Show I I Ed eat OBal 1otes t Inasmuch as there are but two weeks I of the chool year remaining it is thought bist to make the last month a six weeks month and have all I ernorts made out for that time This will save considerable work for the I teachers and enable Superintendent I I I Cooper to iinlsh up his work for the I year all at once All teachers having I renewable ccriilleates arc requested to i tile them with the clerk Immediately I 1 Is hoped by the teachers that the i board will llnlsh the matter of the elcc I Ilion I-lion of teachers for next year at the next meeting in orcler that Superintendent Superin-tendent Cooper can attend to the ap I I polnlmenl of teachers to the various buildings in the early prt of the sumner sum-ner otherwise he will have to hold t JCI II I reception for the teachers as he says i during 1 the summer I If I this can he done il will be far more satisfactory I to the teachers than heretofore as last year teachers did not know whore they were to be till Just before the opening I of school 0 About twenty I ladles attended the mothers meeting at the Franklin school on Friday afternoon The primary pri-mary purpose of this meeting was to I discuss means for the t final complete I settlement of the new piano I was decided to give tbrt art exhibit Thursday I Thurs-day May 10th afternoon and evening An executive committee I fonslRllng of I Mrs Thompson Mrs Fisher Mrs j Foulger Mrs Allen Airs Sinclair and Mrs i Price was appointed I Is cnn lldenlly expected that the exhibit will be I great success as a part of the PIOSI iii rue given al t the recent successful suc-cessful entertainments will he repeated Ice cream candy and lemonade booths will furnish refreshments for the evenIng I even-Ing J i I I Tlu > Wasoleh school had a t rodletter tIny In drawing 1 lasl Thin sday when Mis I l liolt who Is always I most wol I eoino ant whom the pupils proudly i count an honorary member oC the chool appeared accompanied by JMr llarwuud I head of the drawing department depart-ment at I hitS night school ant a prominent promi-nent member of the Society of Utah Artists The visit war one of Inspection Inspec-tion of llie I regular class work of the year and a largo number of drawings by the dl I i Jcl nt pupils decorated the walls of the classrooms Thn blackboards black-boards also were interesting with bor deis and all over designs In which the Ireck units appeared in a variety of different forms while sketches of Doric Tunic and Con ii liilun capitals showed the partiality I of the pupils to I Greek art Jn the eighth grade lesson I was given the subject being a po want w-ant If intoicst and earnestness on the part of the pupils be any Indication I drawing is certainly a popular subject at the Wasatch Pupils who began the year with the conviction that they could not draw are now looking forward for-ward with pleasure to continuing the work next year under Mr Ilarwood The members o the eighth grade of the VVasalch school were most delightfully delight-fully entertained last Friday evening I by Master Edgerton Laken ut his home 1221 I South Temple street The boys and girls of the class which by the way It would be lf lit to match laid aside for the oflpasjon the seriousness serious-ness and dignity beTHtlng eighth graders grad-ers In school and devoted themselves to fun and frolic for the evening Master I Mas-ter Edgerlori Is a model l host and led his guests in the games and dancing I to the accompaniment of peals of merry laughter and the time somehow went more rapidly by l than It is wont to do In history and arithmetic classes Later In the evening delicious refreshments were served and greatly enjoyed Thore present were Bessie Detacher Margaret FInegan Corinne Foster Myrtle Fowler Fow-ler Ella Iloggan Violet Iversen Lorlne Leary Jessie Maxwell Violet Nott Uubelle Rathbone Helen Ttccdull Vldu Richards Margaret l Savage Edna Schultz Mamie Slqaler Ialista Taufer Chester Ames Edgar Angell Lannls Bemis Clarencp Clay Delby Clays John DC Mude Arthur Farrell Willie Fowler Bonnie Hall Clarence llol eonib Frank Manning Roy McEntSrc Paul Nelden Ralph Nolden Frank Plckard Harold Stephens Mr Crose and Miss Carney The pupils of Miss Goddards classes In the Merchant of Vonice Indulged In an Interesting quotation match on Wednesday The exercise was held at the regular lime for recitation and I showed excellent drill 1 and understanding understand-ing of the play Many beautiful passages pas-sages were given some oC them of great length I Some very Interesting and profitable study of the derivation and meaning of woids Is being done this month In the schools and It seems to possess a I fascination for the pupils who are thus laying n good foundation for future fu-ture work along this line Superintendent I tendent Coopers Idea of having words Nlutlec In relations rather than as Isolated Iso-lated elements Is I meeting with approval appro-val among the majority of teachers und practical results are making themselves them-selves fell a A spirit of restlessness seems to have been abroad In th schools the past week which was almovl beyond control con-trol I Several I teachers labored under the impression that theirs were the i only restless pupils till in conversing ttilh one another they I found there were others One teacher expressed j It when she said My children have scouted to be like ciilckillver under my hands 1 a aMiss a-Miss Wai to of the training scliool I Inspected the I work of the jiromnry department de-partment at the Washington last week i j and also listened to Miss l Qtir I I roughs literature ell s the pupils of which aro j doing ole exceptionally r flue work The choruses In the different schools are growing nicely At Washington I lie chorus Is attempting a rather din cult piece of work Phi Millers Wooing Woo-ing As they wore working ntlt the other morning an eighth grade boy I remarked its I a blamed sight harder lo get a wife this way than It was In the days when one could be won for a few pounds of tobacco o A spelling match which created much Interest was given on Friday afternoon at the Hr anl I was In two sections no one room being large enough to accommodate all the t pujjls of the upper floors who took part Roomn 7 and S competed with each I other and rooms r and C a class from each of these rooms going Into the jival room A list of 10 words was r spelled and much hard study was dOle In preparation I j S Friends of Mrs Emily Cnldenvood will be glad to know that the I illness s of her little daughter did nol prove so serious as was tcared at first She recovered 1151 I covered rapidly I and Mrs 1 Calderwood was able to resume her work last weekS a week-S Mrs E V Fill and Miss Frances Clayton were delightfully entertained at lunch by airs Sol Siegel Wednesday Wednes-day S S S I The last meeting Cor the year of the I Bryant Literary was held Friday afternoon A short programme was given after which the class greatly enjoyed a little talk by I Miss Rmeline Wells who with her sister Mrs Hedges attended the exercises Later having I a few minutes to spare selections were read from Julius Caesar and a large number of quotations from memory i were given which were much enjoyed by pupils and visitors The last of a series of mothers meetings was held at the Bryant on Friday afternoon from 3IE to 5 oclock I There was I good attendance despite the rain and much Interest was manifested mani-fested The mothers who have attended attend-ed these meetings say they have received re-ceived much help and those who have not been able to come are the losers m many ways 0 t The members of Jthe eighth grade history class at thij Simmer are becoming be-coming quite famous as debaters on historical subjeevhort tlmesinca they engaged tin a general discussion of the question of Expansion and Friday afternoon had a very animated Informal discussion of finance protective protec-tive tariff and free trade matters During Dur-ing the week It had been the allabsorb big topic both indoors and out us lit inS topl ant tIe groups could be seen on the playground play-ground earnestly talking and gcstlcu hating and even baseball seemed to lose Its charms for the time being The arguments were quite heated and resulted re-sulted in a verdict of fifteen In favor of it protective tariff and twelve against o The pupils of Miss Lou Dunn at the Sumner gave her a Yen pleasant surprise sur-prise Friday afternoon at the close of school The affair was especially well managed andthe refreshments were of an unusually high order Miss Dunn was Inveigled into 10 Forbes rom lo hear the history class discussion Principal Barton taking charge of her room and upon her return she found a merry party and a bountifully spread table awaiting her Theentertalnment was enjoyed by pupils and teacher as well as the other teachers of the upper floor who were attendance Mrs Leaver formerly Miss Yearsley of the Salt Lake schools visited at tho Washington Friday Mrs Leaver has been In Central America since her mar riarc and but recently returned Sho brought with her a little native boy to be educated In this country Hel Is unusually un-usually bright and created much Interest In-terest for the pupils of Misses Tcm photon and Godbe by his amusing tricks with a parrot 1 he had with him The child seemed able to get the bird to do anything he wished and after the pcrfoimance was ojar the children stood about In the lmllsitqo fascinated to care to go home watching the little oddity and listening to his strange language lan-guage Miss Martin of the rant school was most pleasantly surprised by her pupils pu-pils last Friday afieinoon A delicious lunch was prepared and served by L her pupils An invitation waa extended to the teachers Miuh I credit is due tho pupils for the excellent malt In which tluy served their guests q a S Teachers and puplln extend sympathy sympa-thy to Donalil Thompson of the eighth grade ut the Webster who has been seriously III wlih I pneumonia lid past week 1 is earnestly hoped Donald may be able to graduate with Ills class as he Is I elY bright boy l and It > would be l a great disappointment to him and his teacher d ana S classmates A well planned surprise was givcjn MIss McKnighl of the Washington Friday I Fri-day afternoon The usual I amount of good things was lu I evidence f and the I lllile I I I people enjoyed C It I all I I very much I A quaint but pretty custom t wniel HO I far as known originated In Hal Luke stlicils some line > ago Is the giving or i lower Showers aJu the teachers by hC pupils usually at the time of the first blossoms of the spring MIss gualtrough and several 1 I Qr her teachers teach-ers were the recipients of these sweet tokens of good will wil lant wvok MiSr l Jlay Hnruveii and Hlllam 1 nu HIam Mr Illggs t l llt and Albert Hodman were amonr ihe visitors at tiN Webster last Ihe Webster entertainment which i I occurs May ith tcs promlHO of he I Ing C great success There Is much talent In the school Juh which can IJiuU I ized and several friends from bul Jdc will assist among them Mnj Grant and Mr B S Young II I L5 Miss loCal was visitor at Miss Van ITouton I room at Bryant on Wednesday Bryrnt Mrs Graves RiihHnitii at liii non I nevlllu last week for il Kcl onnvho was obliged to be a alwfrnt 1 i Friends of Miss May Mnync will he very glad to know ahe Islmprftving I health jjlncc lui return to her home in j Nebraska Though her gain Is slow It Is hoped It will be permanenu o a One of tho Jackson teachers when asked If anything of interest had occurred oc-curred at her building replied No we are not doing great things we are Just sawing wood at the Jackson a a aMiss a-Miss Ada Pratt of the Oqulrrh has been out of school the past week on account of Illness Miss Delia Murphy I taught for hoi a a aMIss a-Miss Scovllle was ill on Monday and unable to be In school < i S Mr Farrincrlon of Salt Lake College Col-lege vinhcd at the Oqulrrh on Monday a a a John Spray a former eighth grade I pupil visited In loom 15 on Wednesday |