Show 11 SCHOOL REPORT nr to the trustees Trat tees of hut the kift school district of beber counts GEN herewith ith I 1 submit to your honorable body the an nual report of the status of thedis the district schools of ogden gity which have been under my immediate supervision lor for the past year ritEr Acm the opening of the school year seemed to portend a prosperous future as the health of tile people was good and the tile earth was smiling with a bounteous harvest ere the the year closed however disease made sad havoc among our little ones carrying many to their last resting places and making many a merry home desolate this of course had its enact upon our school children both with the smaller ones who were afflicted and t the to larger ones who were compel compelled led to nurse them in their sick sickness nesi otherwise our facilities have been if anything better than during durin 9 the previous year bear 1 for the experience gained during that time enabled us to avoid many obstacles which otherwise would have impeded our labors in the P primary rin ary department of the central school we were considerably cra bly crowded for roam room and in fl fact act during the second term the whole building was crowded beyond ita its capacity capaci ty compelling compel I 1 ing us to use every available space for seating students and not even having a chance to reserve a small private room as an ail office in ill which to transact business or receive visitors in ili the Aza academic demic department much more ear efficient service could have been rendered if there had been apparatus to illustrate the sciences as it were compelled to content ourselves with pictorial illustrations principally organization ORG the faculty together 6 with the tile departments depart in ei ts over which cadi each presided were as follows L F monch principal academic department L waldram jun secretary grammar Gra minar department writ H jones intermediate dopart department part ment miss lizzie fellows miss ALliss marian miss aliss emily newman and miss hattie critchlow primary department miss henrietta L southworth vocal and instrumental music the following b members were employed only part of the year I 1 miss frances wood assistant in the academic department mr G it hill and mrs E W hill intermediate teri ter n and primary departments miss mit s nellic nell ie dana miss christiana cn and miss mia anna barlow primary department enrollment EN it 0 L L T AND AD the tile primary department consisting of three grades A B and C had pupils enrolled these were tabu tabulated as follows first ward second ward third ward fourth ward the attendance dividing it equally among the four schools was about 70 to each school the branches taught were cliart chart first and second I 1 headers Z ca corresponding corres I 1 respectively with grades A B and 0 aa as designated above arithmetic geography writing spelling citing s p and defini eions from reading lessons with weekly lectures on oil common things and dorala and manners these subjects sub i acts with the exception of the reading lessons were all carefully prepared by the teachers and placed on the tile blackboards before nine nine a in and after four p in for the pupils to copy and prepare for recitation it is unnecessary to state that this method re required a great deal of labor on the 0 part of the teacher his time being usually from eight am to six or seven pm uncommon in common were delivered upon articles of general domestic use showing their origin manufacture and uses to guard against rudeness at home on oil tile streets and at public places I 1 lectures have been delivered and thoroughly ims impressed amed upon the tile minds of the tile stu students ants on oil several subjects to instill a love for fur music and thus make the schoolroom as well as home more cheerful singing has been taught in all the primary primar y schools where the t teachers cac liers were able b le to impart instruction in this branch 0 in all till excepting ane school therefore the pupils have been taught one new song each week the fruits of this branch may ulay already be one to of children as they echo these innocent glees from street corner cottage and hall the number of pupils promoted from this department to the intermediate during the year is eighty nine tabulated as follows first war d 20 second ward 28 third ward 14 fourth ward 27 intermediate department there have been enrolled in this department pupils with an average attendance of 68 of this number 61 were iverc promoted to the grammar department the instruction st with but one additional branch history and the omission of lectures on common things Ti lings was similar to that of the primary dc do tit be being ing of a higher grade glade A A more thorough course of calisthenics was also introduced while music claimed her position among tho the regular branches GRAMMAR department in this department there have been enrolled altogether pupils I 1 I 1 but out of this number were transferred to other departments leaving an ail actual enrollment there fore of and an average attendance of 67 there were verc no students promoted from this department to the next higher the branches taught were similar to those of the lower department with the exception aa as before that they were of a higher grade ACADEMIC department this department has students enrolled with an average attendance of 90 out of this number 32 were over eighteen years of age in ili addition to te the tile common branches taught there were classes i in al algebra gera elocution philosophy si civil government history bistry tancie ancient nt media ival and modern viz united states england and rome and vocal music the tile branches completed during the year were arithmetic grammar gra minar geography philosophy elocution united states I 1 history ii 1 story and composition there was also a class of normal students numbering about twenty who received instruction not only in theory but iu the practice of teaching it is also pleasing to state in this CO connection that the attendance to the end of the last term was much better than during previous years and notwithstanding eliat th it it i t constitutes sti tut utes i only an ad advanced ical grade grode of a district distri C t school and that no pro tensions to solicit j patronage a from other parts of the county or territory have been made thero there have nevertheless been students enrolled from the following settlements mound fort lynne wilsons Wil sons lane hot springs north ogden Ri verdale hooper plain city sla ter berville ville marriotti Marri otts west weber brigham Brig liam city box elder co franklin idaho paris bear lake go salt sait lake city salt lake co beaver beaver co be and one from pinto court county ly these thes c students generally made excellent progress because their whole time and attention was given to study devoting but little time to recreation they were generally a credit to the sett settlements leill ants from froin which they come and I 1 believe the expense in the end is is no greater than it would bo be if they resided here VOCAL AND instrumental MUSIC by inadvertence the teacher from this department failed to render a statement of the work done before her departure south I 1 am there fore unable to give a complete report ort of the work done lone I 1 believe I 1 however that general satisfaction has been given for sho she lias has certainly worked worl W faithfully and earnestly to satisfy her patrons the in instruction consisted of instrumental music music theory vocal music and the tile training in of a school choir in in conclusion of this part of the re report port I 1 would state that out of the 1328 children of oad ogden en cl city t y between the ages age 3 of six and eighteen there have been enrolled on the school registers this year ear 1052 leaving only to the private schools of which there were four in session during the year or 80 per cent for the district schools and 20 21 per e cent for the other schools in eluding ding also those who were not enrolled GENERAL REMARKS S As the patronage odthe of the institution is is continually increasing I 1 would recommend that somo some provision be made for a primary kimary department part ment for the smaller children of the second ward so that they can call be taught by themselves the same as those of the other three wards ward sand and thus devote the central school only to the intermediate grammar ammar and academic departments As it was we were compelled to crowd from twenty five to fifty primer Vr imer pupils into two small recitation rooms where it was an impossibility to provide the little ones with sufficient fresh air an institution of this magnitude and character should have an office connected with it where business it I 1 may bo be transacted and visitors from i homo and abroad bo be properly re aceved I 1 would therefore becom 1 mend that ono one of the small rooms I 1 be fitted up tip for this purpose in I 1 1 keeping kee aution p im 1 with tho the rest of this ansti 11 1 it will also bo be necess necessary sary to furi nish a new supply of maps and charts before a new term commences sl I 1 with kind re regards to ards I 1 remain 11 I 1 very res respectfully I 1 I 1 i L K F I 1 I 1 |