Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-28
DEPARTMENT WORK
FOR THE TEACHERS {: J
Interesting and Profitable SEES
sions Held by Conven-
ton Today.
THE. ATTENDANCE is LARGE.
fast Night and This Morning Saw Big
Delegations Arrive From
Out OF Town.

Out OF Town.
Departmental meetings, III which
most OF the subjects covered By the
public school curriculum were touched
upon, held the attention of the teachers
in attendance upon the seventeentb an
rual convention OF the Utah state
Teachers association today. Hundreds
of teachers arrived in the city during
Tuesday evening and this morning. 50
that the attendance at most Of the
department meetings was heavy. Es-,
pecially was this the casa, at the pri-
mary and kindergarten sessions. held
in the main building at the high school,
about 500 teachers being In attendance
at the primary department
The convention Is proving IN every
way successful from the teachers point
OF view, and tho committee in charge
OF the arrangements: has cause TO feel
qualification. Headquarters OF the con-
yention were early established at the
kenyon hotel, where more than 100 OF
the teachers are registered. The office
OF the secretary, Prof Fred D. Keller,
is also in the Kenyon building, and a
bureau of information for the benefit
of teachers and others is located In the
main office room Of the Kenyon. The
Information bureau and registration de-
partment are in the same booth. pre-
sided over by Mrs. Elizabeth V. Fritz,
and assisted by Miss Frost and Miss
Sampson of Salt Lake.
ART SECTION. MEETS.
The art section meeting was held
at . O'clock this morning i'll the as
sembly room at the Lafayette school
building. The principal address was
delivered by Donald Beauregard,
supervisor OF art of the Ogden public
schools, who spoke on How teachers
without art education may successful
~ teach art in the public schools
The address was listened to with
marked attention by the teachers
present Mary Teasdel. instructor OF
chosen president of the art section
for the coming year and Miss Fawn
i5rinlhall, of Provo. was reelected
secretary. s, 49, 90. q. sy'is
A Acreditablc feature OF the art sec
A ionswas the display Of art Work IN
tile schools from the Salt Lake. oEuen'
Provo. Murray and Granite rschoo ).
Leo Fairbanks supervisor OF art ~
the salt Lake public schools, Is In
charge OF the exhibit. Every grade IN
every school in salt Lake City IS
represented. primary and grammar
grades being separated. There Is also
a separate display Of handwork. con-
struction and weaving. and Of clay
modelling and casting. The exhibit
will remain open all week and the
public VII! be welcomed.
The primary section held its meeting
in the gymnasium assembly of the high
school. The large room was almost
!, Atxa1I =, ffnn ,l,n
the session began Mt 10 o'clock. Miss l..
NJ. Qualtrough. principal Of the Oqulr1h
school. Salt Lake City, delivered an
address on Sense Versus Sentiment IN
the Equipment OF. the Teacher and
Prof. Howard r. briggs of the univer-
sity Normal training school talked on
"Dramatization as a Help In Reading"
KINDERGAR SESSION.
state Supt. A. C.tNelson delivered the
principal address. befo-r the meeting of
the Kindergarten section. which was
held In room 10 of the main building OF
tho high school. Supt. Nelson's subject
was Effective School Legislation" he
said new legislation was not so need
ful ms, 1T was necessary to enforce the
legislation already on the statute BOOKS.
lie urged tho kindergarten teachers to
use their influence with the stale nor
NAL school! to provide an expert kin1er
rarterer to take charge ofathe Kinder
gsrten department in the county insti-
tutes.
Miss Rose Jones made brief address
on Good Beginnings" In which some
excellent points In kindergarten work
were illustrated.
The college and high school section
held its meeting in the assembly hh'i
of the high school at o'clock. The pro-
gram was confined principally to a DIS
cussion of the high school situation IN
Utah. among those taking part being
Geo, w. Decker, principal Of the Branch
normal SCHOOL, D. II. Robinson prin-
cipal Of the Manti high school; Karl
Hopkins principal of the Lehi high
school: Enoch Jorgenson. principal OF
Jordan high school. and c. NJ. Merrill,
of the Boxeldcr high school.
Several addresses OF an Instructive
character were read In the meeting or
the science and nature department,
which was held at l030 In assembly
Of the high school building. a paper
by DR.. j. f. Merrill on How Shall Ele-
mcntary Physics be Taught In the High
School - was read by DR.. a. A. Knowl-
ton Of thu university, Dr. Merrill being
In Colorado Other addresses were de-
livcred by a. o. Garretto.tof the Salt
Like high school; NJ. J. Abbey. director
OF nature study In the state normal
Of the Proctor academy AT Provo, with
discussions led by r. N. Hall and Ma
tilla Petersen, of Ogden.
COMMERCIAL SECTION.
The meeting of the commercial Sec
ton, which was held in room OF the
high school main building was attend
cd by q large number of teachers and
the papers and discussions Were spirit
ell and Interesting. Guy Il. ALontgoin-
cry of the Salt Lake high school read
n paper OH Practical Writing for
Business Letter Writing; James Todd
Of the SILT Lake high school. talked
onH "Thc Cause and Remedy Of Poor
Writing In the Grades" Francis W.
l<irkham. Of the l.. y. S. business COL
!ese delivered an address on Some
of the Phases OF a Business 1sduca-
ton" Miss Florence tanning and 9th
crs participating In the discussion.
The juvenile court section held a
hricf session. but no action further
than tho election OF officers was taken
hy Athc gathering on, account OF the
smeager attendance Judge Alex Me-
Master was re-elected president Of
the scction4and G. w. Aldrich sccra..
iary.:At the meeting Of the physical
rducatIon section In Barrntt hall. the
main address was b. DR.. jacob Bolln.i
4 0i5l,gg'"'rh$s!ca! Educn tion."STThe crafts
tectIOn had crodtable exhibit on.
display at the Lafayette school but no
alecting DC tho section was hold this
! morning. N
meeting was that Of the MUSIC section.