| Show CITY SCHOOL CENSUS so In la 18 Very Slight ht Com Corn Compared pared with wih Previous Purlous Years The census enumerators have com corn completed their work of ot taking a 0 census of at time the school population of Salt SnIt Lake City tOil their reports I show h 0 that there are Me children of at school ago ngo In the tIle city this year YOM as an lS compared to for lost lAet year This I Is only an Increase or of 43 41 which Is II surprisingly small as ni com corn to the increase In former years Of or tho the total number of or school children chiden this year r are arc bo boys and 8 5 are aro girls Th There Thero r are S o boys boy and 8 2 gIrls of ot schooL hoOL age In the lh city who C cannot not read red nor ncr write Of at the tho total number of et children n boys boyK and 43 girls gina attend private schools The h enumeration this year was ivas made by voting district and not b by wards as heretofore so 80 that there can an be no n comparative figures by districts lIst riots 1 In III the 52 2 dIstricts district of th the dt city there sire are only emily 30 colored girls and 30 colored boys boya of school chool age agi The enumeration was carefully made this year Mr rind where a 0 district showed a loss IM the tha census was 0 taken o over r again no 80 as A to Insure a 1 correct report It I was expected that the rei returns urns would olid show a greater increase In tho the school population lation and there Is In considerable speculation fpu lation lalon In school circles as 1 to the tha cause of ot the tho small Increase U It I Is believed by tome some that n a largo large families w Were wern rn out of the elt city at itt II the tho time the tho census WI wax uris taken on uc account of ot the hot weather and Ind that hut might account for the figures being belnE so low lowThe lowThe The Time percentage nf of lt increase this thi year over last was WI only OO per er cent and the tho Increase this year r over tho the year 1900 was 17 1 per er cent SOP |
