Show wf OF the monthly meeting trustees and teachers educational of weber county held in ih central school house saturday 27 1880 thero were presen I from the following districts ogilee city barrious Mar rioUs ogden lle woal debet hooper d the other districts were not represented some of the member who to participate not being present alie report ofilio constitution anday lawe was called for and read by charles glit chairman of he committee but on motion of it bal lantino action upon it wa deferred until the other members of the com cittee should bo present ceiaa now took the bloor and delivered an address on the duty of teachers the address fin dished it was suggested by fu V moncla that on account of the kalua la instruction contained in it it je submitted for publication in the a den and on motion of R ballantyne the suggestion wan bained the first steps in reading wae next introduced by miss lizzie fellows the lesson being given to a class of juvenile whom the teacher bad brought with her on the blackboard were given from the national charts and proved quite entertaining employment of teachers was presented by mr bans Pe tereon the speaker remarked upon the difficulties of securing the right kind of teachers observing that one might search from bear lake in the north to st george in the and fail to lind better beachem than those educated by at brat said he my were different but the results have compelled tle confession lie thought trustees hould not leave teachers to collect their pay after having earned it but should be responsible to them forit ur of marriotti Marri otts spoke a short time urging trustees to retain good teachers as long as possible even if it be found necessary to give them higher wages arguing that the result would be more satis fac lory since teachers generally lieve no sooner obtained the control of their school than the term is at nn end and another teacher is employ ed he wai followed by L F monch who urged the trustees to make punctual payment to teachers showing that one of tho best ancen lives to induce a good teacher to remain will be found in their removing the most disagreeable part of his labor that of collecting the tuition A recitation was given by miss jessie penrose en titled nan and while the piece was in itself most excellent tho rendition was equally as good creating found impression on all who listened prof L F monch gave the num her of children in the county between the school ages at of whom only 2000 according to last reports were in attendance at school but it was afterwards shown that there were several cadies which might tend to greatly reduce the number of absentees viz the change in alie school age made by the late legislature and tho manner of computing the attendance the speaker was of opinion that in some instances childrens absence is oc casio ned by the high price of tuition and recommended in redaction wherever possible in some warda there were widows with large famil iea who were unable to pay for their schooling and appealed to trustees to open tho doors of the schoolroom to eccli that in educational matters may not be the insurmountable barrier that it is in all things elie spoke in the strongest terms of theeril i of so much dancing and urged upon teachers parent and trustees the necessity of using their influence against it and particularly against round dancing as tenda ing to dem orilie the young and to lead their minds from the contemplation of thing more profitable samuel dye of uintah bald that in that district clero were at quite a number attending school freo of charge the report of tho committee on and bylaws by laws was again read and on motion of lorent Will dram the report atts accepted and the committee discharged but farther action was deferred until the next meeting the following is the pro for the next to he held on the saturday in jan 1881 to which lime the mealing was adjourned jour ned batles of trustees by richard ballantyne the trustee and the teacher by wm hall school government by lorenzo waldram duty of teachers upon thai play ground by ricy jones kong by misa bijie fellows recitation by liaa eunice wattis care of boak by teacher john aill |