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Show NEAR 150,000 IX UTAHjCHOOli ; Of the 14S.3S2 persoils school age in Utah according the last public census, an b' l 6462 were enrolled in r' i school. This makes a total1:; rollment of 95.65 per cent ii cording to the census takw. The Utah school age Is 6 t0 y years inclusive. The census takers found it 13 5,679 of the persons u' had listed were enrolled in full time public schools of n' district in which they reside Some 578 others were in J, time schools maintained by , district, 23 81 more were in pr. vate schools in Utah. This iti-892 iti-892 persons of school age ; were enrolled in the schoo' outside of Utah. The figures showed thai i great many more girls m out of school than were boys This was partly accounted for by the fact that many of th-girls th-girls were married, and therefore there-fore not under the compulsory education act. It was found that only Si boys ond 59 girls between lb ages of 10 and 17 years wert not able to read and write. |