Show county seat news SCHOOLS IMPROVING the duchesne county board ot of ed met in regular session saturday feb 7 superintendent J F floyt together with the following members were present 0 C lockhart oV Duchesne president A G burtan of talmage Ta linage vice president luke clegg of lapoint ward C ireland ot of myton and hugn huga came baines ot of neola quite a bit of bus business was taken care of it 11 S jor jordan ot of roosevelt was present an and d qualified as treasurer to take the place ot of P F C kelso ot of ducheine one very good thin thing which li aie belai 11 dalue in regard to th the schools try by the lie superintendent binl hoard board is the sending out to the ilie various schools of the county standardized tests in ill most of the elementary school subjects this is being done b by y some ot of the larger schools outside ot of the county with proved success superintendent hoyt has already given these tests in the following schools loka ioka upalco bluebell arcadia woodbine utahn an and d strawberry the principals of the various other schools have been instructed ted to give them also these tests will be given again later lu 14 the year to serve as a check on the progress being made the duchesne Duc besne city schools have purchased a ten volume encyclopedia for their library the manual training department has commenced the building of a shop for their work these improvements on the part oi ot the duchesne city schools are being financed by the students themselves getting up entertainments and the like with the exception of some help that the parent teachers aesop assoria a tion are giving them it shows bo however never that the students are taking an active interest in their work and the courses being offered ott ered |