Show Seven Studies Tho Wober County Teachers Assoc tion analogous to the organization in Palt Lake City of which I see a mention in Tin DEMOCRAT opened the regular annual session in the central schoolhouse on Monday last when membership of Mvenlyflvo was revealed by the calling of the roll This by the way is rather a slim showing although it is by no fault of the active and alert superintendent E II Anderson who is no less cacer in promoting the advancement of education than he is in preaching the gospel All the more am I astonished at reading as reported in the journal of which he is the energetic manager that in his opening address to the educators young and old he stated that seven studies were suf icient for district schools viz Reading Read-ing writing spelling geography language lessons physiology and drawing What is the matter with arithmetic It is true that the young men of Utah have practical demonstration dem-onstration of addition to their familes subtraction of the heads of families in the Pen multiplication of the cradle occupants and division of the spoils from the ungodly But that is lit rally r-ally speaking and the noble science should also be taught figuratively If the esteemed educator wants his seven wonders why does he not drop spelling which naturally is incorporated in both reading and writing and substitute arithmetic Is it an oversight of his or a typographical error Such shortcom ings cause one all the more poignantly tore to-re let the departure from our midst of such sterling educators as Professor Rev C G Davis It is the wheat falling from the chaff |