Show I I During the absence of Miss Wheeler of the Grant school her place was supplied sup-plied by Mrs Frobes Mrs Cook was a supply for Miss Randolph of the Grant on Monday i C 11rs Cassady of the Washington week a visitor at the Hamilton the past 0 t Mrs Frobes was a visitor at the Franklin on Thursday v > The Lincoln school received av visit on Wednesday from one of its former I school teachers Miss Nash of the Webster i p 9 During the temporary absence on Tuesday of Principal Parxatt of the Davis school his place was supplied by Mrs Graves > I 0 Mr Colton of the board of education I was a visitor at the Franklin school the past week Ii 4 < a The next general meeting of the city teachers will be held on Saturday next at which time School Banking will doubtless be again discussed Superintendent Superin-tendent Millapaugh has been Invited to speak upon incidents connected with his recent trip to Chattanooga and the schools visited en route and has consented con-sented to do so a < Mrs Fanny M Thomas of the Lincoln I Lin-coln was absent from her duties three I days of the past week by reason of I condition than ever before and the cost I of maintaining the schools is as low as is consistent with v efficiency j A tourists excursion to the Paris International In-ternational exposition in 1300 is being planned by the Paris Exposition Tourist Tour-ist company which Is made up of some of the foremost citizens of Philadelphia Phila-delphia and will afford a rare opportunity I oppor-tunity to visit that celebrated city upon the occasion of the exposition The itinerary Is such that any desiring togo I to-go will find it greatly to their interest to do so A large delegation of teachers I teach-ers and others Is expected togo from Utah and will be under the direction I of Mr Gillllan of the city High school which insures for those attending a I I royal time Upon reaching Philadelphia i Philadel-phia Mr Gillllan will deliver his charge to the Paris Exposition Tourist company com-pany < J > < < 5 > 11 Lee Young lectured before the Murray Literary and Debating society last Wednesday night on the subject of Grant and Le < S > < J > < S > pri 12 has been fixed upon as Nature Na-ture day Superintendent MHIspaugh in making suggestions for its observance observ-ance says The first aim should be to really Interest pupils in bird life to arouse a love for birds and a desire to foster and protect them Care should be taken however to avoid overdoing this work thus producing aversion instead in-stead of interest The final aim should be to transform interest into action to make every j I Jennie Hubbard Lloyd Superinfende nt of Schools Logan the illness of her mother Mrs Graves and Mrs Cook taught in her absence < J > jif < Principal H B Folsom of the Uintah school was a visitor at the Franklin on Wednesday C < J > < S > Miss Eva Mayno of the Oquirrh was a visitor at the Hamilton last week > < s > < i > Mrs A C Banker of the Franklin visited the Oquirrhon Wednesday lr Daft of the Sumner was a visitor vis-itor at th Longfellow Thursday i Tomorrow night the Murray Literary society will discuss with the East Jordan Jor-dan Literary society the question Re rclved That the United States should annex Hawaii The Murrayites have the affirmative afratvev i > < S > Miss Minnie A Bartch of the Lincoln Iss school will have a short leave of absence ab-sence and will visit California during vacation and will be absent fqr a period pe-riod of two weeks Dr A E Winship is expected to I speak in Salt Lake April 1 and 42 j A little daughter hasarrived to glad dn the hearts and home of Principal and Mrs W W Barton President Done of the L D S college col-lege lectured before the pedagoglum at Provo on Friday evening State Superintendent Park will speak before the teachers institute at Tooele City on Saturday April 2 6 District 31 Salt Lake county contemplates con-templates erecting a new school building build-ing the coming summer > 6 Miss La Due of the Emerson school was absent from her duties last week by reason of the illness and death other ot-her mother o < > 0 Superintendent Millspaugh has again been honored by an invitation to make an address before the National Eduba tional association which will be held in Washington July 7 to 12 The doctors doc-tors theme will be Sociologys Demand De-mand Upon the Schools DeI > Miss Gertrude Whlteman of the I Presbyterian school at Bountiful was in the city yesterday < < 0 Miss Gatrell of the Sumner school expect to resume her duties on Tuesday Tues-day or Wednesday of the present week 9 The regular spring vacation of the city schools will commence April 4 and continue one week 1 contnue C > < > < J > I The various rooms at the Sumner school will have a joint programme for i progamme I Nature day < 2 re < j I The financial condition of the schools j i of Sal Lake county Is such as to enable en-able nearly all of the schools of the county to have nine months of school I i The citizens of West Taylorsville and I a portion of those living In Granger have united in a petitron to have a new school district formed by taking four sections from district 3 and three fourths of a section from district 59 1 The petition is to be presented to the county commissioners tomorrow I The Politic society I of this city engaged en-gaged in a debate on Friday evening with the Murray Literary society upon the subject Resolved That the Government Gov-ernment Should Own the Railroads the latter being obliged to submit to Ian Ian I-an Inglorious defeat The Murraypeo pIe chose the affirmative of the question ques-tion < s > < 5 > < > Superintendent Hall of Weber county has addressed a letter to the trustees I of that county urging that a levy of onehalf of 1 per cent for the maintenance i main-tenance of schools the coming year be made In his letter he has the sails I faction of stating that the schools of the county are in a more prosperous I pupil an active champion and defender of our feathered friends Sentiment that does not terminate In action Is worse than useless < 0 v President Willard Done of the Lat terday Saints college went to Provo last Friday night and delivered a lecture lec-ture before the Pedagogium society on the Functions of the High School A large audience was in attendance < > < S > < i > The Normal society of the college Is doing excellent work under the excelent supervision super-vision of Professor Woolley There are about 100 members enrolled 00 < Mr Young who has charge of the department of English has organized a society which meets every two weeks Subjects pertaining to grammar and gmmar rhetoric are discussed and writings of American authors criticised Much interest in-terest has been taken in this work and the students are very enthusiastic over the subject of English 0 c Supervisor M Adelaide Holton ad dressed the teachers of Utah county at Provo yesterday She reports an en thusiastic gathering < i > < iAn > < i-An interesting affair took place at the High school on Friday afternoon A committee was recently appointed to I purchase a picture of Lincoln and that afternoon was set apart for its presentation presen-tation to the school Harry Atkins in a neat speech made the presentation presentaton and the response was made very acceptably ac-ceptably by Miss Hale F rron the exercises passing off very creditably s > C ct The Utah Mathematical society will w1 hold its April meeting this year In Salt Lake City at the University Friday and Saturday April S and 9 An excel lent programme has been prepared and is as follows I Arithmetical Arithmetcal symbols Superintendent Woolen Wasatch county logical relationship rela-tionship between arithmetic and alge bra Professor D B Allen State age varsity origin and psychology of num ber Mr John F Engle High school of Ogden principles obtaining in teach lag elementary arithmetic Mr L M GUlllan High school Salt Lake class drill In arithmetic Miss Rachel Edwards Ed-wards State Training school Salt Lake evenInET address by President W J Kerr B Y college Logan The exercises will be enlivened by music < S > < 5 < i > Messrs Baldwin and Nelden of the board of education were visitors at the Hamilton the past week S1 < 0 Messrs Cutler and Sharp accompanied accompa-nied by Bishop Romnoy paid the Training school a visit last week i ir C o The friends of the Misses Knight rmerly of this city regret to learn of the recent death of Miss Louise Knight at Pasadena Cal G < t < Superintendent Millspaugh addressed I a parents meeting at the Hamilton on Friday afternoon o e > 0 Preparations are making for a en joyable entertainment to be given un der the auspices of the Oquirrh school at the Frist Congregational church on Friday and Saturday evenings April 1 and 2 The programme will be of unusual excellence At the University Next Friday evening the University Dramatic club will play Pygmalion and Galatea preceded by a Morning Call at the Salt Lake theatre The students are strongly in favor of this move on the ryirt of the club and each class will attend in a body v < < Miss Sampson a student of the University Uni-versity took charge of Miss Birchs room in the Training school last Friday Fri-day while the latter was away visiting She conducted the class in a very creditable cred-itable manner i < r > > < The physical laboratory of the trainIng train-ing school is one of its most practical and successful departments Here the deprtments little children are taught the principles I princi-ples or chemistry arid hjslcs and the simple methods enabletthem to understand under-stand the subjects fully as well as their older brothers In advanced courses Arrangements Ar-rangements ir being made to connect the gas with the laboratory which will I greatly aid the benefits 4 < < 1 > In its last issue the Chronicle published pub-lished a letter from Theo Nystrom a graduate of the University and who is now in Switzerland The letter contrasts con-trasts the scenery and customs of Switzerland with those of Utah and was very instructive to all who read it d > PAt < > P-At the next meeting of the State Mathematical society which will beheld be-held on April S Mlssj Edwards will deliver de-liver a lecture onvSplers Arithmetic illustrated by a class orchildren 4 > 1P Regent John Sharp Bishop Romney and Mr Cutler visited the training school last week They ecpressed themselves them-selves as very favorable towards the Innovations being made throughout especially I pecially along the lines of manual training They expressed a desire to see this department introduced into all the schools of the city Proretsor Stewart Stew-art is also very much in favor of this move and will make an effort to carry It out next year > > < S > The members of the faculty are spending each Sunday evening lecturing in the various settlements throughout the state I 3 < The students of geology are preparing prepar-ing for some extensive field excursions to some of Utahs geological wonders I At Logan Yesterday President Kerr of the Brigham Young college returned from a trip through the east after an absence ab-sence of six weeks He first attended a meeting of presidents pres-idents of colleges at Nashville Tenn where he presented a paper on mathematics mathe-matics Later he visited Texas from thence on a tour to New York visiting all the principal colleges on the al princpal coleges way thus becoming more familiar with the latest and best ideas regarding college work that will be of Inestimable value to the already praiseworthy institution of which ho is president President Tanner of the Agricultural college is expected home today from a business trip to southern Utah where he has been for the past week I These beautiful days of sunshine so conducive to the spring fever are workIng work-Ing havoc with our schools Already some of our students are packing their trunks while others sigh listlessly Oh that June were here The mumps and measles are greatly diminishing the attendance of the public pub-lic schools I Ogden Notes The Federation of Labor of Salt Lake City asks that boards of education take some action with regard to contributions butions In public schools Both Salt Lake City and Ogden have a rule to the effect that no contributions of any kind shall be permltten in the schools I was suspended temporarily to allow the Washington memorial fund to betaken be-taken up Mr J M Adams of the Grant whose resignation will take effect April S will leave for California where he has accepted ac-cepted a position in the San Francisco schools I is not known who will succeed suc-ceed him Mr Wilson of the High school has been on the sick list for several days Whether it was the effect of the Dutch supper given by himself and sister to the junior German class a few evenings even-ings before or the result of overwork Mr Wilson cannot just say I has not yet been decided as to the exact nature and order of the exercises to be followed at this years High school commencement Mrs O J Stilwell of the Madison school is much better and will probably be back to work by the 1st of April I is to be hoped that there will b no spring vacation ordered Our schools had a vacation of two weeks at Christ mas i vacaton would throw the closing of the schools s far into June not nearly so good a time for work as the I present The strict measures adopted by the board of education to stamp out contagious I con-tagious diseases have been effectual Nearly a1s pupils who were compelled Ito I-to leave school on account of contagion j In the family are back Indignant pat Irons I-rons are now fully convinced of the necessity of such action I The new books for the Grant school library have been ordered The pupils await their arrival with anxiety Dr Joyce chairman of the committee of sanitation etc is very energetic in his efforts for bet r health conditions in some of the buildings We are informed in-formed that he will recommend some radical changes along this line at the proper time In all probability the board will build an addition of four rooms to the Pingree and two rooms to the South Washington school this vacation in order to accommodate the increased attentiance in tnat locality A test on the winter work in nature na-ture study Is being sent out from the superintendents office Preparations leading to the Prepartons proper observance of Arbor day April 15 are being made in all the buildings The will consist of morning talks based upon the spring work in nature study 1 language lessons deducted from the same etc There is talk among some of the teachers of attending the National Educational Ed-ucational association at Washington D C in July Mr Engle of the High school and Mr Adams of the Madison will attend the meeting of the Mathematical society I so-ciety at Salt Lake on the 8th of April Miss Eugenic Smith of the Certral has been quite Ill the past week Miss Maude Lewis of the Madison jias also been unable to attend to her duties through sickness Mrs A B Pattons address to the patrons ofthe Madison school on Friday Fri-day last was full of Interest and good advice Mr Hafen will send a small exhibit of drawing to Detroit the next meeting I meet-ing place of the ester Teachers Drawing association The meeting will I be held in prl Box Elder Teachers Brigham City March 2GThe teachers teach-ers institute was in session this afternoon after-noon The storm of last night and this morning kept many away from hearing the lecture given by Professor Talmage Many of the citizens took advantage of the occasion to hear this gentleman and attended the session The subject treated was Scientific Methods and Motives in Teaching The professor spoke for nearly two hours and the teachers were greatly Interested and instructed by the address After the lecture he was tendered a vote of thanks by the association A committee of three consisting of I J D Peters Professor McDonald and Miss Lottie Jensen was appointed to draw up resolutions of respect for one of their number J P Monson who died not long ago The superintendent announced the programme for next meeting which is the last Saturday in April and the institute adjourned I > < i > < S > Mr Carthy of the firm of Carthy Dumbeck who has hen doing the plumbing work on the J C Knudson and E W Dunn residences returned to Salt Lake this afternoon having completed both jpbs eti > < Professor Talmage will lecture in the tabernacle tomorrow evening giving his illustrated lecture on Russia No admission will be charged 0 < < S > Lots of goods are beingreceived by the merchants nowadays ready for the spring trade I Utah County Institute j Provo March GThe Utah county teachers institute held another session at the Parker schoolhous today At the meeting in the forenoon Mr J R Boshard presented the subject of vocal music in the public schools A lecture upon Phonics was delivered by Miss Hilton and Miss Aratta Young of the B Y Academy presented the subject of drawing Miss Hilton then gave the teachers a phonetic drill gve In the afternoon the teachers thl afernoon teacher or a ized themselves Into a class of schoolchildren sChool-children and with Miss Aretta Young as instructor took some practical le sons in drawing |