Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-17
Dr.. Park Strongly PaVoTs The County
District Plan,
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ENNnNNNNF NAhNAAN A"''-N
Me- Chairman and Gun.Icmeni
Sovereignty In this country Is oll'
10 abide IN tho people, and u 90 It To-
booves every citizen OF the common
wealth con- family to remind himsnl
thsthois responsible In ~ measure ioI
Ia public Institutions. hc should in
auire into their Efficiency nni Know
they nro not Stimulating this mefl
only In form, and that they are pro
etsslvc and not merely sponihntuu'
gtow,ha aprngiug up 10 the wake OIL
institutions long fasci their u'oinl
utal.
There ls enacted iu this Territory q
school law that Dassssars many ldmii'
sbic textures aud 10 superior 20 whai
yaseniufui hefc i9r many ytlfai tha..
A. npprars " s5mu people u lew ucNcl'
unu,rpt and b. cluifast 30 good o. ~
scam 10 thou good enough. but ~
h System that hss been In vogue
since the old colony days, ana WINE
lt hns done much guoli an We nll b''
llevr, that COED has been acc0mplilhel
MT a fearful warts uf cuursy ann
means. anu u some sacrifice VI uuf
mental md moral growth. Win thiH
eystsm Prevailing Ia all tue states from
tiio Hnf. there hns ever been Vc1tu
aue,tiou attached 10 its history, thniii
now 10 secure graduation, or progtet'
siye systrm VI rcholafship Tor country
seboois. ,uch Rfndnilgn on N usually
had in cities aud towns. 10 - quite
certain now that " cluuot DO rcarhru
under the district system ~ " pfoyaiiq
here aud ia many Of tho uialrs' II
nhould be- understood here that uduna'
ton IL no longer, ~ Of old, held 10 Dc
the mere collecting OF iacts or tue
storing " knowledge. Ne now bollef
conceived, II IA the dcvulopmcht OF
character, tho training oi the MINI
ana body 10 habits Of thought aud in-
duttfy that when evoked viii ruiaur
their fubiectB along definite liuus u
legitimate ends. No such habit VI
thinning or nkill can ever be bestowed
upon a child by huhicuiing ~ TO iffeg'
uiGT, uncertain, iuc0nstHnt' nhh nlul'
lees school work. From necessity
most Of the school Work done IN tue
rural districts ~ Of this character, anu
There has seemed no relief rom Tue
unfortunate condition that has COM
PEELED II. Tho great dealdVFalum 90
long felt, M before tald, Is tysiom
thai will give 10 the country schools
advantages i0r grading their pupils
equal, OF nearly EQUAL TO lhOse pna.
sepsed by cities Hnd largo towns,
Ouco the matter Of tuncient and tegu'
lar attendance at school IL secured anu
made general In tho rural districts, the
chief obstacle OF graduation, to the
employment Of competent teachers,
anu 10 securing Of efficient s1potvis-
ion, Il removed. Now, am glad 10
gay that at last there IL n plan Of OF.
ganlzallon for county Hchooln being
extensively adopted In the last, 70
bring about these very desirable OBJ
iecis.
Last spring meeting was called
by tho Territorial CommlsaiOner vi
Schools, OF the leading educators and
school men OF tho TofntOfy 10 con-
Vcno In this city, 10 consider tho adj
visibility, ami means ~ necessary, Oi
modify lug the school law now upon
tue statute books. Al that meeting,
the matter was 10 some extent dis
cusstd, but the work Of thorough ~.
vtsligniion was left 10 committees
10 which special portions of tho law
were assigned Tor study aud report Al
subsequent meeting. AZ this latter
meeting, general plan was adopted
aud referred 10 another committee Tor
details. A bill thus devised will PROT.
ally be- submitted 10 the Legislature
IA. NaW uaH h. 81.
substitute for the present school law,
and II IL this bill, nj least its most radi.
cal feature, that | am asked TO con.
slider before you today.
remarked ,bUiore that II was
thought plan had been devised by
which the schools OF tho spaTsoly
settled rural districts might obtain
many OF the privileges heretofore
mOnopollzei 10y cities and towns.
This plan IL known where IL Is Ia
vogue In the East, rs the Town0hip
Plan. IL abOllshes all subdivisions Of
the township into special districts,
aud makes eAon township single
school district having IT. board Of
education and officers OF administTa.
ton similar In most respects 10 school
organisations la cities. There seems
10 be- NO question VI It's efficacy 10
meet the chief objects sought Tor. In
states, where II has been adopted aud
Tut into execution, as Ia Peuuzyl,
vauia, Indiana, Massnschptts, Now
Hampshire, West Virginia, Alabama,
Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Now Jeuoy, Dakota, Michigan,
Iowa aud perhaps othcrH, not uuly
have the ndVanAgol that lud o.
It's adoption been realized, butin Other
directions It has proved u revelation o
hidden bOuntlea. IL pTepOudergucn Of
opinion among those who arc quail
He'd % Judge h any criterion, no ouuca
ti0nul question Is more positively
settled than the superiority OF this By8
TEN over the Old. In the report Of "a,
New York department VI public Ia
stTuctlOn for 1850 may bu found all thS
extracts from state reports referring
10 this system that a careful search
had beon ablo 10 gather. There ar,
lb2 Of thtse anu every one IL In rs favor
There are In It's advocacy such men a
Henry Barnard, Johu Eaton, VIM
4. Harris, Stsuly Hall, W. H.. Shtl
don, ZalmOn Richards, b. q, North
rup anu many others OF equal prumi
nenor, besiuus normal principals, statt
uporiniendenls, giiy Bupurulundeuts
nui cOuniy suprTlutunduns galore
II has, therefore, passed succo-.fu rs
unl tyIumphlnuy iu educational lines
tue ordeal OF tue must expert jldp
ment aud soveTost test uxpgrleuc., unJ
hHa not about II even the suspicion u
TAI on lOlusiye theory.
Now Titan, we HluCpTely hone. Al