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Show Educational Association Meeting Tbe reiiiar stion of thcSalt Lake Ci ULity EiiicitHD'! aEC-ci:Uion was i.e' I at Hit: I ...nat.y yesterday mo:i;ir.j:. The Htiei dauce was even inrpa)-(J frt.iu ti;e jircvbus meeting. After the tuunl cienirg cxercifeB, Bili..;i E. D. Wcolley took up the suhjec t of echoolhnusf s, ( tc. He prefaced pre-faced his remarks by stating that during dur-ing thu many yeara he bad filled the positioo uf a preschtr, this was his maiden attemnt ut delivftrinp a lec ture. The 6rst duty of trueteeB was to personally i-it the echoo's and render every euppoit within their power, by influence and money. The second duty of trus'e'S wrs to obtiin iood teachers, and on this point the UaLop .;is emphatic em-phatic in his demand for encouragement encourage-ment to home industry engaging tbe young gentlemen and ladie.; raised and educate J here in preference to "foreign" importations. Schoalhousea would sooD ha?e tj engage the im mediate attention ot persons whose duty it was tn provide them, and urged agitation of the matter until either ter-ritoial, ter-ritoial, county or city authorities, 86 the case may be, sensed as he did tbe actual need of a consolidation of efforts aud meana to have graded schools in addition to the small district , scho Chouses, which could then be used for primary tchools. We are twenty five years ahead of pioneer days aud the compulsory plan of having hav-ing tbe church, the lecture room, the ' dance house all in one and the same room should be relics of the past in Salt Lake oily at least. Miss Rebecca Mantle, teacher SSth district (Tayloisville), then gave some excellent ideas on the teaching of reading to primary classe?. The lady has made the matter one of Borne study and showed originality as well as thoroughness in her system of implanting the germs of knowledge in the youthful mind. Mr. Alma Kendall, teacher 11th district, illustrated hie methed of teaching grammar, from the rudimentary rudi-mentary principles to complex and compound erntence. The exercise would havu been more interesting to his hearers if it had not been eo lengiuy, ana wo presume other ""lecturers" at the association will learn to be brief as well as euterlain-ing. euterlain-ing. The meeting adjourned to meet at the 13th w.ird assembly rooms next Saturday, at 11 a.m. |