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Show , - 1 The teachers of the Salt Lake public schools were called together this morning at the asse ;.bly-room of the Lafayette building at 1) o'clock, -where they listened to apeectp from- Ju3?e Henderson, a member cf the board, and Superintendent Christensen. There are more than 500 employel teachers on the force this year. After a few brief remarks by the president presi-dent of the Salt Lake Teachers' association". associa-tion". Principal Eaton of the high school. Judge Henderson was Introduced as the chief speaker of the day. Hedealt with the earliest struggles and the times which were known as the "Rats Bills," when the children were educated at home by the parents, who pften were not Qualified. Now the children of rich and poor alike have the privileges of education through the public school system. Approximately there are one million teachers who are -working to Instinct more than l8,Ei8,91 children la the United Uni-ted States, at a total expenditure of $1.-416,984,948.- Of this amount $691,000,000 was spent by States, counties and towns. The coming year promises to far eclipse these. Superintendent Christensen gave a short talk, rather humorous, of the 1 work that would be expected . of the ! teachers. |