The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
Mills of Ogden and Nelson of
Ephraim Are Advocated for
the Position.
BRILLIANT FETE HELD
FOR U. 5. COMMISSIONER
Committee on Industrial Educa.
tiOn Reports Against Sepa-
rate Trade Schools.
selection Of officers for the
State Teachers association

State Teachers association
promises to end in a lively
session. The person who will like
ly be chosen is D. HI. Robinson of
Manti The committee who will
present the list of candidates to
the association had not completed
the ticket up to late hour last
night. Teachers who expressed
themselves were firm in the belief
that Robinson would be elected.
There has developed bitter opposi'
tion to the reelection of Mathonihah
Thomas as president, because he is not
actively engaged in the work Of teach
ing, Others suggested for president
are John NJ Mills of Ogden and NJ
K. Nelson of Ephraim, but Mr.. Rob
inson leads all in the contest
The feature of the afternoon session
of the convention was the address of
Dr. Cook. He is forceful speaker aud
he is a strong advocate OF evolution.
He eulogizcd Rousseau and Voltaire as
models as heralds of the new day and
as result aroused much adverse criti-
cism.
Reception at odeon Hall.
Twelve hundred educators from ali
parts of the state attended the brilliant
reception TO Elmer Emerson Brown
United States commissioner of educa
ton, which was held at the Odeon hall
Wednesday night. The reception to the
noted educator was the climax of day
filled with business and enjoyment for
the teachers of the state The morning
was occupied with interesting meetings
Of the different sections of the associa-
tion, comprising the different phases of
educational work in the schools of the
state
The formal reception was fol
lowed by the informal annual ball of
the teachers association. Always this
ball is the most enjoyable feature of the
annual reunions of the teachers, and
on Wednesday night all former sue
cesses were echpsed.
Beautiful Decorations.
For the reception the hall presented
itself masterpiece of decorative art.
The colors chosen blended so well to-
gether and with the handsome gowns
OF the ladies that the scene was a
harmonious panorama of pleasing color
flashing beautifully beneath tho soft
ened illuminations. The predomiuating
colors were the colors of the nation.
The red, white and blue predominated
in crossed flags, in national shields and
In festooning of bunting. From the
gallery surrounding the hall were hung
schools represented by the hundreds OF
tcnchers who attended the reception.
TwiDkling in and out among the other
decorations was Just a fash of pink
and gold and blue-a dainty conceit
that was much admired,
In the receiving line at the hall were
A, B. Kosler, chairman of the enter
tainment committee of the Utah State
Teachers association; Mathonihah
Thomas, president of the Utah State
Teachers associations; DR.. Il. h. Brown
Of Washington, D, c., United States
commissioner of education; Governor
William Spry, Miss Rosaline Pollock of
grades; a. C. Nelson, state superin
tendent of public instruction: Miss
Evelyn Reilly, principal of the Lincoln
school, Salt Lake; DR., John M. Tyler
of Amherst, Mass, and Miss Grace
Frost, principal of the Ouequa school,
Salt Lake,
Spry Leads March.
After the teachers and their guests
had been formally presented to DR..
Brown the annual ball was opened with
the grand march, led by Governor Spry
and his military staff. The dancing
thenceforth was informal and the
evening was delightfully."- spent,
In each corner of the great hall there
was placed punch booth at each of
which half dozen dainty girls pre-
sided. On the main floor refreshments
were served throughout the evening by
another bevy of Young ladies. The
dance music was provided by the regu-
lar Odeon orchestra. while on the main
floor tho talented young ladies of the
Commercial club orchestra, under the
direction of Miss Romania Hyde,
played sweet music during the evening.
The reception and dance is the one
social function of the teachers re-
union. The remainder of the time for
tho convention will be devoted to tho
business Of the meeting and the discus
sion of the different phases of the vari-
ous problems of educational advance
ment
Almost 1000 Utah teachers, includ
in those in Salt Lake City, had regis
tered at the office of the secretary and
treasurer OF the Utah Teachers asso-
citation in the main parlor of the Ken
yon hotel at 3 clock Wednesday after
noon. According TO the assistant secre-
Ia rics in charge Of the registration. the
largest attendance mt any convention in
the history of the teachers association
was practically assured for the seven
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