The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-08
WITH THE EDUCATORS,
THE UTAH MATHEMATICAL So
Getty WILL MEET TODAY.
Gathering of County Superintendents
Yesterday-Plan to Eliminate Par
tisan Politics In Elections.

The Utah Mathematical society hold
a two days meeting commencing this
afternoon at 1 O'Clock at the univer-
sity.
The whole programme, except the
lecture by President Kerr, will be de-
voted to the consideration of questions
pertaining to elementary mathematics
and its teaching. The subjects, as they
appear below, are such as will interest
almost every teacher in the state. Be
cause of the widespread agitation
concerning arithmetic, its definition
and method, the programme commit
tee has seen fit to devote the whole pro-
gramme to elementary mathematics.
Ample time will be given for full and
free discussion of every paper. The
committee hopes that this meeting of
the society will be more like a general
meeting of teachers, than the name of
the society might imply.
The following. interspersed with
music, is the general outline of the
programme:
"Arithmetical Symbols" Superinten-
dent Wootton. Wasatch county.
Logical Relationship Between Arith-
metic and Algebra" Professor D. r.
Allen. university of Utah.
Origin and Psychology of Number, :"
Mr.. John F. Engle, high school. Ogden.
Principles Obtaining in Teaching
Elementary Arithmetic" Mr. L. NJ
Gillian" high school. Salt Lake.
Glass Drill in Arithmetic Miss
Rachel Edwards, state training school.
Salt Lake
Address. 1.-THE Place of Mathematics
in Education President w. J. Kerr.
Brigham Young college, Logan.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS
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The informal meeting of the county
school superintendent yesterday after
noon at State Superintendent Parks
office was attended by superintendent
Oldham of Cache county, Porter of
Davis, Scott of Emery. Andrews of
Juab, Brown of Willard. Emily Bah
man of Morgan. Van Colt of Salt Lake,
Wootton of Wasatch and Hall Of
Weber county.
plan was discussed of eliminating
partisan politics from the primaries
which will choose delegates to nomi-
nate candidates for county superinten-
dents to be voted for next July, but
no conclusion was reached. The matter
of supplying supplemental text books
which are not kept in stock. within
easy reach and at minimum prices, was
also discussed. but, too. without final
agreement The meeting adjourned
remaining topics in hand will be given
consideration.
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS.
State Auditor Richards yesterday
certified to the state superintendent Of
public instruction that there was the
sum of s44,962.07 of state district school
tax funds in the treasury on March 81, |
available for appOrtionment. On a
basis of the 1872 children of school |
age. the fund which Superintendent |
Park will apportiOn approXimates So
cents per capita In addition there |
will probably be about 81, 900 derived /
from investments from sales and |
leases of school lands for apportiOn- !
ment, giving an extra 2 cents per
capita. But before no definite an
nouncement will be made as to this adj /
ditional until the state auditor receives /
an opinion from Attorney General |
Bishop on the correct Interpretation Of
the law on the subject 1t is the
auditors desire to know whether to
report the land fund earnings separ-
ately for apportionment or in connec-
ton with the state school revenues,
and also as TO whether the interest ac-
count of the state school fund is under
the direction of the state board of land
or the auditor and the
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton.
CITY SCHOOL STATISTICS.
The report of Superintendent Mills
paugh for the seventh month of the