The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-02

and Corrective Measures At this meet
ing, arrangements are to be made for the
last meeting of the year, which IS hkely 20
take the form of a social gathering.
The commencement exercises of the Salt
Lake county schools will be held May q.
Principal ]. w. Hopes. of the North
school, states that his school will close
for the year May %. There will be fouT
graduates this year.
The High School Alumni association viii
meet in the assembly room on Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock.
The late DR.. C. H Blackburn. of Evans
ton, Wyo., was a brother of Miss Flora
c. Blackburn of the Sumner school. Her
friends regret to learn of his death.
The James A. Garfield lyceum has in
vited MIR. Scott Wells to address them
on Friday evening next. His subject Will
be The Law as Profession" This will
be Mr.. Wells last address in this city,
as ne will go to the front with the Utah
volunteers. The public is invited.
D- Ka-, g Xaeser leaves for ST
George and other points in the south on
Monday evening. He goes in the interests
of the church schools.
commercial department of the L. D. S.
college on Friday evening next.
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The monthly meeting of the teachers of
the city was held in the High school as
sembly room Saturday morning. The
subject as previously announced was THE
Culture Epoch Theory in Education"
and was treated by Principal Keller.
of the Webster school. Mr.. Mavor, of the
Washington school, and Mr. Gillian, of
the High school. The first named viewed
the theme from a historical standpoint.
Mr. Mavor considered the Pedagogical
Aspects of the Theory" and Mr.. Gillian
read paper on Some Possible Objec-
tons to the Theory. The papers were
all well treated, and elected much favor
able comment.
Superintendent Millspaughs report of
the city schools for the eighth month dis
closes the following data: Belonging at
last report. 1887; original entries for the
month, 81; for the year, n,SS7; transfer
entries for the month, II; intertransfer
entries. %; re-entrieS from past months
1856: withdrawn, 166; belonging at date
$40: total enrolment for the month
1896; average number belonging, 9S61-9;
average daily attendance, 9022; cases of
hardness, 1853: not absent nor tardy for
the month. 1857; for the year. 55S; per
cent of attendance, 9l-T; per cent of pune
tuality. 99.1; cases of suspension, Il; cases
of corporal punishment. u; cases of tru-
ancy, S.; visits by patrons. 500; visits to
patrons, 345. There is falling off in at
tendance over the preceding month of PAT.
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Levies for the maintenance of schools
for the ensuing year throughout the
county in all districts save q, 35, 49, 46 and
So have been made to the county officials
and are as follows:
District q, 10 mills; district q. 81 mills;
district %, 215 mills; district a. 2 mills:
district .. 81 mills; district rs. 21s mills:
district %, mills: district %. Z mills:
district so, / mill: district 81, mills; dis
trict % - mills; district 80, 8 mills; district
81 215 mills; district &c, mills; district
81, mills; district 3S. So mills: district
20, 9 mills; district Il, 21k mills: district
AZ, mills; district 43. 5 mills: district Al.
5 mills; district A. 21a mills; district as
mills: district 80 81 mills; district So 10
mills: district ~, 2la mills; district 80 10
mills; district 81. 224 mills; district g. l2ik
mills, district So mills; district 67, 81
mills
The firm of CHM & Co, Chicago, has
recently published a Utah supplement to
the Frye geography, the text being
written by Superintendent Mosiah Hall
of Weber county. The edition begins
with the early days of the territory Civ
ing a history Of its organization in 1885,
its settlement in 1Sf7. tracing its develop
by which Utah became a state, the con
stftutional convention and the jubilee of
1897. The relief and drainage are treated
in an interesting manner. its rivers
lakes especially Great Salt Lake being
quite fully considered. The mines and
minerals come in for their share of at
teution as do also agriculture and manu-
features. The supplement closes with a
statement of our educational interests.
Including the public schools. normal
school. state university. agricultural COL
lege and private schools. the etate gov
ernment towns and cities. Among the IL
Illustrations are view of the agricultural