Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-11

week, new buildings are 20 De eIeo'vu
and next year viii see II enter ~
eleventh scholastic year ana lls 'o"'" VI
year Of recognized life.
The work OF the school Is Intensely
practical and curriculum ls ananseu,
looking TO furnishing a groundwork ot
useful knowledge. II is dlNped INV
four departments, normal hlgh schoul'
Kindergarten and commercial
The primary object Of the hrsl OIL
these departments Is 10 furnlsn CONF
petent set OF home-educated teacheIs'
At present, large proportion OF leach-
ers IN the district schools OF the TER
ritory come from outside us borders.
This win not much longer be necessarily
so. This week. class has been grad
mated every one Of which Is competeht
70 teach, maintain discipline, ana 10
conduct the business OF q district
school They have all pursued s'uul1s
and each who have received diploma
has done satisfactory work In psychol-
ogy, pedagoglcs, history OF eauca-
ton from the earliest times TO the pres
ent. theory and practice of teaehliS
and practical training work IN lhe
school room II Is f0ur-years course
and Is very thorough
For those whose early education has
not been sufficiently advanced to take
this course, there Is q high school
course. The line NJ study pursued IN
the course, Is about the same as IN the
celebrated Eastern schools Of the same
grade-with the single exception oil
emitting the classics. There Is no de-
mand for Latin and Greek courses, nut
Spanish and German Is studied under
expert lingulsts. The English branches
are very thoroughly taught and in
mathematics there Is an excellent
course This embraces algebra, gcome-
try and branches OF the higher mathe-
MATES. The course also In chemistry
and physics has been greatly facillta-
ed by the erection of a well equipped
laboratory during the last academic
year. BY this means the students get
actual experimenting as well as text
book work. This course should attract
pupils from all over the valley
Although the school Is under the
auspices Of the Church, and while
theology Is taught to those who desire
TO pursue that study, IL Is not pre-
seribed and children Of parents VINO
are not "Mormons' are received on the
same footing as those in the Church
The methods adopted IN the Kinder
garten department are very up-to-date.
While there is plenty OF amusement Tor
the tots, an this tends 10 instruction.
For instance. the blocks used to play
with are Of exact sl2e-one, two or
three inches in diameter The children
are Taught TO call them cubes. There
are also colOred sticks Of varying length.
These are left In a pile, and a child Is
set to pick out, say, a bundle or two
inch sticks. Thus withplt knowing II,
they are acquiring a knowledge OF
linear measurement
The domestic economy department Is
also important. A model range Is set
up. and from time to time cooking DEM
| onstratlons are made, and the end OF
| the course finds class Of Accomplished
| cooks
A feature that cannot be too highly
| spoken OF. Is the commercial course.
! This Is in charge Of Instructor George
| Rurnham. who has made this a selen-
tlnc study. There Is not a great deal
of text book work but the students
from the time they begin to the time
| they graduate, conduct an actual
| business as serious and important as II
goods were actually delivered
Instead of the ordinary school room
| desks this department Is iltted win
| regular office desks. There Is pahk
| commission house. commercial eX-
| change and large wholesale house CON
| nected Each student buys ana sens
| Keeps a set OF books, pays either N
| checks or in the dummy money which Is
| furnished by the school.
/ na1ahro rod "T'llig' system IFS
used. In a card board cabinet apoul
the size OF an ordinary brick ~ 9
printed roll. By turning THIS ar
| instruction appears under glass Inc
student is thus directed TO buy, toi
instance, 100 sacks Of Hour. lie looks
| over his stock book aud II he mas mol