The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-26
educational DepartI snt Is
Fairly on the Boom.
TO UTAH SCHOOL OFFICERS.
LETTER ISSUED BY SUPERVISORS
MELVILLE AND PARK.
Secretary Pyper Returns From a
Trip Through Cache VaIIey-AII
Bids For Special Privileges Re-
2ected-Mrs. Caine VIII Assist SUI
nervisor Simon--GeneraI Notes.


most to make a superior exhibit. The
following letter is the latest from that
department:
To School officers and Teachers:
- During five days Immediately follow
ing the LIST of October next the terri
torial fair for 1894 will be open to ex-
hibit to the public evidences of the
material resources of Utah and the
, products of her legitimate enterprises
FThat feature so essential to the
prosperity and responsibility Of the
prospective new state, as her system of
Fpublic instruction, should be found on
/ mat occasion without proper req.
Rentation. would not only reflect adj
versely on the pretensions of the com
munlty, but act in a way to injure
ner vital interests and her reputation.
IL is said that one who never moves
out of the narrow circle of his home
surroundings becomes so contracted in
his knowledge and estimate of the
world. and SO exalted in his own es-
TEEN that he feels little need of more
knowledge and has scarcely a relish
Tor improvement
The same is just as true of conmun-
tiles and nations as of individuals.
Man is by nature social in his instincts
and habits. and to allow solitary or
S.annlsh proclivities to substitute or
Sen encroach upon his better tenden-
cles would not certainly promote his
healthy progression 1t is. therefore
the duty of every teacher in Utah ~
prlng out the products of his instruc-
tion and place them in comparison with
tne results others have obtained in a.
similar field: and it is no less the duty
OF school officers to show how the ia
ciiltles they provide for the promotion
OF eoucauon compare with those of
other schools and communities LET
the school officers and teachers, there.
lore; as representing the interests of
.Otah. make an exhibit at the fair of
1899 that will show to their fellow Gift
zzens that they are worthy the trust
iliposea IN them; and to the world
ABROAD that they are not pent I'D in
On eau2Ns onal field of spent ideae End
Ot&olete Aorms. but that they aim
truly progressive and, in their
ool plans and methods and work.
lyano abreast of what in every enlighf
Nned community is now most approved.
most successful and most popular.
our last exhibit under the auspices
81 inc territorial government ought to
educational matters az least we ara
tully ripe for statehood. Let no colln.
" or district or school be thought too
insignificant or too obscure or too crude
TO make an exhibit of its facilities and
work in the line Of education. II Tnnst
De by united effort and by coming to-
gether in this way that we are to learn
Oh each other and build up a strong
school system for the future state
We should not, therefore. allow any
leehng OF lethargy or Indifference to
beguie us into the notion that III is NOT
worth while to try 1t is effort
strenuously put forth in every case
that will assure success, which achiev
ed will more than amply repay every
cost.
1t will be appropriate to include in
this educational exhibit everything
that pretains to school or class jnstrur-
ton which embraces not only the work
done by the pupils in the different
Kinds of schools, as kindergartens.
graded, and ungraded public schools.
private schools, denon1inational schools
special schools, Summaries. academies,
normal schools, colleges, and UNIVERSE
ues, representing the grade or wear
work in each, but school facilities of
every kind, as furniture, apparatus,
cabinets, etc.
1t will be impossible in some cases.
Tnd difficult or too costly in others. to
some features connected with
instruction that ought to be shown.
In such cases photographs may he en-
ployed TO great advantage-for in
stance. photographs of schNl build
lYlgs, school rooms, with furniture In
place, schools in session, class recita-
tions, apparatus, peculiar appliances
and devices. cabinets, libraries. etc.
for this purpose should be
OF cabinet size at least and larger if
possible. Each photograph should be
with a full and explicit
description Of what it is intended to |
without which it will be of |
little value or interest. However, |
the exhibit may be let it be |
that it must be genui = |
TRUTHFUL, and honest, that every WISH |
Tor who examines the display may
fearn something Of the real educational |
condition of the territory
JAMES "A. MELVILLE.
Supervisor.
JOHN r. PARKS
Assistant Super, isor.
The secretary of the Deseret Agri-
cultural & Manufacturing society has /
lust returned from a flying trip up |,
through Cache Valley, made in the in
-erest of the October fair.
MI. Piper visited Logan, Providence.
Hyrum, Wellsville, HYDE |.
Park Smithfield, Richmond and Lewis
on. The orchards and field crops he /,
'eDorts as looking magnificent, the lat
or the threshers. In Lewiston, espec-
ally, the wheat ard oats brought |,
orth EXPLANATIONS of surprise, those |:
'rops being very heavy.
The threshing machine is buzzing in (
many places and the farmer is con- {
himself on getting cleared
, two weeks earlier than usual. A
y extensive and fine exhibit of |,
ms should be sent from this beau !
~ valley. i
reRlsaon at one time was called
POVERTY Flat" but now it is the best
Frain district in the county, and the !
|ne residences OF the farmers and the !
bsrantial and capacious barns tell a |
lie Of prosperity in Language stronger II
Ian words The irrigating canals I
Pine from Cub river, and it is claimed
nat just below the soil is a clay that =
loids the water so that when the dit
hes are filed the water stays on the
lay and thoroughly soaks the soil
bove it. thus reducing the labor of ir-
igation materially.
The people are pretty well posted :
bout the fair. showing shat they read :
be pewspapers. +
us secretary arranged for exhibits y
q wheat. oats. corn, cane, timothy. red
DID. tobacco and basket willow, also of
utter and cheese. The live stock in
erests were not forgotten, and ii is
tore than probable that couple of
arloa DIS of the ever Popular Cache VAL
" horses will come down and walk
re with some of the prizes. On ae-
punt of the depressed condition of
ne horse trade the dealers are much
iscouraEed, but they feel that it needs
1st such an opportunity as this RI re