Show PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY THEM THEIS ANCE AND course coura of study adapted to tho the pupils needs ailigh of attendance expenditures expenditure 6 for building it Is 13 not yet four years since the bill to provide for ft a uniform an system or oc freo free public schools throughout utah territory 0 I 1 law in this fills city IT in july 1810 1890 ra A board or of wilt elected in ili aceR ralance with the prom mons of that law and a of publeo q organized though of so ao brief duration the progress cas of public lion since billee that time lime in salt lako bistak ha been remar remarkable koble at the date above mentioned probably pio bably fully one halt half or of ahn who ho wire enrolled la in schools at au all wore were enrolled in private institutions though deterred by charges charge for tuition alch were universal in public and private schools still and possibly by olat causes as well it laigo proportion of children of school nse age did not attend school but the time was waa ripe for nr a change 0 no o sooner had tho the doors of the th various vallous school houses been thrown open for fee education than all the class rooms looms were filled to overflowing when practicable additions to existing bull building alln were made and where tati plan could not be pursued every aval available lable structure in the vicinity was wag rented and turned into school rooms room the SC second lond year of if the free schools witnessed no diminution in the ali rapidity of their growth and very improved facilities for accommodating tho the throngs or of who applied for admission it iv was s not until near the middle off of tho the third year yar of its existence that thai tho the present Itie sont system came into info of oc its ural first new school house houge the re result alt of oc a quickened educational sentiment in the community which found express expression loTt in ill the almost unanimous voice to end I 1 its Is property properly that our school facilities might correspond with nith the eidys growth and development but before the end crul of tho the third year four more mora magnificent school houses were thrown open oam to the th children and rt at once filled to their fullest capacity thua thu the continually increased attendance has contin untied prom the file third annual erport port of the public schools the following extract to la taken comparison OF THE GROWTH THREE YEARS VW ld 91 1151 B M SM 51 of per pcr ona eions of school age 6 to 14 years total number of aurill i 0 Is kandea e over the y year ar previous jo 12 1 1253 ao ratio of enrollment to 10 PC acho hoof population T lation 77 76 M t average Ave raff ir dolly I 1 Y attendance in tho the ach schools 4 as SM BOM increase over the iho year long 2 IZA 10 1027 11 number oi of PV puella all r W in school at t the he close of the year gioli I 1 In craic over the year 1 arcilous pr cilous 1701 1 fil from the above it would desern that the iho maximum pow poa ablo percentage of oc enrollment must bo be almost reached rut but this la is tot not the rose from the superintendents monthly imports deport ic ports ab attracts florn which have appeared each month in the tribune it is seen acen that the growth year minus no baril of the enrollment of the th month just now ended shows flows an increase of 2417 over that for tho the cov corresponding month of last year mid and la Is in excess of the whole v loile number rela ald in the atcho schoola oln during the hie entire school year ending june UNIVERSAL INTEREST in none of our american lions has bis ho ba uni universal vermal interest been taken 0 or r so much pride been felt as in our air public schools the enjoyment by nit all classes alike of the benefit which they bestow mak makee them the true level ois cis of our social order coextensive with their influence everywhere overy where are arc observed per ved the decadence or of distinctions ions lons in society and the promotion of that democratic feeling which wealth ond and position tend to destroy hence it Is cause caune for congratulation that so pren gen oral cral nn an interest Is in felt in the public schools of this city A comparison of oc the ratios of school enrollment to LIN school p population 0 between thin city and efti of like size in some of the states win milt br bf interesting and possibly cause wier gener at al in salt rak lako city for the last school year the enrollment was sl sit per cent idt 0 t the he school population I 1 a cities Inia ting this in population in new york the per cent runs runa frommie from MiO in ohio the per cent runs runa from DF 60 in Illine 1 the por per cent to runa imm sa aa in kansas kan w the per cent runs from mra CS n in N bra duk the th par cent runs runa from in in the por per cent runn roni U fa 1 in I In illana the pr per rent run room froni from MH M ti H in n lowa iowa the per cent runs runn front 1410 14 10 7 COURSE OF instructor INSTRUCT ON NL tho the coue of instruction in the public schools comprises the work of the inary grades four and one half years tho the gammer grades four years yeara and the high school four yeats years children clil idren on their first introduction to school are arc classed as a beginners ond arid this tion continues for A half year tho the work ot of i half year la Is regarded of 0 very treat great importance to the subsequent development of the child teachers of long experience end and careful train ine only are assigned to this thia cl class cla alet ss and cleat pains ate taken to rive give n proper direction and ami impulse to tile the newly awakened activities of the childs mind in conformity with the observed truthe thul that fit first ideas are AIO AI O acquired through tire th action of 0 the senses the instruction in 10 chils braile graile Is chiefly objective tile tha child Is brought into the presence of oc thane and left learns their and relations by the test of his hl senses this objective method ot of instruction which must be employed exclusively at first Is IB only slightly lota less necessary aavo throughout the primary classes claa aes and indeed has its place in every grado grade of tire school course it ls Is 0 bad fact that with schools free anti and with laws nominally compelling attendance a laro large number of american chil children dien leave school forever foi ever before t they hey have completed the primary course cours of four nears bacs and after the fourth year at school becomes become a con coal diminishing quantity with this fact in mind courses of aoudy F jerild V h trained lit IH uch such a way as 63 to la place within the fraria rf of every pupil before he leaves school aai large an all amount as poshia po AhIa of available aval lable aown the th manuil of instruction lu in us lit in nor publio public schoola chokn 5 tha I 1 tills this pi pl Is in operation opo ratton here the reading books in use in certain grades erodes tire are demoted to knowledge so 0 o attractively stated as to arouse the eager t ot of the children iv lot other yi aada an elementary inen tary history of the united states Is 19 used aa reading bolc and in still othera othen some of the choice chol ceal of tho the eng labh barrel american are arc read irk in unabridged faini tho the fort formal study ot of primmar until the last yew year ot of tho the graded course to la subordinated to the iho practical study of language lao Buas in original composition compon lUon at the beginning of their course children tire arc encouraged to lalk much of what they sea arid and do and as aa so boon on as they have learned to arite V mr ite the thoughts which they have artin clied la in their study ot of things aro are transferred to garec by this means at nt the eua of 0 their ahli d and fourth years at al school many children have acquired a derre degree a of skill in writing composition which in case or of n at this point of their school life would mould be of oc incalculable value to abern the manual of instruction plated placed let in the hands of all the in IK a small hin halid diwok look in alrh it ho course couie of tudy Is 13 marked out in detail cuttit urh much dt f as aa ine are y to in insure CT cr ml linds and practical ot of hi next to ti thi the 1 9 room itself is 1 tile tha place to searcie for or choro be features which characterize tile the entire exi tire system of instruction A an intelligent I 1 I 1 courno of 0 study aloes sloes ora not lint sea as is in sometimes asserted by the ilia advocates vo tam 0 of f dalre in education imply 11 alem XI i a adherence to a mechanical nn c nt quenching the individuality in teachers and checking tho the natural development of children on oil tile hie contrary it merely represents the ilia went present katim of evolutionary in olin cation it need be no lie more fixed llian luat lonal thought itself and to io far from limiting the 9 and of 0 teachers and pur pupils it Is idelt an outgrow ill ot of these and receives it 10 limitations from thern them ae accordingly wo we should expect to lind hint oui course of oc study somewhat flexible Us its laidely rather than mandatory its tint of power through tile acquisition ot of not the crowd ing in ot of theo tha mind with fact it a course which may slid and often dues does insult in n meak weakened ened ability hence object objective li e ivet methodi hocin or nt study in ili arithmetic lan lait guelke and science aro employed prin are arc reached inductively and in general fie the dogmatic sla or of facts by teacher and text book it ili made subordinate to their discovery by file burill himself under the guidance pili lanco and suggestion ot of tho the instructor another feature ot of tho the co conring M a that at seems bet ans to bo be made prominent Is the ulm aim to bring instruction home to lo the pupils to bring it into le lation with math their ienir site i lolin otin dinKS dings needs and experiences thus the data da II 11 for pro problems blexru s in arithmetic are to lo be taken as largely as possible from flip ohp everyday occurrences in which the aro are engaged from measurements which they thein themselves selves havo have fiade mad efrom from commercial transactions in which parents nicil the people ot of the community arc engaged so go also utah Is made tho the starting point from which ill tho study of geography proceeds tile ilio natural features of 0 thlu mitt realon its mountains valleys valley fl rivers livers takes climate lellin site industries are type forms tor for the hie study ot of tho the world new facts are arla arin this Ms wity way interpreted ly by what la Is veil known and that which is far removed and ot of itself Is 14 brought near and invested with interest by compa ilson with that which Is familiar in their recognition of tho the fad fact that i tudy ludy pt of ilia three Rs ns does docs not produce tho the most complete and symmetrical development tho the schoon school of salt lake city are not behind those ot of cities where educational interests have bave had tile the advant advantage aGo ot of longer growth aliat training which eni braces nothing further in its scope than the preparation ot of tho the pupil for business Is 15 not lot oiin adly lacking in completeness but with fatal narrow narrowness nem of 0 vison talla falls even to reach its in chert sighted aim the human bitman mind Is 14 a pei feet unity of powers flowers and any effort to force a one sided development of 0 those powers must produce distortion ot of the whole fabric fabri c in harmony with intelligent sentiment everywhere the board of education of this city his has given place in the curriculum of study to ev a department of di drawing aw whose purpose la Is to develop tho the rower power of observations observation to attain the rye eye the th hand the judgment RS ax well as to Tr skill in an art whose practical value Is beyond measure alike in the trades tit in busl busi lieRs and in fit ill the professions it has haa provided tor for a department of music whose purpose is to rave give it a re fliming and elevating influence to till all who are its influence and to retrieve remove much of the hardness find and bitterness torne ot of lifo life by Us its cha charm r m and beauty band band it 11 has introduced int into 0 the schools FL a department ot of physical culture whose purpose Is to secure for our children A heller better physical development a more graceful hearing bearing a better use of their powers and immunity front from the ill effects of prolonged mental exertion unrelieved by muscular movement BOOKS ANY AND surp SUPPLIES LiLs mec tn in this cita city all books stationery and other kaher articles needed for in the aro are furnished by tile alio noard of education without cost to pupils this enterprise which was inaugurated a year aso ago lias bas undoubtedly been mry influential in producing so BO large an cn an lalliment lollin lolli ment ont of pupils it lias has in a perceptible measure operated to prevent entrance at school by pupils some home after the for formation maCon of new cl classes assep and it has thus made possible more prompt anft and vigorous work in the ilia school loom it has alvo alro at no lie additional cost coat permitted frequent changes of reading matter inetter a very important consideration in securing and maintaining interest lit in cla classes ses which are being taught to 1 lead cad other beneficial ii ct s of the policy which has been adopted are observable the most important of which la 13 probably the stem item of expense s saved n pit tile th cost coit to tho the city of blois books find and supplies to the pupils of the grades and the high school for the firszt elret year was vaa or for each pupil enrolled Statis statistics ticia which have been mado in other cities for the purpose of aseer taing the cost of the same fame articles artl clea when purchased by the pupils at retail elbow an expense very greatly in excess of the above in this city ho however mever that exper expense expected ted will bo be much lessened hereafter its as many of 0 the books pur chaca h abed in the tint supply will last years met iho average life of books used in EL school being about three years CONTROL or OF TIIE SC HOOtA the maintenance and care of the ilia schools arc vested ested in a a boais of kaii cation its ats work li 19 done kalail mainly v through committees which report their action to the full boito for consideration and action the internal affairs or oc the lie schoola aro are made the especial charge of onn ona ot of the most tinlot tinpot important tant committees of 0 the board tile the committee on ora ra and school work all matters it le lating to teachers tea chera and their work text books the ealure of study and tile the inn in n eral ral conduct of if the schools are cred by this committee with the superintendent Inton in dent of schools associated before they are brought up for act action I 1 oil lit in the board and lecorno features of tile the system the superintendent of oc schools li 19 tho the executive officer in instruction and discipline find and carries out its t diorec directions J tolls in tho the general management of the schools in hn his supervision of f tile alio instruction st of tho the schools he Is 0 dalsted a sted by the primary whose work Is confined to the classes ot of the unit first three grades the corps ot of teachers and principals now numbers for tile tho study of methods of tea teaching elling the discussion dl of matters ot of importance connected with till the school ivnik and the pro promotion motion of al u professional spirit among F teachers L tellers a regular system of glade meetings and conference under the charge of tile superintendent the primary supervisor find the special instructors Is in operation tion one of these special meetings Is 1 attended by each teacher in the corps 1 once a week by tills till s tean means the ilia work ot of ui schools Is in |