The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-17
UTAH TEACHERS
To GATHER HERE
Will Hold Seventeenth Annual
Convention December "a,
%, 29 and 30.
ATTENDANCE EXPECTED TO
BE FROM $500 TO 5000
Big Educators to Speak and
Far-Reaching Legislation
TO Be Sought.


annual convention in this city, Decem-
Der 27, IS, 90 and 30, From all indi-
cations and from the interest being Ia
ken by those in charge, the convention
will be the best ever held
A new feature will be introduced at
this meeting Heretofore the conven-
tiops have been moro in the way OF
teachers institutes. This one Will take
on the convention idea, reducing the
institute idea 20 a minimum, according
to Matbonibab Thomas, president OF
the State Teachers ASSOCIATION.
..WheD ! was houorcd last year by
being made president of the teachers
association said President Thomas,
II made up my miud to put new life
into the work of the association In
other wears the convention was organ
lied into sections aud the persons at
the head of the different sections looked
after lecturers for their respective sec
tons There has been lack OF organiza-
ton in the conventions. The conEen-
ton should he an educational meeting
irstcad Of a teachers picnic do not
mean by this that no real good came
from the meetings, but ! mean 10 make
inc convention Que loI Poi
on's an, school trustees. a closer al
lance of the three forces Is what / am
af.cr.
Give Body Legal Life.
AT the last meeting committee
on rcorgani zation was appointed and
this committee will report resolution
giving the organization legsl life. There
will be some suggestions IN the report
of the committee that may revolution.
Mhilo l,,a yrIll hDIp
come opposition from certain elements, |
aln sure il will bc adopted. Substsn"
iial and urritorious changes IN the con" !
stitutiou of The teachers associations
VIII not be forgotten
- MAY say that the executive com !
mrttec has had more meetings in the
iasJ wear than IN amy other year since !
ihc Sss"ciation was organized. Early |
last spring ! named committees 10 make !
ARRANGEMENTS for this ioHN ention. These !
committees have been ~ work and max !
NJ reports. from time TO time, 10 the !
cxerutiyc committee. We believe the
pTogra,nnc arranged will be a rcycla. ;
lion TO many teachers Of the state.
Il. T.. Brown, nitcd States school
commissioner. viii arrive in the city
Wednesday. December IS. II is not F;
often that state association gets The /
United States school commissioner aud !
She teachers should feel that no eff !
i"ft mas pccn hegiected 10 make The
convention q success.
In honor OF the representative of !
Tie national government the teachers of
Salt Lake viii give reception We'd !
Desday night of convention week. Odeon |
hall has bcca selected AS The place for
tue reception. Tho hall will be deco
rated and Governor William Spry and
MS staff and Colonel Scott and his staff |
will be III the receiving line We in !
tend it 90 be reception that Will be !
remembered.
Best Lecture Last Session.
.'Another feature of the convention
Will he tho lecture by DR. ,iohu Cook |
OF the illiuois state Normal school. on
the Education of the Bov and the !
Giri.' Heretofore thc last session of
tho convention has been given over to
Business and less than one-third of the
teachers attended. This year the best
Friday night, ut the last session of the
convention. II any of the teachers
leave before that time they will miss
The best number on the programme
"This convention is for the public.
There will be between 2500 and 1000
teachers. here and I wish that every
parent IN the city and county would
stteud some of tho sessions. IT. is AS
much their convention as il is the
teachers convention -
There will be nine sessions in the
four days. They will he held in the
tabernacle. assembly hall and Rarratt
Hall The programme will begin Tues.
day afternoon. December o. As far as
the programme is completed il follows:
Tuesday afternoon-Addrcss of wei
come. responses business
Tuesday night-Address. Dr. Johu Ty
Ter of Amherst college
"Wednesday NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rvi,1 r,.a.
81 places TO be announced In connection
with this poriod there will be a display
OF the art and manual training rcbnoi
work Of the Salt Lake schools
Wednesday afternoon-Address Dr
John Cook, Illinois Normal school
WEDNESDAY, nlSnt-Reception 10 r.. T.
Brown. United States school commits
soncr.
Thursday ay-Lcctures Mt different hours
BY r. n Brown United States commits
sioncr of education.
Friday morning Tyler's last lee
ture.
officers. reports OF reorganizat ton com.
mittee.
Friday night-Lccture. DR.. John Cook.
Important Reports.
At some time In the convention two
important reports will he read. One.
Physical Basis Of Education will be
given by -. II. Christensen, chairman
OF the committee that prepared the re-
port. The other. Industrial Educa-
ton, ~ will bc made bv DR. T. A. Widt-
soc. president Of the Utah Agricultural
college. According 10 the president Of
the association. these reports will be
among the most important ever pre-.
scnted TO convention Of teachers.
"The matters contained in these re
ports have been investigated carefully.
Doubtlessly parts Of the reports will
be recommended TO become laws and
a special report made 10 the legisla-
ture in the WAY of requests for their
enactment into laws said President
Thomas.
Music. for the convention will be
given l,y the Commercial club quar-
tette. Skeltou * string orchestra. Mrs.
William A. Wetzcll IS chorus and hy
chorus from the city schools. There
are some details of the musical pro-