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Show ONE WEEK HOLIDAY. Teachers of Provo City Schools Settle Winter Vacation Question. , Special to Tho Tribune. PROVO, Sept. A. The matter of closing the city s.'liooJs for only one week during the midwinter holiday season waa left to the teachers' institute, now in session here, to decide. The honni of education, by its president, explained to the teachers that many parents had expressed a preference pref-erence for or.1 week vacation instead of two. as heretofore, and- let the children out earlier In the spring. Thf teacher decided that one week would be better, and i he order was niHrle arf onllngly. This afternoon Dr. J. H. Paul of the r:nlveraity of Ctah spoke on penmanship and gave a second lecture on the native plants that had been gathered and brought to t he hall. Thirty -seven kinds of plants were shown, in the evening Dr. Paul ga-e a very Interesting lecture on blrdn. The lectur waa pup lie and , was attended by many. |