The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Superintendent Porter of Davis coun-

Thirty of the thirty-six school dis
tricts in Salt Lake county were repre-
scented yesterday at a meeting of the
| trustees of the county.
Miss oearse of the Wasarch school
and pupils enjoyed a fine sleighride on
| Thursday evening.
Professor D. r. Allen of the univer-
sity lectured before the Sugar schools
on Friday evening.
Rooms seven and eight at the Sumner
school had a very interesting Lincoln
! exercise on Friday afternoon.
1t is expected that ]. Liberty Tadd,
the eminent author of New Methods
In Education" will lecture here about
Feb. Is, the exact date not yet hav-
ing been determined. His subject will
be art, Real Manual Training and Ma
ture Study
S. D. Bradford, formerly teacher in
this city, is on mission in Chicago.
Miss Alice L. Manning of the Lincoln
school visited Miss Mary A. Garfield
of the Oquirrh and Miss Bishop of the
Hamilton on Thursday.
Miss Minnie A. Bartch, for several
years a teacher in the schools of this
city, is attending the state normal
school at Bloomsbury. Pa.
The following teachers visited Miss
Potter Of the Sumner the past week:
Miss Beesley of the Franklin: Miss
Bowman of the Hamilton; Miss E1man
of the Ninth, and Miss Wolf of the
Grant.
Mrs. A. NJ. Hutchinson of Vernal was
given a very pleasant surprise by her
pupils on the evening of Feb. 4.
The eighth grade at the Lincoln
school had enjoyable exercises COM
memorative of the great president on
Friday.
Mrs Storer of the, Emerson school
vic Of RI m
THURSDAY.
Miss Wheeler of the Grant visited
Miss Meelss of the Twelfth and Miss
Houghton of the Oquirrh on Thursday.
The first story of the new school
building at st. George is completed. 1t
is learned that it is to be a fine struc-
ture.
Miss WOLF Of the Grant visited Miss
Lawson o. the Lincoln on Wednes-
day.
Miss Brown Of the Fremont visited
Mrs. Howard of the Grant and Miss
Thorne of the Whittier on Wednesday.
Mr.. J. w. Smith of Draper had a very
pleasant surprise from his former Du-
pills at Butlerville on Thursday even
ing.
The Webster school will open a new
room tomorrow, this being necessary
owing 10 the crowded condition of that
building lately. This room has hereto
fore been used by the Free kindergar-
ten association.
The Parents Meeting at the Ere
mont school yesterday was not so we'll
attended, in consequence of the very
bad condition OF the streets. The adj
dress OF Mrs. Elliott on "SchoOl-room
Decoration" was very interesting and
much appreciated. Several other short
talks on the subject of art Teaching
were made. A movement has been put
on foot at this school to purchase a
piano, and the promoters feel greatly
encouraged over the results thus far
secured.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
schools of Salt Lake county held yester-
day in the city and county building, the
following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, By the trustees OF Salt
Lake county, in meeting assembled,
that we join hands with the trustees of
Weber county in protesting against the
proposed consolidation eff county
schools as proposed by the state board
OF education; and be it further
Resolved, That we request our sena-
tors and representatives from this ccun-
ty TO vote against said proposed
change.
Mrs. J. H. Brown and family, accom-
panied by Miss Winnifred WoOdman-
see of the Hamilton school, leave for
Los Angeles on Tuesday. Miss Wood
place Will be supplied by Mrs.
Best during the formers absence,
which will be about two months.
The grammar section Of the Salt Lake
County Teachers association will meet
in the city and county building on Sat
urday, Feb. IS, at 1920 o'clock. Su-
perintendent Van Colt will treat IN
volution and Evolution" and Principal
w. H. Lyon, Measurements of Sol
ids"
The Salt Lake Business college has
secured lucrative positions for
seventeen of its students.
The committee appointed by the
Utah Mathematical society to inVesti-
gate the methods Of teaching arithme-
tic in the public schools, will hold a
meeting in the High school building on |
Saturday, Feb. is.
Judge Bowman will speak upon THE |
Life and Public Services of Abraham |
Lincoln" at the High school tomorrow
afternoon.
A meeting of the Principals associa-
ton of the city schools was held in the |
city superintendent office on Friday |
afternoon.
Miss Anna Bartholomew of the Grant |
school has resigned her position and /
will be succeeded by Miss Harriet Ran !
dolph, the latter's position to be filled |
by Miss Nettie Shelly. 1t is more than |
probable that her friends will soon
have an opportunity of congratulating
her upon an important event about to
take place. Her services in the schools
Of this city have been eminently sat /
sfactory.
Miss Evelyn Reilly of the Oquirrh |
school observed Friday as animal |
day. The walls of the room We're dec |
DRAFTED with pictures of various ami |
mails, and this, with the interesting
and appropriate programme of exer- |
cises, made the day one of pleasure |
and profit.
Professor Horace Cummings of the |
school will speak in Manti, |
Sanpete county, on Feb. %.
Colonel Logan of this city gave an
excellent address upon Lincoln be-
fore the Lowell school on Friday after
noon.