The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-08
KINDERGARTEN WORK
State Association Will Establish
Another Class.
GIVEN LIBERAL SUPPORT
GENEROUS AID FROM MANY
WOMEN'S CLUBS.
Believed That the Second Glass Can
Be Established In September-A
Connecting Glass" Will Be Feat
ure of Miss Mays Work-School
Board Interested.

An appeal made recently by the
State kindergarten association for as
sistance in extending the good work
during the coming year has met with
such a generous response that the as
ISOLATION hopes to be able to open an
| other kindergarten in September.
At the last meeting of the association
| a plan was discussed whereby 500 or GOO
women of Salt Lake Club members
and mothers generality could be so in
terested in the work that they would
agree to contribute 81 a year apiece to
| the support of another school.
Besides this, direct appeal has been
made to every woman'S club in the city,
and most encouraging assurances of
| assistance received.
The Ladies' Literary club the organ
| ization of all others in the city that has
! hitherto confined itself strictly to work
along literary lines, was the very first
to respond The organization has assur-
ed Miss May of its interest in the kim
dergarten work and has promised to
help the cause through it's Home and
Education section. This work, accord
ing to recent decision of the CLUB, viii
be the only outside work that the or
ganization will undertake when it re-
convenes its session.
been to the front in public work of all
kinds. has also promised its assistance,
as has also the Authors club.
Added to this list of strictly literary
societies is the w. c. 7. L. From these
women, who are n force to be counted
upon, come expressions of interest and
assurances of help.
Children Turned Awoy.
During the past year the Webster
school kindergarten (Which was the ex-
perimenO has proved the necessity of
the establishment of classes in all the
public schools. While the board could
allow the association the use of the
large room the attendance averaged
thirty-five. After they were obliged to
go into smaller quarters, over 100 child
rem were turned away.
At present a majority of the school
board is in favor of introducing the
kindergartens into the public schools,
but lack of funds makes it impossible
this year.
The Webster school class was con-
Quoted last year at a monthly expense
of $50 This included a teachers salary
and incidental expenses. The use of
the room and heat were donated by the
board.
1t is hoped that the school board will
find some other vacant room that can
be used by the association, and some
furniture and material have been PROM
ised by the Utah Free kindergarten
association.
This organization, and it's president,
Mrs. H. S. Young, has dealt most gen.
erously with the new kindergarten
plan. Last year 800 was donated by
the society and much furniture that
had been used when the free Kinder
gartens were in operation.
OF hcrc in, Webster ERh0O1
district were also very generous. A
number of contributions were received
during the year from this source, and
it is expected that in any district where
a school is established the same will be
true.
No tuition fee is charged. but any
mother who sends child or any wom- |
an interested in the work may donate
whatever amount she pleases to the /
cause.
A Connecting Glass"
A new feature of the work that Miss |
May expects to introduce is the con
Meeting class for children from to Z
years old who have completed the kim
dergarten work and are ready for the /
public school classes.
Instead of being advanced to the pri-
mary class of the public school proper,
the child will remain in this class for
one year, and as q SUBSTITUTE lot the
technical work in reading, writing and
will be taught history in
story form and language by the correct
usuage of words and forms.
The content of mathematics will be
given without the technique and, as
most advanced educators have now
agreed, he will learn to read anyhow,
whether he is taught or not.
This years work will also include
course in advanced manual training
and instruction in science, SO that when
the pupil does enter the public school
classes he will be so well equipped
that he will be able to take
up work far in advance of the average
beginner.
The entire matter of introducing the
into the public schools is
to be more fully discussed by the board
after Professor Cooper arrives. and the
immediate need of opening at least one
more class under the direction of the
State association will be presented by
Miss May, who has entire charge of the
work.