| Show F IOl b 6 Building Sple did Colleges ad Schools i The recurring year brings at its close ubatanta1 advancement along all lines but nowhere is the progr2S6 more manitest than in educational work Asa As-a result of this upward tendencY the people have heavily taXed themselves to erect new and improved buildings better teachers have been employed and higher salaries paid and advanced I sentiment has logically followed Some of the most eabstantial school struc 1 tures since the pioneers blazed the way for advancing cIvilization have been erected among whIch are the fine I structure at Murray and the one at St George each of which will cost about J 25OOO Both embody the most approved I ap-proved school architecture and are an adornnent to the towns where they are I located I The citizeds of Gunnison In keening i In the van of eduCltional progreGS J have erected fine new buildings within the past Year thus giving fresh impetus j im-petus to their eduootional interests g These are but jrolated instances of the i enterprise In this direction and india indi-a cato what Utah L9 doing for the cause of educationS education-S Within the year just closing schoo 2 have been taught in 610 different places 1300 teachers have been emI em-I I ployed J gg2t pupIls have been enrolled en-rolled thlrt nIne school buildings erected at a cost of 87870 The value of school property bas increneed to 2538015 and the value of Salt Lake eohaol property has reached the sum or 1 o In The V amount raid to teachers in the late exclusive of Salt Lake Ogden Provo and Logan wad 29089G22 while in the first named city 16124527 was paid teachers Ogden paid 3114717 > 1ovo 9510 and Logan 757L70 In the estimate of rural schools Utah county s not Included the officIals of that county not having yet reported Utahs New University Xo Incident In the history of Utah has ehown in a more marked del de-l heathful public sentiment I toward i a broad and liberal education than the I1Oposed erection on one of the moPt beautiful sites hat could be procured In the valley of the Gnat Salt lak feur magnificent university edifices of the moot approved designs and modern architecture In 1891 through the efforts of Hon JlSerh L RawlIns utahs distinguished i senator and an alumnus of the Institu tion the university received a grant of n 6Ixt acre tract of land on the Fort Douglas reservation a condition of the gift being that Ute institution should occupy the new site within five years from the date of the grant which was later extended tc ten years Legislative Legis-lative appropriations aggregating 200 000 far the year 1899 indicate the wise r generosity of the legislature toward the institution and voice the almost I unieffial sentiment of appreciation which is cpre ted toward It by the i people I York on the llrt building of he university uni-versity Is now under way University Equipment In April 1894 the university received as nn endowment from private sources the rich and extensive collections of the Dcs ret museum The Salt Lake Literary and ScientIfic association an educational organization of Utah endowed en-dowed the chair of geology to the I amount of 60OOQ thia fund to be kept intact and the proceeds to be used for the support of the chair named The equipment of the laboratories of the university rank second to none in the United States Noted educators from the east have pronounced the facilities for In6truction superIor to I many eastern collegES and universities and the quality of instruction as typically typic-ally eXfellent Many graduates of the University of Utah have entered the finest universities In the country upon their diplomas and have taken high rank in sCholar91b and in several instances in-stances have borne away the honors of their alma mater The university library i the largest and best selected In the state and in addition tot nest works added each year by purchase the library Is en ricl1ed regularly with a full line of public documents to which it la entitled enti-tled as the United States depository ot Utah In connection with the library is a we11 lighted reacting room furnished fur-nished with an utrorment of general I references and a full line of state newspapers I papers and magazines The institution Is open to students of both sexes over IG years of age who are able to pursue any of its courses of study The degree of bachelor of arts and Uljlt of bachelor of science are conferred after atlsfactory completion comple-tion of four rears work fifteen hours of class work weekly or a total of 120 hours II The degree of bachelor of science in mining engineering and that of bachc lor of science In electrical engineering are conferred after satisfactory rum pletion of the prescribed courses in mining and electrical engineering re spectiel Connected with the university and apart a-part of the institution is the normal school The advantages of unJon of I these schools are obvIous from the fact that students of the latter have the advantage of the university library museum and laboratories and also receive I re-ceive Il15trUction from college professors profes-sors who are specialists in their departments de-partments q I In order that principles of education and methods of teaching and school management may be learned by actual practice and observation the normal school has connected with it a training train-ing school consisting of the usual elgiit grades of a public school In order to furnish more convenient facilities in the southern part of the state for the tralning of teachers the legislature of 1197 passed an act establishing es-tablishing a branch of the slate normal school under the dIrection of the university uni-versity This school is situated in Cedar City In Iron county and is well equipped to provide InstructIon in the first three years of the normal course After finishing this work studenfd complete com-plete the course by doing the fourth year in the uniersit Following are the names of the university uni-versity regents James Sharp Frank Pierce Walde mar Van Cott Mrs Emma J McVieker 1rs Rebecca E Little Jcseph T Kingsbury Moses Thatcher Thomas R Cutler William W Riter Salt Lake City Schools Nine years ago the schools of Salt Lake City were crystallized Into a system and the progress made In that time has been phenomenal No city in the country has made more rapid advancement ad-vancement in educational progress built more substantial school edifices and shown more interest In all that nrfriIn tn n nprlor school system than has the cit nestled at the base 01 the towering Yasatch mountains Eastern cities may boast of long established es-tablished systems fine buildings and progressiveness but none can point to schools of such proportions built up withIn a decade This gratifying state of affairs has been made possible by the excellent spirit that has pervaded the great body or our citizens and to their encouragement en-couragement and sacrifice the present state of affairs educationally speaking speak-ing is due In the construction of build Ings where thousands of dollars have been expended it is a fact worth of note that no scandal has been connected con-nected therewith and another gratifying gratify-ing fact may be mentioned that the teaching force is made up of a high minded intelligent class and that no better working spirit can be found in the country During the past year the success attending at-tending the schools has been as marked as that of previous years In Januaiy 1899 Dr 3 F Milispaugh who had been nt the head of the system from its organization was called to the presidency of the Winona state normal school and after a few months the board of education selected Professor F D Cooper as the superintendent of the schools I has been conceded by all that the choice was an eminently wise one oneCity School Statistics I During the year 18989 there were employed In the schools of this city I including those employed at the training train-ing school 272 teachers The cost for I cos the maintenance of the schools for instruction in-struction was 1930 per month or 173700 for the school year of nine months The number of pupils belonging I be-longing was 10404 total enrolment 12291 and the cost of book per pupil was i3 cents the cost of instruction I per pupil U31 based on enrolment I and cost per pupil based on average number belongIng 1580 In 18901 the number of pupils enrolled was 63GS as against 129 in 18989 There are now in the present corps 295 teachers an increase of twenty three over last year and of 194 more than in 18901 The value of buildings atthe present time is 174913370 of grounds 259 0198 and the total of buildings and grounds 10081668 The svhool year of 1899 and 190 opened Sept 1 There were enrolled during the month original entries 5563 boys and 6On girls or a total of 1580 and 5 total enrolment of 163 The average daily attendance was 10G22 the percentage of attendance I and the per cent of punctuality mIn the second month the attendance I orIginal entries was 1919 an increase in-crease of 266 over the first month The attendance since that time has not materially ma-terially Increased Following are the members of Salt Lakes board of education E W YI son E B Critchlow Arnold G Gauque 31 H Walker Oscar W Ioyle William T Newman H P Hen dcrson B S Young W A Nelde Simon Bamberger Agricultural College This is nn institution in which the people of Utah should take great pride I Is rapidly forging to the front ad one of the leading educational educatonal establishments establish-ments of the inteountain west I was founded in 1888 and is situated at Logan upon one ot the most imposing sites in the state Surrounding it is the I experiment station farm of 10 acres The college building Is a magnificent brick structure G0x00 feet tO stories high In the wings and three stories In the central part in addition to a large basement About 800 students can be accommodated at the institution To the south of the college is the new building erected for the useof the mechanic me-chanIc art department I is two stories high in the center and one in the wings and has a frontage of 230 feet I is thoroughly equipped with tools and machrner necessary for the Two and a Hal Million D lars Worth of District School Property i Buildinj a 200900 University i e 444 j > > i tJ1 f 1u J I r = THE OQUH A SALE OF SATP TA 1 rrv ennnre practical teaching of mechanics The machinery is operated by electricity In the upper part of the building is the class room for physics and the diret ors rooms A model barn and stockyard are connected con-nected with the college for the benefit bene-fit of the students in the agricultural courses The experiment station is juot west of the college and below the hill upon which it stands is the cole e dormitory a handsme threstor brIck structure capable of accommodating accommo-dating about eight fve students I is equipped in the most modern manner man-ner and Is in charge of a matron appointed ap-pointed by the president of the college Thehandsome residences of the experiment ex-periment station director president of the college farm superintendent and the laborers cottages make iean a I little city on the hill The college offers exceptional advantages ad-vantages to the student for In addition addi-tion to the usual courses taught in colleges col-leges i gives to the persons attending gves ing it the opportunity of a thorough education of the hand as well a the I head the manual training department I being the best of any Institution of learning in the state A thorough I course in domestic economy is given for the benefit of lady students and with this year was commenced a six months course for the benefit of students stu-dents whose work on the farms prevents pre-vents a nnemonths attendance at the college colege The attendance at the school is at present about 350 The faculty of the institution is composed 01 the follow ing 1ductors J 31 Tanner president and professor of political science John T Caine jr Jame Dryden C P CloseD Close-D D Hugh George H Thomas E J acEwan W S Langon J A Widt see Is Delnda Cotey Miss Sarah Bowen Joseph Jenson r Sarah GoodwIn Luther Foster L A Merrill E W Robinson J W Fans J E Wilson G 1 Swendsen C E Snow I A J Hansen J P GrIffin John Stewart Stew-art and J A Crockett Deaf aDd Dub Institute I Situated near the eastern boundary of Ogden on a sHe commanding a View of almost the entire city with the rugged Wasatch range as a background I back-ground sands the Utah school for the deaf and blind an institution cele brat d throughout the Intermountn reg n and ranking among the best schools of its character in the coun I try I ractcal serves for the state e Idaho also n5 that commonwealth I pays the state of Utah for the educa tion of Its deaf pupils here The buildings are in the midst of an enclosure comprinC ftyseven acres The entIre worltof the institution Is laid along pracical lines The idea is to send the pupi away equipped with an eucatoq and trade which will enable en-able them to become selfsuortn Intelligent citizens in spite of physical disabilities No tuitioa and no charge for board Is made to Utah pupl the parents fur nlshing cTohlng Besides the usupi education deaf pupils have an oppr + + + 44 + + + e + + + + 4 J + 4 fI 4 S J 4 n 1 = 4 P f + + j If t it + + + + + + ci + + 2 + + + + SOUTHERN NORM AT CEDAB CITY + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + + 1 tunity to learn scene serviceable trade I such as shoemaking prInting carpentering carpen-tering cabinetmaking Most of the work connected with the school Is done by pup and thIs gives opportunity for instrcion in far work the care of stack and a the like The girls are taught mending sewing sew-ing preenin canning and other household work BUnd pupils are given instruction in cane seating music and piano tuning besides being taught to read with the finger and miter the branches taught in the common sehools During the ea 1599 about 5OOO In improvements have been made onslst ing madnly of a hospital and a sanitary sani-tary building The hospital is at brick and Is two tories hIgh The alan foI loW closely that ot the one at the Michigan irttuton The trustees of this institution are John Watson Mrs A B corey and E H Anderson of Ogden Miss Maud May Babcock and 3 1 L Richie of Salt Lake The faculty of the school con i i ssts of the following Frank IV Met cal superIntendent F M Drigg William Iamhal r Francis Walker Florence C 1etcalf Frne 31 Eddy Oretta M Ag and Miss Clara V Eddy sS Sara Whalen is teacher of the blndSalt Salt Lake College This instution which offers a col legiate education under Christian auspices aus-pices Is Ute outgrowth of what was at first denominated Hammond Hal or T > CH n L u n c uu HUCl was incur porated under the laws rate or Utah In 1895 the board of trustees changed its corporate name from Sat Lake academy to Sal Lake college In 1898 Gordon academy Ogden became merged In the institution insttuton and both collegIate col-legIate and academic courses are now offered The aIm of the trustees is to make a firstcbss college and alE an academy of high grade which while nonsectarian In management and I spirit shan be thoroughly Christian About two year ago Dr D K Pear I eons of Chicago mae the generous offer of 50000 for endowment provided the college 1rould raise a additional ICI i 00 for the name purpose within a year I Rev W S Hunt the pradent of the college was delegated tG go eat and 9a1clt aid for the college and returned at the close of the year having rise abut 2OO of the 1000 stipulated by Dr PearoI when the doctor extended ex-tended the time another year and sent his check for 10 to aid in securing the remaining S5OOO In August 189 Rev W S Hunt resigned re-signed the presidency when the peal ton was unanimously tendered to Rev Dr F A Noble of Chicago who has taken the matter under advisement Dr Clarence T Brown one of the trustees trus-tees has ben diligent and unremtng In securing the senice of Dr Noble and with his acceptance and active con necton with the Institution i will I I enter upon a new career of uslne I All Bellows College I This college founded by Right Reverend Rev-erend Bishop Scalan is conducted by the fathe of the Society of rar I was built to meet te want ot the Catholic parents in this section ot coun try by offering them for theIr child rn cn1enlen accC to the adunt ages of a gO sound education The buildings are commodu9 an the classrooms class-rooms study halls bath roCT dining halls and doritorlQ are arranged wh a view to comfort and convenience be Ing well ventilated and lightsome and IghtSme fitted up with the latest Improen steam heating sC heatng electricity tc The father are determined to keep the college abreast of the times and while harmonizing it with local wants and desires they prODs to make It a center of meta and moral culture The courses of rrses study are prepared with a view ot meeting the need ot the Cd people for whoW the college was found CdVery Very Rev Thomas J Larkn S M i president of the cohere L D S College The Lterday Saints college was reorganized re-organized a to its faculty and curse ot study late last summer AU the de patents are now united under one head and the school occupies the fifth and sixth floors of the Templeton buIlding buIld-Ing for Hs cass rooms The Social hal Is occupied by the library the science laboratories and the kindergarten clans and fi rnaDum Is now being fitted up in the large room 01 this building Seentytwo different classes recite each week under the instruction of eighteen teachers The enrollment ot students Is now 400 the largest fn the thirteen years of the history of the institution in-stitution The average age of the mudents in attendance seems to be about 18 veers and the students impress Im-press the visitor as brIght and progressive gressive young people The pare banquet and other social functions gien at the institution are highclass afar 3 H Paul Ph B M A is president of this institution Brigham Young College This college is situated in the het of Logan City upon one of the mot desirable spots in the couxt tures the u east b dlgU4 original home of the college and the west building build-Ing a handsome stone and brIck ei flee erected In 188 by the voluntary contributions of the people of Cache county This later structure wIth equipment represents an outlay ot 150000 5000 The east building is three stories hIgh and contains the library museum and class rooms The new building Is IS8x 85 feet and in it arc the offices of the faculty chapel biological iaboraties and the finest gymnasium in the state Throughout this building is equipped with the very bet furniture and ap partus that money cld procure I Is beautifully lighted drained and yen I tilated tated A beautiful campus of twentyfive acres surrounds the college upon which is the residence of the Drs I dent laboratory building boiler house and a fine athletic field which was fenced and leveled the east summer te The college offers the following courses of instruction General scence four ear letters four ers acde ic course three yeas nonnal course four years subacdemc one year In accordance with the provisions provis-ions of the deed of truSt the doctrine of the Mormon church are W I made the bas of all sahool dlsnlne A training school h been etblhE at the College this year and is dog remarkably Vl The Insttuton pos seeses a fine library of about ps 41 volumes and In accordance wttlt the liberal policy of the college board the generl public is allowed free access this library The Ubro attendance this yeas 1 something over atenda t9 The brd ot trustees 0 cmpo d of ot BrighaL Young W11a B Preston Joseph Honels Joseph F Smith W H Lewis Richard W Young and S M Molen Brigham Young Is and dent and H BUlen jr secretary pre board W J Kerr I preIdent 01 the college collegeBrigham This Young Academy iIYttuton was founded In IS75 by the great leader whose name it berlts basic principle being to offer bIng t ofe a course ot Instruction that develoas tt develoD the the told nature of man mental moral and physical At Its inception it incepton was p1ed In chare of Dr Karl G 1aer whose fundamental theory was teach all thing by the spirit of God His succso President CJUfl no less zealous in carrying out the original plan I Is a church school under the supnIson ot a boar o trustees of which George Q Cannon Is prdet The school embraces five successive grades or ct > ure3 of instruction kindergarten kinder-garten primary grammar high school and collegiate eo that a child may be enrolled at the age of 6 ear and tol low a contInuous course In this school and graduate at the age of 21 During the last two years a college building has been annexed to the old ol academy building apparatus has ben supplied laboratories suppUe labortono3 in mechanics phmcs and chemistry have ben C table s that the buildings are now commodious and the working apparatus adequate As the buildings and natures have bee augmented 6 has the curriculum curric-ulum been broadened and the corps ot Instruct enlarged The establishment in 189i of the collegiate col-legiate department mark a new er In the progress of tie school It change the courses leading to deg from tour years to six ens and broadened the curriculum s tat instead of offering offer-ing courses leading to a degree only in pedlgogcs courses are nOw given which lead to degrees in gEn letter and pagg faculty consists of thirtJtour professors and Instructors and five fleclal l cturr wit Benjamin duff jr 31 S D 31 D president The century clam which graduates commencement week In May 1900 ia the first class to graduate on the college cure The institution was endowed in 189 by gifts ot 10011 theft the-ft II wing donor VnCred Wccd ut G Q Cannon J F Smith Reed Smo Jeree Knight E C Loose S L ChIp man Miss Inez Knight William Knight and A iV IcCune A permanent fund haG been etabls ed for the institution the 17th of February Feb-ruary being set apart a fund day The first action along this line was ten last year and I5O was subscribed Collections will be made for the fund each year until the schol I place on a selspporting basis Other Institutions There are other educational Irnttu tons that are quietly but none the less effectively fulfilling their mision such a Rowland Hall under th auspices of the Episcopalian church St Marys academy and Academy Jf the Sacred Heat under the direction of the Catholic church the Collegiate IntI tute controlled by the Presbyterian church and the various stake nd tate emIm in the several counties c the UTAB SCHOOL STATISTICS Numbfr iNo Average Newfichool I r of I Aerge Schol Z I Monthly Buildings V of each Buiding I School Einp ers I fi a Teachers Salary of DuringYr Erected I cHouses Q NUE OF Q > r I j I SIIZI I I 9 t 0 V COUNTY I aa i 5 I E 2 5 l g g 2J g t Q I E 0 < w I i H I I < j = 0 Beaver 91 ili l1063i01 13375 Box Elter IS 41 4 32 Zt 1 U60 r 3 4e2O t ni Ii Ee 33 S 41 33 23 3738j 46SB 350 31 1910 79723 69 Cahe Z 4 3 Carbon 71 2 8 5 t 1 S6 f9 4211 21 345701 15708 Davis 50 5 B B 2501 50ll 40e5I i 3761001 l 5164650 Emery 12 4 16 23 6 1537 1 5139 3759 2 r 5983001 2120000 vi 9 15 24 1 1 12 4261 312 f 402S Gran 4 21 6 4 4t Z 0546 545 f 1 15tO Iror 9 13 61 154 1091 0101 310 f 136 Irol 13 5 1816 22 16 6l5S f 4212 1 51611 Kane 5 1 61 5 f GEl I 37 r Ii 20 1768200 Millard 6 21 13 22 164S 5QS9 334S 4959 I I Morgan 1 21 1 7 211G3IW31 35i 4 H28i 1400 Plut S 2 10 1 1 1 t 53 331 1 3 O1 50162 ttch 6 1 7 5 j t9i 51Sil 31i 2 911 125J i Salt Lake 61 2i 5i 5f 5 6il 67 414SJ 1 I 19 V San Juan 5 21 i 2 1 4 16160 366 al 53 6620 Sanpeto 16 42 431 4451 42 31Sil SI9T12 Snpeto 19 4 23 15 P 2450 5SJ 0 I 2O 75190 i 2 1 245 Summit 21161 2 16 1 4EO tHI 4440 4f i332990 3617733 18 iZ33 59t0 45SS 2 1i350 403065 1l 3 16 Tooele Uintah 1 3 I 19 nl m 1519 ii u 4iis 31 i 370000 20835 Utah 1 1 I Wasatch 14 4 1 18 l3 13 l4I2j 5il 3752 1 I 69970 Washington Wastch 1 1 13 2 Itl 1311 115 4689i S21 1 89 16i43 Wayne a 131 13 91 10 5 lli4S 1846 f 243621 Weber IliG liG ZP 101 2746 i 5263 P372 2 82652 5866300 I I CITIES I I Salt CITIE 24 1 2 31 2p22lf 943 670 2 2671 LO4i9 Lke 14 3 I 171 7 41 76 41701 l 7 OI aU7OI Prove 1 HI 71 10 iq 15 9S21 39C i 1 933C 802 Logan 9 6 161 121 561 4070 1 11201 732 Totals ii 1GO4 827C21C59S7S7015253S0138 Unreported V V j |
