The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

A REMARKABLE record for punctu-
Il auty is being established in the
city schools 10 Is safe 90 say
that the percentage OF punctuality has
been higher this year than ever before
in the history OF the schools. Several
schools show almost wonderful records,
and almost all cases Of hardness in
the upper grades can be traced TO de-
lay or the part Of cars or trains.
Rooms 3. q. 8 and 9 at the Fremont
school have perfect records for the past
month. nd the whole school. with iCs
large attendance has only eighteen
cases of hardness. Last week two or
more of the schools showed excellent
standing and some of them threaten
10 break the record for the present
month and present clean sheet,
The Parents club of the Union
school held It's first regular meeting
Thursday. Feb. %. There was an at
tendance of over sixty people, who iisl-
eued attentively 90 the following Tro-
gramme. Two songs by eighth grede
chorus, am address by o. W.. Moyle
paper. Ideal Parents Club, from
talk By President Cartwright. the
meeting was adjourned 90 meet March
&c at $3.50 p. m at the same place.
Two aprons. exQuisitely hand made
and stitched with the greatest care,
are ON exhibition i'm the rooms Of the
superintendent They are the work OF
a number of the girls In Mrs. Com
iiusOn's sewing classes and were done
by different girls at odd moments they
had 90 spare from the sewing lessons.
Every stitch is most daintily done ana
many patrons and teachers have Of
fered 20 purchase them,
Miss Lawson of the Fremont school
gave a class drill iu music before the
teachers OF the beginners grade at the
meeting held by Mr. WetZcn last
Thursday. It was an entirely new de-
parture in the matter of class recita-
tions and the little folks did remark
ably well.
Visitors 90 the Union school during
the past week were as follows. Mrs.
Groesbeck. Mrs Williams, Mrs DWyer,
Mrs. Mccoy. Mrs RiVes. Miss Rives,
Mrs. Cartwright. Mrs MOyle Mrs. Nc
Cardeu Mrs. Darms. Mrs. Jacobs. Mrs.
Dr. Wright Mrs. Gamer. Miss Critis,
Miss Felt Mrs. farmer Mrs. j. ii.
Smith. Mrs. Charles Gamer, Mrs. Jen-
sen, Mrs. Jacobson. Mrs. Holmes. Mrs.
Davis.
A bows chorus has been formed at
the Riverside school and has been
named the Apollo club. Lester Can
non IS president, Earl Nelson, treas
urer. and Oak Burns. secretary. Miss
Powers is drilling the chorus, and the
boys expect TO do some good work.
The pupils in room 10 at the SUM
ner school have had but one tardy
mark I'm three months. They intend
10 break this record the next three
months.
Room 10 Of the Union school has
been made vacant by. the consolida-
ton of two rooms and viii now De
used as an exhibit room for the work
of the entire building.
Some very good Longfellow exer-
q SEES were held i'm rooms III and u.
Friday afternoon, at the Sumner
Mr.. Wetzen will meet teachers of
the first grade Wednesday afternoon
at $3.50 az the Fremont school. and
Mrs. Elliott win meet those of the
fifth grade Thursday at 4 O'Clock.
Miss Woodmausee's room at the Web
ster school has been making a special
study Of the geography and history OF
Mexico. and VIII present programme
along that line shortly.
Miss Arnold of the Jackson school
is still il and her place has been
filled an the past week by Mrs. stock
ing.
Miss Hahn has been supplying at the
Hamilton during the past week in
place OF Miss Hanson. who has been
out
Mrs Davis was added to the corps
at the Grant temporarily Friday fin the
absence Of Miss Macknight
The pupils Of rooms z. g. 9 and 10. at
the Sumner are much delighted over
receiving 100 per cent IN punctuauty
this month
The pupils Of Miss McFadden's room
at the Webster school are preDarinC
a geography programme. which viii
be quite unique 20 be presented in
two weeks
There was not a single tardy in the
Union school last week, thus leaving
a record Of ten tardies for the last