Show L Did you know that the state of Utah Is expending approximately 10 per year for her public schools that Is approximately 21 21 per capita of ot total population lon and about 72 72 for each person of school age enumerated In the state school census In 1916 according to the tho figures of pf the state board of ot equalization equalization equal equal- equalization and assessment the he percent percent percent per per- cent of all an taxes received or charged for elementary and high schools was yas 45 8 while in 1922 1022 the he first year In which the higher school tax was levied the proportion was per cent In In the tho state in 1920 the latest available ca calculation of ot figures the total public expenditures state and loc local l amounted to a per capita of ot of which 2126 per capita went for the purpose of ot education and of this 2126 per capita f for r education 6 33 came from state taxes and 9 53 from local t taxes while of ot the remainder was derived from froni permanent fund In Investments Investments investments In- In vestments and from front new ew debts incurred Incurred In in- in- in and of the 2126 the sum of 18 1826 26 was used for elementary and secondary education and and 3 for fox higher education Still carrying out the figures for the year ear 1920 of the total debt incurred In that year 35 9 per cent was for education and thus made Utah's per capita debt debi for public education 2069 According Accord Accord- ing to the report of the sate su superintendent superintendent su- su superintendent the per capita cost for fos the tho school year 1924 1923 was DEBT ELEVEN MILLIONS The total debt of ot the state for fos public schools at the end of ot th the school year 1924 was 96 while the fixed assets on that date was of which 19 was in buildings and sites was in equip equip- ment All this for the sC schools o of the state t Cornea Comes now the other ther schools of t I the state Down In in Provo is BrIgham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Young university which was formerly known as Brigham Young academy It was founded as its name would indicate by Brigham Young second nt president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Latter day Saints and first governor of Utah territory On October 16 1875 he deeded buildings and grounds in Provo to a board of ot trustees for the establishing of ot a Latter-day Latter Saints Saints' Institution of ot learning and Inso in inso so doing he insisted that the Institution mali mali- be established at once hence the first session of Brigham Young academy was opened in January 1876 1876 with Professor W. W N. N Dusenberry Dusenberry Dusenberry Dusen- Dusen berry as principal and and in April of the same year Professor Karl G G. Maeser became and assumed permanently per per- the position of principal though both th the first term as also the one In April were regarded as strictly preparatory and the academic academIc academic mic P period was considered as begin beginning fling ning in August 1876 SCHOOLROOM MOVE MOVED The first t home of ot the Institution was in a mercantile building situate situate sit sit- sit sit- on the he present site of the Farmers and Merchants bank of the Utah county metropolis while the upper story w was s used for an amusement amusement amusement amuse amuse- ment hall ball and subsequently this structure together with the several additions that had been added were destroyed by fire There was no delay in opening the school for tOr at the end of the day which destroyed the buildings the basement of ot the stake tabernacle the First National bank building and a storeroom had been secured and the students pursued pursued pursued pur pur- sued their studies and classes were heard Just as if it nothing had hap hap- |