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Show TIIK SCHOOL. IIOND8. Tlie address of tlio school board to the people of Salt Lake in support of its domand for $:l()0,)0() with which to build a number of school houses, is a siniplo statement of facts, borne out by an array of Inures that must impress everyone with thu urgency of tlie request. re-quest. A Much estimate taken from tlio detailed report of tlio finance committee com-mittee shows that at present no less than 2:m pupils are eurolled in tlie imblii! schools for whom no adequate accommodations exist, and still the enrollment en-rollment is more than '.'OOO short of tho actual school population. In other words, there are ut this moment between be-tween lotM) and .WOO children in this city who are cither ill provided for or not provided for at all in the common schools. It is needless to ray that, the absence of '.MM)!) pupils is duo maiuly to the Inek of room, though of course some children attend private institutes while tho new , system is being tesled. U'lth every succeeding year this I proportion will decrease, and as the population of Salt Lake is growing tlie demand for more school houses will become ever more imperative. I'nder the circumstance.'!, circum-stance.'!, we reiterato tho statement that the request of tho school board for $ !0;),(l0() is very moderate and we know it will bo readily granted. Tho American Ameri-can people, never parsimonious, aro willing to bo liberal where thu comfort, health and happiness of their children are involved. Anybody studying the ligims presented by the board will concede that live new buildings.ono for each precinct, are a minimum required for immediate need. |