The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

An additional force of teachers will
be required in Carbon county the COM
ing year.
Miss Lou Dunn of the Sumner school
left Tuesday evening for Taylorsville
Ills. in response to telegram an
nouncing the dangerous illness of her
sister. Miss Angie Dunn, formerly a
teacher in the schools of this city.
Prof. J. L: Tadd, the eminent edu-
Gator who lectured here last week, ex-
pressed his unqualified approval of the
system of drawing in the Salt Lake
schools as taught by Supervisor +. X
Elliott
The commencement exercises of the
Salt Lake county schools will occur
May 29.
A meeting of the grammar section OF
the Salt Lake County Teachers asso-
citation viii be held in the city and
county building on Saturday, April %,
at 1890 o'clock.
Miss Edith McClelland of the Uintah
school visited Miss Blanche Lawson OF
the Lincoln on Tuesday.
c. u. Alvey Of Pasadena, Cal. tather
of Principal @. H Alvey of the Wash
ingtcn school, has been visiting his son
the past few days.
u. L. Mcdonald, for the past two
wears principal of the high school at
brigham City. visited Mr.. Nelson of
the Lincoln school on Wednesday
Miss Katherine L. Craig of the Wash
ington school had a visiting day on
Tuesday.
The Hamilton school is preparing for
a fine entertainment to be given next
month.
The excellent quartette at the 3. Y.
academy Provo, entertained the Pay
son people last evening.
The closing exercises of the st.
George public schools took place On
Friday.
TIintah is agitated over the site Cor
a new school building.
MIR AVeys people have sold their
home on Dunbar avenue and are now
at the st. James.
Miss Hattie King of the Franklin
school visited Miss Belle Lawson of the
Irving and Miss Emily Farnes of the
Twelfth school on Wednesday.
The district schools of Box Elder
county will close May u.
Mrs. Sleeves of this city has closed
successful term of school at Bluff Date.
The next general meeting of the city
teachers will be held on Saturday
May G.
An examination of teachers who pur-
pose teaching in the schools of Carbon
county the coming year viii be held
MAY y. - ana -.
Mr.. Knudson is substituting for Miss
Lou Dunn at the Sumner school.
On Friday afternoon. Principal W.
". Barton of the Sumner school was
made the recipient Of a most pleasant
surprise by the pupils of rooms ana
10 and by the teaching corps of that
school. At about O'clock Mr.. Barton
was induced by a conspirator to listen
10 a spelling match in one of the rooms
on the lower floor. during which time
preparations were going on in room 10
for the surprise. At the proper time
he was invited into the room and was
completely taken by surprise by the
spectacle Of a table loaded with deli
cate refreshments, and by the company
who were present to witness the scene
The time passed most pleasantly and
served as reminder of the cordial re-
lations existing between pupils, teach
ers and principal.
Another of those delightful enter
tainments for which Principal Mccoy
and his corps of teachers at the Oquirrh
school are famous win be given at the
First congregational church on Friday
and Saturday evenings. April % and
% The musical features will comprise
a chorus of 100 voices, and an orchestra
of fourteen pieces, and Miss Lily Pye
and Judith Anderson viii delight the
audiences with their sweet singing. In
addition there viii be drills by the pri-
mary grades. and description OF
scenes all over the world will be pre-
scented with stereopticon. by the
pupils of higher grades. An entire
change of programme Will be given the
second evening.