Show mathematics IN LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL principal ashman explains changes made in the Cirri curriculum culum SUB HIGH INCLUDES UPPER GRAMMAR GRADES manual training and domestic science plants to be kept in constant use under new plan there has been much comment among ilbong school patrons as to the courses to be of offered ered at the local high school the coming year and there has been much misunderstanding of the high school work it is true that a number of 0 changes have been made and a new system in the sub high will be tried out the sub high this year will include the seventh and eighth grades and it is designed to have the school plant for physical work domestic science and art and shop work for the boys in operation as much of each day as possible the following interesting article explaining the curriculum is furnished by principal AL A J ashman it should remove some of the misunderstandings and misgivings as to sch school 00 work for this year owing to the tact fact that so many conflicting statements have been made as to the courses to be offered in the high school at richfield during the coming year we offer the public these facts of the situation secured from the authorities of the school the school is still offering two years of mathematics algebra and plane geometry these suba subjects acts have heretofore been given in the first and second year of high school respectively this year the superintendent of schools in order to make room for the proposed change in the handling of the seventh and eighth grades found it necessary to shift algebra to the third year of high school and geometry to the fourth year and eliminate the mathematics teacher theoretically this left the school without mathematics but as a matter of fact there would be n no 0 such classes taught because the third and fourthie fourth byear ar students have had bad these courses it was then pointed out that a first year boy could not get a course complete without agriculture and some first year boys did not want it but preferred the algebra I 1 in order to meet this situation band nd make the school of the greatest y J service to the school patrons A algebra ae is to be offered this year in the first year and geometry in the fo fourth u it 11 as at first decided the high school is offering a full four years course the gr graduates a deates have all the requirements na necessary essary for entrance to the utah agricultural college or the university of utah sonic some patrons say the school should offer a foreign lang language liage last ot or german were offered year two years only four students registered for second year german a and nd the class clabe had to be discontinued because of the small num number ber of students who first year german had canted v anted it at the beginning only a registration of twelve and ended the year with only five fire who cared enough tor for the course to finish it there its i very little substantial demand tor for a foreign language in this county commercial I 1 work two scars ears of COM are offered students who finish this work can take care ot of any ordinary office and do it well four years year I 1 in bt ruction in english is offered four years in science and tour four years in history and political science as well as the cooking sewing and agrical ture there is no need of any student leaving Ri clifield to get gel a good high school course anyone who leaves does docs so for personal reasons and not because of any lack of opportunity to work here |