The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
Establishment of Bryant Build
ing as Grammar School Will
Relieve Congestion.
HIGHER STUDIES WILL
BE PART OF CURRICULUM
Changes in Boundaries of Dis
tricts by Reason of Recent
AnneXatiOns.

With the opening OF the PupHc
schools of the city on Monday morning,
an entirely new departure In the mat
ter of handling the eighth grade pupils
will be inaugurated. This will be some-
what of an innovation here, but 1T has
been tried in other cities and mas
proved satisfactory. All Of the pupils
in the eighth grade in the city, win
the exception of those attending the
jefferson school, will attend the
Bryant school, 733 East First South
street, where it is expected that apou1
300 eighth grade pupils will be In at
tendance and also about forty pupils
of the seventh grade. In addition 10
the seventh and eighth grade classes
at the Bryant. those who attend there
will he given the opportunity TO take
up the study of foreign languages,
which is an entirely new matter In the
grade schools, and will also be allowed
to take several other high school SUD
iects, such rs algebra Latin and Eu-
ropean history.
The school will be in charge of Prof:
F, d. keeler and corps of competent
teachers in the seventh and elghth
grades as well as the high school sub
jects handled. The instructions In the
foreign languages will be gwen py
Professor Du Poncet, a graduate of the
University of Heidelberg and one OF
the most prominent instructors of for
eign languages in the United States.
Will Prevent Congestion.
Another important feature to be IN
stalled at the Bryant school Is the
course in domestic science. 1t IS the
intention of the school authorities to
dispense with the mid year promotions
10, bo ,r-b 1,.,f bo cryulnr Y
ercises for promotion will be held at
the close NJ the school wear. BY In
PRODUCING the high school subjects at
the Bryant, il Will prevent TO a great
extent the congestion in tho high school
and will relieve the condition there
materially
The active work on the part of the
principals and teachers in the schools
for the year began Saturday morning. |
when there vas general meeting OF |
all principals and teachers at 10
O'Clock. More than 500 teachers were |
present at the meeting and there was
a general good feeling and exchange |
of greetings among the instructors.
City Superintendent of Schools d. H |
Christensen called the meeting to or
der and announced the first number on |
the programme TO be violin selection |
by Prof. Willard Weihe. The number
was heartily enjoyed by all, for Pro
fcssor Weihc was at his best. He was
accompanied by Prof. j. j. Mcclellan.
The next number was 4 selection by |
the Graham quartette. These singers
responded TO several encores.
Few Withdrawals From Ranks.
Superintendent Christensen welcomed |
the teachers back to work and de-
clared that he was we'll pleased with |
the record made By the corps. He also
ay cnt, 81
number Of Withdrawals from the ranks,
and in that respect said that less than
per cent Of teachers had been dropped
from the rolls of the previous year and
nearly all of these had been married
and taken jobs for life.
lanes L. Hammond, president of the
board of education, made lengthy adj
feSsion. Mr. Hammond laid particular
stress upon the fact that there must
be no distinction between pupils on ac-
count Of their creed or politics, but that
teachers must be true and loyal to the
system and principles they teach He
also declared that the political, per
soDal or social standing of a teacher
had no influence on the standing Of a
teacher in the schools and that every
one stood on her own merits
AT ] o'clock in the afternoon the
teachers met with their principals in
their respective buildings and dis.
cussed the work for the coming year
The meetings of the day were brought
to a close by meeting of principals
at 4 o 'clock in the afternoon at the city
and county building. Superintendent
Christensen made an address to the
principals and discussed with them the
work for the year.
Ready for Real Work.
With all the meetings of principals
and teachers out of the way everything
is in readiness for the opening Of
schools On Monday. There are about
$4,000 children of school age in the
city and it is expected that a large per.
centage of these will be in attendance
on Monday, All the buildings are in
first class condition and are ready to
receive the pupils. Several new an.
nexes and additions have been com
pleted during the summer and will re-
iieve the congestion in several of the
districts. The pupils in the Sugar
House district. which was recently an-
neXed to the city, will be well provided
for and those in the Waterloo district,
which is also new territory, will be
cared for in the old Waterloo school
building, where double sessions will |
be held daily until Christmas. when the