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Show State Schools of Utah Ono of tho highly pleasing condi- I tions of tho past two years in the lino of education throughout tho stato is the largo extension to tho facilities for modorn education, aud tho additional modern buildings that have been erected that tho policy of tho state may bu fully realized in tho matter of advanced education is a hopeful omen for the future of tho state. In the past biennial period the stato has erected sixty-six new school buildings, build-ings, the total cost of which was $541,-774.70, $541,-774.70, and of this sum $131,4S9.0G , wero expended in new construction in 190S, which brings tho total valuation of tho public school property of the state up to four and a half millions. Thcso modern buildlng3 are superior, too, to similar school buildings in neighboring neigh-boring stales both in construction, design de-sign and equipment, and every safeguard safe-guard against fire or other disaster has been planned and put into execution to insuro the safety, comfort and health of the pupils. Every town and village, in tho state has reached the point whoro tho littlo frame school houses are be-( ing crowded out and their sites occupied by moderu well-equipped brick or stone school houses and built with a capacity with a view to the futuro requirements. Such conditions give the parents greater oncouragement in tho education of their children, and they feel that their children child-ren are safer than when housed in tho old poorly ventilated fire traps. What Has Been Accomplished. The improved system has resulted in more regular attendanco and the certainty cer-tainty of a larger percentage of the enrollment en-rollment than formerly remaining in school and attaining tho eighth grade is now an assured fact. It is not long since tho eighth grade was an unknown quantity in tho district schools of the stato. It is now tho aim of the boys and girls, and as the school system in tho towns and villages expands to the noeds of tho school population high schools will follow, according to' the plans of tho Stato Superintendent of Public Instruction, and will bo located centrally to tho school districts. This condition has already been realized in a number of large towns of the state and tho continued graduation from tho eighth grade demands that tho high schools bo increased. Tho number now in existence is thirty-five, and most of theso givo tho four year acadenmic course, and in many of them manual training, domestic art and science and other advanced courses havo been introduced. in-troduced. Advantages of High Schools. Tho University of Utah has taken a great deal of interest in thcso district dis-trict high schools and during the past year have scut its professors to visit all of them and inspect and report to the faculty on the branches taught. The f greatest advantages from tho district ligh schools is that children can avail themselves of tho privileges aud still romain under tho parental roof, which means a great deal for the students, especially "at that age. The state board of education has prepared and adopted a course of study with the purpose of securing unity of meLhod and effort, keeping the schools in closo relation with each other and with tho higher institution of the stato, tho Universit Consolidation seems to bo tho policy of the stale administration of the 'schools. In Salt Lake county the district dis-trict schools have been consolidated into two first class districts and Weber, Box Elder, Cacho and Morgan counties aro now county school districts, tho last two counties having so organized them-selvos them-selvos toward the end of the year. School Statistics, January 1, 1908. ! Entire school population .... 95,803 1 Entire enrollment 79.07S Number actually attending, 6-J per cent G1.313 Total expense of running schools ?2,192P5D2.8S Amount expended per capita.. 22.88 Amount expended per capita enrollment 27.12 Total compensation of teachers teach-ers 1.032.S02.07 Number of teachers Females 1,44(5 Males 5C4 Total 2.010 Average annual salary of . teachers C13.S3 "Number of school buildings erected 42 Cost of buildings $ 410.2S5.C1 Total valuation school property prop-erty 4,805,381.75 Number who entered school for first time 10.013 Number of eighth-grade graduates 2,995 Number of high school graduates gradu-ates 301 Tho stato board of education duriug tho year 190S issued ncarl' 200 diplomas and stato certificates to teachers, and the efficiency of tho teachers so favored has been marked, althouch a higher standard has been established aud tho class of qualifications has beou raised. Tho remuneration of the state teachers is not what it should bo, but tlicro has I been some slight advance. In some of tho localities the teachers have formed solf-improvcment organizations and tho j good resulting from these has been very marked, accompanied by nioro cordial I feeling between the boards and tho teachers. Free From Disease. Tho schools havo been singularly free from discaso during tho year and there have been no epidemics of a serious character, tins fact being main! due to tho excellent sanitary and quarantine quaran-tine conditions imposed by the State Board of Health aud the results arising aris-ing from these precaii tions havo been of the happiest kind. There has been no closing of schools on account of sickness, sick-ness, aud even the few maladies that broke out in sporadic instances called simply for greater , diligeuco on tho part of tho health boards. of tho various var-ious cities and lowus. Money Expended for Schools. The following table shows the amount per capita of funds expended for school purposes in tho several cities and counties': Counties. 1902. 190S. Beaver , ?12.S7 ?19.9S Box Elder 25.52 2S.95 Cache 11.17 3G.00 Carbon 20.10 21.39 Davis 12. 9C 27.11 Emery 12.02 27.41 Garfield 9.0C 11.73 Grand ' 27.08 Iron 22.30 M.9S Juab 15.1G 35.80 Kane 9.00 19.91 Millard 11.00 17.07 Morgan 9.51 22. 86 Piute S.30 14.14 Blch 14.65 17.05 Salt Lake 14.35 San Juan 12.90 Sanpete 10.07 20.17 Sevier 9.45 182I Summit 14.42 22.93 Tooele y 13.77 Uintah . 15.25 12.16 Utah 14.55 Wasatch 14.96 I Washington 14.40 13.54 Wayne ... 13.21 15.23 Weber ... 11.02 11.63 Salt Lake City 2S.00 31.95 Qgdcn 15.44 19.51 Provo 11.44 ia.30 Logan 12.37 2G.85 Murray 2S.87 School attendance In Stato. S to 2 o - 5 r- 2.0 ?. 5 T' -2. 5 5 5 os- d o " o Sr r- m C r-2 c " COUNT r "2 ; 5 : 5o Ss gP : ? : : : - o : e: : ' : S : ;? : ' 2 : : : r' Beaver .... 5.322 1.29G 1.099 02 27 Box Elder . 11.SS5 4.006 3,571 9 109 Cache . ... 22,396 7.619 5.993 342 120 Carbon ... 7,233 1.796 1.476 9 37 Davis .. .. 9.700 i:.03S 2.699 16 59 Emery .. . 6.180 2.0S7 1,731 127 3S Garfield . . 4,038 1.155 1.027 38 25 Grand . .. 1.478 341 31S 11 Iron 4,054 1.27S 1.097 18 29 Juab 11.493 2,813 2,364 136 50 Kane .. 2.011 531 472 4 14 Millard . 6.437 1,595 1,369 3 42 Morgan . .. 3.G91 725 053 0 17 Pluto 2.741 619 55S 16 Rich 2.790 6S5 556 15 13 Salt Lako.. 124.536 30.0S3 25.034 1,030 G34 San Juan.. 1,097 208 177 4 Sanpete ... 18.976 5,060 4,220 120 94 Sevier .. . 10.139 3,026 2.569 150 65 Summit ... 12.01S 2,760 2,443 52 63 Tooele .. . 8,213 1,650 1.414 1 35 Uintah . .. R.096 2.219 1,729 172 33 Utah .. .. 36.611 12,253 10.314 595 208 Wasatch . 10,460 2.510 1.979 66 41 Wash'ng'tn. 5.917 1,634 1,438 19 3S Wayno . .. 2.762 615 549 6 IS Weber . .. 35.045 10.414 7,919 810 205 Total .... 1375.34 II101.S24IS 1.79S3.S452.061 That the percentage of illiterates in Utah is smaller than iu a number of eastorn and western stales, is shown bv tho following comparative table from the United States census. 1900: Illiterates in State. Comparative percentages of Illiteracy (United States census. 1900). Colored Illiterates Il-literates not Included. S 3 Eg STATE. 5- 3 2 n 1-3 r. o o Ji C2- ic . o o Utah 276.749 6,141 2.2 Colorado 539,700 17,779 3.3 Idaho 161,772 5.505 3.4 Pennsylvania 0.302.115 299.376 4.75 Texas 3.04S.710 31 1.01S 10.3 Connecticut 90S.420 42.973 4.73 Massachusetts .. .. 2.S05.3 16 134,013 4,8 |
