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Show Australia Exchange Teacher Visits -Fairmont School A distinguished visitor from Australia, Miss Margaret Wiseman, Wise-man, visited Wednesday the Salt Lake County Fairmont Park School for Retarded Children. Miss Wiseman is on the" State Department Exchange Teachers Program, and has been traveling for a year in Europe and the United States, and is stopping in Salt Lake City on her return home. She is particularly interested in the advanced program carrie'd on by Miss Ruthe Berg at the Fairmont Fair-mont Park School. The school is now preparing for the Christmas season climaxed by a Christmas party Friday, Dec. 21 at which Santa Claus will visit the children. The children of the school are making their own decorations, presents, and Christmas Cards to exchange among themselves and for their parents. This is the first time that these children have been so supervised that they have been able to turn out constructive work. Their achievements can be noticed in their personality development, bright happy faces and a feehng of accomplishments. Miss Wiseman, Tuesday, visited offices of the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association and investigated in-vestigated the county's program for the aged and Thursday, tonight, will speak at the University of Utah. She will leave soon for her home in Australia. |