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Show THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. haperintenileal Milliueh TelUi or the Toucher, end the Work to be Done. Superintendent Millspaugh of tho public schools of Salt Lake today said the following respecting tho opening of bcholastic year: "We expect a larger attendance in tho public schools this year than we had last. There will be a good many pupils in school who were not enrolled any w hero last year. We kuow of quite a largo number of pupil who will cuine from t'ne private schools, unloftuuately the same difficulties will be met this year as last in tho direction of school accommodations. The beard h doing everything in its power to obtain ob-tain additional rooms whoro possible. "We have this year what we regard an exceptionally strong corps of teachers. teach-ers. This choice was mad.) from over 11) 10 applicants. The teachers selected represent several states. Among the new teachers are an especial teacher of drawing, 1). !i. Anirsbury; a now high school piincipal, W . H. Malone of Ohio, and ii teacher of modem languages, Ali.Sf Davis, who taught several years iu Obeilin college. "H e propose lo make the high school courso of suflicicnt high standard so that students leaving it can enter colleges. col-leges. It is the inteution of the iioard to eq'iip the school with books, apparatus-, etc., for thorough work. The tiruiarutoi-v course in the hiirh school is four of years' length. The board is this year providing teachers for tho normal training department of the Deseret university. , , "The schools will opon HijVrH jiet week with 10i teaoiiua. .rill fiiocaon toauliw nou ixtyyr..fils. v'e ate employing as many homtoach-cra homtoach-cra as are found satisfactory. "In general the course of study as outlined for the schools corresponds closely with that atlopted by the leading lead-ing schools of the couutry. The board of i:ducatio'i, superintendent and teacher teach-er ere all working to bring the schools up to :i creditable standard." . |