Show SHALL OUR ROOF LEAK wo refer again to the educational cr awn jewel of ogden city the new central school of whose institution and organization wo endeavored to delineate a faint sketch last week the importance of the subject and the urgency of its speedy settlement are euch tint once in awhile ing mention of it may well be granted to a paper which like the does aims to be the people paper par excellence ventilating all questions pertaining to the public welfare in a spirit we have divided the central school in our project into three classes of one or two years courses eich we have also allotted all ottel to each graaf certain amount of work to bo performed and have made the faithful performance of this work the condition of advance into higher grade with this wo intend to secure thorough and conscientious ious work mindful of alio ancient adage that we learn for life not for the school another principle which will materially teri ally promote efficient work in the cluss room will be ther organization of the staff of teachers on branch plan the careful painstaking continuous method in which the instruction in each branch bo given requires special and scrupulous preparation of teacher for his work hence it be in our estimation far the advantageous plan to divide branches among three or four instructors tors preceptors ors or professors than leave each teacher fritter hi time and talents away in incongruous instruction thus for instance one teacher ha charge of the language department reading spelling grammar composition rhetoric ac another takes the mathematical branches from arithmetic as far the course extends A third gives the instruction in history geography and cognate branches for the scientific branches and ringing and drawing lecturers would lie engaged who would give their lessons once or twice a week or as often as the schedule prescribes the details could bf regulated reu according luo wim eulue ik competition and consideration for employment in this or that capacity the principal idea is simply this that it would result in far better attainments tain ments of the scholars if the whole education in any one branch of learning throughout the entire cauree were committed to the same person specially fitted and prepared than to create discord and discrepancy by three persons splitting abe frame branch into three inharmonious parts at the be id of the rector or principal would be placed who would be adapted by persona mental moral and social constitution to represent the institution worthily outside and maintain authority inside he might at the same time have charge of any one department although it would conduce greatly to ahe benefit of the school if he were wholly unencumbered by any direct caching but could devote all bis time to the active and constant supervision per vision and superintendence of the various departments it may be objected that this plan would be far expensive than the other system e one teacher for etch class As we are crowded for space today to day we will simply po pound the problem which ie cheaper a leaky roof at or a whole substantial one at oaf citizens want a good educational establishment in their city they have undertaken heavy expense to get the edifice erected and they wilt not split the dime nor rape the nickel in establishing a first claas school within the walls |