The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11
HEAD Of SCH
EXP[A|N}
Supt. Christensen
Question of Mod
guage Teac]
BELIEVES THAT PJs
HAS BEEN NH
To Substitute Frend
for Arithmetic
Eighth Gr

In view of the general |
OF late been aroused ~
tho Board OF Educat,
French and German int
the city schools. Super
Christensen believes thu
plete explanation of the |
public He gays that
been spoken and publish,
have sought TO CRITICS I
based upon a wrong und, |
movement, Speaking to
day Prof. Christensen 50
Prof. christenss
1T is evident that som
misconccptlon OF the pror
Will not be AN imposif,
work upon the pupils
themselves. with the pcj
proVal OF their parents
or pursuing one modern
would the plan add a ma,
total cost Of maintaininj<
Departmental IN.
"In most OF our larger
the departmental or hid
of instruction has been
eral years. This metho(
fact that practically e.
able to teach certain sui
she can others. aIthouc| !
ceed well in teaching all
II Is not unusual, for e
teacher Is AN expert in raI
mar and attains but All
OF success In arithmetic'1
these conditions may. pcI
May Change
IF. then, these teachc
rection OF their principu
for their chosen subje8
a maximum amount OF
their work. with q mimi
tho preparation, for IL nj /,
that a teacher could pre-
In grammar in less tim8,
one I'm grammar and on'
and all pupils In the tVg
where the departmental
followed. get instruction.
Applies to Prop
1T is this method thu
the introduction OF one
languages, without eithe
teaching force OF adding
work or the pupil. II "a
additional subject in the
merely a rearrangemenf =
subjects. on the basis Of
pabilitics or deficient sta
tai development The
new language requires 4
else OF memory, where
tic requires the exercise
Ing faculties. 4,
Best Time to
1T is evident that O
or twelve years can acQul
forms OF expression In 4.
and a large vocabulary :
than the same child g.
later, and at the later
arithmetic can be studied
than at the earlier. In
that the full course In az
In the seventh and eiRE
be moro successfully car
OF sixteen or seventeen II
IL can be by the same
four years earlier in life Il
time of two years
Outline Of r.
The proposed plan, n
ed. is this. In a centrnu
building, one OF the dep<
ers Will be selected with
teaching French or Gcru
gether with other subjet
application of parents WI
fined plans as TO the fut
of their children that e
grade. such children will
substitute. during their Z
grade. a language Tor
arithmetic: or, In other
be permitted to defer ART
second year OF the high
begin at once the study
to be continued In the b
Will Receive {
When the high schoolY
tain advance credit VIII
cured In the Language |
amount of work In arir
Eighth grade children ~
OF the city will be allow
school where the Language
provided their parents
number OF children VIII. I
ncient To justify the Org
or two classes. but these
ditional recitations. as Y
are TO take the place OF
Der IN arithmetic. The ~
sumes that many parcntl
when their children eIs
n ade as when they le9.
children will enter the nIc
not. then, mako a slight !
the last years WORK. or {
the last two years. or Y
will greatly enhance the =
children?
Why Not Spes
But some ask why Sps
cluded. The answer Is SIN,
patrons evidently do ncr
Unsuccessful attempts n
10 organize classes In ut
a reasonable number OF
study Spanish. | am sure :
gladly provide a teacher
a little missionary work
Let the public be educ
facts, y
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