Show t The Lhl schools closed on Friday By reason of the prevalence of scarlet scar-let fever have closed the MaU schools I until May 15 The Coalvlc schools resumed work I i April 24 after being closed three weeks II by reason of diphtheria Superintendent H G Webb of CarI bon county Is collecting for the Natural I History Society of Utah eggs nets I and birds clutches of hawks and I coilection eagles I and Is sad to have a very fine I The schools of Caste Gate had a vacation va-cation last wek and twill commence 1 I again Monday May The Santaquln schools will close on May 9 A concert will be glen by the graduating class Principal John B Cardal of Caste Gate twill visit the Salt Lake schools i the present week A tax has been voted to complete the school building at Fillmore This will Provo be the finest school buildIng south of A C Roes who has been the principal princi-pal of the Santaquln schools for the past year left May 27 on a mission to Switzerland A basketball contest between the students of the Beaver branch of the Brigham Young academy of Provo and the students of the Normal school at Cedar City will take place May 13 William G Smith secretary of the Educational Press Association of America and editor of School Educe ton Minneapolis 1lnn was in the city on Thursday A meeting of the teachers of this city twill be held In the High school asem I blrom on Saturday May 6 I is probable there trill be no literary pro ramme Professor Frank B Cooper the newly elected superintendent of the Salt Lake schools trill arrive In this city May 8 when he will assume his new duties D A Nelson of the Lincoln school twill attend the summer school of Chi wi cago university during the summer vacation I va-cation I caton D S L Mcorkle who has taught at Kama the past year closed his I school on Friday and will spend a few weeks in this city Mrs J B 1cCuish nee Hulburd Is expected by her friends on May 19 and will spend a few weeks with friends mere lrs JlcCui h was connected with the Collegiate institute a teacher for a number of years A mothers meeting was held at the Hamilton school on Thursday n ternovn for the purpose of arranging for an entertainment to be given by the school in the near future Delicate refreshments served by the were seved pu ls of the seventh and eighth grades and a delightful afternoon was spent Nearly all of the leading schools of Salt Lake county will remain in session ses-sion during the full school year cbs ing lay 26 A mcetn of the grammar seton of the Salt Lake County Teachers aso elation was held at the city and county coun-ty building yesterday Superintendent Van Cott gave a very interesting and thorough treatment of Methods in TeachIng United States History The following districts in Salt Lake county will build during the present summer District 23 Union two rooms district 26 Murray one room distric 30 li Creek two rooms district dis-trict 38 Taylorsie two rooms DistrIct 25 Murray broke ground the lag past week for the new tenroom build Carpenters are at work on the two room aqdlion to the Sandy school building The meeting of the meetng programme com mite of the State Teachers association associa-tion cons sUng of Dr Park Superintendent Superin-tendent Holon Professor Cummings and SuperIntendent Van Cot have the progamme swell under tvay The pro gmme trill be one of thc bet that ha been given by the association Superintendent Van Cott visited the schools at Creston and Sandy the pat week wek The examination of pupils who expect ex-pect to complete the course of study in tie schools of Salt Lake county trill be held at Murray on May 19 and 20 S University Note Dr J T Kingsbur since his return from his eastern tour of inspection has resumed his labors as president The I students were glad to see him in the I halls again Chapel exercises during last week were unusually well attended They I were conducted by President Joseph F Smith The public meeting of the Zeta Gamma Gam-ma society last Friday night was successful suc-cessful In every way The students enjoyed en-joyed very much the address by Hon w H Icing upon some of the various phases of social and political life I The student are elated to see the vigor with which the board of regents is pushing forward its plans for re moral They were glad to know of the return of the committee on inspection and are glad to see the activity with which their investigations are being acted upon The announcemEnts for the summer school are out They are neat concise and well arranged Mr Reynolds was busy yesterday maing them to those who have already inquired about the cours to be offered and to other prospective pros-pective students Tine summer school at the univerity this year promises to be one of the most successful sessions ever held The courses lave been especially arranged to accommodate those who arc teaching teach-ing or who intend to teach Classes twill also be organized for the purpose of aidIng those who wish to do either preparatory or advanced work in the leading branches of science and ltera ture Courses will be offered In Latin German and French reading drawing and English psychology mathematics natural history chemistry and assaying assay-ing and Greek Roman and United States history rine following professor and instructor instruc-tor twill constitute the corps of instruction In-struction at the summer school IV M Stewart professor of pedagogy Byron Cummings professor of ancient lanI ga1es and literature Orson Heward 1 I professor of natural history Maud 1 Babcock assistant profesror of elects I ton and physIcal eUlure R R Ly man assistant professor of mining engineering en-gineering R H Bradford instructor in physical geography and mlnerlog Fred W Reynolds instructor In English Eng-lish Thomas Hadle Instructor In hemistry Edwin EUS instructor In drawing Frederick Plepcr instructor in French and German H ClauS Lewis instructor in history and Horace Cummings Cum-mings and Virginia S Stephen of the training school Alloste F lt Lman was present at chapel exercises last Friday morning and later visited some of the university univer-sity classes During the past week the boys have worked daily with hoc and rake to put the campus in the best conditon for the I athletic contest tf be held next hUs day The basketball and basketual baseball fields I and the race course are now in almost perfect conditon The next bal gme of the local Inter coHegate series twill probably be played net Saturday between the university and the ligh school Professor J C Swenson of the academy acad-emy was at the university yesterday I and made Inal arrangements wih Mr Thomas McKay prcsldent of the Ath lathe association for all the various athletic sports of the contest on Thurs day next The university boys who have been putting themselves In condition for the various field sports are Messr Ander t < K I son Porter Rigby Riser Brown Gatehouse Gate-house Hatch Barker and Pearson ii Y A Note Special Correspondence Proto April 2Tle Interest of the Beaver branch academy are not being neglected The farm work there ha begun and 1000 trees and shrubs have ben set out The students of the Beaver school are makng every preparation prep-aration to give the studmts of the Cedar Ce-dar Normal school a stiff contest in athletic and elmer sports to t2 held in In Beaver In the near future Six new teachers have ben engage to teach In the academy the coming Year Two of these are James A Ol ver of South Jordan and N H Bullock B S now doing graduate grad-uate work in the Leland Stanford Stan-ford unerslty llr Bullock twill aslst in the pedagogical department Miss Mary E Gates twill take charge of the physical culture department next year The free summer school of the Brigham Brig-ham Young academy twill begin May 27 and continue for two weeks during the second week teachers institute for church school teachers of the academy district will be meld President duff went to Salt Lake on business Saturday The following is the programme for commencement week Friday May 19At devotional exercises exer-cises classes advance Sunday evening May 21Lst conference con-ference of the domestic wards Monday May 22Beglnnlng at 8 oclok a m credits given by Drofes sors Afternoon primary school exercises exer-cises Evening primary school dance Tuesday lay 23lIornlng senior I I class of high school I902 advance to collegiate department Afternoon kindergarten I kin-dergarten exercises Evening athletic cub bal Yednesday May 24Iorning commercial com-mercial college exercises Afternoon exercises by graduates and those taking tak-Ing certificates Evening sneering of polsophlcl society literary society and peagogIum Thursday May 251lorning commencement I com-mencement exercises in stake tabernacle taberna-cle Evening music department concert con-cert Friday Ma 26110rlng meeting of I alumni association Noon alumni ban i quej Afternoon business meeting for election of ofcers etc Evening alumni alum-ni bal I A special meeting of the literary society so-ciety was called Monday evening for the purpose of choosing a contestant to represent the academy in the contest I with the university In oral storytelling storytell-ing Three original narrations were given by Misses lneser Jorgensen and Pike The stories were alt very commendable com-mendable sinowinF both talent and effort ef-fort on showtnf of those who gave them Miss Pies conformed nearest to the allotted tmctwent minutes and being thousht by the judges to be the most suitable for the occasion was chosen The concert given at Payson on April 22 under th direction ot Professor J J IcClelen owns a complete success A similar one will be given Saturday evening In PleasantGrove The talent twill consist of Professor Yiard I Weihe Miss Emma Ramsey Professor IcClelen and the advanced class In music of the academy I The literary society ttas favored tonight to-night with the presence of Miss Katln anne E Oliver the successful Imper senator of Scottish clnaracter wino read selections from The Little Minister Miss May Babcock was also present James A Oliver who has been engaged en-gaged to tech In the academy the coming com-ing year visited thc school Thursday The second enthusiastic game of baseball between the faculty and the college teams was played Vedne6da afternoon The college boys played well but the professors showed their superiority on the diamond I The bal given Friday evening by the PDlysophlcal society of the academy was a success I This afternoon at 2 oclocl the athletes ath-letes of the Brigham Young academy will meet on he square to engage In a prelminay contest for the purpose of deciding on those who small meet the I university In the various I track athiet ics baseball E etc The boys have beea doing some good worl lately and are confident of success Miss Annie Pike who has been selected se-lected by the Brigham Young academy as a contestant In the original narrate I contest against the University of Utah I says In justice to the academy I I wish to say that although 1 am proud that I had the privilege of attending the unersity for one year I have been I a student In the Brigham Young academy acad-emy for over five years My work If good twill be wholly representative of the acadel I Park City Schools Special Correspondence Park City April 29A meeting of the taxpayers of school district No 12 was held in the Washington school building last ecnlng The sentiment of the majority was in favor of making the rate high cough to coven the expense of rnnilg the schools the full nine months and to leave a balance for the sinking fund A careful estimate of the school trustees placed the rte at 6 mills for the primary and Interledlate grades and 1 mill for the high school and on vote being taken the rate was fixed according to their estimate Tine publc schools swill close on May I 19 Thc dosing exercises will consist of an Intersoclety declamation contest given by the five literary societies of I the schools Two prize will he given I one to the boys and one to the girls I The contestats chosen by the different i differ-ent societIes are as follows Phio mathiann Bessie Dorrity and Bert Pape Dewey Ella Snyder and Wile OKecfe Self Culure Pearl Lambert ann1 George Glegar Lincoln Sadie Has band and Austin telly Lafayette Jen rile Wllams andl Carl Scot AgicHuml College lrofessor Tannner returned Wednesday Wednes-day from Millard county edw lie I spent a week lecturing in the interests or education Miss Olver of Liverpool a noted elo cutonist and reader of Scottsh din lest was a caller at the college Thursday Thurs-day afternoon The fadulty has adopted the frst two car of the five months course of study provided for by the last legislature legis-lature This twill appear In the fOIth coming catalogue The cadets arc nosy daily engaged in target practice Misses Minnie and Stella Fisher Isscs lnnle Stela oJ Oxford Ida former students were recent re-cent visitors at the college Both have been engaged 1n tcabhing during the past year The superintendent of public loeu mentE at Washlngtonlms recently Informed In-formed Mrs Goodwin that 1200 volumes vol-umes twill soon reach the library The young ladles have recently organized organ-ized a game Df basketball playing during dur-ing the noon hour In the gymnasium I Is said they get more pleasure from the game than do the students In the laboratories lab-oratories immediately below President Tanner Professor Mae Ewan and rs Cotey were appointed at the last faculty meeting a committee to make arrngements for commencement commence-ment week The board or trustees met yesterday Mr Adams and Mrs Bagley coming a day In advance to view the landscape oer Choosing Teacher The board of educations committee on i r teacher and schoolwork held annthes 111 meeting estetay afternoon to further consider the maher of employlns teachers and prncipals for the ensuing school year I vi probably require another two weeks of deliberation and a conference wih Superlntendent Cooper Coop-er who Is expected to arrive frpm Des Moines la the end of this week to commence hIs labor before the names of upon all the 2lO ledagoge are decided The Brach Norma The general history students are spending every spare moment they have on their review essay winich they are to complete by the close of school The athletic executive committee Is busy procurng conveyances and mak ing other arrangements for those who are going to Beaver One of our enthusiastic students is I frequently seen In the malls hunting for signers to the petition to close school during the time of the contest at Beaver Bea-ver We think from hs list of names he has not met with much opposition A number of the young ladle tool along a-long walk Wednesday afternoon to procure pro-cure specimens ot algae for the botany class The botany and physiology classes are becoming very much interested in their laboratory work To avoid the hart winds the basket sundown bail teams have lately practiced after The boys who are to contest at Bea car have had suits made this week The baMbaH players are practicing four times n week now they expect to maIm the Beavers hunt their holes SpringiC School Closing Special Correspondence Springvie April WThe 11bUc schools meld their closing exercises at the city haH yesterday afternoon and mening The pupils were greeted with a large assembly or parents and friends and the school year ciosedin an appropriate ap-propriate manner The following pro gramme was carrIed out Afternoon 1 Opening song by the schools 2 Techers bust exercise third grad Central 3 Song third grade Dlnwoodey school 4 Alphabet Roundela Third and Fourth ward schools 5 Song Fourth grade Central schools grade 6 Recitation Reuben Hill Fourth 7 Song and drill First ward schoolS school-S Exercise Second ward school 9 Acton song Third and Fourth ward schools 10 Nature exercise third grade Din woodey school 1 Closing song by the schools Evening 1 Opening song 2 Speech Joseph lanwaring Eighth grade 3 Recitation Louise Singleton sixth grade 4 Duet eighth grade 5 Indian club drill sixth grade 6 Oration Axon Peterson seventh grade 7 Recitation George Huh S Solo Susie Ia3cock sixth grade 9 Class address T man Hyde seventh sev-enth grade 10 Operetta fifth grade Hgh School On Monday morning last Mr Barry J Pits save an illustrated talk on Warships and wa followed by Miss Hale FenTon winp gave a w 11wrl n wh essay on the Trial Trip of a Cruiser A number of visitors heard the exercises exer-cises and were much pidased The next publ exercise twill be on Tuesday next Miss Kate Maddison will render Horatus at the Bridge and Miss Kite Kidder has an address on Cerveas Dash for Liberty The Fremont school twill give a festival fes-tival and entejalmnent on Friday evening June 2 tine proceeds of which twill be applied 4 the piano fund |