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Show SCHOOLS TO -AID IN SANE FOURTH Children Are to be Taught, the Better Way and Teachers Are to Make an Effort' to Secure a City Ordinance Forbidding . the Use of Explosives on July 4. Tlr? schoolmen of the city arc in?,-uryting in?,-uryting a ea.mi.algn for a "sane jurtli" and a committee has been &r pointed to make Investigations aa, to the host ilan of treating tho lsal phasn of the question. The members of (he committee appointed for tllis purpose arc- D. II Adams, principal of the 9uMi3h school; J. O. Cross, prin-cipal prin-cipal of the high school' and Joel Haris, principal of the Harris schdol. After a thorough investigation, the .committee will report Its findings to the Ogden society ot teachers, with recommendations as to how to pro-coed pro-coed to legally enforce sane reflations refla-tions for the celebration of the Fourth of July. The general opinion with the schoolmen Is that a resolution reso-lution asking for a city ordinance making mak-ing it a crime to use 'explosives, or other noise making devices on that day. This will be, 'presented to tbo mayor and city council for their con slderatlon. The plan ofeducating the children to the "sane Fourth" celebration, has already been decided upon and the effort ef-fort will begin in the schools next Friday. ' The first step, the . schoolmasters school-masters believe,-toward the proper and sensible ,'obsenance of the national na-tional holiday. Is In the creating of different iditils rn tbo minds; of the children. .If they can be taught that there Is a better and higher, way to celebrate than to bombard the city with firecrackers and small cannon, the greatest step shall have been taken, and tho legislative phase of the' question will be comparatively easy. A program, consisting of short speeches by tho teachers and tho students, stu-dents, of all the clnsses in the schools, will be given Friday afternoon, illustrative illus-trative of a sane celebration of the glorious Fourth of Jul, and instruction instruc-tion along this line uill be continued at intervals udUI the end of the school year. It Is expected that before be-fore the schools close, the student body will be the most ardent advocates advo-cates of a sensible celebration, and that they will receive the hearty and unstinted support of the parents. . Superintendent Mills stated this morning that It Is the firm belief of the teachers that by the educational work to 1? given the students In the Immediate future. It will be possible for Ogden to have a patriotic celebration celebra-tion thin year that will not Jeopardize life and property. In addition to teaching the students better princl-I princl-I pies in the celebration of the natal 1 day, Mr. MllU states that on Friday i Instructions will be given the schools on the question of peace, "Peace Day" being on May 15. The Idea of universal univer-sal peace will be advanced to the children, chil-dren, and an effort made to Impress them with the importance of the brotherhood of man, as applied to both men and nations. |