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Show WILL NOT HAVE TO BORROW So Deficit for Schools This (ear. Revenues Are Sufficient to Complete the Work Outlined. Several Things Are Contemplated by the Board of Education If Full Tax Rate Is Allowed- The pnbll" schools of Salt Lake City will close this year without a deficit, something that has not occurred In many years It Is estimated by Clerk Judd that tin- revenues will be sufficient to rom-p'ete rom-p'ete the school year Without borrowing from the banks, as has been done In the past. Due to Close Economy. This result bos not been accomplished without the closest economy on the part of the Hoard of Education and the re-llnQUlshtnent re-llnQUlshtnent of nomn plans that tho members of tho board had fn mind for Improving the sphoolB, At the same time the board has been compelled to work on less revenue than tho total allowed under the law. a request was made of the County Commissioners to levy the full tax limit. mills, but the commission, rs cut this down to 5 'i mills, making a considerable con-siderable difference In the amount for the support of the schools. May Establish Night Schools Severnl thliiRs are contemplated by the Board of Education for next year which It Is hoped to bring about If the County t ommNslon.-rs will allow the full tax rnte. One of theso is tho establishment of one or moro night schools for tho accommodation ac-commodation of pupils who. from any n isonabli cause, are prevented from at-t. at-t. ndlng school in the daytime The suc-ctss suc-ctss attending these schools in other places has been marked and the experiment experi-ment tried by private means at the First C ngregatlonal church last winter has proved lb- need of such schools In Salt I ..iKi M. rnle rs of l he l:...n d of l'du. -lion nnd many cltlstns feel that these night schools should be undei the supervision super-vision of and at the expense of the public pub-lic school system. Great Success in uniaiia. Clerk Judd has Just received a communication commu-nication from the eh rk uf tin- Hoard of Kdu. a Hon of i imaha N b d. tailing thi success of night schools there; The On aba clerk has nothing but good things to say of the idght schools. He says thi se who ntt nd the night s bonis are aided towards becoming good mn and women. They are enabled to get an edu-cctlon edu-cctlon and secure Rood positions when they might, from lack of mental training, be compelled to occupy minor places in I it.-. They also form good associations and build up character, where they might drift Into evil ways Those who attend the night schools are anxious to learn and make the best of pupils. The members mem-bers of the Board Of Education an studying study-ing the night si hoi.l question, and If possible pos-sible will Inaugurate one or more schools with the opening of the next school car Kindergarten Schools. Another subject that Is being seriously considered is the establishment of kindergartens kinder-gartens In the public schools The law provides that Hoards ol Education may establish kindergartens, but la.-k of Hinds for their maintenance has prevented tne , gperlmenl e being tried here. There are several private kindergartens and also a kindergarten In nm tlmi with the Suite University but members of th. Board of Bdut uion desin- to establish them all over the city as soon as possible. Manual Training. Still another Improvement In tho school System that Is planned for the future Is the extension Of manual training in the high si hools I his lei carried on In a limit,, lim-it,, I wa in the grade s. Ic'ls and the results have been more than satisfactory ii opem a new field for th. pupils tends to make their education more practical, and thus adds Interest to the school work. The extension of manual training to the high schools, II Is claimed, will be even nn. re valuable and will fit pupils for active ac-tive life in many lines, whereas now the courses taught make the pupils eligible mainly for clerkships and minor employment. employ-ment. Separate Departments. In some rltles of the country manual training schools nr.- conducted as separate separ-ate departments of the public schools with great success. Manual training Is carried on, of course. In connection with a prescribed course f mental stud-, and entrance Into tho manual training school i- optional with the pupil Suggestion tor Wealthy Citizen. A notable examplt Of the manual training train-ing high school is lii Louisville, Ky.i where a wealthy philanthropic citlsen g;..- a large sum for th' I r CtlOH of a suitable building and plant and also provided pro-vided means for Its endowment It was turned over to the Board of Education and has been successfully enductod for maiiv years. This affords -i suggestion for some wealthy citizen of Salt Lake who desires to leave on enduring monument monu-ment to his memory |
