The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-23

ing things Of the colonial times.
Miss Morgan's pupils of room il,
Grant school. have formed a literary
society known as the Royal Blue Lit
erary society, with the following OFF,
GERS: President. Grace Pearson; vice
president. Howard Young; secretary,
George Fernstrom; treasurer, Richard
Hapgood. The first programme was
given Friday afternoon
A very interesting meeting of the
teachers Of the three upper grades was
held at the Fremont school last Tues
day. and Superintendent Christensen
addressed the teachers on the subject
OF English grammar. At the close of
the address a general discussion among
the teachers took place. The same
teachers will meet on the two coming
Tuesdays at the same place and listen
to a lecture on the teaching of read
ing from Principal Qualtrough of the
Oquirrh.
A meetings of the parents of the
Whittier school was held Friday. An
election Of officers resulted as follows:
President. Mrs. Epperson; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Gaby; secretary, Mrs.
Park; treasurer, Mrs. Condor. After the
election of officers. Mrs. Fritz gave an
interesting talk. The parents then re-
paired to the several rooms, where the
written work and drawings of each
child were on exhibition.
One of the finest school libraries in
the city is TO be found in the Emerson
school. During the past month over
100 choice volumes of the best Juvenile
literature have been added. Through
the efforts of Mrs. Cummings a set OF
StOddart's lectures has been secured at
a very reasonable rate, and Mr.. Cum
a. -, T,o nrxF q,
copy of the Century Cyclopedia Of
Names.
The Union school loses one of it's
best teachers and the city teaching
corps a strong member in Miss Emma
Mitchell. who left Thursday to take
a position in a girls school near Santos,
in Brazil. Miss Mitchell has been with
the city schools for some years, and is
a specialist in geography. She Will
be gone but one year, making a special
study of the country during her stay
there.
At the jackson school the following
pupils of the primary grades have had
their drawings placed in the corridor:
Nora Hanson, Abram Lewis, Helen
Kessler. Sidney POLAND. Alvin Trot-
tier, Ruth Folland, Lillith Fellows. Ma
ME Vaughn, Clifford Williams and Levi
Amis.
The teachers at the Webster school
are getting up some very entertaining
programmes for Thanksgiving time.
They will be fitting end for the
Thanksgiving school week, which has
been a prominent part of the reading
matter for the past two weeks
BY the courtesy of Mrs. Byron Cum
nings, the teachers at the Emerson
school were the guests of the Ladies
Literary circle last Tuesday afternoon
and listened to finely prepared review
of Edith Wharton's valley OF Dec1-
sion" given by Mrs. ]. NJ. Dart
Miss Rosalie Pollock spent Friday in
Coalville, returning yesterday morning..
She addressed the teachers Of Summit
county at their institute on the subject
of Reading in the Grades"
Miss Woodmansee in room at the
webster has shown by her artistic dec
orations and arrangement of pictures
how to make north room attractive.
The annex at the Wasatch school is
completed, and the heating plant is in
satisfactory working order The work.
men are still in the building, however,
Transforming the vacated rooms into
extra class rooms
The Bavarian string band visited the
Iongfellow school on Friday. Th6Deau-
tiful music was greatly appreciated by
teachers and pupils.
Friday afternoon the eighth grade
girls of the Grant school debated the
Following: Resolved, That the French
had a Just claim to the Ohio valley.
The negative side won.
Mr.. Miles Is going to give the teach
ers at the Sumner school talk on
Southern Utah" next Monday after
noon.
Miss Home, who has been assisting
in the beginners grade in the Webster
school, has been removed to second
grade IN the Union.
Miss Shrimpten visited room of the
LongfeIlow school on Wednesday.
The weeks visitors at the Whittier
school were Mrs. Condor, Mrs. A, Ro-
her, Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Reed, Mrs.
Cowley. Mrs. Lynne and Mrs New
comb.
Visitors at the Webster school men
ton the tidy condition of the school
yard. The pupils OF the UrSI ana sec
ond floors take weekly turns by rooms
in seeing that the yard is kept clean.
Miss Waters of the Lowell school
and Miss Jones of the Sumner school
visited Miss Stanchfield Of the Long
fellow.
The Grant school has another prod
ICY in the person of Warren Scholes. a
boy Of Z years in the beginners grade.
who reads fiuently at sight in any third
reader.
Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Robins were
visitors at the Grant school this week.
Mrs. Percy and Mrs. Bush visited
room at the Longfellow school on
Wednesday, Nov. 10.
Mrs. Pierce and Miss Benz We're seen
at the Sumner school during the week.
Mrs. Alice Tomlinson will resume her
work in the sewing classes tomorrow
morning.
Mrs. Eli A. Foliand visited the Jack
son school on Friday.
Mrs. Pollock was a visitor in all the
rooms OF the Lon gfellow school.
Mrs. Allen substituted in the Grant
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