The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12

Miss Lily I. Roche, formerly OF the
Hamilton school, is now engaged in the
insurance business in Rochester. n. Y.
r. E. Evans, the florist, had the cour-
tesy to send beautiful bouquets of flow
ers to all the teachers of the city. a
gift which is heartily appreciated
A meeting of the primary department
of the Salt Lake County Teachers in
stitute was held yesterday in the
teachers room of the city and county
building, a good attendance being pres
ent. The principal theme considered
was Number and was treated by SUI
perinteTdent Van Colt.
The membership list of the Utah
State Teachers association is increas-
ing rapidly, and the enrolment will be
| the largest in the history of the organ
ization. Thus far no teacher in the city
or county has refused to become a
member.
The walls of the beginners room at
the Wasatch are adorned with a picture
of Bodenhausen's Madonna, the gift of
Mesdames Igleheart. Miles and Leary.
! Harry Wilmer, formerly a student in
| the high school, is now shipping clerk
of the Fulton Bag & Cotton company
at New Orleans.
| A meeting of the grammar section of
the Salt Lake County Teachers asso-
citation will be held in the city and
county building on Saturday. Nov. Is,
at 1890 o'clock. Reading" will be
the subject under consideration.
| School and Home Education, publish
ed at Bloomington, Ills. has these ap-
preciative words concerning Superin-
tendent F. B. Cooper of this city: 1T
| is a matter of felicitation that Super
intendent +. 3. Cooper has made so
favorable an impression in Salt Lake.
| and few men in public life in that place
have so steadily and quickly grown in
favor. He is a man of broad ideas, full
of sympathy with the teachers, and of
| excellent endowments. The work is
prospecting under his charge"
A meeting of the principals of the
city schools was held on Wednesday af-
ternoon. A request was made from SUI
perintendent Cooper that the courses
of study be so modified as to require
hygiene to be taught two successive
months of the year, instead of once a
week during the year under the pres
ent arrangement. The request will be
granted.
Quite list of classics has been added
to the supplementary reading list, and
teachers and pupils will be greatly
pleased. Lights to Literature The
Story of Ulysses" Robinson Crusoe
and Tales of Troy" are among the list
The second grade meeting, which was
scheduled to be held on Tuesday next
at the city and county building, will be
held at the Oquirrh school at that,
time.
The committee of the board of edu-
cation has not as yet decided as to the
time of opening and closing the schools
during the winter months. A concen-
sus of opinion was recently secured
from the principals of the city schools.
with the result that a majority favored
opening at o'clock.
The eighth grade pupils at the Wa
satch school are publishing the Wa
satch Reporter, and are quite success
full journalists.
Misses Lorine Leary and Vida Rich
ards have presented a beautiful picture
to the eighth grade at the Wasatch
school.
The teachers of the Oquirrh school
are decorating their rooms very arts
tically.
One of the most successful of the par
ents' meetings thus far held this year
occurred at the Whittier school on
Wednesday. The beginners room was
most tastefully decorated with pictures,
the windows adorned with handsome
curtains. and added to these attrac-
tons were the soft folds of the Amer
lean flag to form a background The
room was full of flowers, and Miss Pot
ter received many compliments for the
occasion.
Next Friday will be spent by the
teachers and students of the L. D. S.
college in celebrating the anniversary
of the founding of the institution An
interesting programme will be given in
the lecture hall of the Templeton. after
which the teachers and students will
go to the social hall, where luncheon
will be served. Sports of an entertain
ing nature will be engaged in in the
afternoon. and in the evening a grand
ball will be given in Christensens' hall.
A free course of study in the Book of
Mormon will be offered this winter by
the Latter-day Saints college. begin
ming next Monday evening, Nov. 49, at
o'clock. in the lecture hall at the
Te1npleton. In the first session Pro-
fessor Mills will speak on What is
the Book of Mormon" All are in
vited.
The pupils of the Hamilton school
have organized a band. which renders
efficient service as an aid in marching
An exhibition OF famous pictures or
reproductions of famous pictures. with
short description of some of them,
will be given at the Oquirrh within the
next two weeks.
The eighth grade at the Washington
school gave an excellent programme
on Friday afternoon and was listened
to with deep interest. The first num-
Der on the programme was roll call,
answered by quotations, the other fea-
lures being piano and vocal solos, reci-
tations, declarations. the reading of
the Washington Clarion. a guitar and
mandolin duet, and a brief address by
Miss Qualtrough. principal of the
Washington. The recitation by Miss
Irene Eckers. the talk on Lonefellow
by Miss Amy Lyman. and the guitar
and mandolin duet by Penn and Amas-
sa Barton, were worthy of special men
ton.
A copy. of "Wheeler's Graded Studies |
in Great Authors has recently been
received. From the pages beam the |
inspiring faces of Tennyson, Byron, |
Longfeliow and many OTHERS. The au- |
thor has recognized what was observed |
in his work on language, that nothing
is more refining than good pictures. |
and has given us the portraits of men
famous in literature.
Box Elder County. /
Sunerintendent i D. Peters has inst