Show TOPI F p Q f foi Asso ra ELECTION SECTION O CURB rf O AY j I JENT IS SLATED ENOY e Yesterday was a kusy ni y day da with Ute the th J belS rs of f f th tile the Utah Teacher ao 1180 who are ate attending att the th Convert ven i idon c tH lion don n no now in fl In ln W ta cl ci tty In iii Inthe morning frem f ocio k tW j Past t the hour tere was wail a general ene me meet t tn the noon fl ing n in the Assembly As hall attended by b bome urne ome me People Paper on oft o To re witt I IE E Extent tent Is L Instruction in lit English In n Common Schools SCiO Sch Defective aad Oh f Technical Grammar Gramm in ita Its Relation to Language guage were read and and there Utere was Wa a battle royal diUS t the h use US of Ot the H 1 ram in n analysis j t tIn gramm Tn In the t tt ht afternoon fl the convention di 41 d 1 vided dd into departments each nh of which in n a room in the High HI h school mft ed E n department anti S to addresses on SUbjects subject I interesting to tot ther re reM part grades grade Owing to the e nce M 1 ct I of l if of Ira Mis Ida Jda Smoot Dusenberry o who was WS to have led the kinder i iMI work although a nm ber ot o MI n MI gat teachers assembled in the appointed pOInted i there here was Wd W nothing done don in this tbs I department In the evening the teach teacheS teachers I I eS ers ag again n gathered in Assembly embly As hell helt and nd listened to a lecture on oft Practical Child Study and Its Ita Results by Professor Pro Professor fessor lessor William O 0 Krohn of Chicago Teachers in Attendance The attendance is probably not notto Ud 7 to that hat ot ut year Ogden is Iz ir among those thoe pros p nt lie ing Ang Superintendent dent Allison Ulao t J 1 and Mrs Mr Bt iJ Moffatt Miss Mi Smith Miss tiis Seaman MA MAA A E I Wilson principal of or Ogden High hool X N T Porter of at atI instruction T 11 TV F 18 of or ille and A number of other ot rum from I comity are an I present Cache county is S poorly represented Professor G H of or tin the B T Y 1 Provo represents that l InU sti lOtion Utin and J 1 L Brown Briwn county super aper r I of Utah county is an ant 18 j jt t sied Hd t spectator j 1 Salt talt it Lake county is fairly ti while Salt Lake City has hu hn present Superintendent Cooper Principals F Fim wim om im William Bradford Webster Vet ter Hal Martin Wallac Vallace Boxey Doxey trough McKnight ht and Eaton Mr OH OK Gillilan lilan Miss Rowe Mis l Miss MI Goddad U Dukes and Mr heave Beaver all 1111 of the High school To University faculty is 18 represented bY In President Professors ors KM lance Marshall the State Norman school chol by Professor W WM WM V VI M I Stev Ste art President Kerr of the Agricultural who I ta generally quite prong prominent nent tnt has not y ref t arrived Professor Engle Engie of that institution is present and andi i an interested observer ob en r Election Occurs Today interest Inter t centers In tie the elf f mm tion of president of ot the association n fur for th coming year the tb election occur ing ng at the business session at 1190 1130 From a of or opinion I expressed yesterday there is little doubt ot or the el election of Superintendent Coop i ur or r It is that his lila name win will be It h hiT ii iT earned by Principal l G A Eaton Baton Eat I although the names of t pr pro J JI M Tan TaJ Tann n nr i and Professor G H have be bt tn n mentioned In connection with the matter mc f c j t Iesi iN r former firmer superintendent su n eat f of schools ot ol I Davis LAIS county has han b a strong following i ng vi who ho are urging Kim for far the t I Io o o too tOi has L M professor or of ot II mathematics in m the Salt Lake High school Two To weeks ago the teachers of Ogden met and endorsed Principal 1 George A Eaton aton of the Salt Lake High school for the but Mr Eaton Baton it is understood has han declared his hin in intention InTo To of I in Mr Coopers COoper 11 revor or For lor the of vice president see aee and treasurer tre ler but little specula speculation tim tion is ie indulged in During Luring the morning session ton yester yesterday ter la da day President Van Cott announced J 1 t i h at t Professor Prof Krohns illustrated tec ee eel l Ure Ift on Oil The Human Brain and Its l I Through Education had hadn n Th n been canceled ean eted but would begin begina at a 7 15 promptly In order to give the be thet hc t u hers S an opportunity to attend Mr Insh ri ms Grand Lanyon lan on lecture in the I will win not start until 30 Grammar and language Teaching l tage Re rge portion of or the morning sea ses seah M II h 11 was V as taken up in jn the discussion t i f tet grammar Professor r rj j U i I a iId rd R It Driggs of Pleasant t L Grove v i tried d the ball rolling with a paper n fl Technical Grammar in m Its Ita Rela i a LI t Language Teaching Professor I 1 rI gs was of the opinion that tha t a tech i a d i study was begun be n al ali alther 1 i ther h r too toon ton in JR the public schools school ili in that th t It jt ithe be not taken taRen up un uni u i th Ow sev seventh or eighth et h 11 grade was as r i H 1 He scored cored the grammar text looks ks and advocated that definitions I T i the grasping o of I ideas Jdee v ki the theu I 11 u to tobe bin begin 7 em I mm Izing that the pUpil does doca doesn n fl t understand U I H also aho advocated th h to read good goof literature as a at aId arT Id rT n t of their grammatical training to tot t j mage them to acquire the th e art pC km kr b by having class discussions cual ns and andt r 1 t dt dd u h them the art of story telling t 1 I i n UK them write some of the old I h md nd legends in their own words word jl i should he thought lie be given an ani i i i unity to write stor stori i f C their theira n 1 d a 11 1 not flOt do too much mu h repeating ot of i n nfl ns s tales iea In concluding he heas iT 1 as important to look at gram gramin gra graf f in m a common sense sen e standpoint jl t t impress on the student the use Ying sentences and parts of i v u n ther Ella M X Dukes of oC the Salt SaltI j H I I I uh h school nor Professor Prote or John Johnj 11 n j i 1 ns of or the Saints who were on Oft the pm me 1 i hn u i this thiB subject were present t a al atI 1 tI t l discussion followed several of n locking horns over a die dis disi S i 1 i It 1 t diagrams as an aid ald to anal 1 1 f r Nelson Nd on of Provo Provo took the thel 4 j l the use of diagrams d trams d let method of oC teaching large d Ho Hf also al o urged that children 1 tod ted e when they speak 1 I i or r Stewart Ste aIt of the state nor norI I J 11 i tas as of the opinion that the aI a hung ing of sentences was consid eod much as an end to be at Rt 1 I rather lather i at her than as am a means to an j H Fl It ahlO iso though that young ebil c lI 1 JI i reeled reet too much when they I I j iut IH learning to frame their would be made seif i s r Marshall came to the de def deIf If f the he diagram and was of the i dit i it it fl Wag was a mighty good thing d the little ones one I dO errors erron by correcting t li I be he said was the theto tr tudy to teach and the h hu u j was that ninny maDy teachers teacher it fland tand u what they were trying to 11 t to others a Nor sor Paul followed suit with an h n defense of the diagram ram and anda a he ne down Professor or Stewart Stwart t the floor to ex explain lam that I Tot not said s the diagram wuen was ue uett n tt I but Jt was only an aD aid and anda in end Defective Detective lish I h fist f of Ia Mi I dx dM 1 aw up by the ig a if ef H Je Jessie sie le Goddard W rt of f the Ph tn h f ho I in n ring To w wh t n a is instruction in n in the com corn common common mon men schools lef e active r M J Goddard said 8 fd that about bout a aade dec det decade ade ado ago a o examiners began to t awaken to the tact fact that the principles iUles of good od English were being continually vii vio vI The result was that the college professor began crying out att ut against the work o of the high school schoot teacher te the latter i to denounce delounce the eighth grade gradet teacher t her and Si it on down until the primary primary mary 17 teacher exclaimed that she could do nothing when pupils had inherited bad Hah Instead of or this shifting of ot responsibility from one me to o the other Miss Goddard said all alt the teachers should work together to perfect their pupils En English l h She then thed tool toot up some of the detects defects in teaching spell lag ing and othe othel branches of English and concluded co by admonishing the th teachers teacher w to 0 try to bring out spontaneity and originality in their pupils work The lii discussion o at the th o paper was lend lead kY by NL K L Nel n hr royo roV He held the teacher for the U and f children d n with an abundance of good literature a 8 love leve which would slim stimulate A s desire to excel ex 1 in English He was wU also of the opinion that a student i i ishII should shII W be e made of his errors IlOra in lii EnglIth En and taught ta ht to watch Its his language l as 8 he be h does loes his toilet En does a great deal toward i shaping a childs language lan age and anti in Mr j N to R ns opinion the environment of the west Is usually bed ad Even the thet teachers t hers he said often spoke poke Incorrect j Professor E J I who was also d wn to discuss the subject was not Ilot ot present and lite is paper was read rea d by Miss Maude Herion Common school schoolteachers ol olt teachers t hera the paper p er said who wio w o do not colder t English E as 8 fundamental fun ought to 0 be relegated to tc an institution Jn in hi Provo Prove not entirely entirety educational Th The Worst I t defect was wa asserted to be in III the th oral reading the pupils repeating the words word without having any apy clear understanding under understanding understanding standing of their meaning This was WM due as much to the Ute character of the selection in the readers as to the method meth l of f teaching The Tue firs f t year ear of or ofa ora ofa a pupils study should be lie spent in acquiring ac quiring a vocabulary and AUld to this end it was suggested that readers contain lug big English ft classics c adapted to the pu pupils pupi pils pW pi years ye and of interest to him bim be he introduced Music Mu ie was furnished during the session see ses seedon don sion by a delegation dele tion of or o students from the Fremont school acho l and by the theP per quartette nt Meetings In Itt the afternoon three separate de do departments held sessions 8 in the High HI h school schoel building Mrs airs l t H Can Cash Cannon Cannon non of Provo Prove presided over ove the jirI mary d To Th T an audience a of nearly UW 10 young n and men men e delivered a blI address on The Training and anti Motor lJ t r Activity ot or Chil dren Motor she explained as the expression of thought thou ht by action When a child tries to talk and fails to express the sound tt has in mind it itis is because rne the motor Is not nor equal to the mental Tl same ex ax explanation wa was giveR tar fk the failure of some soniC good gO d grammarians to Use good grammar gm The training ot a ot of great Importance J and the ker hela hel that If Ii people pe should s oud become handles they would m hi a iW degenerate to little better than brutes br tes in mental capacity capa l such was the need for tor expression pre sion slon through motor activity Professor or William M 11 Stewart of the State Normal Norma school followed this up with an ut appeal for the Introduction of manual training into all grades of t school and college work He Beheld held it ite essential e that the child should 1 express ress his Ideas through motor activity and end quoted G Stanfey Hal TO t tue me effect that a healthy cannot sit still two minutes without injury Mr Elliott supervisor of o drawing in the Salt Lake schools made a plea for keeping to the artistic in manual training so 80 that tIe aesthetic side ot the Ute child would Hould fee developed Before the close se of l the th session S Mrs Cannon addressed the teachers briefly on seat eat work for pupils and end the th use of 0 pictures 5 S Sisa in isa her hier talk on n pictures Pic res Mrs Jis Cannon s se e briefly y of the nit aft of or Millet copies c pl s of whose pictures res she had to illustrate Ulu her address addre s These hese said could easily be JJ utilized in iq the School s room to lesson lson that thac tha had bad been b n taught taupe I Grammar Department r Mii J M Bishop of Ogden was the theer leader esder er in the grammar Tammar department meeting and Principal G A Eaton pre pee presided presided sided over the secondary department meeting Mrs Km 18 Whop Bishop announced Miss Eugenia Eurenia Smith S ith of Ogden who WRo read rent a paper on Alms and aDd Methods in Education The paper aper elicited considerable interest interestS those taking p rt In the discussion THing TH bP belag lag ing Principals Martin Wallace Doxey and of this city Mr Rob Robinson RobInson R inson of Bountiful Mr Engle Engie of the Agricultural college Miss Ms Seaman of Ogden Oden Mr Smith of Hammond Hall HaJJ Halland Hailand and Mr Roylance of the University To What Extent is the Speer Idea of Arithmetic Applicable to Grammar schools was a theme that provoked an animated l discussion Professor W V M 11 Stewart St who has bas heretofore been con eon considered i an apostle apo tle of the Speer Spoor system announced that UI t he had changed hi bl his views considerably although still an advocate of Speer The discussion then took on an animated aspect a those fa fu favoring the system maintaining that i it itI if is I the best system extant while the op posers pointed out serious defects tra Hallock Doxey D Wallace Mrs M BU Bliss and D LI H Adams were the prin principal principal cipal ones wild engaged P in iii i the discus cus discussion dt sion Secondary Department The Use and Abuse of Arithmetic was taken up in the secondary depart department department ment meat meeting and brought out an in Ir interesting Interesting discussion The trend of the argument being that th t arithmetic im improves improves improves proves the student provided that the mental faculties are developed as welt weH as the physical prowess S Which is 18 Preferable the Successive Recitation Plan Pian or the mt Should bould the tIte High School Commence Commencement om enc ment me t b be r wl Hd There be a Uniform ID High fligh School pip Dip Diploma t ip loma Ioma were all aU discussed with consid considerable erable fervor especially e the two The High h School Commencement t brought several veraI well known teachers to their theft feet Arguments pro and con were adduced the trend seeming Hemin to be that unless a reform can be brought about regarding the Ute manner in t bey ey are conducted that at t they should be abolished The opinion seemed to be that such exercises do not ot at all aU represent represent sent ot the ability a of the graduates nor northe northe northe the efficiency of ot the school Those who bo took part were Principal Eaton Mr lIr Gillilan Professor Marshall Professor Roylance Professor Prot Eagle Engle Principal Wilson President Van cott ott Moffatt Moffatt fatt alt of Ogden Ogen O en and Su Sc J JT JI T I Brown of at Utah count ays Se The sextons of af today and tomorrow will wUl UI be beheld held in Assembly hall hail The ses session eo sion ston I n rill open at a m in and will be in fn introduced with music after alter which a pa paper paper paper per upon Nature Study in Public Schools by President J 3 H Linford 13 B Y college Logan will be read those tho e participating in the Ute discussion ton being G GH GH GH H Marshall Mt Pleasant Pheasant Miss Mia Susan Su an anG G Stokes Stokt Salt Lake High school G GW GW Gw W Decker branch normal Dormal Cedar City and nel Horace Cummings J of t the state Mate uni t tAt At 1030 Dr Krohn of oC Chicago will wUl I give Ive an address addre upon l Waste Vaste and nd Mental Economy in |