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Show HIS FIGURES SHOW CITY'S SCHOOL WORK G. X. Child, city superintendent ol schools, was th speaker at a meeting of the Progressive Business club at tha Hotel Utah today. Mr. Child gave figures to show that of a number of Western cities, Salt Lake has the largest larg-est school population per thousand inhabitants, in-habitants, 2332; has the largest capital per thousand, $134.10, and tno smallest small-est expense per child, 16 In tha elementary ele-mentary schools and $124 In the high schools. With th completion of the new West High school and th Lafayette? school th building p roars m of th I Halt Lake board of education will be I completed for a number of years. The I city may properly expert to get along I with a low building tax for some time, Mr. Child said. He told his hearers I that the city could not afford to get ! along with anything elite but a good; j school system In the Interests of good! Citizenship and deference to law. ! Vice President D. A. Affleck presided pre-sided and the Misses Melba and Bessie Lindsay played musical P-le-tlnn. j |