Show 11 af S yew nel i flooks on oil and hygiene r at the file r estion of the salt bake lako county teachers institute I h held eld saturday there were present super intendente of district schools school 4 from eight counties in the territory mr M r L edward iward R C Q adams representing senti tig A S barnes co fancisco ulso 1 attended the question of text books book on ph I 1 and hygiene for use in the district schools was taken up the reenie being the passage of the fol lowing preamble and resolution by a unanimous vote whereas congress at its ili last session enacted ld a law of which the following are the first two sections be it enacted by the swats Senate and house of representatives of the united slates of america in congress assembled that the mature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and special instruction as to their effect effects upon the humn human as system in connection with the several divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene hi hygiene giene shall be included in the tile bratic branches I 1 lee of study taught in the com mon or public schools and in the military m and naval schools ech and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the tho same manner as other like required bratic branches lies are sire in said sell ehrola eho ola by the use of text books in the bands hands of pupils where other brandies branches are thus studied in said school schools and by all the pupils in all eaid said schools throughout the terris terri lories tories in the military and naval abade academies iea of the united states and in the district of columbia and in all indian and colored schools in the territories of the united states SEC 2 that it shall be the duty of the proper officials in control of any school I described insky in any foregoing section sect ibn lo 10 enforce tho the provisions of or this act and any such officer school director committee superintendent or teacher who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of this act or shall neglect or fail to mako make proper provisions for the instruction st required and in the manner mauner specified by the vie first section of this acta act borall pupils in each and every school under unde r il bis i jurisdiction I 1 u shall be removed fro from m office and the vacancy filled as in other cases whereof tho the superintendents and teachers and peo bf this territory are in hearty BYM sympathy pathy with the purpose po e owsald of said law and d desire e sire and propose I 1 a that it be speedily and effectually FY carried into effect and whereas no convention of county superintendents for the adoption of text books is to be held this year and IF whereas unless some concerted action Is taken it appear certain that a great multiplicity of pf text books on vil physiology will creep into the schools of the territory involving a change in most moat or many of tb the C cou counties n ties w when h en some one text book for the whole territory shall be legally adopted d and tereas there are now present at this institute as visiting members the superintendents of the following counties to wit box elder cache davis da vis juab salt lake anepete sanpete San pete utah and weber eaid said re ra presenting more than two thirds of tho tile school children of the territory Teril tory and thie this 1 nas and the above named county superintendents are agreed that the pathfinder series of bf phyl elo logies comprising the childs I 1 health balth primer icily hygiene for young people and steeles Ste elee abridged physiology are better suited than harj any other books to carry carrsr ont out the purpose and intent of thi law in that from great simpli simplicity cily ef of etyle style they can be used in ili lower grades than any other boob on this sub jept and al also in that they devote much greater to the treatment of the efel deflect of alcohol and narcotics it is therefore resolved ky by this institute the bounty superintendents of the above flawed concurring 1 that the abote named pathfinder series of baand they are hereby recommended to be used in all the tile schools of this territory WM wit ba M prest salt uke ce co teachers institute DAVID it ALLEK secretary county superintendents of dietrict schoola schools concurring john D peters box elder county W 11 Apperly Cacho county II 11 L steed davis county co anty F W 11 chappell cha apell joab juall county IV 31 stewert stewart snit salt lahe lake county beil sanpete county G if 11 bri t lahill ll hill otili county E 11 anderson Anders weber county on orr the motion inot irin of sup t win K R rem e IMF ampt bupt supt E if anderaon of weber county co clity was appointed a of ono one to present the action of the Institute tind super to the superintendents and teachers of counties not depre cd and request their concur rence in the aboyo action I 1 1 f |