Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-03-16 | Page 10 | The Schools

I flnE S G O O j 1 lt in One of tho fftAturoB of the week public school circles has boon the par cnts nicellngs at several of tho buildings build-ings having for tnelr object a closer relation of tcaclicr and parent for the benefit of the child The idea of these i mod meetings Is the outgrowth of tho ern methods In educational matters In harmony with the advancement made having for Its purpose the Improvement Im-provement of tho future citizens of the country That these gatherings have was attested by the become popular nLestcc t1C large attendance While ihcse gatherIngs gather-Ings arc productive of good the parents par-ents are engaged In other practical work A crusade has been begun against cigarette smoking and almost every parents cigarete In the city has taken ta-ken It up and will do all they can ton to-n sl t In the work Other clubs have offered their services soil Is highly l probable that Something definite will I result re-sult therefrom On Tuesday evening an Bult address on this subject was given before be-fore the parents meeting at the train rlda It was Ing school On Vrldaj1 afternoon wn meeting discussed at the Whittier at n parents to S The following grade meetings will occur oc-cur during the coming weck > under the dlrectlon t Supervisor Elliott FIst grade Tuesday March ISth at 330 p m seventh and eighth grades Thurs lay March J 20th at1 I p 0 > room 201 Miss Polloclr will meet the teachcra of the third grade qn Wednesday1 March 191h4 p m Mr Wcfell 1 hold a meeting Wy the teachers of beginners land first grades Wednesday March 3bth atS Opm iIarcl V S S 1 Mrs Blakely substituted at the Lowi 611 on Mppdny and at the Grant on Tuesday morning > S S II I Miss Jennie Smith of the Bryant accompanied ac-companied the Tabernacle choir on Its excursion to the Pacific coast Mrn ipavey has taken charge of her room during her absenceS i absence-S S C t The marching at the Bryant has Improved Im-proved very much since Mary and liucl iHalloran have been playing the piano I I i Harry Muchler entered the Bryant from the Pocatello schools this eek I i Tho Bryant visitors during the week Iwere Miss Corson of Bountiful Mrs 1 Earls Miss Clark and Mrs Davey The following programme was ran dared jn room S Bryant Friday afternoon af-ternoon Sketch of Lincolns Early Jilfe Hal Ho Foster piano solo Erne lle Mayer Anecdotes About Lln l Jcoln HirrJson Bevcrldge recItation j ReunJon Felt essay on LIe Llncoln Lizzie VeJ Emancl Ration Proclamation Ala Van Pelt Thoughts ot Lincoln Ten Pupils I Lincolns Oratory Worth Bellls pl Inno solo Alice Hulburt Superintendent Christensen arrived ome from his Est rnrlp the early ptrtbftho week ianu began iiisactlvej Work again He visited the Grant and Yashlngton schools during the week S 0 Luclle Young a pupil In the sixth grade at the Lowell went to California Califor-nia with her grandmother on Friday She 1 be greatly missed by her lit tie friends who hope the change will beneficial to her S S Each pupil of Miss Engllmans room at the LowcJL has planted beans corn COln and wheat to study the process of germination Thu3 each child has i little garden off his own The hare h-are very mirch interesle < Jnc some very good work has resulted I from Iti S S i Those visiting the Lowell the past week wore fcsdajncs Rathbun Reid Larson P P Pratt Parker Miss Myra i SowlesiandMrvHcld S v I i > i i Miss Mitchell supplied at the Frank I 11 n on Wednesday a Miss Murphy of the Wasatch conducted con-ducted with credit to herself and profit I t the teachersaclass first worlc before the teachers of the first grade on last I Wednesday afternoon The report of Superintendent Chris tensen of the city schools for the sixth month of the year shows a total enrollment en-rollment of 12026 per cent of attendance attend-ance 9 1C per cent of punctuality 0941 There are fortyone colored pupils enrolled en-rolled S S o President Newman of the Board of Education has gone to the Golden State with the choir A number of the city teachers were at one time under aol Parker of the Chicago university and were deeply grieved when they learned of his deathS death-S S S The Earnest Worker society of room W of the Grant clccted officers for their association Monday afternoon Cora Kelly president Howard Butler Buter editor The society has collected and mounted over 100 pictures for the study of Eurasia I St I The pupils of room 15 Grant school gave a musical and literary pro gramme Friday afternoonS S Among the Grant visitors I this wcc k WCI Mrs Murdock and Miss Thack ery of Park City o o t v r Tlio seven fti A andcighth B classes of the Wasatch have been doing sonic very good work In parsing and dia graming while the eighth A Is paying special attention tQ punctuation S S SOn S-On nccounbof thOUSvbrk of the Wav aatoh eighth gYlde being crowded t1 Lowell programme was postponed till next Friday I 000 The eighth number pC the Wasatcti Crescent Was > read Friday afternoon and enjoyed by allS all-S o a V I Wasatch visitors this weak were Mesdamcs Price Mudgett Wallace Merrill Gibson Fouiger Miles raJace Stay and Miss Rice o 0 t Sx rooms at the Wcbftcr engaged in cnSge < enthusiastic spelling match on Fri day Room 13 which has held the plc lure for come time for the best spell l lug was compelled to submit to de feat at the heads of room 16 and lost the picture that It has held for the pat pat two weeks a tAt t-At the close of school on Friday the pupllH of room 11 AVcbaler had a pleasant surprise for their teacher a Miss Snyder Delicious refreshments WCic served and a jolly good time prevailed v 50 To congratulations of the city corps of teachers tiro extended to Mrs Shop herd nee Dane who was u teacher in the Franklin school Frltln upon her marriage mar-riage and the hope i 3 Indulged In that her life may be one of unalloyed hap piness and prosperity Mr and Mrs Shdpherd went to the Coast with the the choir c if Ir Elliott spoke beforo the teachers teach-ers of Utah county at Provo on Saturday rday Hcr subject Jcr was Art In tho Public Schools A goodly number were present and enjoyed the address acress S S S Miss Mtfrf ubstltulcrtxat tho Whl tel oh Tjjosday and at the t1 Fratiklln Frankln on Wednesday J County Attorney Christensen ad dressed the pupils of the eighth grade Lincoln on Friday afternoon on Good Clt onghlp and Constitution It was a splendid talk nnd an inspiration to f S MIr Pol inspected the work at tho Uonnovllle school on Thursday o 55 State Superintendent Nelson visited the schools In Utah county on Wednesday Wednes-day J i ta i S m Dr Mayo delivered an address on Cigarette Smoking at the Training school on Friday night S St A general meeting of oily teachers will be held in the High school assembly assem-bly room on Saturday March 22 at 10 oclock Superintendent Christensen will speak upon Some Observation which will refer Incidentally to his visit to the Department of Superintendence Chicago and will also Include the methods In vogue discipline and work of Instruction in Salt Lake city schools Miss Pollock will also speak and Supervisor Su-pervisor Wcuell will furnish tho music for tho occasion a 0 Mrs Home of thei Webster had l visiting day on Thursday and Mrs substituted Hahn took her place She also sub tuted at thu Irving on Wednesday p t The pupIls of thcRlverslde gave avery a-very pleasing entertainment at the sohool on Friday night The pro gramme watt glvcn In i the form of n I rotary the performers going from one I room to another on the upper floor I Mrs Wctrell Mrs Sanders and Prof Skolton favored the audience with selections se-lections A large crowd a present ond a goodsum was realized which will go to tho piano fund e I 0 The Jordan Uintah and Bonncvllle schools made a fine showing In their exhibit woVk at the city and county building the past week No work will be exhibited the coming week but the week beginning March Nth the Sumner Sum-ner and the Ninth will have their work there o Slate Superintendent Nelson visited Ihe schools at Pay son Friday but returned re-turned In time to attend the meeting of the State Board of Education which met Saturday S o a f Last Friday Miss ran Cotts pupils of the Hamilton presented an Interesting Inter-esting programme Rooms 4 and 5 at the Hamilton had a spelling match Friday afternoon For lack of time neither room was victo lace rious lme 10011 S o a rloU91rs Mrs McDonald one of the Hamilton patrons spent Wednesday morning In rooms A and 3 Mrs Chaflln was also a visitor S 0 > Room 7 of the Hamilton listened to the following programme given by the pupils of room S Friday afternoon Song My Old Kentucky Homo By School 1e 1tationThe Terrible Terries Clara RasmuHscn ReadlngHannahs Brown Baby GcnevJevoPorter 4 A j A wcP9rtel SoloJin the Uotigc of TooOluchTrouble i Edith Godbe Song 13Jue Bella of Scotland School RecltatIonJJ i Recllat6JIJ Johnny Opinion of Grandma iIeberStexiing v HebcrSte1lngr Piano SploGAnd Polk do Concert Merle Lynch fj Recitation When Grandpa Wns aLlttle Boy Willie Grieves I Recitation4 yW Tmlpolos Tale Joseph rfffllsjonrv W Paper Eddie Egll Song Hail Columbia t School j a C i ZOne of the most Interesting parents meetings of the year was held at the Whi tier school Friday afternoon Mrs A V Taylor wiu < unable to be present pres-ent and give herdddressso Mrs Johnson John-son presented a paper on the same subject that of cigarette smoking The Ladles Literary club was represented by Mrs Johnson Mrs Klnney and Mrs Stowe The subject was discussed discuss-ed and then a pleasing programme was rendered by the pupils In spite of the Inclemency J of this weather1u laisre number ycre In l attendance < T v S Miss Davis substituted at the Franklin Frank-lin on Monday loncaJ e 0 Some very exalting s t 1 jruitcllCS occurred at the Jtckspn on Friday From the eighth to the second grade threa divisions were made or the contest con-test In the upper division the seventh I B pupils ire vfctprlouSrt IntJtmT econd division the fourth 1 pupils > voh and in the scctloh the pupils bf Miss Pinneys room came oiit ahead Each winning xoom gets a beautiful picture for their room U J S Miss Pbrtofclc speflL throe days i at the Jackson the pa l nelcdoiigQme ex perl men I I JtestiAvorktVllrl 1 Cllncs and measurements fox accsuru jvV These tests wqro trlcil frorp thoChlagradc up to the higher bnesi T V7 nR I s Airs Horpia of LJteWeltir vIsited Miss Potter of he Jackon Thursday morning 7 > V Pj p 4 t tf t v yT Jackson visitor wereMr3Tard Mrs Perry Mesiis rllw Dalton Gordon and Goodyear I aocdoJ C 7 C County SuperintendentAshtln appor tioned HS2amqng J ho rfchbbis of the county on tho hasl3 of > ItT bents per capita during the week S s e Miss Thackery D teacher from Park City spent EomeV time at the Lowell on Tuesday < t j nkt Alice Fdlt a pupil in room JI I of the Lowell Imsbuen I with tonsllllls for a short thni Last Week It resulted In n gathering In her head which has ron dered her partially deaf Her little friends wish for her speedy recovery Miss Flnkofthe Franklin has not yet Returned to her work I Leila WorTall into be congratulated upon the prize she won upon tho vase work vae I5 The Literary society of the t sixth l and seventh grades of the Franklin rendered the following lleln ow2nJ IHSIIimme Friday after afer nOn SoilB nJool Beading Margaret Howell original story Claire llolgney reading Chu rlos ITegncy essay Life 01 110 lar 011INelleY1l s The Jour nal Editor Ray Coleman S 0 It Room 9 of the Frahklln made SO per cent room 10 82 per cent room 11 97 per cent and room J2 98 per cent In the spelling match on Friday 1 afternoon Vhjltoro at the Oqulrrh for the past w bek were Miss Home MISH Clark Mr Burton Mrs AVIIIIam Gray Mrs May Gray Mr J P PIckerIng llH ribbuy Mr ChrlRtensen 1Hs Dllscoll Mr Webb Mrs Borden and cu Mrs l olmun Salt Lake High School cjitlmitiJSUino < l enJL tliat the 1nslor va catoii rjj110 l3 l lO bo a fact ill two t wocku SCOrnS to have Riven the pupils renewed lonerK The idditio of a number nf new refer of e Ehf l ° tIm library by ho Board 0 cl iUCi catlo hns t1 Vn nrousod great ctthu nUH HliHm among U0 P115 nn < J a dcstro to I M 9 flJlurLhcr Increase the number of bopkn Wy hao itaT Jl until with great zest ot Principal Batons r i iI1cIp1 t0ii excellent HURKPK lion that thp upqfjuhxdsV Qr tlio library can bo niJLtorIalU l nWoafl drwlll lluVo sac rill co on ihc r jitirt if I each of the JunIor thin fotmlfJt present tho Hchool IIhrar with n book from his Own It 1 h 11CIXbPfctcQ qmt Monday morning there tylll bz a great influx 01 boaJtM A valuable book added by tho Board tho past week IB George Brandcaa Main Currents Nfnuteuhth Conttiry Literature Litera-ture a Tho school acknowledges most gratefully iho gift of three books from a friend Practical Electricity by W E Ayrtont rhtlck ravs Paris Irish and Eastern Sketches and Un Phlloaopho sous Ics Tolls7 by Emllo Souvcstrc S S S Tho Wednesday assembles wero marked bythe first nppcnrnnce at the high school nf the string qunrtetto composed of Misses Sybil Anderson Louise Lamson Kfithcrlno Gohlo and Blaster Roy Wll hams They rendered Uallatn by Pa plnl nnd a Spanish Dance by Mos kowskl In both JI assembly rooms responding respond-ing to tho hearty encoro In nsccrpbly three with Kevins Vencilan Lovn Song and to that In nesombly with GUIetlcs Passeplod The olher musical num her WIS a vocal I solo The Sunset delightfully de-lightfully rendered by Miss Dwyer who gave nA Dream ns an encore Between the musical numbers in assembly one Mrs Charles Richards rend very chnrm infilv from Tho Birds Christmas Carol by Kato Douglass Wiggin As an encore en-core Mrs Richards recited n very pretty ppcm Riding Down by Nora Perry O u The freshmen having been excluded from attending iho oratorical contest February 21st were given nn opportunity at lint f Wednesday assembly to near two of the orations Liberty Enlightening the World by Niels Chrlstonsen and Tho Puritan Maiden by Lillian Connolly Both nro excellent productions one deeply thoUghtful and forcible tho other artistIc poetic and appreciative of the qualities of tho Puritan Maiden > S The Juniors and sqnlors aro making cx cclicni progress In Lnlln Mrs Ryans Cicero class havo passed a successful ox nmlnatlon In thc second oration and taken up the third whllo Miss Rowos classes in Virgil have completed tho third book of iho Aeneld a 0 0 Mrs Jcnnlngss German clnss was given giv-en a test the past week In translation from tho Blldcrbuch ohne Bildor which was recently Introduced An Interesting In-teresting feature of Wednesdays recitation recita-tion In the samo class wns tho composing compos-ing of sentences in German about Prlnco Henrys vislu S a Tho high school Is greatly Indebted to John Dpoly for his recent gift to the chemistry department I consists of test tubes showing the several chemlcnl actions ac-tions undergone In the manufacture ors or-s powder and of samples of tho powder varying from small grains to the largest made Thc largest slzo weighs cno pound and la Intended for a thirteen Inch cannon In the collection there aro samples of powdor adapted to every size of naval ordnance 0 f Tho next subject in the series of talks by Mrs Clrirk before the chemistry cla swill s-will be Explosives S 7 Tho botany class has been studying tho different kinds of stems using the Iris and tho cactus ns Illustrations A number num-ber of tho class mado a fruitless botnnlr Inpr trip on Wednesday afternoon for the IHtlc blossoms hnd evidently anticipated tho snowstorm of Friday and postponed their appearance appearancef The classical l division of the sophomores wroto some very creditable papers on tho LIfo of George Eliot during tho class period of fortyfive minutes Friday o o Principal Eaton Is i conducting tho clnss In normal reviews In grammar on Tuesdays Tues-days and Thursdays nnd air Travis In United States history on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays Ii S Sa Tho fellow teachers of Mr Ilnrwood will miss him greatly from tho faculty but aro happy with him that he Is to have the opportunity of pursuing his art studies abroad Ho will leftvo not later than September directly for Paris ac compnnled by Mrs Ilanvood and the i children and Mrs Hnrwoodto parents Mr rndMrHJ RichardS It is their plan to tako up their residence In the Latin Quarter that Mr Uarwood may be near LEcolodos Beaux Arts which ho will enter for Instruction Mr liar wood will divide his limo and attention between tho pursunnco of his qwn work of original production and theJUudy of the art work Irv the French schools particularly par-ticularly glaring and potlcry for tho sake of his work In the Salt Lake high school Ho will probably vlslt < ttialy before be-fore rpturnlng k r t 1 < > 0 > Some interesting posters havo been designed de-signed the past week by the nunlls nth n-th art department llnrvoy 1 IInrdvhns three In water color The Royal Bakery nnd1 Cafe Th6 Pines of Loryhnd then the-n Wild West Show Frnntf Moore two In water colors l Arizona and Brighton nnd Holm Lctchflcld ono In black and white Kismet Elise Stein Rubcllo Rathbono anti Anna God > o de servo mention for watercolorstu dies of nn old helmet Two excellent charcoal sketches of Ilebo are by Mll lie Sanders and Lillian Connolly S S S Tho plcturo In tho shadowbox is Tho Children of tho Sun by C M Ottln KOr It was suggested to Mr Ottlngcr by tho pretty Peruvian Icgcndsf Concerning tho founding of tho city Ctuco the old capital of the Inca The njcturprcprc scnls tho children ns they arrived lfe the pIne on the mainland where thoy hnd traveled from their native homo In Lake TItlcaca according to the gpda commands At their foot Is the rod whlcJh carried through the long Journey has fallen from tho mans hands to < mark tho spot upon which to found the city as foretold by the gods Over this lies tho crescent typifying tho power of tho moon and from behind full upori them shines tho light of tho sun That ho might be correct In detail Mr Ottlnger hr addition to his visit to the scene bf the sjory sipcnt 1 much tlmo In tho study of Peruvian history I i I IS I The senior cais held a meeting Friday evening at which was announced the great ofow that came to Miss Kathcrlho Riddle In the passing away of her father Friday jnornlnfr As un expression their sympathy i thc cltis sent Miss Rid dle l an offering of floWers W S f It The Junior class held a mcotlnp TJiurs f dfiy nlKht In room four at which It vas decided 10 give n jiarty at the Ladle j Literary clubhouse the evening April trd A commlttcb Jve was appointed by President McCjirystal to assist the regular executive committee This now committee is I conn1poui of the following moinlLrs 1rIQ Pnviler ChCstllll TrIPI Eva Dlx Maude Cargas and Will Nuttnii I S Yesterday afternoon lhQ < Junior class gave a tea at tho home of Maudo Mc Cargns who was assisted In receiving by Mamie Snppln lon Rhea Bnrtch Helen Boxrul and Eva Dlx Dancing was a feature of tho afternoon pleasureS pleasure-S p a Tho basketball team not having been able to find another team to play will probably disband yet they have hone of putting up the baskets outdoors that they may play during tho spring S S A picture of tho loam wag taken Frl day afternoon by Owlngs ghcckcll of tho l ° senior class S S S Exhibition games of basketball worn played 1 Friday and a week ago Friday for Mrs Eockwllh of Evnnuton Wvo Mrs Beckwlth Is I much interested In the game and anticipates organizing a team In Evanston Co The Klrls arc showing great Interest In bowling IJJrllcular since members oC the faculty h iave indicited their npPIOal not onh by lslUnrr tile aiiey but bv Indulglns In the SJmo tlleinseles A number of other schools are taklntr an Interest and talk of forming regular teams The Junior team of tho high school which belongs to the league Sis composed of Alta Rawlins Helen Bam berger Helen Letchnold and Loulso Rna com and plays every Tuesday Another team composed of high schonl I girl In I chidcs Louise CaVinon Marion Jones Evelyn Mason nnd Mamie Sapplngton S S S Although nothing donnlto about tennis has been done tim Idea of having a ° court has not been abandoned f S o a Friday afternoon Inspection of the on dots was hold by I Lieut Webb prior to In Rpcctlon by the National 6uard next Wedncbdnj Bnltnll6n par dl 1111 review will tnko place Monday afternoon It which appointments will be made Tile following offlcora are to he appointed A captain an adjutant a lieutenant nnd six new sergeants two for each company US SPending S-Pending ajllclnlmenl to m lie Vacancy made hy the rtndgnatioii l ofCaJ t Smith cnnoy JlrstLIlut WIll Nuttall has been com nmntllug ompnny C He hnsnlo been made officer of the day for this week and In turn has dutnllwf Corporal AVnlinr Keylliw and Private Young to riiBV and lower tho Ilag Trumpeter Brown liive bcea appointed orderly for tIm week S S S After this week the battalion parade and review will bp a held tAt only on Frldaya t-At tho Thursday meeting of the Ath letic association Mr n Pendergrnss > gave n tIne talk pn tho nature of athletics and methods of training Tho report of tho treasurer was IIM 1 I Harrj Moore wns appointed temporary captain of tho track team and then the mooting adjourned u5 S MIs Clarahnn is I the guest of Mrs McMahon Mc-Mahon for two weeks Among tho visitors wore Mr Chandler Mr Goddard Mrs Elmer Jones Mrs McMahon Miss Agnes Healy and 3Ir George Shepard S S S Tho high school Alumni association held meeting at thi Board 6f Education Educa-tion rooms In tim city and county building build-ing Wednesday night Officers for tho ensuing year wero elected us follows1 Rollin Dole 9C president Samuel Rug sell 9S vicoprealdent Emma Lewis 01 secretory Fred Smith 01 treasurer Hnlllo Kerron JR registrar A roprcflen tnllve from each clnss wns selected to act as a member of the executive committee In char ct of the reception to tho graduates grad-uates 01 1C02 Following Is the committee commit-tee Exofrlel6 President Rollin Dole chilrnm Shadraok Stringer 03 Flpr cnco UUner 9t I Annn Loda 05 Earl Dunshco 00 Will McCrcn 07 Clarence Ilolman PS Leigh Block 39 Margaret Miller 00 Burgess Young 01 Agricultural College 1 Logan March HOno of tho most highly high-ly entertaining features of the year here was that of last Saturday evening It was a debate between the Sorosls gins and the Olympia boys Misses Amanda Holmgren rind May Maughan represented the former and Messrs Rohert Stewart and Ambrose Merrill tho latter Tho discussion was brilliant and replete with points The question wns Resolved That Females Should Get as Much Pay as Males for tho Same Labor Tho young ladles mado a splendid showing their arguments were clear and strong Tho boys gave a good account of them solves also and left the Impression that there Is soma excellent material In tho Olympia club Tho audience was large and enthusiastic The Judges were three gentlemen nnd their decision was two to ono against tho young ladles Altogether tho affair was highly successful and typ ical Q < f the excellent work below done In the literary sdcldtles of tho college 5 a 5 Mrs Dryden and Mrs Robinson are giving giv-ing elaboratefunction nt the homo of the former lady today It consists of hobby and literary games and a very unique menu > Tho Athlellc4assoclallon has In preparation prep-aration a minStrel show which will consist con-sist of music songs jokos of local interest inter-est etc rD t c I President Paul of tho L D S University Univer-sity KOVO tho students a capital talk in tho chapel last Tuesday morning S 0 C Mr Tagpart the artist spoko on art a few minutes Wednesday morning 9 I S Rov A J Clifton of the Bnptllt church Logan occupied time tlmo in chapel this morning a t u The Sorosls girls will moot for an old fashioned party with tho Holmgren sisters sis-ters tonight V t Rev Mr Goslicn will conduct chapel exercises ex-ercises Saturday morning f + 4 I S Ono Ihomost welcomed sights witnessed wit-nessed afannul these halls In mnny a day W dri the colmginfinco of Joseph Monson as ho cam InBiihniounccd when he was thp tight to bo m the > hospltol The gentle man Ihits about rccovererl from the terrible shock ho had lflL week from a llvo wlro down town i Mr Mitten look hold of the choir last fall and has converted It Into a firstclass organization but a greater thing than that was tho resolution ho has effected with the band An aggregation of untrained un-trained boys have been converted Into a good band In a few months The appeared ap-peared In public for the first limo Saturday Satur-day might and lthelr playing surprised and very much interested the audience V 0 S Prof Swcndecn will go loLowiston on Monday by k request of the citizens of that place to tam l on the subdivisions of water and on reservoirs Tbe people of that vicinity J lUivo In contemplation the construction offa reservoir foft the waters of Cub rlvsrt J C S i I h f ProC and MrsfMerrill will entertain the boys of the Agricultural society Saturday evening Qulida keen Interest has been workou up in thaogrlcuitural departments this winter and now thnt a house has beon provided for that department there has been a marked Increaso In their numbers num-bers and an Increased interest In their work A flourishing club has ben organized or-ganized to work along the lines of agriculture agri-culture nnd those having charge now havo good reason to feel encouraged Tho boiler department becomes known thom tho-m ro popular It becomes Hundreds of farmers are manifesting interest In tho work and a great future awaits tho agricultural agri-cultural department S S a Miss Matilda Nokcs niece of Mrs President Pres-ident Kcrr a student of the college Is very ill at tho homo of the president S II co Tho council of tho faculty ban been In session several afternoons ibis week and have adopted a set of rules lo bo observed by teachers In their term reports Some changes were mndo nu to the amount 01 Information lo bo given In Iho registrar Teachers class reports aro to be tiled In addition to reports All examination pa porn shall bo graded and returned to the students English was > cut from eight to six hours In the first year of tho three year courses In order lo piako room for a course of history and chics In the ngrl cultural course Training School Among the visitors at the school during the past week was Mrs II o Young president of lie State Kindergarten association asso-ciation who exprossed herself as being astonished at the work which the pupils accomplish V Mrs W A Lcc was a vory interested visitor and wns through nil the departments depart-ments of the school o to 0 Mr Goddnrd of Wisconsin while visit log tim Echool one dav tho past week said that ho had visited the seven training train-ing schools 01 his State and thai the work of time local Institution was not excelled ex-celled by any of thorn t Mr Thompson director of geography In tho training school is meeting with wonderful won-derful success In chalk modeling in tho fourthyear normal class I S S 0 That the Utah t normal school has a reputation rep-utation outside of the Stale for Its citl dent work Is I amply Illuslrnicd by 1 the number of letters received by teachers of the school from outside educators nsklni for Information In regard lo the work done here Prof Stewart has received a letter from Charles 11 Copslmll of Grand Rnplds Mich In which ho neks to bo enlightened ns to the carrying on of construction con-struction work In normal schools lie was referred to Prof Swart by Col Parker of the Chicago university S S S Mr Cummings Is also In receipt of a letter from II C Putnam of Providence R 1 who wished to ho Informed on na lurcsludy work a t S The first grade visited the Z C M I grocery department one day last week Tho klndcrsfrfrten children performed their weekly housecleaning washing windows cleanIng furniture and woodwork wood-work on FridayS S S S Tho second grade which has been constructing con-structing houses was engaged last week la constructing a miniature theatreS theatre-S I S The beginners grndoplnnncd and fitted up n store the past week and were Instructed In-structed along commercial lines exchange of money calculations etc o S S I Studying the art and science of making canny was tho work which tho fourth grade was taught last weekS i week-S S S The sixth grade waft engaged in mailing week I work baskets all last S S Tho secondyear normals havo been studying the manufacture of cheese and preparing dishes made of cheese Tho members of tho class wore also taught how to mako unlined waists State University Prof Lyman was visiting at Tooele yes terdny and tonight lectures at Grants vllle on Benefits of a Higher Education Educa-tion 5 5 5 Prof Stewart accompanied by Mr Rob Ison lectured to the citizens of Sprlng vllle on Friday night They arc at Spanish Span-ish Fork tonight S S v Tho Senate has brought a charge against tho President of tho United States K R Steffenson nnd a resolution to Impeach him was Introduced In the body on Thursday also ono to revIse the ConstItution of the United States Action Ac-tion on tho resolutions will be taken next Thursday W U 3 Tho Normal 5cloty programme on Friday Fri-day was in charge of the Orphans An interesting address was given by Instructor In-structor Drlggs The remainder of tho programme was as follows Recitation Miss Tibbits piano solo Grace Nielson vocal solo May Hunter S S IOn I-On Monday tho following programme was rendered by the Social League Talk Longfellow Join Z Brown musical mu-sical selection Guitar and Mandolin club Chalk Stor Lois Clark solo In Thy Dreams Mr Best recitation Jimmle Browns Sisters Wedding Dora Stewart S S S Prof Marshall will conduct services at St Pauls church today In tho absence of Bishop Leonard o a o Prof Marshall has received the proof from Edinburgh of his article on the history his-tory of tho Mormon church slnco the year 1SSO which will be published In the supplementary sup-plementary volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica which tho publishers aro now preparing Tho material covers about two pages of tho encyclopedia and was pre pnrqd with tho most painstaking cure and diligence S S SPark S-Park Pratt a former student of the Institution In-stitution spent a few days at the Unl crslty the past week In renewing old acquaintances On Thursday his father Alma Pratt visited the schoolS school-S a u Ten of tho students have signified their Intention of entering the prcllmlnnry contest con-test to quality for the debate against the Nevada University In May They are ns follows Will Ray Will Dunn A W Muir Lorenzo Elggron J 0 Carter Bur ess Yountr D P Howells Griffiths and William Carr Carra a S a Prof Acrce lino received a copy of the proceedings of the German Chemical society so-ciety containing an article by him on organic chemistry Tho nrtlclo was written writ-ten In German und read boforo the society so-ciety In Berlin A S Tho Alumni association has made a reQueSt re-QueSt that all members who have changed their address report tho same toP P Christensen president or Mr MathIson secretary of tho associationS association-S Co i Mr Best went with the Tabernacle choir to California In his absence Miss Hall will conduct his classes a i > Several of tho students havo gono with the choir on Its trip Among them aro W IV Ward A R Gardner Anna Hatch Dona Miles and Leona Miller All except ex-cept Miss Hatch are members of tho choir S a a Prof Byron CummIngs conducted chapel exercises last week S S S Chapel exercises this week will be supervised ervised by Prof Acrce On > Tuesdav and ednesday mornings Rev Peter A Imp kin will officiate S S S Tho Tennis club has bccomo part of tho Athlotlo association with the provl elon that tho associatIon keep the tennis court In good conditionS condition-S S S Director L II Murdoch of the weather bureau will lecturo before tho Enclnccr ing rocloty on March 21th a S S Instructor Drlggs was the happiest man ut the University last week the occasion being tho arrival at his homo of a nlco tenpound baby boy last Sunday Mon day Mr Drlggs extended his compli ments to the faculty by a ha kct of oranges whIch were hhhly enjoyed by tlw members S S SAt S-At the meeting of the Engineering so clOt y last Monday Instructor Bcckstrnnd lectured on tho New York power plant OJHI Wnldo Klnssburv read Lhc biography or Newton S M 4 Tho society has begun to mako prepa rations for its annual banquet S The summer school committee hns sont out Jotters to prominent educators of the country to ascertain If one of thorn can not be secured to deliver a series or lec lures nt the school Those to whom com numleatlons have been sent are nV fol lows Prcsld nt Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia unlvcro ty Prof Franklin 11 CJIIdinga Columbia university ProC Frank M McMurrny Teacher college Columbia university Prof Charles De Gnrmo Cornell university Dr AVMiMm T Harris United SinteR Commissioner ° < bilicMllon Washington Prof 11 V O Shea University of WISconsin nriri President Charles W Eliot Harvard mU crall S S Miss alQ Thlor ohag hien chosen by the faculty ns vnled ctnrlun oCt thoinor niiil graduating class iiYl yen Miss Thorpe came hero from Ncvnd In IS9S nIl entered th o normal course rdnco which time Hho ima bten vcrv V ery tUCCC bllsh llIl In and liar school work oxc < lIlnSln En traIning work Curing the last year dinp to bur comnetenrv she vni apPolnl auxiliary teacher Iii the train ing school Miss Thorpe wa chosen t ViO enrs ago historian of the second l year class and still holds that office Tho Branch Normal Cedar City March HTho regular Fri day morning tUdCllts Clinpol was In charge of Ill Frank Thorley Tho read log by Miss L nnlo Parry and the solo by ir B M Decker creditably rendered wcro very > a a a v InStructor wi Jui nvicuu did his turn at I chapel thin week with a norlos of Instruct I ye readlnps from the works of Henry Dnummonu a > i 4 a A It Is observed that no students are ab acpt from the extra sittings of the clasn in wychology though each special lesson 10 optlonal Principal Porters tender of extra Hcrvlcc lacks J nothing thp wny of appreciation a S Thadolly prucllco the dcpnrtm < nto athletics Indicates success for thin coming Indoor meet It looks nB though the pyramid building Would be the special feature of the occasion Each of the students In English Ce Is ooklng forward to the > lime when ho will appear b fore his classmates la tho role or Shakespearean criticS critic-S s c The lectures by Instructor Lewis on tho nUbjcct of Properly delivered In Para goonah on Friday last and In Pnrowan on tho following evening were well attended at-tended Other of tho Instructors art expecting ex-pecting to take a similar trip In the near 1ntnrc S S S Tho conference committees from the B D and the L L clubs have decided upon tho following as tho question to be dn cussed by their respective teams on April Fth Resolved That Capital Punishment Should Eo Abolished The ladles will champion lilt affirmative p 9 q Instructor TIpton hns n corps of manual training students at work on the fixtures for tho chemical laboratory They have already constructed two store rooms ono for chemicals nnd minerals the other for apparatus Their next attack will be made in tho direction of tho apartments lo bo fitted up for domestic science Schools at Springvllle Profs Stewart and Allen of thin TJrilver slly of Utah gnve an Interesting Uc I I turo to tho patrons of tho public schools Friday night It may bo said tint many received an Inspiration from their talk to continue In higher works S S S During the past week our schools have been visited by Superintendent Rnwllng and teachers from Provo and Principal G N Childs and teachers from Lehl At Wednesday chapel exorcises wo have recently had tho following speakers Mrs II M Dou all representing tho Sprlngvlllo Womans club O B Huntington Hunt-Ington Jr Bishop O E Anderson P FJ HouUc James Cnfircy and Mrs D C Johnson of tho Homo Culture club Principal Eggertsen has recently delivered deliv-ered educational lectures at Thistle San taquln and Mill ForkS Fork-S S Next Friday evening the pupils of tho eighth grade begin a series of contests for class oratorshlp They have selected their own subjects Individually prepared essays and they will ho divided off insets In-sets of five Tho best spcnkers from each evening will be chosen and they In tUrn will contest and from them will bo chojwn tho class orator Tho following will speak next Friday evening John Haymond Porclndla 1lun ting ton Rosa Peterson Suslo Muycock and Ralph Gixxsbeck A great deal of Interest Is manifested In this and It will provo of benefit to the pupils The grading work of the past year bar been very effective and tho teachers fee that they are now beginning to pluck the fruits of the past work Principal Eg ncrtsAn graded this year according to temperament Interest and capability and It has proved beneficial and the right thing a < t a The teachers arc preparing some special work for tho closing week of school for exhibition 6 S S Work In being planned for tho high school next year and the new building Is being considered