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Show In order to intensify the value and significance of the new state school law a great educational drive in which some forty leading state ed-cators, ed-cators, several public spirited laymen, lay-men, and twenty men and women, national experts, will visit .the communities, com-munities, placing special emphasis upon the necessity of eliminating all fdleness, thriftlessness, and social civic, and educational indifference, not only with persons between twelve and eighteen but of all classes in the community. This great educational campaign will begin next week in Sanpete valley, val-ley, and it is being watched by the entire nation. Among the leading speakers will be Dr. E. A. Winship. :Prof. Reynolds of the U. of U., Hon. Matt Thomas, Francis E. Kirk-ham, Kirk-ham, and William M. McHendrick Utah is the only state that has attempted at-tempted to eliminate idleness from twelve to eighteoi: through the public pub-lic school system. No otV'or stale is within hauling distarce of U.ih in an efficient attempt to solve the civic, industrial, and educational problems from twelve to eighteen. The menace of America is the ordinary or-dinary village and city neighborhood m.-gieeted by government, school and church. Automobile thieves, housebreakers, hold-up men, and bank robbers are largely the direct fruit of neglected neighborhoods. A neglected communify breeds so--cial vermin as inevitably as a neglected neglect-ed head or neglected body develops undesirable bodily residents. Utah leads the country in addressing address-ing itself deflnit?:y to the problems of young peopla from twelve to eighteen. UTAH LAW IN ACTION. Following the example of the Federal Fed-eral government in registering all between twenty-one and thirty-one, Utah has registered all boys and girls between twelve and eighteen, using the United States annual census as a guide in checking up the registration. regis-tration. Every principal is held responsible re-sponsible for conplete and accurate registration in his school district. In Ogden, for instance, on the fourth day of the school year of 1919, everyone every-one between twelve and eighteen was officially registered. Outside of the largest city practically everyone in the entire state was registered. A TWEIVE-MONTH PROGRAM It is just as true of July as January that the whereabouts of everyone is known. He is at school, at work, or has been excuse'd for some special reason. For Thirty-six weeks of the year a child must be in school until eighteen eight-een unless he is officially excused ror work, for some recreation, visition, etc., with someone responsible for his doing what he is scheduled to do, or going where he is scheduled to go. There are Smith-Hughes courses in Agriculture, or Home Economics; courses in trades, industry, or farm mechanics; courses in community hygiene, physical education, music, etc. There is twelve months, teacher or "school worker," who must concern himself with the work and whereabouts where-abouts of all children in the non-school non-school weeks. Under his 'direction all children not at work will be in a group for vocational placement and guidance." The "school worker" must report on each pupil as to the nature, kind, and extent of the work in which the pupil is engaged, the initiative developed, and the progress maintained in such work. When at work the pupil must go to a part-time school four hours a week for dead-in-earnest study. These four hours in school are usually provided on Saturday cfter-noo'i, cfter-noo'i, and the i. mployer pays w?gcs as though tlu prison was at work. Jf a boy or girl leaves a job even tomporaraily the employer nui.it report re-port him back to the school officials, and return the employment permit. And he must go back to school w hile he is unemployed, and the school murt adapt its work to his advantage, advant-age, however brief his stay, il ecu never be neglectd bcause ho docs uot fit into the curriculum. ' i I f I s. , a it i f - s - f x y 4 ( " V 1 DR. E. A. WINSHIP. VOLUNTARY OUT OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION. All pupils are expected to enrole in at least one voluntary out-of-school organization which makes for citizenship. citi-zenship. Enrollment from the Boy Scouts of America, and its nearest counter part for girls, is especially encouraged. The amount of character chara-cter of the work accomplished in such out-of-school organization is made a part of the school record of the pupils. The colsest co-peration is sought by school officials with the leaders in these civic, social, and church organizations. Special emphasis is given to the vocational work, and the work habits and the attitude toward work of all pupils during the time they are out of the regular. Permanent school records are kept by the principal for1 all ' pupils between be-tween twelve and eighteen years of age on three seperate cards; one for progress in studies, one for health habits and health education, and one for civic and patriotic service education. edu-cation. These records are compiled and grades given on each at the close of each school semester. |