The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-12-27
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UfNAAAa AAWM NlUAA We UNlUHN NIf ENN
which hrs been imposed upon us Is
no doubt uppermost in your mind. To
assist you I'm this I have these ug-
sessions to make.
"tirst--Co-operate with health Of
flciais and officers OF your COM
munlty.
"second--If they will not allow YOU
to resume regular school work on
MONDAY. December 30th. do not waste
"a moment. but organize all your teach
ers into correspondence and home
study department Establish post.
office or distributing station Of the
schooihouse and In this way reach
every child possible. Even n a teach
or can reach but one pupil her in
flucnoe upon him should be like
Midas touch turning his idle mo-
mcnts into golden opportunities II
g. my opinion TINT this correspondence
nnd home study work can be best done
with The grammar grades aud high
school pupils. But every member Of
your feculty should be used 20 that
the greatest good 70 the very greatest
number may be given. Meet the is-
fuo IN the beat possible way consider
Ing your conditions
''Third--Co-opcrate In the back TO
school drive. Every teacher should
Ice the means OF bringing ut least one
lost ahccp into the fold. Tho i'm
closed letter sent to the LEADING ciu-
Gems or your community appiios in
every particular to teachers The
success attained through this drive
viii depend largely upon your leader
ship.
"Furth-Janitors who have charge
at % boiler have been paid fun salary.
other junitorH. excepting IN cases
where the teacher - the jnnitor. have
been paid half salary You should
see to n that they have and keep
everything about your building IN
satisfactory condition. Again your
Leadership viii be the determining
factor.
'Finh-As you have noted by the
press. the state board Of education
recommends that our work be ao
organized that we shall be able 90 give
full credit for years work. They
recommend that We eliminate tho less
or non-onaentlal ] heartily nRroc with
this worthy effort. hut essential H. too
general term. I. therefore. submit
that ~ Carbon county for the rest OF
this year We will devote our efforts all
most oxcluaivcly. and most Intensive
~ to "a study OF the three R'a-physi-
cal cdurution. health habits. singing
ana spelling.
"Itoading In the first three grades
IL 20 be- limited Co the work exactly
no Il II outlined IN the Story Hour ana
Natural Method manuals. Provided
that phonica shall be- taught accord
ing to the story hour method. m you
win see that your teachers follow
these manuals explicitly and utudi-
nualy. ] am sure the results viii ho
most gratifying. Reading above the
third grade;
"First-An students 10 be tested
according 90 the Story Hour ana
Natural Method manuals and brought
lup 10 100 per cent IN vocabulary.
power nt thought analysis and phonlra
90 there outlined.
"Sccond--Ail selections prcscfibcd
Tor class study In tho course ~ study
10 be studied ana mastered as out
lined u the above manuals and the
course ~ study.
Reading. All 0rndcs-EXactly a.
outlined la the Carbon Guide, Pages
Ib2 90 90. Provided that only the pre-
Hcrihod book (flrsi meitionedl shall
be read 10 the children, Al Heiec-
tiona Cor each grade are 10 be- mem
oriEed. and should he introduced
DtnughO nH suggested under study or
"a Poem. Pages sS. 90 and o.. Car
Ton Guide.
! "Arithmotlc-unul further notice
larithmetio shall be confined eNclu-
lrlveiy 10 the COURTS STANDARD prac-
I tlce Tests as outlined In my Circular
letter of December iith. 90 the forty
sixth primary number facts aud 10
the mastery OF the multiplication
tables.
'writlng-see Carbon Guide. Page
1877. Paragraph rs. ON the fifth
sixth. teventh ana eighth grades ten
minutes each day shall be devoted 90
penmanshlp ns provided by the Pni-
/ mOr Manual ana Course OF Study. All
written work shall be In the pupils
best handwriting.
Physical Educa,ion-shan Do re-
qulred exactly as outlined Tor an
grades IN Carbon Guide. Pages 90 20
Health Hablts-For tho present
Conflne this 10 correct habits OF
breathing, walking, standing. sitting.
eating and sleeping.
"spelling-F Nactly as outlined In
the course OF study for and preface
aud appendix OF Mastery Of Words,
"sinslng-Group ana community
SONGS for pleasure, patriotism, APP
lpreciation ana cooperation.
How About our Ohieotives-N Neat
ness thrift. self-relinnoe and deport-
ment during February. thrift during
March and Helf-reliance during the
moath Of April
"Just as soon as health regula-
lions win permit / shall visit you and
Try "a help IN carrying out the above
program which ! am sure, you win
agree, we may establish as the Mini
mum Essentials for Carbon county.
which must be attained by every
grade t"is year II we as teachers are
10 justify the confidence which has
been placed In us.
some may feel that this program
/ Is autocratic and az times dogmatic.
] grant you Il Is. But how else are we
20 do the greatest good 10 the great
est numher2 Does not the eXieency
of our situation demand that an shall