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Show TO OPEN NEW HIGH SCHOOL ON MAY 4 Would Complete Organization of Institution In-stitution Before End of tne School Year. Tho new .Salt Lake high school, built at a total cost of about $700,000, will bo opened for use the first Monday In May if steps taken by the board of education educa-tion last night are carried to completion. comple-tion. An effort will bo made to have the school running under full organization bo-fore bo-fore the present school year terminates, so as to avoid the confusion of starting tho new year under entirely new conditions. condi-tions. George A. Eaton, principal o the high school, told the board that he favored a cliange before the present year Is ovor, because he was confident a change could be made much more advantageously while school Is in full blast than during the I summer months, when teachers are out 1 of town and school activity at a standstill. stand-still. "L behove we can change between a Friday and a Monday without any Interruption Inter-ruption of school work," ho said. Ono of tho chief reasons for deciding to open tho new school this semester 1h that tho senior class at the old high school has expressed an ardent desire to llnlsh Its high school career In tho new building and to graduate therefrom. Mr. ..Baton explained that it was this class that worked bo hard four yoars ago In favor of the new high school Idea, even going so far as to make canvasses through the city advocating the plan. While this Ih but a matter of sentiment, ho said, he believed It was only due the class that it be granted its wish so long as no material obstacle stands in the way. Tho board Instructed Us committee on buildings and grounds to ascertain the feasibility of opening the building for occupancy and school work tho ilrst Monday Mon-day in May. A lettor was received from the architect archi-tect in charge of construction informing the hoard tliHt the three main floors of the building were now practlcallv complete, com-plete, and rendy for the furniture and equipment. A force of carpenters is at work on the woodwork in the basement and within the next two weeks everything but finishing touches will have been done. |