The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-14
ARE SATISFIED
WITH u. OF J..
Teachers in Training Depart
ment Return From East
ern Trip.
INVESTIGATED WORK IN
SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS
Convinced That Utah University
Normal Ranks With Fore
most Institutions.

Misses Mary c. May, Althca Wheeler
and Anna Youngberg, three teachers IN
the training department OF the Norman
trimming school or tho university, nave
Just returned from three weeks IN
spcctIon trip OF schools In tho East. IheS
Investigated the work OF their depart
ments as it is now being carried on In
the foremost schools OF the country and
the reports which they bring back, II
anything add additional credit TO the
work which is now being done at the uni
versity Their investigation convinced
them the more OF the truth OF the as
scrtion OF such men as DR.. G. Stanley
Hall and DR.. Hughes, who. after their
visits here. said that the University Nor
NAL school ranked foremost among SINH
lar institutions of the land.
Not Behind the Times.
IT was pleased TO Sec" said Miss Mary
c. May, director of tho kindergarten.
that we wcro not behind the times. The
work we are doing Is along the same
plane as tho best work that | found be-
ing done in the schools l visited. ] found
nothing particularly new In my particular
department. although I visited the pri-
vate. public and free kindergartens In and
about Chicago"
Spoke to Kindergarten Club.
Whilo away Miss May was the guest OF
the Chicago Kindergarten club and was
invited to make a short address on kin
dergartcn work II Is being carried on
In Utah. In this particular department
don. being president OF the kindergarten
department of the National Educational
association. One OF the special objects
OF her trip TO Chicago was TO be present
Al n Tng int- Of h. hon Ii Of 1.Tl TtTf1a 10
called by President Schaffer Of the n q
A. TO arrange programme for the next
meeting of that organization, which is to
be held at San Francisco. As head OF tho
kindergarten department Miss May was
called upon at this meeting to present the
programme contemplated for her depart
meHt
Lack In Buildings.
This short trip said Miss Anna
Ioungberg, made II plain to me that
others outside OF the State havo a higher
regard FOR the work which is being done
at tho training school than have some
people right in our own community. In
aim, work and ideals our school ranks
with tho foremost in the land but in
equipment and building facilities we rank
behind a great many. / was surprised to
find some schools OF considerable repu-
t0tion stil clinging to the old formal
methods that have OF recent years been
discarded by the foremost educators OF
the land Some OF these schools were
actually in the developing stages while
others were doing splendid work" Miss
Youngberg,, who is supervisor OF geo.
eraphy and history. paid particular at
tentlon TO this class OF work In her visits
to Normal trimming schools. both in New
York and Chicago.
Miss Althea Wheeler director oE do
nestle science, had much the same re-
port TO make as her associates All OF
the teachers found some points which
with benefit can be Incorporated into the
work now being done at tho Normal
school Since returning they have been
preparing addresses along these lines
which Will be delivered before the fac
| ulty Of the Normal school