| Show MIDWINTER MEETING OF THE UTAH COUNT Y TEACHERS association an interesting session breason JR eason and the will abaiy discussed the fatti of utah county abbout fifty teachers and several prominent visitors were in attendance it the mid winter meeting of the county teachers association on last bupt supt wilson called the meeting to order at eleven and complimented the teachers on the interest manifested in theae gatherings tha pro gramme was men carried ont as previously announced in the prof merrill presented tho subject of reason and the will the gentlemen briefly reviewed and referred in a complimentary way to talks on the mind heretofore presented to the association by prof rees he then pro cee deded to classify the mental powers by appropriate illustrations from the fields of logic and mathematics and entered into his subject with ability half hour was not sufficient to cover the ahola subject A brief discussion followed in which masars Brimhall Rees and participated recitation the death bed of benedict Arnold was rendered in a thrilling and tragic sayle by prof J B walton response to the sentiment education the safest defence of the nation by D H robison was made in a brief clear and argumentative manner yong by miss laura webb the patti of utah county the sweet undulation of the ladys voice her entire command of the delegate tints of vocal expression were almost remarkable and her bearing lovely and attractive method of teaching language L and composition by miss josephine kellogg the prize essayist on that subject at the territorial fair was full ot eloquence and suggestion bupt supt wilson look occasion to remark that if was one subject of more importance than another in the school curriculum that subject is language that branch should receive daily attention in all departments and grades that language could never rise higher than thought and was frequently far behind it how to keep abreast of the times professionally fessio nally was the subject of an awakening talk by prof brimbau w ho treated the topic under the following heads i what a reducing friction to a minimum b increasing speed to a maxi mam c multiplicity of the factors of power 2 how a by never being satisfied b by desire of wilt action c by individual effort thinking reading writing d by mutual effort classes as 3 why a to prevent decay b to provide a living formation of truth c to meet the times W W billings handled school discipline well in a live minutes speech but did not have a very high opinion of the moral tendency ol 01 childhood prof A L hoota elucidated theme the me system of weights and measures showing the simplicity aud advantage of this over our present rules the association tien adjourned to riold alie next regular meeting on the second in march A special se aaion however will be held at tapan bah iah fork ur davson next month tr yec Fro tern |
