The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-12

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Wellnigh a thousand Salt Lakers as
sembled in the Kenyon parlors last
evening to greet Frank r. Cooper, the
newly-elected superintendent OF
schools, and Mrs. Cooper, and bid then
welcome to the city.
Seldom does there gather a more rep
TesentatiVe crowd than Vas in attend
ance at the reception. Society turned
out en- masse to extend the hand OF
greeting to Mr.. Cooper. The wealth
the brains, the Sinew of the city, all
were there. Parents whose children's
induction into the mysteries of book
lore will be in the hands of Mr.. Cooper;
teachers and principals, whose chief the
new superintendent viii be: hundreds
whose interest in the schools has its
source in pride in the efficienc- of To-
cal Institutions: people OF every class
and every station were there.
A Brilliant Event
1t was a brilliant affair. Superin-
tendent and Mrs. Cooper stood in the
spacious main parlOr with the recep-
ton committee, which was composed
of Mrs. 4 V. Taylor. president Of the
Council of Womens clubs, under whose
auspices the affair was given; Mrs.
81dTlEd JellnllSS- MIS- w W. INlLtl ,
W. A. Nelden, president of the board
of education, and Mrs. Neiden; Presi.
dent J. T. KingSbury OF the university
and Mrs. Kingsbury. And here the
guests gathered Whiie Christensen
orchestra played soft swaying airs in
an adjacent room.
The parlors were very charmingly
decorated. The walls were draped with
the national colors and with those of
the university. the high school and the
Junior class at the varsity. The chan
delierS were twined with smiiaX; great
palms lowered picturesquely in each
corner, and on the landings of the
broad stairway. In the hallway were
bowls of delicious punch, over which
Mrs. Eugene Lewis, Mrs. Frank Vim
cent and Mrs. T. G.. Weber presided.
Guests Were Everywhere.
And everywhere We're the guests
. They came BY scores and they came by
hundreds. and they came by legiOns.
The main parlors soon overfiowed into
the Railways, and the Railways proving
inadequate, hundreds gathered upon
the Stairways and talked and chatted
there until they were able. by lessen
ing of the pressure of the throng to
attain the goal of the parlorS where
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper necessarily SHOOK
hands with newcOme guests, and spoke
a pleasant word with them ere others
took their places.
All was brilliant color and light and
life. Above the hum of voices, the
merry chatter. the hearty laugh. rose
and fell the strains OF sweet music. and
the air was rich with sound and mellow
with the perfume of flowers. All in
all, il was one of the most enjoyable
affairs of the entire social season, and
was a most fitting and suspicious be-
ginning of Nh. Ccoper's life as an
adopted salt Laker.
Much Of the success of the affair was
due to the members of the Council OF
Women's Clubs. who had charge of the
arrangements and carrying out of the
reception. The committees who worked
most indefatigably to make the recep-
ton what IL was were as follows:
Programme committee-AIrs. W. W.
Ritter.
Finance committee-AIrs. J. r. Gil
lner. Mrs. J. z. Bamberger.
Invitation committee-Mrs. Clarence
=. Allen. Mrs. Margaret \. Caine. Mrs
W. \. Wightman, Mrs. G. 5. PearsaH.
Refreshments committee-Mrs. f. :.
Richards. Mrs. ". II. Tibbals. Mrs. J.
d. Spencer.
Decoration committee-Mrs. J. II.
Moyle. Mrs. Hattie Harker.
After most of the guests had greeted
Mr. Cooper Mrs. a. Y. Taylor. presi-
dent OF the Council of Women's clubs
and chairman OF the evening. called the
gathering 10 order and. on behalf of
the club women and mothers Of the
City. welcomed MIR. and Mrs. Cooper
most cordially Mrs. Taylor said:
MS. TayIor's Talk.
Ladies apd Gentlemen: 1t IS with
the greatest pleasure in the present and
with joyous hope Tor the future, that !.
in behalf of the club women OF the
city. bid you Welcome here tonight. 10
meet our new superintendent of schools.
Professor Frank Il. Cooper, and his
estimable WIFE. whom we hope soon 10
make - home among us.
Although the Council Of Women's
clubs, which has the honor TO receive
you. is, as its name suggests. an asSo-
ciathoII whose members represent the
cIub women 1f the city, who i'm the past
feN years have been giving a little
and study 10 the purposes and
achievements or modern education. and
IN a way have come TO feel a very great
interest in all matters pertaining 10
yet tonight it is more es-
pecially as mothers that we come to
welcome YOU and TO form a closer ac-
quaintance.
We need 70 know you better. for
wist YOU in the coming years, we are
10 snare the sacred duty, the great re
sponsibili.y of developing the human
lives under our care-the children-and /
We wish now TO express to the teachers. /
and other school officials the 1
deep gratitude we feel toward those /
who. ont of love for the little ones 1
are GeVoting their whole lives. their |
entire energies. toward making Cor
them life more full, more complete, /
more nobly useful.
From this meeting of mind with |
mind, may we go away inspired anew /
10 become more helpful to those who /
are leading the way toward the goal of /
perfection. May we be in 1
spired to cooperate with and assist our 1
new superintendent and those under /
him, in every way possible to us.
1T is not possible, ! take it. for US. /
as mothers, to know much of educa- I
tional methods, processes which natur-
ally fall within the technical knowledge /
Of the teacher. 1t is only the results Of !