Show J State 1 l GroWth in in Line of Progression regression II J T has been said salil that a n fall fair tr stand standard standard IT ard by which to judge the tho pros f 1 of oC a state sute Is tho tim growth of oft t its public schools By 13 tho the token i the thc fact becomes Hi that Utah mali has luis made her fair ar share of way vay in tho the year yar Just JuL losing for Cor In Unit that i year e r or at Iest up Uj to the annual period ending July J I 1 J 1303 l tho In lii Increase p crease In trw the school ix of the i state was Jis O OA 4 A C state nt of or u tile the a ve e L to a u of ot IH 1 1 es in w iii i tue 11 oni or ut tili ot ut o oi i scale bt lur We year YC 1 nuo ao tev tJ I cieu CI U inu ulo n Male bLI bL h one une onu enu to tho ui I otner and I 11 tho the ot 01 iu t aria and I I process plO l in Iii 0 cier to II mu in U tan me J ne 0 or tun ata ln jutt J ana and was Vasi V as ill lOn counties are aro as a uj UI ot or th then or f 11 Itu dis anu mu very Iu altol is Ii hiring being b nb i TOTAL ENROLLMENT E nOLL In ln the there mere is a total enroll enrollment mont ment in iii the tho schools ot oc 1 3 jer ICI ot of tue school Of Or till tUl her ber the tho average aay In lu tho the schools is In lii the nigh of the state there Is a 1 total at or ot ot or SiO O were 01 high school during thi ui th year in the common Chions inre were iero children graduated irom the eighth grade during the your and judging juu lug from conditions as 1 I found them In the various arlous schools of or the th state slate this tills number will be materially Increased ed at the Uie end eld of ur the tile resent school year I arc are ri teachers empo Il IlIn In the thc state schools whose total Lom torn I for Cor tho the year ear was wast 1 5 rue Tiie average ot or tho the mae maie teacher t I in tile statu schools is 8 G per month i and un that of O the le nale teacher Is 5 lj During tho year tar there were wee 23 21 2 new I I school buildings building erected er bringing the tho th total number or ot o owned by bytho bythe tho the districts of the state up to i I total cost st of the new buildings 1 was wa 50 making a total tot d I Iture ture turo for educational purposes during durin 1 the year car of ot The me total valuation of or school property In the state Is l SCHOOL STATISTICS The cities and nn counties erecting electing the tho new buildings during the year and the I 1 i cost of tho the same famo are given below belows p I Cities and School Schoolhouses Jr 11 1 Counties houses Cost ost J Beaver Bea er 1 i iI J I I Boxelder 6 I Davis Dals 1 4 I I Emery Emel 1 Millard 1 I Jordan Dist S L M 3 5 1 Sevier Seler 3 00 1 Utah lT 2 0 Washington 2 4 l 1 Weber eer 1 27 I S L I City 2 repaired 1 19 Ogden 1 OS 1 ti Logan Logaa 1 I I Total 00 S I The teachers of oC the tho state arc are becom becoming j I ing better qualified for their duties as a athe the years ears go bO by b and now there are I i more mOlo teachers holding state certificates J I I and life diplomas than ever eer before A APo Po 1 potent factor In bringing this about a lut luti i has been the summer school session sess on i at tho the state university un The Tho session I j last summer was attended by b more moret t i than EDO teachers and most of oC these j i 1 were from tho the outlying districts of ot the I state Elate and comprised ed a attendance at the time summer schools t n SCHOOL POPULATION t I B Colored White Ii i C 2 1 t I s j I I Beaver I 1 I 1 1 GiG dO 1332 tI 1 is lC io 2063 OS 1154 1 Cache 1 nS 2520 1 Carbon Carboa 1 1012 01 IJ j 1 1010 1 I Davi I 1 1 1663 1514 tl I i Eme Emery 1077 Ss 2065 T Garfield 6 1162 drand 1 I Iron 4 1 8 g 1280 I Juab 3 3 1803 1 1121 I IIi Ii I Kane 51 a j Millard 10 10 1021 90 II Morgan Morgan 00 tl u 01 k Pluto 1 I Rich I 3 I Salt Laka Lak Jordan 2200 2105 1311 Granite 12 13 11 2405 San Juan 22 IS 18 It 01 Sanpete 6 oil 4 25 i l 2501 Sevier Seler 1 1536 31 1112 Summit 2679 J t 12 Iii 1612 76 00 1041 I 2511 2280 Utah t 4 Wasatch 31 2665 I V 1 SOIl 1705 1 Wayne Wane I I I 1 loll coo COG Weber Weber I i T tal t Ii C L S D Dr r f j 6 3 I 0 0 I 1 sa I r rI I Salt Lake Lalee Ct i i Ogden I 7 I 1 34 n I I Logan ogan I 21 2 l i 2581 2576 i Provo I I 53 95 I ITurra Murray I I 1 1 f oo I in 1211 1210 1 1 Total cities I Iii 17 ri riI I TotI counties 1931 Grand total 1 2 Increase over 10 1008 l 2 I At the present tim lime II counties havo taken advantage of or tho tue In lo oC or permitting the of oc I county count school Interests ts thes thos helno Salt SaltI Lake I Y r Cache arhe and Mpr f grin gan counties The schools of o Morgan lorun county consolidated last year T oln I conveniences and disadvantages di of nr the I experimental stages of consolidation cO I t have been passed through and amI the tho va various a I rious counties adopting time the plan plait are arenow am a now reaping pin Its benefits some sonic of oC which may ma maye toe enumerated as follows Consol Consolidation Consolidation makes possible the securing scouring of tho tito best beat talent In a county for fo the i membership In iii the tho school board hoard the best teachers arc are secured and arid retained because of the time cert con of oc continuance In their positions po if merited and bo be q because j cause cans of Increase in salary offered for Cor CorI j efficient services pupils are arc transport transported I j cd ed wherever necessary for Cor the mOt most nd ud i gradation or of schools antI and I enforcement of oC the tho th compulsory education 6 Is secured Central high I too ton l tho thoo thoM f o M N N M Ir i I i i t 0 I f J 1 I I y x a 4 2 y 1 I y y y I I A Y y y y 1 y Y t X y X r t I X Y z i SCHOOL HOUSE AT T PRICE CARBON COUNTY X plan and taxation for the time support of oC tho the schools In a county count is equally dis distributed The Time advantages of purchasing ing InS text books loks and apparatus in larger lots enables the bond board to pui purchase chase at lesser cost and rind the time schools are arc run on ona ona a higher standard of oC excellence and ald on while school loom accommodations are arc better and improved sanitary conditions prevail SCHOOL LIBRARIES 11 A number of oC the tho schools of the state st lo have halO availed themselves of time the thoI I means m ans for fol providing themselves with witha a more economical basis than otherwise libraries Time The state legislature of 1907 1903 I provided for 4 0 of oC a u tax levy le for forthe forthe the equipment and maintenance of pub pull public lie lic school In each school dis ilia district tret the time fund so realized to tu be expend expended ed under the time direction of the state board of oC education for books book for school 11 ii purposes The Time state board of ed education education consisting of the time state superintendent superintendent J T 1 pros president t of or tho th university J A Widtsoe president president president dent of the time Agricultural college Carl I R n of oC Price and anti D H Chrls Chris I superintendent of Salt Lake Lako City public schools carefully examined a large largo number num r of books calculated to toI furnish instructIve and amid interesting I reading matter alter for fol tho the children of or the grades gIldes In all ISO books loks were thus se selected selected selected for fol time the libraries so installed by bytho bythe time the schools but the tho books ore are pur purChased purchased purChased Chased In lots to suit time the district re requiring requiring quiring them and may ma tC to had in great greater er or lesser lessor quantities as required Among tho schools which have already established libraries ate are those of oC Eure Eureka Eureka Eureka ka Mercur Mammoth Fillmore 1 Mt It Manti anti Spring City Cit Summit county count and amid Lincoln district in Utah county count which has just I expended in library books Time Tho operation or of the teachers re retirement reI plan has worked wonders with thy the th teachers and tho time outlook for forman I many man who vho have hac spent the best part of or their theil lives In the cause caus of educating the tho young Is no rio longer of oC a gloomy na nature nature natUre I ture and they the are arc able to put more heart and soul into their work worl They Timey look 1001 forward with hope instead of or despair to the tho time when they shall reach the time thea ago age a e of ot retirement secure In tho the knowl knowledge edge edgo that their last days dus shall not be spent In penury and want They do not feel either cither that thai the time sum they the receive recelo on retirement is a charity charlt for they tho have hae furnished a great groat portion of oC it themselves and they the further feel that the time state which furnishes somo some portion of the fund has at last lost come comae to Lo appreciate the time Jabors labors of or tho timo teachers who have without question for years ealS been sadly sa l underpaid The effect of oC the thc plan Is to keep teachers in n the tho vocation when they the aro aio able ablo to do their best work worl and In other othor ways WIlS brightens time thu future futuro and reacts for fOI tho benefit of time the school SCHOOL ADDITIONS During the tho year two large additions ns to school buildings have hae been beon com coni completed and in each case the time capacity of oC the time school so enlarged has been doubled The Time Wasatch annex contains 13 11 fine new nemt class c rooms o Including time the tI l nc n g n nm room m giving 24 rooms s in all nil Tho rho fh Riverside annex has given this building 13 new mien class rooms where whore there thoro were only eight el ht in time the original building Both buildings contain book rooms teachers rooms etc in addition The Tho new nets Jefferson school will bo be completed right light after aHel Christmas It Is absolutely absolute fireproof as nearly neaily nearl sanitary as it Is possible to make malic and amid an perfect perfectly ly iy I lighted and heated Thero There are arc 20 rooms moms In the building with a special manual room loom which is now non nowa nona a part of school architecture built sep separately separately separately from time the remainder of the tho tIm structure Among Amon the schools projected for tho tim I future the tho board has baa two Ideas in view the time construction of or a commodious high school building on the time cast side of or the tho city and amid the time conver coner conversion sion slon of oC the tho high school building Into a school for fOl technical training Doth Both are arc necessary and when hen tho the Idea reaches the point where Its practical pr workings may be judged It will be bc found that Salt Lam Lake City will be beu u u u among the foremost centers for ing men amen skilled in departments of or knowledge necessary for foi great indus industrial Industrial trial development as ns well as a for turn Ing in out men and women equipped with the time general knowledge qualifying them for fOI tho time various avocations of oC life AS TO MUSIC Among the time features In which tIme the I schools have hUe mado gratifying progress during time the year car may ma bo be noted tho time ex cx expansion I lon in music and tho timo institution of rhythmic rh exercises like the A number of the schools have havo their complete orchestras both In iii time the minor rind and the time higher grade uld a rt great d al alof of interest is displayed by b tho time pupils ma n time the study stud of oC the different Instruments I assigned them In the time makeup of these orchestras Very VelT acceptable music mush is Iii I produced by b these theo the o organizations all nil of or which Is aging alike to teacher and pupil Tho Time succors success attending the time was tully hilly attested on the tho field day dllY last June Junc at where tho the pupils from the tho various schools performed on the time greensward the evo ovo evolutions of oC those graceful steps so com coma common common mon in tho the older countries of Europe Each school had been assigned the tho dance danco characteristics of some ome particular nation like tIme the Norwegian or Ger and the time ensemble effect oC of all was mas very ery pleasing to behold Tho Time I dances are arc given by way of or atlo exercises and amid are eagerly looked to by b tho children The Tho schools work in close chose touch with the time Juvenile court and md while tho time policy Is not riot to punish but to reform the way wayward wa wayward ward children yet tho time boys and find girls needing help holp in this direction are often effectively assisted as by b the tho of tho the juvenile court which I am nm I pleased to say ro has been most freely freel given hen II PUPILS NUMBERED NU Up to and including time the he end of November of the time present year ear there the was a n total enrollment In iii the tho public schools of Salt Lake City of oe chil dren dron of whom are arc boys hos and girls girl rime Tho average number of oC pupils belonging Is 1120 Time The number of principals and te in imm the elemen tary tar schools was sas 12 while hilo tho the num ber of teachers In tho time high hl h school was 56 66 The Time monthly pay pa loll iou for teachers during this timis year has imas averaged 38 0 compared with an average ot of 79 last year In the high hl h school I there Is nn an attendance of 1359 pupils this year yeni eal with In the time kindergarten departments There Thero arc amo 71 col ored orel pupils enrolled and arid a number of oC Japanese Jap mee The number of pupils re rc ported portell not miot absent or tardy during the war yat up to time the end of November was mas as n m c 00 ff F f 1 I t r I p pm pt pt f fi i 1 t t m T j PS 5 1 1 I Iz IJ IJ Ii Ii Ii m I i m J z J L i 3 r i k i 1 rc I 1 f L x z z rt tt itt i te te tt HIGH SCHOOL RICHFIELD SEVIER COUNTY I L |