makea possible effective organliation in.1 administration, thorough suptr-iion. suptr-iion. ami places the machinery of the school on a sound business foun- ddtlon. Althouph complete conaoll-i datlOli has bee;i in operation but five j i n, It h is resulted In greatl ln-CTeased ln-CTeased attendance in elementary S hools, marked improvement In school buildings and grounds, and an ire rease of more than 100 pei cent . In high school enrollment- ' An effective up-to-date health law 'A new course of study In civics which la actually functioning In the rchool and community- List year the BChoola of the state took part in a ci Ic health clean-up campaign. Ueportsi .re on file from all but two small lso-li:ied lso-li:ied districts In the state. Indicating that the work ivas undertaken with xcat anil enthusiasm Thla year a ru-lal ru-lal sanitary survey Is planned, much 01 the data for which art to b. galh-eiecl galh-eiecl 6 Jilgh school ttudcntl Part-time tjompulaor) attendance up to eighteen years of .ite, supple-iiinting supple-iiinting the compulsory law up to slx-trcii slx-trcii years. Tills part time law in practice is resolv ing Itself Inio .-ej 1 1 1 1 1 -nme measure, it was responsible last year largel for an increase of 40 per ti nt in hipb school attendance, 'Ail-year-round supervision of civic, health, vocational and patriotic activities. activi-ties. Insuring thai children cannot be exploited by i ml list rial agencies. "An effective law on Americanization Americaniza-tion of aliens. 'in addition to the above, a constitutional consti-tutional amendment Is before the peo-l peo-l It of the state t" be voted on November No-vember next, providing for a state fund of at least $25 per capita of school population, which fund is to be used exclusively for the payment of teachers' teach-ers' salaries. ' The foregoing are essential to an Understanding 01 1 tab's new course In civics and tne means designated to put It into operation. Good citizenship is dependent directly upon health supervision, su-pervision, sanitary equipment, good buildings and grounds, and indirectly un Rood lo.ids, I : i n.-pnit.i lull. and other factors of an efficient school organization or-ganization "Courses In civics cannot bp Imposed Impos-ed from without, but must grow out o- the actual life of the school and the community Utah's key to the civic problems, therefore, is participation This Is the magic talisman designed tq unlock the gntos leudlnK to tin' land of ci i righteousness and to permit the school and community to enti i and ' rijov. "The seeds sown in the schools will blossom foith in the lives of the coming com-ing gem ration ur duty today is to implant the perms of a civic con- science In the hearts or the children of America with the sublime assurance that tomorrow the will ripen Into a wholesome citizenship.'' oo |