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HIS! -r5- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING-, DECEM3ER 29, 1907. M
I (public schools of saltlakeJ1
I-' ABOUT THe 'sOIIOOLS.
v.1" dumber of school buildings .30 '
! ' Cost of buildings and ' v
:-v ffvor.nds S1,'J65,170 -
, 1 !' Cost of furniture and v
' v appliances TS,fi70
j v 'School pontilation ... 19,373 v
! v ' I'ltuJls attending pub- '
v lis schools -15,751 .
I . 'Jt'lijri' is uolliinjr in tills world that
' will give an individual as much confi
dence in li.'insoir as the knowledge that
i Ins business stunus upon a solid fuinn-
! diul foundation. A'ot only has ho confi-
flenico in himself, lin. ollicrs have conil-
I -clan?i in him. What is (mo of an indi-
I E vjdu'il 'S t '-ii cif an airurecation of in-
IjLulJ . iuvjduals. a corporation, or a system.
jSt-l'j 0io 'i tl"' most gratifying things (o
jy llptf of Sah Lake and they have
j ; rimso In hr- gratified for nioro things
' ! iMun niDPt people "ivho live in this great
m tahd of opportunity, and which people
,, r'i: convi'iiioni-o pake call America- is
II osif publii' school syslent. Notwith-
31 binding I ho fact that very little money
II , fvijnrs to i lie schools from the sale of
IK-. DbUc la mis in many Enatern States
ij ' niue.lt of the rcveiiuo is derived in this
' iv Htnr schools aro on a solid ftnan-
j etal foundiition. .This revenuo is dc-
'I lived from direct taxation, and it
H . ipeaki. well for the liberality and' prog-
. rasR of the citizens of this city when
Sj i thev cheerfully pay nearly half of thoir
M j ciip; lax bill for the support of llic
IS j " -jiiblic yrhooK
JT j Cost of Maintaining Schools.
1 ; Tho cost of maintaining the c.ii.T
J ; "A-hools last year was $530,236.62, This
I j ig. n per eapila cost, based upon enroll-
I inonl, of $33.(50. The estimated cost of
1 maintaining the schools this your is
I . i'GOO.'J 1 5.94. The cost of superintend-
1 ' 'once and instruction (teachers', supcr-
I visors' and superintendents' salaries)
I last year war, $288.4G0.30. Tliis rcpre-
1 ' jonts" a cost per pupil of $S.25. .
I .To illustrate what the citizen of
l,! comfortable eircumstnuees ' yets out of
I j llje schools and also what he puts into
I (hem, tho following figures may bo
I pertinent-. This citizen's property, it
I should bo understood, has an assessed
A valuation of $2500; his school, tax
1 amounts to $34; the cost to tho Board
I of Education to educate ouo child is
I ; '53.150 per year. Now this person, if
1 ? ho is a good citizen, will have at least
BS three children to send to school. "Most
H j ij people will understand that this is a
. ronservative estimate in this prolific
1 j vicinage. Thus ho will bo gotting $100
I worth of education for which ho payB
lr j $34. Tho deficit is made up by those
ft J whoso paucity in offspring is connter-
I balancod only by their exuberance in
H j monej wealth.
Sj J ' Cost of Text Books.
K-1 Tho cost of text books and supplies
J which aro furnished froo to tho pupils
I' vear $21,594.21 were expended for those
J" "and it is estimated that $30,000 will
)! be used this year for that purpose Tho
1 1 unusual increase in expense for text
' books this year is due to tho fact that
i last summer ended the five-year period
; I of book adoption, and tho new adoption
j i nocessitalcd the purchase of new books.
. The Echools were making rapid progress
; 1 in methods and subject matter and bet-
Lj ter books were needed to aid in tho
' work. Tn almost every instance an
improvement has beon made by choos-
J Ing a new text book.
Better Salaries for Teachers.
H Tlio improvement in the financial con-
j dition of the city schools has led tho
. Board of Education to take a sWp
j toward tho betterment of teachers ' sal-
ij. nries. This has resulted in a substan-
J tial increase in salaries, and will rc-
' ( suit in keeping the schools in their
present high state of efficiency. The
; magnet of a high salary has an at-
' j tractive effect upon tho efficient teacher.
and consequently enables the Board of
Education to use the negative or rcpcl
lant polo of the magnet upon the idle
and inefficient.
Splendid School Buildings.
Tho school buildings in Salt Lake
City havo no superior in any cit3' of
tho same population in tho whole conn
try. Tn architectural effect, in hygienic
qualities, and in arrangement ot class
rooms, when cost of construction is con
sidered, they aro all that can bo de
sired in tho way of school architec
ture. Tho rapid increaso in population
has required the erection of new build
ings from time to time. Two fine
buildings wero erected last 3'car the
Onequa and tho Poplar Grove. This
year a six-room annex to tho Sumner
school will gave much needed relief to
the Sumner, Grant aud Hamilton
schools. Sortio time ago. at a special
election. $250,000 in bonds were voted
to enable the Board of Education to
erect additional buildiugs. As soon as
It A COST OF SALT LAKE SCHOOLS . t
-I- Statement of receipts and disbursements of the Board of Education v
for the school year 1906-07, ending June 30, 1907:
? RECEIPTS. '
4- Balance on hand July 1, 1906 S 21,379.32 4
State school fund 88,776.00 -j
4- County school fund ..- 88,036.20 v
v Interest on bonds city tar 31,250.00
City tax sinking fund -. 13,000.00 v
-r- City tax maintenance, supplemental col., 1905 739.13 v
f City tax maintenance, 1906, 216,687.75 !
-I- Tax sale redemptions 5,886.59
Building fund 61,500.00
Tuition ..- 4.00 v
! Sale of high school books 4,551.99
v Sale of grade books : : 69.92 v
Finos, lost and damaged books ; 431.24 -I-
!- Fees, garnishments ; 4.00 -r
Sale of old materials ..... 44.65 4
"v. .Coal used by ex-Janitor 2.00 -I-
Fire loss, Waterloo school 149.25 -
v Refund on insurance policies, canceled 14,65 -
v Refund voucher No. 3070 13.25
? ' Total $532,539.94
.j. DISBURSEMENTS. .j.
G-oneral expense S 16,330.62 -I-
-I- Interest on bonds , 31,250.00 v
4- Teachers' salaries , 285,127.00
Janitors' salaries 2267.17
r Janitors' supplies 2,628.40
! v Fuel and lights , 11,875.80
v Books and school supplies .- 21,594.21 v
4- Maintenance and repairs, buildings 37,437.51
Rent ; 1,225.49
-r Sinking fund investment 12,696.37 -I
Furniture and apparatus 793.53 -:
X BTJTIiDINQ- FUND. ?
I- Poplar Grove school- 523,204.47 4
High school gymnasium ; 17,783,64 v
I- High school, interest on deferred payments 1,250.00 v
Washington school 3,302.20 .j-
Walker Field school site 1,502.25
Uintaih school 27.00 . 4-
v Iiako Breeze school 600.00
r Iiongfcllow school 731.35
- Fourth North and Tenth West building .' 38,851,34 4-
! High school, manual training ; 16.00
Furniture, new buildings 1,337,87
3 86,606.52
Balance on hand June 30, 1907 2,303.32
Total $532,539.94 -I-
J ESTIMATED RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR 1907-08. ?
City tax, maintenance $304,963.92
City buildings and grounds , . . , 70,376.30 v
City interest 42,000,00
City sinking fund , .. , 18,000.00 -h
, Total - - $435,339.22
v State tax 100,000.00 !
County tax V.- 100,000.00 v
I " -f- Total ;. sv.v $635,339.22 ?
Ffl" .' 111 l' - 'f "- " ' ! I..,., .! 1. . I. ,i. .1,1,11,1, III.,,.,.,
theso, bonds aro marketed, a twontv-four-room
building will be erected in
tho southern part of the city, where
a suitable site already has been pur
chased. Innovations Past Year.
Tho schools this year opened two
weeks earlier than usual. This will give
one week's vacation in the spring, and
school will close one week earlior at
tho end o tho year. This seems to
meet with the approval of teachers,
parents and pupils, as the tcmpcraturo
of tho last week of school heretofore
has been such as not to be conducive to
tho most effective work.
Another innovation this year is the
adoption of tho institute to take tho
place of the after-school grade moot
ing of teachers. Onco a "month tho
schools aro closed for half a day and
tho teachers assemble at a central pluce
and receive instruction and outlines
concerning the following month's work.
This has a much happier result than
that of requiring the teacher, already
weary from her labors of the school
room, to attend a grade meeting in
the twilight of tho day and tho twi
light of her daily intellectual activities.
Tho department of supervision and
teaching consists of a superintendent,
a supervisor of grammar grades, a su
pervisor of primary grades, a super
visor of music, of drawing, of manual
training, of physical education, and a
director of sewing, a principal of the
high school, twcntyfive principals of
elemental schools and 415 teachers.
Of the principals, uinetccn aro males
and seven females; of the teachers
(high and elementary schools) thirty
nine aro males and 375 are females.
Department of Music.
This department is making gratify
ing progress in its work. It is aston
ishing to the -average citizen to listen
to the children in their sight reading in
music, and also to thoir oral interpre
tation of technical terms. The new
text books, while .more difficult than
those of last year, aro exceedingly rich
in molodious music, and one could eas
ily believe, whilo passing through the
corridors during the singing period,
that these songs, thrown on the air, as
they aro. by the freshness of innocence
and youth, are tho same the angels sing.
That which appeals to tho eye- Is
no less attractive than that which ap
peals to the ear. Tho artistic and
esthetic souse of the child is ap-.
Ficaled to in thin department no less
han that in music. Prom tho stand
point, of usefulness the power to ex
plain by means of pictures and me
chanical drawing is of very great im
portance. Tho work in this depart
ment is making satisfactory progress.
Department of Manual Training.
Tho main idea in this department,
which includes sewing, is to educate
the hand so that it will accuratoly re
spond to tho command of tho brain,
and to cducato tho brain so that it
will intelligently command the uso of
tho hand. Secondarily, this department
gives dignity to manual labor, and
enables the pupil, to some extent, to
determine tho trend of his life work.
Tho beautiful exampless of t handiwork
' (both in woodwork and in sewing)
which from time to timo have been
displayed in tho show windows of
various stores on Main street, are in
themsolvcs conclusive argumonts that
this department ie not of secondary
importance.
Department Physical Education.
Pupils need frequent recreation from
tho strain of stndy and a rolief from
tho BluggishncsB that comcB from
sedentary habits. That the most
muscles might bo erercisod in tho
shortest period of timo, tho study of
physical movement's has been reduced
to a science The4 exorcises given in
this department promote graco of
movement and gesture, and "give
symmetrical development to all of tho
muscles of tho t body, The athlotic
phaso of school life is undor control of
this department,
t
4- EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION. -j-
I- Statement of expenditures of the Board of Education, Salt Lake -r
i- City, Utah, from July 1, 1907, to October 31, 1907, together with esti- r
mated amount of expenditures for the school year 190-08: . 4
-r Expenditure, "Estimated r
:- July 1, 1907, Expenditures
I- to Oct. 31, for year 4
4 1907. 1907-08. 4
4- Gencrnl expense ;:'...... $ 10,275.00 $ 23,000.00 4-
Interest on bonds : , 15,375.00 40,000.00 4
I- Teachers' salaries 15,515.03 323,000.00 4-
4- Janitors' salaries ; :.. 10,417.3(1 32,310.31 4-
4- Janitors' supplies . 1,199.39 3,000.00 4-
4- Fuel and lights 3,162.06 15,000.00 4-
4- Books aud school supplios i..' 7,9(31.19 30,000.00 4-
4- Maintenance and repairs ." 10,651.32 30,000.00 4-
! Rent 405.00 2,000.00 4-
4- Furniture and apparatus 4.052. 7S 10,000.00 4-
4- Building fund : G5,S56.ll 74,105.63 4-
! Sinking fund 1S.000.00 y
4; Totals .V $175,470.30 $6.00,415.94 4-
i- ' SOME GENERAL FIGURES. 4-
4 4
4 "Value of buildings and grounds $1,365,470 !
4- Furniture and apparatus - 78,670 4
4- Outstanding? bonds 615,000 4-
High School.
Tho growtli of the High school dur
ing the past few years is by leaps and
bounds. From an enrollment of but
a few hundred, this seKool has risen
to an enrollment beyond tho thousand
mark to be more accurate, 1179.
'Phero are employed at the High school
forty-eight teachers and two oflieo as
sistants. This school is particularly
proud of its cadet corps.. It. is a mem
bership of over 400, including live
full companies, with full staff of offi
cers, a bugle corps of twelve, and
a band of twenty-six pieces. The an
nual encampment at American Fork.
on the shore of Utah lake, was well
attended, and closed by far the most
successful year in the history of tho
corps.
Up-to-Dato Buildings.
Three additional handsome and com
modious structures havo been comploted
during tho present vear at. a total
cost of $140,000. The largest build
ing completed is the Onequa. on Fourth
West and Tenth North streets. This
building has twelvo rooms, is of tho
very latest improved pattern, and cost
$50,000. The Poplar Grovo building
is situated in Poplar Grove. It is an
eight-room structure and cost $40,000.
Like the Onequa, it is up to date in
X GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARY. ?
4 'Population of the city 95,000 4
4- Logal school age 6-18 4-
-r 3chool census for July. 1907 19,373 v
4- Increase over July, 1906 978 4-
4- Number of pupils enrollod in tho public? schools 15,742 4-
4 Increase over last year 519 4-
4. For cent of school population enrolled in the public scnools 85.1 v
4- Per cent of school population not enrollod in the public schools 14.9 4-
4 Number of days schools wore in actual session . . 4.
4 Number of days schools wero in actual session Inst year . . 171 4
4 Number of teachers, principals and supervisors, including the train- 4.
4 school 422 4
4 Number of grade teachers S42 4
4 Number of assistant teachers (double-session rooms) 4.
4- Average numbor of pupils belonging for tho year 13,316.6 4-
4 Largest monthly average number belonging (first month) 13,864.3 4
4 Average daily attendance for the year .... .,...12,583.9 4-
4- Largest monthly attendance (first month) 13,411.6 4-
4 Averago por cent of attendance for tho year, based on numbor 4-
4 belonging 04.5 .
4" Averago por cent of attondanco, based on enrollment 88.6 4
4 Highest monthly percentage of attendance (first month) 96.6 4-
4 Number of pupils enrolled by original entry during tho first 4-
4- month 14,434 4-
4 Numbor of pupils enrolled by original entry all the rest of tho 4.
4 yoar 1,300 4.
4 Number of colorod pupils onrolled by original entry 63 4-
4 Averajjo numbor of pupils per grado teacher, based on enrollment. . 46 4
4- Averago number of grade pupils per toachor, based on avorage 4.
4 number belonging 33,9
4 Average number of grade pupils por teacher, based on average 4.
4 dally attendance .' 35,8 4.
4 Numbor of pupils remaining in school at tho closo of the year 12,266 4
4- Per cent of ontiro enrollment remaining at the closo of the yoar. . 77.g 4
4 Por cent of cntiro enrollment remaining at close of last year 79.1 4.
4 Number of pupils promoted to high Bchool , ... 772 4.
4- Number of pupils graduated from the high school 4.
4 Number of pupils receiving certificates of graduation from commer- 4.
4 clol department of tho high school 4.
4- Number of pupils not absent nor tardy during tho year 621 4-
4 Number of visits by patrons 8,493 4.
4 Numbor of visits to patrons . 1,495 4.
4 Number of canes of truancy "1... 424 4.
4 Number of cases of corporal punishment 42 4
4- Number of suspensions 145 4-
4- 4-
I I 5 rJ-I ---t--I-4;--I-I;--Iv--I; I i-4; J I--J J I-n f I--r- i v-1- r" -5 -I I-
everv respect. The third building
completed this year is the high school
gymnasium, on the old University
grounds. It is a two-story structure,
was built at a cost of $50,000, and is
ono of the most up-to-date structures
in the country. Tt is said that the
furnishings and apparatus could not
be improved upon.
Interesting Figures.
Tho following tablo shows tho school
population for the present year and
other interesting statistics:
School population, 190C, 18.495
School population, 1907 19,373
Boys D.51S
GliiH 9.855
Boys who can read and write 8,449
Boys who cannot read and writo.. 1,009
Girls who can read, and write S.515
Girls who cannot read and writo.. 1,040
Boys who attend the district school 7.S31
Boys who attend private school.... 313
Boys who attend no school 1,374
Girls who attend district school.. 7,920
Girls who attend private schools.. 553
Girls who attend no school 1,382
Colored boys 40
Colorod girls s
EBER W. HALL.
Eber W. Hall is ouo of tho best known
and most highly esteemed undertakers
aud embalmers in Snlt-Lako City. Born
in Lorain county, Ohio, in 1S68, Mr.
Hall when a boy movod with his father
to Kansas, and in that State bo ac
quirod his first knowledge of the under
taking business.
Believing that tho Far West offered
better opportunities to tho young man
desiring to climb tho ladder of success,
r. Hall in 1897 came to Utah and for
tho ten years past he has practiced his
profession in Salt Lako City.
In July, 1906, he was elected presi
dent of 'the Utah Funeral Directors'
association, aud was re-elected at the
annual meeting of the association, held
in Ogden, October 7. .1907.
Mr. Hall is nothing if not progres
sive. His establishment, located at 225
South We3t Tcmplo street, is roploto
with every convenience known to tho
successful undertaker and cmbalnicr. He
very recently added to his equipment a
handsomu funeral car of the most mod-
orn type. This car. is silver grav in
color and shows tho master hand ots the 1
artist in carvings and design. 1
His was the first private ambulance .
oyer installed in Salt Lake, and todav
his Red Cross ambulaneo servico is con
siderod the best in the West.
t
WORK OF STATE 'M
LAND BOARD M
Tho State Ronrd nf r.nn.i r. . 'WA
sioiior. which has charge of the ,u,t W
lands of Utal. h,.s h,?d tt ZvSS ?j 'f
vear. Up to November 30 tl,,. b"U fl
disposed of lands Sl9 follows, the S f
bcr of tracts tho number of m-res a 1,1
the total purchase price being iwn, ffifc
Acie TrucK" Prlr
gf
"i h 'WiM
o. - m r..w
,12........... ,. ::2o i?,.uM
H ; !!! r.iM
.l. m
'il'v:-' r.40 n'.'-oiiffj
7 720 UWrffl
..... 760 715(1,49
li '-....r,.,. 1.010 llfllofJ
: l.O'-'O WW if
;:::::;::::;;;:: -f! v0S
2IS M Ixed fi':iH
I. I'll.. ?20G.2"l 'v
Securities hold by I he"' board aro an.
proximately as follows: n
g0'"18, f 51.?ni,3?7.i2'l
Farm loan." rtl0 'ai :-, It
City warrants " " "
rpvo 25 (iy, ?,
Suit Lake r.5.9U'Gl W
Construction of icaorvolrs 7o.00fi.00
Total 5l.:7.1.fi2n.U W.
Cash on hand, approximately. .$ ni.noo.On
In addition, the board has on hand
tho sum of $146,040,211, whi4i ha been
deposited during the past ten vcars on V
appliciition.q for ihe. purcha.o of lands Is
and which aro awaiting Ihe itiou of g
the. C'nmmissionrr of the (iCTU-rnl I,nnd
Ofliee. This fund is not subject to bans fr
or investments. m
On November 20, l!)G0. I here rc-
mi'.ined to bo selected under the various 1
giants, after deducting tho selections
made, less the cancellations, the foI-wfl
lowing:
Grants. ?"). A Jf
Afirlii)(iiral collie . .- n.RSSoi
Deaf and Dumb asylum S3R l 9
Insane t'sylum 471$' 85 M
Itistltiitioii for the Blind 233h K
Miners' hospital ifl.l'i fi
Normal school (520 37 'M
Public buildings ; t 2.1530 91 K
Bcsen'olrB 3,748.Si V
Reform school J-lsilfi Jm
School of mines S7o'n"w
University 505.59
Total 1i5,353.7ii S
During tho present year this lotal m
has been cut down to approximately M
16,000 acres. J
On November 30, 1006, the Stale J
lands unsold -.vere approximately as M
follows:
' Acres.
Unappralsed lands . o97.SS8.00 ft
Appraised but not offered 13S,8a3,Cl B
Offered 1.322.70G.91 K
Total unsold . . 1,859,151 55 m
The total at present is approximated jt
1.800.000 acres. " V
WALKER BROTHERS, f
BANKERS. I
(Incorporated,) M
ESTABLISHED 1859,
Capital S250.000 Offl
Surplus $100,000 M
Absorbed the Salt Lako Branch of Wella- jn
Fargo & Co.'s Bank. S
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. ml
Travelers' Letters of Credit Issued. ,gf
Available In All Parts of the World. W
WE INVITE YOUR ACCOUNT. W
McCORNICK & CO., I
BANKERS, j
Salt Lako City, Utah. M
ESTABLISHED 1873. H
Houston ifo-pJ
ESTABLISHED 1SS9. -M
Capital, S10.000; Surplus, 175.000. m
Special attention .given to the col- W
lection of rents, payment of taxes,
and the care of property for non-resl- 4S
dents. 251 SOUTH MAIN" STREET, Sm
Salt Lake City, Utah. J
S. M'CORNICK, TV. F. ADAMS. ;li
President. Vlce-Prealdent
UTAH NATIONAL BANK fi
Salt Lako City, Utah. W
Pays Interest on Time Deposit. mm
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. w
JOSEPH NELSON. THOS. R. CUTLER, S
Cashier. Vice-President.
National Bank of the Republic S
A thoroughly modern savings .P"?" ffl
ment conducted In connection with this X
bardc. Safo doposlt boxea for rent. U. &. fU
Depositary jl
Frank Knox, president; James A. '
Murray, vice-president; W. F. tarn, am
cashier. J
Capital paid In, 5300,000. Interest paid
on time deposits. .
R. G. DUN & CO., 11
TnE MERCANTILE AGENCY, M
GEORGE RUST. General Manaflr-
Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. fl
Office In Tribune BIdg., Salt Lake City. jH
ESTABLISHED 1841. 189 OFFICES. OH
THE OLDEST AND LARGEST.
DESERET NATIONAL BAA'K M
U. S. Depository.
Salt Lake City. Utah. 4
Capital. $500,000.00; surplus, $500,000.00 TO
r cT , . ..Prosldeni ju
L s. Hills .. "Ipj-esldent gl
Moses Thatcher iC- r Qhler jH
H. S. Young- IVcV "rosliler mtt
Edgar S. Hills ""S: Cashier J
L. W. Burton . ,..ssi. m
Safety Deposit Boxea for Rent. Jfl
ESTABLISHED 18S9.
UTAH COMMERCIAL AND M
SAYINGS BANK
WM. F. ARMSTRONG PrWt.aihert
Commercial Banking In All Us iBgJ M
Four per cent Interest on saMngs ucuoo M
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED-
PROMPT PLOTJBERS. W
GEO, G. K0YLE & CO. j
Phones 162. 211 State St jl