The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-22

Hearty and continued applause greet
ed DR.. George Thomas of Logan, presi-.
dent of the Utah Teachers association.
when in his annual address he outlined
his ideas. the result of many years ex-
perience, for Improvement of the con-
ditions lin the public schools at the
opening session of the teachers con-
vention in the Assembly hall.
The large building was filed and. it
becoming evident that the number
present was greater than the capacity
of the building, the evening session was
held in the tabernacle, when DIR. ]. C.
Schurman, president of Cornell uni
yersity, was the leading speaker.
There are over 1.6Oo enrolled members
of the association this year. There are
other teachers here who have not en-
rolled, and these with friends of the
teachers who have accompanied them
10 Zion, make the number af visitors IN
account of the convention well over
1900 persons. All day yesterday the
headquarters in the Deserct5 News An
mex were crowded
The president, DIR. Thomas, called the
meeting TO order at O'Clock, and selec-
tons were rendered by the LAFAYETTE
school orchestra. Mathon.hah Thomas
of the Salt Lake City board of educa-
ton in witty and eloquent address
welcomed the teachers ID Salt Lake.
and to everything here t',at they could
lay their hands on. He hoped they
would get what they wanted cheaper
than residents of Salt Lake could. In
the course Of his address, Mr.. Thomas
touched upon the present Inadequate
salaries of the teachers, and said that
hn 70 co
teachers would work under a yearly
contract which would cover twelve
months in the year. In this and other
directions teachers should keep their
ears to the ground and work as hard to
educate school trustees as the children.
Honor System Suggested.
After songs by Mss Edna Evans,
President J. T. Kingsbury of the Uni
versity of Utah responded briefly 10 The
address Of welcome, thanking MIR.
Thomas for his kindly expressions to-
ward the teachers. He pointed ont the
immense responsibility devolving on
the teacher, who really had the training
for longer period than did the par
ents- He suggested that the teachers
themselves might with advantage adopt
system of honor as do the students
of the University of Virginia. TO rid
the profession of the unworthy. but I'm
so dong he expressed qualification that
in no profession was the number OF
such unworthy SO small. He referred
TO the tendency of the age toward in
dustrial education, the going from one
extreme to another. and considered ths-t
work i'll the husnan.ties was as much
needed as that in applied sciences and
industrial training. The proposition
made at Washington to establish indus
trial schools under the direction OF the
federal government, he thought would
be grave mistake. Such work should
be associated with the public schools.
but not to the exclusion of the older
clerical subjects.
p. H. Christensen, in responding to
the address of welcome took occasion
TO utter warning against the tenden-
cy to overcrowd the courses of study.
This he suggested as a subject for the
most careful consideration of the con-
vention.
1t vas announced that Miss Hazel
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