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Show tBujlTruimw T R u 'T H . Paper, "The New Curriculum Professor William M. Stewart, Principal State Normal. educational. Superintendents Section-Lea- der, A. C. Nelson. State Superintendent of Public Instruction.. Paper, "County Supervision C. A. Blocher Discussion i , Superintendent Georee W. Decker, Biologist, Branch. Normal; Miss Director of Domestic Science, State Normal; John Sundvall, Kays-vill- Pin-cor- n, ' '.The eighth annual convention of the State Teachers association of Utah i convened Thursday evening at 8 oclock "Schoolhbuse Architecture.... in the 'Assembly hall and continues till Paper. Principal Samuel Doxey, Salt' Lake this afternoon. President Mrs. Emma City. Discussion , McVicker and assistants have ..Superintendent A. M. Merrill, Logan worked arduously to make this the best Reception, Christensens Hall. and largest attended-- ' gathering- of FRIDAY EVENING., ' " teachets 'ever held In the State. The of the Teens.... programme is the' finest ever given at Lecture, "The Trend M. V. OShea Professor these conventions here. . r Music. e. Superintendent of Uniform "Advantages Course of Study For the .. Rural f Schools Superintendent William S. Marks of Uniform Paper, "Disadvantage For Rural Course of Study Schools Superintendent H. M. Alrd "How the Superintendents Paper, Time Can Be Most Profitably Employed. State Superintendent A. C. Nelson School Board Section-Lea- der, President William J. Newman, i Salt Lake City. Books "School Text Paper, N. T. Porter, Principal Branch Normal Discussion J. E. McKnight, Principal State Paper, meroiis assistants. Owing to the heavy expense entailed on the association in carrying out so largetoan undertaking, it was deemed wise charge admission of 25 cents to any one not a. member who attends the sessions. President Graham L. Harris of the Chicago Board of Education, in his annual report presented to the board on December 27th, calls this year a notable one for the glory and good of the The departChicago public schools. ment of manual training, which has been rapidly growing in importance in THURSDAY EVENING, SATURDAY MORNING. the last few years, has made many Address of Welcome. gains .this year. The public education Department Meetings, State Normal. M. of crippled children and the bus sernWells Heber f fci SectioGoy. Kindergarten C. Norvice established for their transportaLeader, Miss Mary May, State Presidents Address. School. mal. Training tion in the past year has been of great McVicker ......Mrs., Emma J. AFTERNOON. "The Value and President Harris recomof Educational SATURDAY benefit ExPaper, School What the Paper, ects From the Primary Play" its mends extension, as he says he beoffiKindergarten Business meeting and election of George Thorne Thomsen, Director in cers. Ilss 'Ella' Larson,' Primary Supervisor is no class of children there lieves Training, State Normal. ofUtah County. the Twentieth of whom School the "The public owes a great duty Lecture, '.. Discussion Paper,1 "What the Kindergarten Has a M. V. OShea than to those deprived of the power to Professor Century Mrs. Ida Smoot Dusen berry, Provo; Right to Expect From the Primary Music, "America. look out rfor' themselves. He tells of Miss Jane G. Simpson, Rowland Hall, School!.....;..... Adjournment. the Lake Salt important srrvice rendered by medCity. .Miss Mary C. May, Director Kinder- delivGov. On Wells ical Section-Leafirst der, the inspection in preventing-smallpoof evening Primary farten Department, University Miss Ella Larsen, Utah County. ered the address of welcome. Music from gaining access to the schools. In . I.1-- . ; , - . sV.-.V- d a m . ft - . r - . , x - - ON LINE OF RIO GRANDE WESTERN. Discussion President George H. Brimhall, Brigham Young Academy, Provo. FRIDAY MORNING. "Incentives For Higher Education.... President J. H. Paul, Latter-da- y Saints College. Discussion Superintendent D. H. Christensen, Salt Lake City; Superintendent Scott McClellan, Wayne County. Music. Schools Paper, toWhat Can the Rural Do Prepare Pupils For Agricultural Pursuits? Dr. E. G. Go wans, Utah Agricultural College, Logan. Discussion Professor Ernest Partridge, Brigham Young Academy, Provo; Miss Rosa-- . lie Pollock, Primary Supervisor, Salt Lake City; Horace Cummings, SciState Training ence Supervisor . School, in Education and lecture, "Suggestion . the Affairs of Life Professor M. V. OShea, Head of School of Education, University of - . Wisconsin. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Executive session. Color Work in was furnished by a quartette composed Paper, '"Drawing and ; the Grades D. Pyper, H. G. Whitney, W. of Mrs. Franc R. Elliott, Supervisor of G;- George and John Spencer. Patrick The Drawing, Salt Lake City. main feature of the educational part of General discussion. the convention is the series of lectures Paper, "Nature How and What to given by Prof. M. Y. OShea of the Teach Miss Tlllie Petersen, Logan Wisconsin university. His first lecture General discussion. Friday morning was "Suggestions in on Education and the Affairs of Grammar Section-Lead- er, David O. McKay, Weber Stake Friday evening "The Trend Life; of the Academy, Ogden. Teens. This afternoon the lecture will in the Public Schools be on the School of the Twentieth CenPaper, "English Professor G. M. Marshall, University tury. Professor OShea has the repuof Utah. tation of being one of the best lecturers as Paper, "How to Teach Orthography.. well as one of the most scholarly Principal George A. Eaton, High men in the country, and is continually School, Salt Lake City. engaged in lectures on educational subColleges and Secondary Schools Section-Lead- er, jects and contributing articles to leadProfessor Byron Cummings, Several noted Utah ing periodicals. University of Utah. Instructors have taken part in imporGivWork Much the of "How iper, tant discussions. The social function en in Colleges Should Be Elective? in connection with the convention Should Any of the Work in Secgiven Elective? ...... afternoon at Christensens ondary Schools Be Ph. yesterday D., University hall was an afternoon by the F. Merrill, Joseph city nt TTtflh. The tables were presided teachers. Discussion over by Mrs. Katherine Parsons, Misses High Principal A E. Wilson, Ogden Abbey R. Bishop, May Critchlow School; Principal George H. Mar- Reilly, Windfred and Woodmansee, with nu- shall, Wasatch Academy. - - the report also the value of sympathy between the home and the school receives much notice. The interest of parents in the public schools is desired, mdny misunderstandings of the child may be obviated, and the mutual alliance of parents and teachers will prove a safeguard in the behavior and advancement of the pupil. It will readily be seen that the same questions govern the public schools of Chicago as here. These are the same subjects our are Constantly bringing before the patrons of our city city-teacher- s schools. . - Mrs. Jane L. Stanford has trans- ferred to the. Leland Stanford university property worth approximately This Includes all of her previous gifts to the school. Some $7,000,-00- 0 had been given to the university by the late Senator Stanford, but the deeds were found to be illegal. This property was included in the transfers just made. Denver News. $30,-000,0- : . 00. |