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Show j Francis W. Kirkham, Director of Vocational Education, Addresses Teachers Francis W. Kirkham, state director of vocational education, is in Ocd-iii today, and this morning addressed :i meeting attended by Superintendent 'W Karl Hopkins, principals of ail the , grades, junior high and high schoois, and superintendents of departmental education at the offices of the board of education, with regard to tho stata law dealing with vocational education. Mr. Kirkham brought to tho atten tion of his audience the forward character char-acter of Utah's legislation with regard to this subject, making the point cloar that this state holds the highest place in the educational program of the country for what it authorizes to l-o done for the children of the community commun-ity in tho matter of education in health, work, thrift and community civics. The state law, he said, authorizes au-thorizes boards of education to use money from tho taxes for educational purposes in these subjects. Long before be-fore the stato law became a fact, tho board of education of Tooele had gone on record about this matter in propositions propo-sitions passed al a meeting of the board of education and teachers in health, homo economics, agriculturo, and the superintendent of schools, cn April 1, ISIS. Yesterday at Tooele the same body went on record as follows: " "That in tho high schools of tho Tooele county schools district, no person per-son enrolling during or after the school year of 1920-21, shall be entitled en-titled to a high school diploma who has not conformed to tho standards prescribed by the board of health, work and thrift, and community civics. civ-ics. This work is to bo in addition to the required sixteen units. "That for unconditional ppromotlon from grade to grade in tho elementary schools tho pupil shall satisfy minimum mini-mum requirements In health, work and civics to be set up by the board of education." Mr. Kirkham pointed out that Utah's legislators are wise in seeing that the only way to combat excesses of radicalism in the-human mind is to have a four-square education, that not only takes up tho matter of pure scholarship alone, but pays the rightful right-ful attention to matters of health, , work, thrift and community civics. ! This will permit a child to grow up i Into the sound apprehension of what I the body is and Is for, what should go to the making of successful work, what to do and where to put his money, mon-ey, and how to live in tho community, not merely as an individual, but as a constructive member of a healthy social so-cial organism. Mr. Kirkham will be present tonight at a meeting of the city board of education, edu-cation, when the plan for a twelvemonth twelve-month system of education in these subjects will bo thoroughly discussed from every point of view and plans laid down for tho practical application applica-tion of the law in Ogden. Salt Lake and Jordan, as well as Tooele, now have their plans laid for a strict application of the principles of the law. ' on |