The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-12-27

no DOUBT uppefffNeHt IN your ninus 10
assist you in this ! have these sug
sessions to make.
"First-Co-operate with health Of
ficials and officers Of your COM
munity.
"second--If they will not allow you
20 resume regular school work on
MONDAY. December 3Oth. do not waste
"a moment. but organize all your teach
ers into correspondence and home
study department. Establiah post
office or distributing station M the
IFchoolhouse and IN this WY reach
every child possible Even n a teach
81 can reach but one pupil her in
fluencs upon him should be like
Midas touch turning his idle mo-
ments into golden opportunities. II
is my opinion that this correspondence
Innd home study work can be best done
with the grammar grades and high
school pupils But every member Of
your fpcuity should be used so that
the greatest good 10 the very greatest
number may be given Meet the is
sue in tho best possible way consider
I Ing Your conditions.
'sThird-Co.uporatc In the back To-
school drive. Every teacher should
be- the means 81 bringing az least one
lost sheep into the fold. The In
closed letter sent TO the leading citi-
soua OF your community applies IN
every particular TO teachers. The
EuccesH attained through this drive
win depend largely upon your leader.
ship.
"Fusth-Janitors who have charge
ol boiler have been paid FUN salary
other innitorE. excepting in cases
WHERE the teacher a. the janitor. have
been paid half salary You should
zoe 30 n that they have and keep
lcvcrythiag about your building In a
satisfactory condition. Again your
leadership viii be the determining
factor
"FInh--As you have noted by tho
press. the state board 81 education
recommends that our work be IN
organized that We shall be able 10 awe
full credit for years work. They
recommend that we ciiminstc the lees
or non essential. I heartily aRrco with
this worthy effort. hut essential ~ too
general term I. therefore. submit
that In Carbon county Tor the rest 81
this year We VIII devote our efforts al
most exclusively. and most intensive
~ 10 a study OF the three Rs-physi-
cal education. health habits. singing
and spelling.
"Rcsdlng In the first three grades
n to De limited TO the work exactly
as II II outlined in the Story Hour and
Natural Method manuals. Provided
that p1onics shall be taught accord
ing 10 the story hour method. ~ you
viii see that your teachers follow
these manuals explicitly and studi-
ously ! Nm SURF the results will be-
most gratifying. Heading above the
third grade.
"First-Au students 20 be tested
laccutding 90 the story Hour ana
I Natural Method manuals aud brought
lup 10 100 Per cent la vocabulary.
power %. thought analysis and phonicH
nn there outlined.
"socond-Ail selections prescribed
for class study In the course ~ study
a. be- studied aud mastered az out
lined the above manuals and the
course OF study,
Reading. All Enthusiastically as
outlined In the Carbon Guide. Pages
ss 10 %. Provided that only the pre-
scrlhcd book tfirat mcntioncdl shall
be read 60 the children. Al Heleo-
lions Tor each grade arc 10 be MEM
oriEed. ana should be introduced
itaughD aH suggested under study 81
a Poem Pages 90. 90 and o. Car
ton Guide.
"Arithmotic-untn further notice
Inrlthmetic shall be confined cxclu-
sivoly 90 the Courts standard prac-
tice Tests a. outlined IN my circular
letter u December lfth. 90 the forty
sixth primary number facts aud 90
the mastery of the multiplication
tables
"writing-see Carbon Guide. Page
81. Paragraph rs ON the fifth.
sixth. feventh ana eighth grades ten
minutes each day shall be devoted to
ponmanship NJ provided by the Pal
mer Manual aud Course OF study All
written work shall be In the pupils
hest handwriting,
"Phyuical Education---shall be re-
quired exactly as outlined Tor all
grades la. Carbon Guide. Pages 6e 10
%.
Health Habits-For tho present
confine this Ia correct habits 81
breathing. walking. standing. sitiing.
eating aud sleeping
"spelilng--Ex Exactly az outlined la
the course OF study Tor and preface
aud appendix OF Mastery Of Words.
"singing-0roup and community
songs Cor pleasure. patriotism, ap-
probation and cooperation.
How About our Ohioutivos--Neat-
ness thrift. eelf-reliance ana deport-
ment during February thrift during
March and nelf-reliance during the
month ~ April
f''Jnst az soon aH health regula-
tlons viii permit / shall visit you and
try 10 help in carrying out the above
program which I am sure. you Will
agree. We may establish a. the Mini
mum Essentials for Carbon coanty,
5hich must he attained by every
grade tNis year II We as teachers are
90 Justify the confidence which has
been placed In us.
Some may feel that this program
n autocrntic aud al times dogmatic.
grant you a h. But how else are We
40 DO the greatest good 10 the great
est number Does not the oNieency
81 our situation demand that All shall
oheo~fplly ana effectively comply with
the outline here submitted 2 am
sure your answer can be oniy Ia the
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