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Show SLIGHT INCREASE II SCHDOLPOPULATiDW Net Gain Over Last Year Is Shown to Be 727 by the Census A net ga n of 727 m the school popu lat on of Salt Lake at present as com pared to last year is shown in the an nual b hool census, completed and com piled by h P Judd clerk ot the board of educat on, yesterday ihe total is 2b 347 ihe increase is cons derably below normal la other years an increase of troin 1000 to 1500 has been noted As requ red by law the census n eludes au children of school age 6 to 18 years ot ate A gain of 716 was shown in the first ward but losses of 73 and 51 are re corded in the second ana filth wards respectively ln the th rd and fourth wards gams of 20 and So respectively are shown Of the total school population 12 960 are boys and 13 38 are g rls Of the bojs 1548 cannot yet read or write and 11 412 have mastered those elementary arts Of the gir s 1508 can not read or wr te and 11 8 9 can, Annother segregation shows that 10 863 boys attend the publ c schoolB 343 the pr vate schools and 1754 no school at all as j et 11 084 girls attend the pub lie s hools 5o4 the private schools and 1749 no school The census shows 56 colored boys and 49 colored girls By wards the school populat on s as iollows First ward 10 58o second ward 639o third ward 4088 fourth ward 3142 hith ward 2137 |