The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-31

| Thomas of Salt Lake City, trustees for
three years The secretary and treas.
urer are appointed by the trustees.
Before the musical numbers by the
Commercial club quartette were rem
dered at the evening session President
Thomas appointed Superintendent A.
{. Nelson and Howard r. briggs to es.
cort Prcsident.ccct DR.. Joseph +. Mer.
ril to the stand This was done and
Professor Merrill made brief address.
Another feature aside from the lecture
by DR.. Cook was the gift to retiring
President Thomas with q gavcl in APP
probation of his management of the
convention and excellent executive
handling Of his MANY duties Dr. Cook
delivered tho concluding address of the
session and then at 10 clock Friday
evening The seventeenth annual meeting
of the Utah State Teachers association
adjourned.
Strong opposition, championed by sew
cral wellknown educators, was raised
TO the recommendation TO dispense witt
departmental work, offered in the re-
port of the committee on revision of
the constitution and bylaws In the
half hour s debate which followed the
reading Of the committee e report, Pro.
fessor Merrill, Professor Stewart. Presi.
dent Thomas and others expressed their
opinions IN no uncertain manner. As
result of the vote taken the depart
ment work will remain as under the
old constitution and bylaws.
Name Is Changed.
The other recommendations Of tho
committee were adopted, Among the
leading features in the change in the
constitution and bylaws are;
- Changing of tho. name Of the Utah
Teachers association to "The Utah
Educational association -
Changing of the time of the annual
meeting to Thanksgiving week instead
of the Christmas holiday period.
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Fifteen dollars was settled upon as
the amount for a life membership GER
tlficate.
The Utah Educational Review was
named as the official organ of the
Highly appreciative resolutions in
of the late Supervisor John S.
Welch were adopted.
Cooperation Urged.
Urging cooperation on the part of
the general public and the school work
ers, Elmer T.. Brown, United States
Of education, said ''The
real thing necessary for the best results
III SCuOUl "OIh 10 w udNc
between the patron and the teacher, and
to have the community keep step with
the strides being made in educational
work and have them know what is 60
ing on at all times DR.. Brown de-
.larcd that the four great needs of the
public school system of the United
States are better attendance, first class
school houses, betterment of the teach
ny corps and the selection of most
supervisors. The address OF
Dr., Brown was the principal feature
Of the 10 O'Clock general session Fri
lay morning.
Was Successful Meeting.
The convention OF 1910 was the
argest of any ever held by the teach !
rs of the state according TO Keeler, |
Who is secretary and treasurer of Utah
'eachers association. The total regis
ration was over 2300. There |
vas no perccptibio falling off in
tendance at the last general sessions
f the convention. The annual election |
oming as ii did on the last day, a num-
cr of important addresses and the or.
an recital at the tabernacle held the
listing teachers in the city until the
lose Of the convention A general eX
dus of pedagogues commenced after
he closing session Friday night, how
yer. Each session of the convention l.