The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-28

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ment each other, that we may maintain
/ free and moral institutions anu raise
! our indus trial integrity to the point
where it may compete in the market
| places of the world
Making a direct appeal for the laying
I Of a foundation for more responsible clll-
zenship in the public schools, Frank Nj.
I briggs, superintendent Of the state
School for the Deaf and Blind IN ogden,
I who is president Of the Utah Teachers
/ association. delivered an address yester-
/ day before the convention. Excerpts from
/ the address follow
There are a number of important
movements going on in the educational
world that are bound greatly 70 cnange
the complexion Of the public school sys-
TEN Of today. These movements are eX-
ceedingly complex ana are bOtheriug the
best thinkers and educators of the cOun-
try. All of the leading magazines are full
Of articles dealing with various phases OF
these questions, Every educational gath
ering is devoting much time to papers and
| discussions looking toward the solution OF
these problems. Though these movements
are complex and manifold in their inter
! est we can agree that their final solution
will give us a greatly changed school
4 venture to predict that the school Of
] tomorrow will aim more at the real and
| the practical, and that It will give more
and more the kind Of training that fits
for life, and thus promote the welfare or
the child by enhancing his chances of be
coming a more productive citizen with
! greater interest and influence in the life
/ of his community.
zone of these movements with which
/ the country is concerned Is the demand
[ for more efficient and better trained
/ teachers. We are coming more fully to
realize that the teachers who best direct
and inspire these little men and women
e nh 10 rnHH
are those VINO are well trained. There
J is a growing need for strong. well edu-
tcated and expert teachers who love chill
dren; teachers, too, who are proud OF
/ their profession teachers whose ideals
| lead constantly onward and upward
/ scholarly, optimistic teachers who COM
mand salaries commensurate with their
qualifications, ability and service; teach
rs who are broad enough TO influence
/ the life of the community iH which they
| live; teachers, too, who not only recog-
I niz7 the educational maxim "self-eff0rt
educates," but who inspire ChildT n 10
/ do things for thems civ IS and by doing
/ things for thems Ives gain that conscious
/ ness Of power that leads to independent
citizenship.
4 am especially pleased to note the
I great growth of the library gymnasium
movement in our own state, and the re-
cent laudable prayer for public play
grounds for the childr n Of Salt Lake
/ City. These are important and necessary
guidepOsts to a higher civilization and
ought to receive the loyal support Of
| every member Of this association, every
father and mother and every progressive
/ citizen. 1 am strongly Of the opinion
/ that no community can afford to sacrifice
/ its youths to the streets and the saloon
whom their lives might be made happier
and better by the establishment and
/ brarias and gymnasiums. Shall we go on
record at this cow milton as heartily in
| favor Of the expenditure Of public funds
! for purposes ike these?'
Greeting From Governor.
! Governor William Spry, who greeted the
! teachers in a message read at the annual
( convention yesterday by President j. T..
1 kingsbuTy of the University of Utah, de
/ tends his veto of the bill passed by the
/ last legislature granting state aid to high
/ schools, and urges the people to vote for
/ the matter in a constitutional way at the
/ next general election. Governor Spry be
] ing in the east, another was selected to
/ read the greeting, and President Kings
/ bury read in part as follows;
/ In extending word of welcome to the
/ teachers of the state, / wish ii understood
at the outset that L greet you as mem
/ bers Of the official family of Utah. As
| representatives Of the educational branch
/ of state government, which I regard as
] holding in its administration the most
sacred Of all public trusts, you have met
: at llllS TINE LOL IlE DAIE pose OF review
/ ing and discussing the educational pro-
! gress Of the state, and for the exchange
| OF views as to the requirements of the
future.
! The close association ? have en-
iOyed with some of those actively en-
/ gagged in school work during the past
Il months has resulted in a some
what intimate acquaintance with our
school system and its operation in the
state. ] have taken great pleasure In
{ nTgfg1np epnnnT aTes-
occasion. / nave pointed with pride
[ to our school buildings, equipment and
/ courses Of study. And ] confess that
1 spirit of bOasting may have inspired
my frequent references to the daily
aud per capita expenditures of oar
state in the interests of common school
education. Ny remarks regardiu- the
teaching corps Of tne state school sFs-
/ ten were just, ana every gOod word
/ have said OF them is ri lilly meritsG.
/ What / have heretofore been compelled
/ to say behind your backs, L now take
pleasure in saying to you directly
/ Utah is exceptionally favored in hav-
/ ing connected with its educa tiOnal sys-
/ tenn men and women of ability and
/ fidelity-teachers whose hearts are in
their work, and whose labOrs are bear
| Ing fruit in an intelligent, upright gem
Grafton of boys AMI girls who are men
/ tally anG physically equipped for the
duties Of life. Our teachers, I believe.
are active energetic and Thoroughly
] dM dhE ~ lUE pLtA EEbnlNb 6DlLIL OF inc
/ times, eager to adopt those ideas that
/ tend to increase the efficiency of our
! school system. This gathering today
/ is a gathering of men and women pre-
/ pared to ferret out the requirements of
the day in matters Of education
Il regret very much that q misun-
/ Outstanding exists as to my attitude
/ on the high school question, placing
me in the light Of one opposed to the
extension of state aid to high schools.
This misunderstanding however. exists
/ only in the minds of the uniformed
Because Of a genuine interest in the
educational system of the state
strongly urged the passage of the con-
( stitutiOnal amendment presented at
/ the last general election. The amend
ment failed of passage at the polls
! Unmindful of constitutional barriers
certain individuals who were deeply in
] terested in the extension Of stata -