The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-10
TEACHERS STUNTS
ON ATHLETIC FIELD
Religion Class Workers of Nor
mon Church Hold Contests
at Wandamere.
CONVENTION CLOSES TODAY
PROFESSORS wIDTsoE AND FOX
TO BE LAST SPEAKERS.

The teachers and religion class
workers Of the Mormon church. hold
ing their annual convention in salt
Lake. relaxed from the business rou-
tine of the last few days and. yeste--
day afternoon. about 100 of them wen.
TO Wandamere. It was field daY for
the pedagOgues. and events were ar
ranged with two sides out for the hon
ors. salt Lake teachers and those from
the northern part Of the state against
the teachers from the southern part
OF the state. The hOnOrs of the day
were won by the northerners, with
score Of 20 TO 30.
Joseph Jensen OF salt Lake proved
himself the star OF the day. winning
three firsts and two second places, ard
A. Bennion was a close second. max
ing fifteen points for the winning
team. J. F. Hickman OF the Murdoch
academy did the best work for the
sOutherners.
The feature OF the days events was
the half-mile run. which was won by
J. e Richards. The run was a heavy
undertaking for men not In training
and Richards barely cleared the tape
on the finish when he fell. completely
exhausted. Boxing contests and
wrestling matches were also on the
o'clock the teachers and religious class
workers enjoyed a dinner in the cafe
at the resort. This was where the
honors of the day counted and. as pre-
viously agreed. the losing team stood
the expense Of the dinner.
Summary OF Events.
100-yard dash, for men under IS
years-F'irst. Joseph Jensen Of the
northern team; second. A. Bennion.
north: third. a. =. Wiley. south.
100-yard dash. for men over So
years-First J. L. Horne. north: sec
ond. J. +. Hickman. south; third, Al
fred Durham. south.
Broad jump. with pole. free-for-all
First. A. Bennion. north: second.
Joseph Jensen. north: third, +. d.
Partridge. south.
Hammer throw. free-for-all-First.
Alvin Hansen. north: second. X X
Steffenson. north: third. J. +. Hick-
man, south. Distance. 122 feet s
inches.
Shot put. free-for-alI-First. x. X
Steffenson. north: second. A. Alfred.
north; third. A Bennion. north. Dis
lance. 36 feet 8 inches.
220-yard dash. for men under So
years-First, Joseph Jensen. north.
second. Joseph Hill, north; third. A.
3. Wiley. south.
220-yard dash. for men over 35
years-F'irst. J. L. Horne. north. sec
Ond. +. d. Partridge. south: third. ]
F. Hickman. south.
High jump, free-for-all-First. Jo-
seph Jensen. north; second. X. X
stevenson, north; third, A. Bennion
north.
High jump. free-for-aII - joseph
Jensen. X X Stefenson ana A Rem
Mon all Of the north tied. and the
points were divided.
5O-yard dash. for men weighing
over 200 pOunds-First. J. r. Hick-
man. south. second. J. +. Hickman.
south: third. J. II. Larsen. south
Broad jump, free-for-all-Firs-. A.
Bennion, north: second, Joseph Jcn-
sen. north; third, ]. Z. Richards.
Half-mile run-First. J. f. Rich-
ards. south; second. Sherman afaeser.
south; third. Joseph Hill. north.
4fO-yard relay-North
ug-of-war-North
VIII Close Today.
At the morning session of the
teachers yesterday. Professor J. Z.
Hickman Of Murdoch acaderiy read a
paper on How to Reach the Tndivid-
ual Student in School," and 6welt on
the ways and means Of reaching the
individual student who does not get
along In his studies.
A general discussion Of the paper
followed, Professor ID. c. Jensen of the
3. Y. Y. leading the discussion. He
contended that some Of the students
did not get along because Of physical
defects. These defects he said. con-
sisted sometimes of a growth in the
nose. and were sometimes caused by
the eyes and sometimes by the teeth.
He thought tests should be made in