Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-23
4 REASONABLE MEASURE

The House bin recently introduced re-
uu.rIng the State Normal School "to
provide lecturers and other instructors
/ for the county teachers Institute 10 bc
held throughout the state lu accordance
with chapter i2l OF the Session Laws Of
1909. whenever requested 80 TO do by tho
Governing Board Cor the holding of
county teachers institutes" is The nee
| cssary outcome of tho present plan OF
holding tho Institutes
Uudor the law passed in 1907 tho
conduct OF the institutes is much sim
pIiaed and improved. and the sessions
have been held in the past year and q
half under the provisions OF this law
have given much better results than
were obtauable under the former sys-
tom
Tho present plan directs the govern
ing board 90 cali on the State Normal
for expert Instructors TO work in the
county Institutes. The state Normal
has responded To- most OF these calls.
but has sometimes been unable 20 send
necessary work in teaching The proc
posed change makes the sending of the
instructors obligatory and provides a
small fund sufficient with strict econ-
omy to secure the attendance Of the
teachers asked for by the Governing
board
None of the instructors receive any
salary from the Institutes. The regu-
lar professors at the University attend
these meetings. as far az they are able
when called upon TO do so: but Of
course they cannot neglect their own
classes ln order 20 instruct the state
teachers In order 10 do this work, the
University may at times have 90 SEE
cure tine services OF one or more addi-
tonal instructors TO relieve a profess
sor called out 10 do institute work.
Another object OF the bin IS to author
he and direct the Normal school TO
pub. 10 and mail TO the teachers In the
public schools OF the state a series Of
educational bulletins each year. eek
pressIy setting forth therein approved
methods Of teaching with specific plans
and suggestions upon the various sub
iects taught ia the common schools and
also such other bulletins for the in
struction OF parents. trustees. or pa
irons Of the schools as the Principal OF
the state Normal School and the State
Board of Education shall deem expedi-
ems and necessary"
This is very important provision. To
keep the schools in the line OF progress
much Of the institute material must be-
n printed form This is especially true
IN subjects yet new TO a majority Of the
schools. as nature study, agriculture,
domestic science. and manual training.
A demonstration once a month at the
county institute by a University profess
sor or Instructor is not sufficient Tx
picit printed directions must be given
II the new methods and material are TO
find their way into the work Of the
common schools. There Is instruction
that may be given 70 parents as to the
sanitary care OF the home, the detection
and prevention Of contagious diseases,
the contamination OF water, the need OF
fresh air iu the sleeping rooms Of chill
dren and young people, and similar d.
rectiOus
In these lines Of work, 1t Is proposed
20 do many things that win be helpful
TO teachers and beneficial 20 pupils
section 3 OF the bin reads as follows.
For the purpose OF providing such
instructors FOR county institutes and of
publishing and mailing the educational
bulletins IL Is proposed 70 appropriate
TO the State Normal school out of the
revenues Of the state not otherwise ap-
propriated the sum Of $4,000 bienu.ally,
or as much thereof as necessary
The modesty OF the amount asked for
and the obvious need Of the work pro-
posed for the public benefit would seem
20 render this bin Indispensable for the
continued advancement of the public
schools of the State.