The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-08

School Board Section
Leader. President William J. Newman
salt Lake City.
Paper school Text Books ...........
\. n Porter, Principal Branch Normal
DlsC usSloh -..-.-..... .-......-......
j.. E. McKnight. Principal State
Training School.
Saturday Afternoon.
Business meeting and election of Of
Lecture. The School of the Twentieth
,,.--..---..---- Professor n. Y. O-Shoa
Music, America"
Adjournment
The second general meeting of the city
teachers was held i'm the assembly room
o. the Hish school yesterday morning at
lV clock- \ very large number Of teach
elS responded, and "a great deal of in
terest was shown. The meeting was
opened by Superintendent Christensen.
who introduced DR.. Whitney. the medical
inspector Tor the schools. DR.. Whitney
spoke for some time on the subjects ot
IIcsn air. position and general hygiene
or the body as applied to the school
room At the close of the talk Mrs Wet
eel sang an enchanting ballad. and Miss
Celia SHARP played piano solo. Pro-
lessor Alliton Btnnion OF the University
OF tan was Inc next speaker and gave
a most instructive talk on the care of
-he eyes of school children
Before The adjournment of the meet
ing. the superintendent gave some gen
eral, Instructions i'm regard to the new
sanitary regulations
After school on Friday the parents of
lIle Emerson gathered IN room ten, where
they enjoyed treat in the form of ad-
dresses from Superintendent Christensen
and Miss Pollock. Lr. Christensen spoke
M very pleasing manner. contrasting
the German schools with the American
schools. Mr.. Christensen closed his re-
marks with plea for our own High
scnooL showing very clearly the greater
demands which viii be made uDoD thz
rising generation and the growing i'm
portance of education because of the
greater demands i'm the future Miss Pol
lock Followed with q very interesting talk
upon TIE social side of education, in
which she gave an account Of some of her
experiences in New York City, where
the school has been made a social center
A most enjoyable social for the benefit
of the Lincoln school piano was given al
the home OF Mrs. George Canning or
FRIDAY afternoon. A number OF vocal
and instrumental selections were given
by the Misses Canning and a very pleas
ant afternoon passed by all present
Among those present were Mesdames
Mulhall, Wetzell, Feuton. Smith. Pardoe
James. PoultOn, Al PoUlton, Won Elm
BOWdish Long, Smith Clayton Kimbau
Lach, Misses Aiuihall. Akier
The Teachers Reading Circle of Mil
Greek, Big Cottonwood and ButlervfIle
districts met AZ Big Cottonwood Dec T.
me. election OF permanent officers de-
terred from former meeting resulted in
T. H. DrUmmond being chosen chair
man and Miss Ida PARROT secretary. l.
o. clark was appointed third member on
the programme committee The following
programme was well rendered:
Life of ROsseau .....-......J W. Smith
'Rousseaus Works and Principles"
...-...-..-... ......,....E. II. DrummonC
Condition of the Times in Which the
Plot of QUO Nadis Was LAID" ..
- --....-... -.- ---.-,,.--., Miss Alice Harkir
Book Review of Quo Vadis' ........
..-...-.-.-.....--... Miss Elnora Spencer
The meeting adjourned to meet Jan. 8
A peep into room Il at the Oouirrb re-
veals remarkably large collection of
l3J MadOnnas (anCient and mOdern)
gathered by the. enthusiastic teacher
Miss Jennie Garfield The collection IS
still growing through the efforts of the
interested pupils. who are studying il
in connection with the Christmas thought
As part of the drawing work the
pupils are Illuminating. for Christina
gifts, William Henry Channing's insDir-
ing symphony, as are also other sixth
seventh and eighth grade pupils in the
city schools.
As a elimination of the months work
al the Emerson i'm that special line, Fri
day afternoon was devoted 10 literature
work throughout the building The
children showed thoroughness and en-
ioyment in the work. MANY visitor.
spent the afternoon in the building, thor
oughly enjoying what they saw and
heard
The following programme was given IN
room 8 of the Bryant school last Friday
afternoon.
Eldn0 SOTO Lizzie Weitz
Reading -----...-...---.,......-.E Edgar EaYis
Solo -.-...-.........-...-.-..H Halle Foster
Piano solo .-...o............Aiice Hubert
Piano solo -....,..,..,..,.... Emile Meyer.
The following meetings are called for
the ensuing week: Beginners grade
Tuesday. Dec. 10 $3.50 p. M. room 30l. Mis-,
Pollock: third grade Tuesday. Dec 70
1855 p. m. room 204. Mrs. Elliott. second
grade. Wednesday, Dec. II. 3:45 D. m