The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-15
WILL EXPLAIN
HOW TO TEACH
Experts to be Present at State
Summer Institute.
MANY COURSES OFFERED
POINTS TO BE ILLUSTRATED BY
CHILDREN'S GLASSES.
MANY COURSES OFFERED

The state summer institute viii open
at the University of Utah a week after
the close OF the school year and Uid
present some features for The bene-
tit of the teachers attending which are
entirely new I'm the matter of insti-
tuJe work in the west Besides the
regular courses which win be offered,
the training school win b open for
regular work, with pupils iu every
grade, for the benefit of the visiting
teachers. The purpose of this is not
to show the kind OF work done in the
training school, nor to emphasize any
special features. 1t is to show the
methods employed by expert teachers
in the. teaching of the ordinary sub
jects Of reading, writing, spelling,
arithmetic, geography. history ana
English grammar. IneSe suDJecta,
with their practical everyday teaching.
viii be illustrated in a concrete and
practical way. Each grade viii be IN
charge of the regular critic teacher
the entire corps OF the training school
remaining for the institute.
This is the exact work which teach
ers who are advancing 81 their pro
fessiOn go to the great normal cen
tiers of the country to see. II is the
kind of work done i'm the model schools
OF Chicago, and, as il VIII be under
the very teachers who have taken such
courses at those schools, it is expected
To- be of great help To the home teach
ers.
Questions to be Answered.
In addition to this work there viii
be q special period set aside IN the
second week for the purpose of an
swering any questions i'm regard to
the work which the visiting teachers
desire to ask.
Critic teachers and others specially
employed will illustrate with classes
of children the proper methods for
teaching special subjects as well, in
Guiding domestic science, domestic art.
manual training and nature study. ArI
I'm the elementary school VIII be under
the supervision of Mrs. Virginia Snow
Stephens, whose work in the exhibit
now placed speaks for itself. Miss
NaIeria Brinton viii have charge or
the methods employed i'm the teaching
of music to the grades; Miss Althea
Wheeler viii TEACHER the theory and
practice of cooking; Madame Root VIII
give practical lessons in domestic art,
presented the following suggestive
features: Sewing in the elementary
school. methods used to secure inter
est i'm the work; correct habits IN sit
ting. holding work, needle, etc; sew
ing supplementary TO other subjects
Of study, materials and models used;
plan for inducing among pupils
neater personal appearance how DO
mestic art may tend to elevate the
home; what problems It may be ex-
/ pected to solve.
VIII Show How to Weave.
The work of weaving viii be under
the direction of Miss Mary G. May and
Miss Lenore Samson, and viii include
the weaving of baskets, hats, ham,
moCks toy furniture and book
binding. Miss Anna Youngberg, the
regular supervisor of the geography
instruction viii have charge Of ali this
work. Mr. Upton viii show something
in the line of manual training, and
I Mr.. Stewart and Mr.. Mcknight viii
have charge of the other studies OF the
regular course
I'm addition TO these, DR.. George +.
/ Vincent, dean of ChaUtauqua Univer-
sity; Alice p. Norton, of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, Jessie Lee Newlin, of
the University of Chicago, and John
( S. WeIch, of the Yale Practical school
F Chicago, viii present special subjects.