The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-23


on Saturday, Nov. 26. Subject, I'M
perialism"
Miss Ray Riggs of the Jackson school
I has resigned her position, and will leave
for her home in Cincinnati about
Nov. 1.
Professor ]. H. Paul is expected home
within the next few days.
DIR. ]. NJ. Tanner is to be in the city
! tomorrow to meet the executive COM
mittee of the National Educational as
! ISOLATION.
Union. Salt Lake county, has an en-
rollment of 1S5.
w. F. Adams and wife of yelling
ton, Kan, are in the city on a visit
to the family of his son-in-law, Prin-
cipal w. w Barton of the Sumner
school.
Frank Evans, county superintendent
of Summit county, called upon State
Superintendent Park on Thursday.
The enrolment in the Murray schools
is now 400, as against a registration of
352 at the same time last year. The
school population is 524, so of whom are
attending the Methodist mission school
and 400 are in the public schools.
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The primary section of the Salt Lake
County Teachers association will hold
a meeting on Saturday next.
a letter received from DR.. c. a. Whit
ing states that he is now residing at
Palo Alto, Cal, and that both Mrs.
Whiting and himself are attending Le-
land Stanford university.
The executive committee of the n. e.
A. left Portland last evening, and will
reach Salt Lake tomorrow. Superin-
tendent Millspaugh, DR.. Kingsbury,
Professor Stewart, DR.. Tanner and
Miss May will entertain the committee
while here.
An impromptu affair in the nature
of surprise was gotten up by the
pupils of Miss Clark's room at the
Lincoln school on Monday last. Miss
Clark was induced by one of her asso-
ciate teachers to call with her upon
one of her patrons, and when she re-
turned tie tables were set in her room
with a most inviting luncheon Miss
Clark was taken completely by surprise
and gracefully accepted the situation.
1t is seldom that so much enjoyment
is experienced in a gathering of this
kind as in this one.
Thirteen school districts in Salt Lake
county report in the aggregate $29S6
as a contribution to the Lafayette
memorial fund Thirteen only have
as yet reported to Superintendent Van
Colt.
Miss Ure, a teacher in the Bountiful
school, was a visitor at the Sumner
school on Friday.
A w. Smith, formerly teacher of his
tory in the high school of this city, is
now teaching in the Hyde Park school,
Chicago, and is also employed in a
night school in that city.
The L. D. s. business college has an
enrolment of 2O4, as against 100 at this
time "a year ago. There are 100 en-
rolled for bookkeeping, and 10 in the
class in penmanship.
A luncheon was given on Friday by
the teachers of the Jackson school in
honor of the departure of Miss Ray
Biggs from the city. A delightful af-
ternoon was spent.
NJ H. Ross. a Utah boy, and a grad
uate of the Zanerian art college, CO. !
lumbus, o., is making a fine record as !
a teacher of penmanship in the L. D. S. |
business college. this city.
Superintendent F. w. Metcalf of the /
deaf mute school, Ogden, was a caller |
at the Office of State Superintendent !
Park on Friday.
A delegation of pupils from the high |
school to the number of $50 went to |
Ogden on the excursion yesterday. Miss |
Majorie Paine chaperoned large party |
of young ladies from the high school. !
Among the teachers who Joined the |
party were Principal A. o. Clark, |
Misses Paines, Dukes and Peterson. At /
Ogden the Salt Lakers were met by |
Ogden students and escorted to Ogden |
canyon, taking lunch at the Hermitage. /
Last evening a ball was given by the /
Ogden high school students, and a /
grand time was had.
There are desirable positions in Salt
Lake county still untitled. Teachers
seem TO be scarce.
The schools of this county visited
during the past week by the county su-
were the schools at ORA
per. South Jordan, Herman, River
ton. Bluff Dale and Crescent. All |
schools in the county with the excep-
ton of Bingham have been visited by |
him since Sept. u. He reports prog
ress in all places visited
A meeting of the grammar section
of the Salt Lake County Teachers as
ISOLATION was held in the city and
county building yesterday. The prin- !
cipal subject for discussion was
THE Requirements for Gradua-
ton from the Schools of Salt Lake
County" superintendent Van Colt in
The first issue of Red and Black, the
High school paper, will appear early
the present week. 1t is understood
that the paper is to be well conducted.
A meeting of the teachers of the be-
grade was held at the Lincoln
school on Tuesday last, and was one
IF the most interesting meetings of the
grade meetings this far held during
the present school year. All were
delighted with Miss Blanche
Lawson's management of class be-
fore the teachers, her treatment of
sense training and method in teaching
ohonics and reading being most excel
ent. Among those present were Su-
Millspaugh, Supervisor
Iolton and Principals Barton and
Keller.
Speaking upon the subject, made the
recommendations:
% That the course of study formu-
ated for the schools of the county,
With the exception of algebra. shall be
in full. ~ That the. prin-
.ipals, with associated teachers. shall
make recommendidates of candidates