Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-02
TEACHERS HERE
FOR CONVENTION
Advance Guard Of State Peda.
qogues Reached Salt Lake
During the Day.
DR.. HALL AMONG ARRIVALS.
Reception Tonight, Visit to City
Schools Tomorrow and Lecture
Tomorrow Night.

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vance guard OF teachers for the an
nual convention. Indications are that
the general session tomorrow evening.
at which DR.. G. Stanley Hall will de-
liver his first address, Will be attended
BY at least 1900 county teachers, and
that the convention as whole Will be
attended by larger number than ever
before In the history OF the state.
The plans for tonights reception and
tomorrow's visits to the schools. as well
as for the department meetings, have
all been perfected DR.. Hall arrived
this morning over the Rio Grande
Western, and went to the University
club. where a lunch was arranged tor
him by President Cummings, State SUI
perintendent Nelson, City Superintend.
ent Christensen, Principal Oscar
Van Colt and number Of other well
known teachers.
This evening. following the reception
10 the teachers, President Cummings
will deliver his annual address, and
dancing will be enjoyed as well as light
refreshments.
WILL VISIT SCHOOLS.
Tomorrow morning the grade schools
OF the city will hold special sessions at
which the teachers win visit after at
tending the opening sessions Of depart
ment meetings at the University Of
Utah. The visits will continue In the
afternoon, and tomorrow evening DR..
G, Stanley Hall Will be heard at the
Assembly Hall. In lecture entitled:
"Moral and Religious Education"
PROGRAM FOR TOMORROW.
The detailed program for tomorrow's
session Is as follows.
10 a, m.-Department meetings, Uni
yersity of Utah
College and High School Section
Museum building, room %. George A.
Eaton, Salt Lake City, president; j..
Preston Greer, Spanish Fork. secretary.
The Civic Importance Of the High
School IN the Public School System" G.
A. Blocher, superintendent OF schools,
Park city.
Methods of instruction In Secondary
Schools" Moslah Hall. professor Of
education, l.. ID. s. University. Discus
sion, Election Of officers.
Parents Sectlon-Museum building,
assembly room. Mrs. W. r. Hutchin-
son, Salt Lake City, president; Mrs.
Walter Lewis, Salt Lake City. secre-
tar y.
Scientific Facts About Children
Which Parents Should Know and
Which They Can Apply, Educational
and Psychological" Milton Bennion
State University.
Medical and Physiological DR.. T..
G. Gowan, State University. Practical
demonstration with children. Discus
sion. Music. Election Of officers.
Visitation OF Schoos-Exhibit of reg
uIar school work. with class demonstra-
tons:
ASSIGNMENTS OF WORK.
As a guide to visiting teachers, the
following, assignments Of work have
Observation-Disclosures, reading and man
ual training.
Emerson-History and geography.
Franklin-History, grammar and mu-
sic
Fremont-Arithmetic and music.
Grant--Grammar, manual training
and history.
Hamilton-Manual training and geog-
Taphy.
misunderstanding and PHYSICAL Gull
fure.
Lafayette--Grammar music and writ
Ing
Lincoln--Music, manual training and
grammar.
Lowell-Writing, history and geog.
raphy.
Misunderstanding history and geog.
raphy.
MISUNDERSTANDING and grammar.
Sumner--Arithmetlc and language.
Union--Reading and history.
S,t.
language.
Washington - Geography, manual
training and reading.
Webster-Geography.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
p, m.--Department meetings.
Arts and Crafts Section--State train.
Ing school building. e, II. Eastmond,
Provo, ptC<1tnt; Anna l.. Corbett.
Salt Lake City, secretary.
Systems Of Manual Training Best
Adapted to Utah Schools" Joseph Jen-
son, Agricultural college. Logan. Dis
cussion.
Manual Training In the Grades.
What Should II be?' d. w. Parratt,
supervisor of manual training, Salt
Lake city. Discussion. Class demon
sIration. Election Of officers.
kindergarten Section--State training
school building. Sally q. Sholes. Salt
Lake City. president; Vera Lane. Salt
Lake city, secretary. Piano solo. Louise
hanson.
The Relations Between the Kinder
garten and the Primary Grades"-"The
kindergarten" William NJ. Stewart.
principal state normal school.
Ihe Primary Grades Soralie Pol
rek, primary supervisor, Salt Lake
"A summary Claire Williams. state
normal training school. Discussion.