Show 1 j 1 1 J J I I 1 I I 1 1 1 I 1 i 1 I I 1 J I I H HH I i H HOJ H Hj OJ I j t R e t r I tI ART Y 1 I T I I II IJ J II I j 1 t Aw Aws 1 s 4 a ati ti d tax 1 r d r ih r 1 f 1 t I t j I 1 1 s sI J 1 I I 1 jJ X J 1 J J t J t J J THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Or OF SALT LAKE LAKEi I i The public school system In Utah ns as now constituted I is but i years old Its history In Salt Inke City during this period has tH ten t d one of rapid yearly earl advancement until today It Is the pride of her rut rill f zens ens In 1890 It wee Willi necessary to begin at the bottom The i was well lAid New and modern anI school were wre out the city to accommodate a school population of at The i teachers In the whole country were I 8 i employed J th the only ani test applied The result was Inevitable The number r of PUpils hal harp Increased each year until the tho school census of 1900 shows lU school children In Snit Salt Lake City between G and 18 ears earl of a age pa Ja It I i year car new nel buildings always of the most modern rasters kInd hint have h b erected to keep abreast with the growing grau Ing need No 0 city Inthe In the 11 t with n II populAtion ot of can boost bou t of ea 0 man many flee fine school buildings bUildIng as AI we hAve horn hore r i e i The Board Doard of l owns 0 over or worth of proper The school accommodation together with the high clans 1111 of J J ha has for our city a great reputation III as an educational saes 11 center In this country countr and It Is anI and hu has been dr draw Ing 1111 to t us many families train from Nevada Idaho Montana Wyoming and I western Colorado In order that they the might avail I themselves ot of tb the d schools for their children We have employed te teachers chers or of whom I Iwert were wert edu educated In utah Institution the remainder 11 either 1 or finished their education outside outRide the State The salaries pall to r grade teachers range trap fram tO 10 to per month The maximum e et t t arles arres paid palt to principals Is and to school teachers slot per Ir C F J month The superintendent receives the principal of the 0 1 school 1500 per year ear f Each year a few teachers are brought here from coin eastern schools these however must have the very ery best beet education to ether w lIh ith u successful experience In n a first class Institution ot of the tho Ita East In this I Iwa wa Way our schools are arc kept In touch and abreast with the best beet public nubile school systems of the country countr The course of stud study used In the Salt Lake City schools does dou not Mt I i differ from that employed In gool good schools The d i elementary school chool course requires nine years year for tor Its completion un tin b 10 r ordinary conditions It frequently happens that pupils are able abl to tl c complete the course coulle In des les than tits the time r allotted and aud Quite all as rf ter I It II requires longer This arises arlea from the varying ability anti and III b c of pupils the fAVoring adjustment of to suit sull the pupils C The High school courses cover tour four years ear end and are Ine tour four In num number r I II i The cl al the scientific the English l n and the busl course lie I sides having the opportunity to select nn any one of these courses each A course otters offers some option In regard to studies so that pupils may have IndIvIdual needs and tastes met to a reasonable degree Students of at the HIgh school schoot are offered four years ears study tudy of Latin two to years ears ot of tree Orel T TI C three years each ench of either French or four years earll of Jo English a I ears earn study by b the laboratory method of several of the sciences ex CX J JF training In HIgh school mathematics In history anti other sub subh J jests tL h The In schools Is not so 0 much In the courses of study stud X L n as In the tho methods of administering the co u tie In both the graded craded and schools the nature of the Instruction Is ot of n a high or I dol der and the tho spirit of tits the teachers their desire to know anti grow n nl e t such lIuch as to glue give IL a pronounced character or of excellence to the tho work dons don The olin on an the part parI of those In authority and of those charged with i the business of Instruction le Is to Tarry rr on the work In such a l WO way nl as to J d make school time most n t oat pr p and to t o pre as tUlly fully ns as I for the tho duties dunes of life In the trade grade schools there are supervisors ot of E nary work ork drawIng and ond music In the high school four heads of dp r F have been n created these are mathematics English Latin T I Tand f and Greek and commercial plan has been more than sAtisfactory J JA JJ A f J h H Hy y u H |