| Show Enrollment 4 Figures i ures for S. S L. L Sc Schools oo Point D Decrease in Size of Families iL L PiL P- P crease L w a- a I 1 l At 4 4 C wv v T v vr r 1 MV Y Y L r IX L 1 i Miss Elizabeth Elizabet FitzGerald assistant principal at seniors Frid fo for tb their ir last lasty W West st high school registers Friday y also included i in year y ar ai of high chool school Newcomers are Miss liss FitzGeralds FitzGerald's enrollment task I Salt Lake ke City families are getting get ting fg smaller This trend was shown Friday as figures s on d decreased enrollment in public school elementary elemen ry grades were received at board of ot education education tion ion offices High school enrollment will probably probably probably ably hold its own however r said A. A E. E S. S Arnesen supervisor of ot research for or the board of at education Senior students in all three Salt Lake City high schools East West and South registered Friday as u pupils in the lower divisions were already already- In hi classes High school enrollment was speeded by a 1 practice inaugurated last ast June of having all junior year rear students who intended to reto return re- re turn urn to school this year register during commencement week Thursday and Friday they merely merey mere- mere to their class clan advisers ly y reported Y was 10 w reg- reg o of senior students and those hose who were entering the school for or the first time Ahead of f S Schedule hed Je This system m has p put t us us nearly ne a day day ahead of schedule said Miss Elizabeth FitzGerald ass as's assistant III t a. a n t principal of West high school Enrollment in all public schools Is s slightly I less i so far than for the same ame time last year Mr Arnesen Arntsen sald said aid bec because use ot of changes in boun- boun aries darles However he remarked we anticipate an- an a definite decrease in m the primary grades because of at the mailer size of families I A Jt total of of pupils registered In n nil all schools Thursday as s compared com com- pared ared with 2716 pupils for Thursday Thursday Thursay Thurs- Thurs day ay of ot 1934 It represented a decrease decrease de- de crease rease of Fridays Friday's figures were yet to be received at board of education of- of ices Mr Arn Arnesen sen furnished a R table o of comparisons of school enrollment for or 1935 and 1934 The table Elementary grades grade Thursday 1935 18 1638 Thursday 1934 difference 29 less Lo Lower er division high schools Thursday 1935 1835 Thursday 1934 difference less Upper division high schools school Thursday 1935 1990 Thursday 1934 1934 1968 1988 difference 22 more Totals Thursday 1935 Thursday 1934 difference 63 34 decrease Smaller Families Enrollment in primary grades In indicate in- in that families in Salt Lake City pity are getting smaller For example example ex ex- ample Mr Arnesen broke down I e enrollment by gra grades les at Emer Emerson Emers n school The enrollment was kindergarten ten pupils first grade pupils second grade pupils third grade pupils fourth grade pupils fiftH grade pupils sixth grade pupils and articulating unit pupils This Mr Arnesen said shows a definite trend toward smaller enrollment en en- in th the primary grades while upper grades and high schools are aro holding their own The peak enrollment of all public pub pub- lic lie s schools excluding high hight school postgraduates was reached In the school year of 33 1932 with pupils Mr l Arnesen said Since that time there the has been beena a steady drop In 1933 3 the thc figure figuro figure fig fig- ure uro was wu and in 35 1934 it 35 it was |
