Show HEMORRHAGE GUS GETS SCHOOL STORY MIXED HIKED AS BADLY AS USUAL Attempts to Juggle With Figures and Gets Some Startling Results II The Tho Tho statement made by tho Herald Herald- Republican this morning that tho fact that there worn wore 1000 children of school 3 ago age e in Salt Lake and only in tho the public schools meant that the theother theother other t cre not in school and therefore violating tho the compulsory education edu edu- education cation law is rathor wide wido of tho the mark said Superintendent D. D II IL Christensen today As As a u matter of oC fuel fact only about children in Salt Lake Lak are are arc not attending school and of t ese are aro exempt under un dor der tho the compulsory education law l. l The Tho e school cen census uS shows all children between between be be- tween tho the n ages eR of f 6 0 and 18 years rears Tho The com compulsory education law compels only I children from S to 16 years of n ago e to attend school This excludes' excludes the tho children chil chil- I dren 0 a and 7 years 01 old 1 who number i about 2000 Then there are arc those who I quit rift school after thc they have havo finished the tho eighth grade rado and are below 18 years of ago age Of these there are about 1000 Tho The number attending private is about 1500 The Th compulsory law requires thirty weeks attendance at school Tho The public pub lic lie school term is if thirty eight weeks At the end of tho the first ei eight ht weeks s of school this year as is tho custom every year car tho the school authorities looked u uhe up the tho children out of school and found foun they numbered OO Of these were found to bo be exempt on account of of contributing contributing con con- to tho the support of their families families lies and other causes which the tiro compulsory compulsory sory education law r regards ards as exempting exempt exempt- in ing children from attendance at school Others were vero brou brought ht into school until now few remain out II What is IB needed is a child labor law Jaw which will cover the cases whore the compulsory education law w exempts At Ata a meeting of the principals at the cit city and county building yesterday afternoon afternoon after after- noon noon Mrs Irs Adolph Simon made a stron strong address advocating ad the child labor Jabor law and tho the principals a agreed eed to use uso their influence e to have havo such a law passed b by bythe the tho next le legislature |