The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-28
CLUB SESSION AT END
Women of the Federation Con-
clude Their Meetings.
RrSY TINE YESTERDAY
,,ANy SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AND
IMPORTANT PAPERS READ

educational matters received the at
..r+,,n Of club women at yesterday
innings session of the State FEEDER
-,io, The meeting was attended by
many Of the principal educators of the
&c who listened with rapt attention
IN the programme which was the most
.z.,raerfne Of the entire meeting. The
,.nsrs fairly scintillated with brilliant
Us and gave evidence of the deep
- earnest study that had been be
stovred upon them Many new and
..-ioinaI ideas along educational lines
,.sra advanced and the reports of the
d;4arent committees showed the inn
...t,s educational work was receiving
tbrourh the influence OF the work Of
che nroad-minded women of the state.
The meeting opened with a report Of
,bo educational committee b., Mrs.
1,mma J. McNicker.
Ms 1IcVicker said the committee
,.1e amounted early last February and
rsId its first meeting in March for the
Turncse of outlining pia1 of work
for The coming two years.
The plan outlined was, briefly, TO
,ra,,se interest in the kindergarten, 20
inHuence young women to take course
an Lfndergarten training, to promote
,r-4uuai training and domestic science,
and also for the committee to use its
influence to- have women appointed on
school boards
Series of Meetings.
The committee had also arranged
to have a series of educational meet
ings in thc different parts OF the state.
Mrs AICVickeT told of letters she had
received asking advice concerning suit
able books to be used for educational
ul1rposes by teachers. She strongly
urged the use of school and Society"
by Professor Dewey; Development Of
the Child by Warner, and similar
one by Oppenheim. Mrs. McNicker felt
greatly encouraged over the result Of
the years work, and thought the out
look for the coming year most favor.
able.
Mrs. Coulter then surrendered the
chair to Mrs. MCNicker in order that
she might call on plembers of her COM
mirtee for reports.
Miss May was present with a num-
Der of pupils of the training school,
and under the direction OF Mrs. Alice
Hanford they gave a number of kin
dergarten songs. which were heartily
appreciated by all present.
Mrs. ". NJ. Stewart followed with a
paper entitled What Can Probably
Be Eliminated From the Curriculum
Of Our Public Schools The paper
was one of unusual strength and was
handled in a masCeriy fashion. 1t was,
in part as follows.
Elimination of Studies.
THE question of what studies can
proftably be eliminated from the
course of study generally adopted in
the common schools of today may he
considered from two points of view.
i is means. can the subjects now con-
tanned in the curriculum be prOntaDiy
re0rga1iZed and differently related to
each other l answer emphatically, yes.
i 1t means. shall the children be less
proficient in the three RS, L answer
with as much emphasis, no.
During the last ten years no sub
Jet within the scope of education has
received 50 much attention from edu-
Gators as the school curriculum. 1t
is universally recognized that there
must be some modification in our
course or study. but just what has been
The query. which has given rise to 50
much and so varied discussion. Two
proposed solutions Of the problem
nave been the outcome of this agita-
uon- one Is what subjects can be
omitted or can secure less attention, so
Us 20 permit the Introduction of new
subjects, the second solution is a reOr-
Lihizailou Of the school curriculum so
as 10 emphasize the most essential sub
JetJs. permitting those of less value
~ grow, Of necessity, from those
winch are most important: at the same
time lesSeulng in no degree the efficien-
G.! and effectiveness OF the more formal
srhoo! studies. These two solutions
gro" out or two entirely different the
ores or education. viz, first, the ac-
QUESTION Of facts and development of
sAil as the end of education, or guam
-ly as the ideal OF education. Accord
LlE 10 This
wren children get in school is meas
-'et DIV the grades of promotion, the
pages ~ textbooks committed to mem
ana the various subjects which the
yi-.a goes through. The parents es-
,--iate az the childs progress is based
[t.A the monthly report which shows
-'-s piuAelency in the form OF per cents
,S~u"trd by the teacher on She basis
=. eHe problems solved the pages of
-.N''Iy read and the COrre.-. answers
SS "a" 90 geography questions. etc.
). II" TINS theory and system OF educa-
I'm no." To maintain the present elf
49, 1T me formal SubjegL. gud 1t
same -iue Introduce new ones. Is
--'-7eo problem difficult of solution.
Society RevoIutionized.
Society. industrial and political. has
,--.lA the last 100 years been revoIu-
I1'l, the school practically retain
ye IT'S traditional formal curriculum.
..l'h the .ast quarter of century
- sums IT money have been spent
et1tauon. the result is our public
-o.i system. with courses covering
tS--'eN OF fifteen TO twenty years. The
t--'-. is now asking where are the re-
.-..s Tor this vast expenditure Of time
- money When a boy passes
-uuEa The eight grades of the COM
IN IN school. four years of high school.
- 80. more OF the university what is his
r-lpHent Tor tn" battle Of Iife2 What
nee Us he prepared To render to So
49, lille society mas been evolving
' more complex conditions. the
--loi curriculum has practically re-
manned the same.
81 answer the questions by saving
60 lne school should furnish educa-
-..'i 'ondluons which VIII hest pre-
- me boy or girl to live completely
so .ial industrial. political auu sp;r-
60 NE Of the ideal community. In
49,. 80 the true aim Of education is So
80 TIC Is expressed in character. char
winch prepares the young man
81 - tle young woman to live proper
L,-..ieStc life, to give to society their
-, IN industrial skill. TO become wor-
QUEENS Of "A grand democracy"
~ lhe close of Mrs. Stewards paper
p Ned discussion. led by Mrs w
hutchinson and Miss Ella Dukes
ais Hutchinson said:
Curriculum All Right.
~ me subject is either opposed to me
am opposed to the subject for