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Show NO ACTION TAKEN ON NIGHT SCHOOLS The Board of Education met In regular, session last night and discussed the advisability ad-visability of establishing 1 night schools. Mathonlhah Thomas made an earnest plea for the establishment of the night schools, but no report was formulated. The discussion was in committee of the whole. Six applications for the position of superintendent su-perintendent of public school buildings, made vacant by the death of Superintendent Superintend-ent Pinney, were received by the board. The applicants were James Devlne, former for-mer Chief of the Fire department; John P. Sorensen, county supervisor of pests and nuisances; D. W. Gamble, S. C. Dallas, F. M. Ulmer and J. C. Woods. An offer made by the Utah Independent Telephone company to equip each public school building with an unlimited longdistance long-distance telephone at $12 a year was accepted ac-cepted by the board. Twenty-five applications for appointment appoint-ment as teachers were received by the board and referred to committee. The Committee on Buildings was authorised au-thorised to offer for sale the property of the Longfellow, Thirteenth ward. Irving and Whit tier -schools. - These - buildings are ancient and not equipped with heating apparatus or modern plumbing. All of the - buildings have been abandoned for fiubtlc school purposes and the pupils that ormerly attended them have been transferred trans-ferred to other schools... |