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Show ljnsr.iijyr kvkmnc nkws .satuud.w dkckmhkh 10 20 1010 : n ; Extensive Building Program For The City Schools J -Only lbs completion f pupils uulil addition sow under cui,lw lion and an Inrreeetd tea hli.g rnn relieve Ibis eirnln TNeee are i (,Z present lints It etbool bull4liise in n4 system. New Irving and West h 4e Jjtii. ate Irnv uinl.y hlh school btil.dlng runatrurtlon, se t nlaa to addiiii.,, j he Franklin echool The Wnl n Junior Nish school will t lj; i(, lh Irving llf.llo and (he Kiauk Jot The W eet K.t addition. ,, . lor hih school will Inrlude IS ,,, . rlaae rooms with other tin u, . provemenia The Irvlnr sdd'iioi, Inrlude eight new rtaae the Ktanklin edtliiiun. u ne . f V.. , I NO (In 4 a aaUeaal repnf nac of ha la tie far the HH UO Oil aaheul ntitM. A ttiafl (.ala; tanka f America far fa.-Uit- rarn4, M !! l flit dilflhn ae af Na branch fr , activity nd mot aM th aaa4 a Mara rapid arheal dvwlepment lha Th peer hae aaa a af Ik aiu achaoia l never before et nailed, ha bee la a nt nhoe that af Sett Uka th Mt rapid a af financing IN achool nya re-1- 1 Th ! t a momentott an hwi building annuany, nt, I mrntiua an increased leaching fnrt altaidal tr o' her Inrreaoed Incident a continue! grtK. Pali becomes a eeriou problem. lake Cly I perhaps paying Mar for iu d jaatlanal (m than la nf city af comparable la I lb United Hi lea. nd pet IN , needs or (a beyond lb avail constantly rreneing M revenue. To lb frying demand m building and kWI illMr tb riiy an bond 4 I hi yar by author (red vote af lb laipayar for aa ad dillonal 1. 114. lit, and a pretentious building program waa Inaugurated, , alao, war fteverai pew pur rhad. Thla program will bo continued during 1124 gnd tb opening will of U. orhool year the )aiam housed better than ever 1,1 ,, (t o-e- It. ni rvnima vuria Neal year wilt vet work lirimi ,q ' .1 . ( aide high a hon end (he ererllott of aeveral ad1i(i,i,uj f junior high arhoola and a numlo-- r additions io other buitdlnea I'retm Inary plana already hate lrru a . proved for the lonalrut'lnn of ad I (lone lo Ihe JsrWmin llami'lo-- i an which ro- - (Sir plate ll. i (rani athooia addition of eight dan rooma at a , of lie oee each for lh Ja Vault ah j Hamilton erhnola and I ilasa r.,i el e coat of ITS eoo for the Jn knui echool The new V bide hleh u ho. wfll col In riieaa nf ISeuouo Tna new sites purr based Ih.a )rai wr-. v s fr 1124-112- aa follow a For Kaat junior chl rber nhl to-th- liar adaptability for n particular line aad then to pursue 1C The trend of educational development Is toward tho vocational, and this le made possible as never before by the junior high echos. School children are now being Impressed with the dignity of labor, and aoademlo training le no longer forced upon the boy who show particular adaptability for mechanics. Generally speaking tho atm la to' prepar children better for American cltlsenahlp and the duties of useful, active lives Ultimately It may be found, say local school people, that less than II years school work la required to so fit many children. And It le with this Idea In view that are being made In the educational eyatam at the present time. There are now four centers devoted exclusively to Junior 4gh school work.and four others will be established next year. In 12 other school, however. Junior high school classes are held, the schools being the Sumner, Jefferson, Jackson, Ijifayette, Emer "anil-dumpin- - insti-tutio- n. 1 h. Representative hisjames third term as congressman from the Second district of Utah He Is a native of Tennessee. having been bora among the "mountain white" in th eastern part f th st at en Jon 29, 1148. H wasi m eagerly educated In th district! school and emigrated to Kansas with j waa a boy It yearsi his family when he son, Whittier, Lowell, Wasatch, Riverside, Edison, Onequa and the Training school. The four exclusive Junior high School centers are the Bryant, the Irving and the East and West Side Junior high schools. rag Time Ed non lion. Another outstanding feature of the year's work wee the Inauguration of the part time or continuation echool under a law passed at the last session of the slate legislature. Attendance le made compuhvory of students who under the law ehould be In school Hut who are precluded from attending regular clanses by reuson of their belhg compelled to work. This school Is fot students between 14 end 18 year of age. More than 400 students are now enrolled in this school which convenes In rooms on the fourth floor of the Ness building. The theory of the part time school Is to train the In thoee lines of work In which they ar actually engaged so aa to make them more capable'and efficient Employers have heartily atu-den- ts folliNrs General expense Ir U rest THE SALT LAKE HIGH SCHOOL, EAST He worked In mines and timber camps to help support the tamily and worked hla way through, the normal school of Kansas and the University or He wee graduated from the Michigan. latter Institution in 1894 and took up the practice of law. lie married Karah Elisabeth Rand via and has a family of four boys and one girl. He removed elected by the unanimous vote of the to Utah In 1902 and engaged In the of several development Republlcana in the atate legislature organisation eompantss which now employ hunfor a esoond term of six years to be- dreds of men. gin March 4. 1909. Fo f a third term jilt first political honor came to him he went before th popl on a direct unsolicited when he waa nominated vote and was sleeted jn a spirited earn palgn over James H. Moyle. Senator Wm. H. King. IL XINO la SENATOR hlaWILLIAM first term In the United States senate. He was elected hi November, 1911, by more than 34,000 majority, for a term of atx years. t He took hla seat In March. 1917, 'and from the beginning supported the Democratic war program. After the signing of the armistice, 8enator King became prominent in reconstruction legislation. He made a careful etudy of the first draft of the League of Nations and submitted a number of amendments which werfc included In the second draft as adopted by the peace conference. Senator King was born in Fillmore on June 3. 1243. He was educated In the publlo schools, the Brigham Toung academy and the state university. After spending three years In Great Britain on a mission, he returned and took up the study of law. He waa graduated from the University of Michigan In 1888 and began ths practice of law. He was elected to various atate offices. Including the state legislature. In which he served three terms, one term being president Of the upper house. He served as associate Justice of the supreme court of Utah beginning in 1904. He waa elected to the Fifty-fift- h Congress He declined and was a candidate for the United States senate. A deadlock ensued In the legislature and no ohe waa elected, a vacancy becurrlng. He was elected as Conrepresentative to the Fifty-sixt- h gress, and entered the political arena again when he was elected to the United States senate. Rep, Junes H. Maya Congressional Delegation From the State of Utah ly Iifitvrlli were a old. ot Una rod, for Waaairh addlllon. llJ.kun; addlllon, 11211. enj duher land being condemned, for addition, northwest corner of block. 124. o4o. The total coet f malnlenanro this year will be lltll.SOO, which doe not Include any of the expenditure foi new bulldlnga and sites. The bonded Indebtedness of he school district la now 12 442.000 There wa S( 000 of Ihe sinking fund Invcaled In Ubrrty bonds and hers remains In the sinking fund lit 000. The estimated needs for the year K0 f Not fcluno ha lh physical ld eyatam show a remark 4uftlonal ebl development; tb work Iteelf ha boon ipnded never before. Tb aim f the echool af today la lo meet the Individual tirtd of th gtudent ha tb community need of a group of etu dent. It la almd lo make tb four of steJy o elaetlo that It may b read lly adjuated to beat eerra each and every boy or girl regard lean of what work be or aha wlebe to folio. To thla nd a oomplet reorganisation of tfpoa completing tho school eyatam ,wa undertaken junior high school, include that ccur, which th w-nt-h, U extended. Thu gad ateadlly being and ninth grade, h It lghtk reorganisation contemplate tb slim old neugh t e th ralu af as (ration of tb elementary echool of Unulng further end s ora piste th nine years, substituting an elementary thre nJor high f ' school of avsn years Including kin- work. ycrs a bo followed by dergarten; thla to Tnwchere Ar SpecinhaU, junior high school of thro years and Th junior high schooi sis eft era school of thre years. t hist lo and social a senior high advantage. Th school etudent In other words tha junior-hig- h nr socttlng with other plan has bean officially adopted and peraon of their wn eg and nr not 1 th establishment thrown with th younger children, , tho goal In sight of thee cantors In all parta of th distinct advantage to boy end girls Vlty. When the plan hag been comf junior high school age. pleted and put Into affect that th It I also noted that In fh junior grammar grad echool will end with high schools the teacher are specialth completion of th sixth grade. ist In th rarlou department, and According t educational authori- th atudent la' thrfor given the ties this organisation has several dis- benefit of more experttralnlng. Then tinctive advantages First and fore- again tha coure offera wider latimost U has been proven that It is an tude and th student is enabled to Incentive to student to contlnu their better select the studies in which he ' education Instead of dropping out of wishes to specialise. He may alao school Upon completing the eighth take up special subjects In addition o grads Tb student - computing th regular eoviree, an advantage sixth glad realise that hi educa- not offered In the grade echool. it tion is very Incomplete end enters the onablee tho student to show hie pecu States senate on March I, 1921. During hla 34 years ot eervlo, Senator 8moot has become one of the most distinguished men in Congress. H has played a prominent part In His shaping legislation In the senate. capacity for work ha become pro verblal; so also has hie oore of facta. " figure 'and general Information or government affairs. During the war. while not of the same political faith ns the present national administration, Senator Smoot stood solidly behind the president of the United Statea Since the signing of the armlstic he hat . been recognised at one of the leaders of the "opposition to the Democratic program. , Standing with the Republican majority in the upper house. Senator Smoot has introduced considerable constructive legislation. H took an active part In the debate on th Mondejl bill, which provided project for retome soldiers and mad turned which . Amendments tf the meur were received with such favor by the . author that the bill wge afterward bill. , known as the Mondell-SmoSenator Smoot has taken an active part In legislation for the protection of 'American trade and American Indusg measure tries. Hie prohibits the Importation of a class or goods that some of the foreign countries are getting ready to- flood the market with as toon as the peace treaty Is put Into effect The bill will come up for Anal passage at the next , ' session of Congress. Senator Smoot was born Jan. 19, 1222, at Salt Lake City. He was educated at the slate university and the ' Brigham- Totmg academy at Provo, being a graduate of the tatter In September, 1224, he married Alpha M. Eldredge and le the father f eeven children. He was elected to the bnlted States eenate by the legislature In 1993 to succeed Joseph L. vtawgta Democrat He was re t h.ml 1 1 for REED 8MOOT. senior -- t lv ItO feel g S 0 Ian additional piece la Icing londrmnedl for llaioa lltoo addlllotl, k by 10 rode, 7.M" fo- - Jar kaoo addllloti. I 1 1 Utah, will oomplet SENATORfromterm In the United hgh con avruu brlnern f.ightli amt ,Nni4 Kotith a'reeta t I 2 acres, fjnonti for south Junior h'sh mhool Thu teen) h Koulh and Mil- - rtreela fun arrea (ll.poo. for Jordon Junior hlgll arbnol. Jordan river ami Hivlh Koulh, five ui rr jon Fran' llli addlllon, bfor. ih new S fr mI I with th board of ductlon In th e- - showed 1M40 children between the tabllshment of tll school, paying their agee of 4 and 11 years In the city as employee for th Urn they are In agalnet 10.144 the year before, the the classes, which under the law. must enrollment this yesr Is greatly In ices of thkt of 1411. The enrollment during th working hour.' Th night school at th West Bide this year amounts to 24.224 as against Junior high school has shown a re-- ! 21. 30 In 1218 Of this number tWe markable growth. About 200 students were enrolled this year 2,444 In the are enrolled In this school. Including two high schools The decrease In the the Americanisation achool for for- census was explained by the fact (hat ng list of subjects. In- heretofore the children over 18 and eigners. A a cluding great deal of vocation train- under 19 years of age were Included ing. are offered at the night school and while this year they were not. The many adults are making the most of census showed 14,979 girls and 14.421 , the opportunity for the improvement boys. The increased attendance la accountof their education. ed for first by natural growth, secThe vocational courses offered at ondly by the annexation of Farmers' a part of the Uranlle school disthe West High school are perhaps the ward, and trict. by the compulsory edubest of any similar achool in the coun-tr- cation law lastly The fifth and sixth grades alone Increased by 800 students, and There are now 260 teachers. Includ- tins high schools by 600 Again many ing principals and supervisors, employ- students came back this year who ed In th city school system and their were forced out of school In 1918 by th 8panlsh Influenza epidemic. salaries this year will amount to 1966.-00There le an abnormally heavy enThe teaching staff waa Increased rollment of atudents per teachei. by 163 this year, of which 24 went to There r Is 130 rooms In which the enrollment from 41 to 61 and 90 rooms the high schools having between 28 and 40 students Although the school oentus thla year The proper average per teacher la 30 ex-b- e y. 0. . Kinking Operation Maintenance . . Improvements . . . Teachers' neUrles 8choo! supplies . . I 65.004 12 6 00(4 70.004 141 400 64.704 160 004 55.000 0.000' $1,421.(04 Two changes occurred In .the membership of the hoard of education. G. H Kardley was appointed as a member from the Second ward to fill th vacancy caused by the death of th late Aswold C! Glauque ar.d the re moal of Will O Farrell from th ward from which he was elected mad his seat vacant. Dr. Clarence Know was appointed to succeed him. Oscar Van Cott was appointed bx the hoard aa assistant superintendent of schools and supervisor of ths gram- mar grades and junior high schools to ti succeed O N. Child, who resigned become state superintendent of public Instruction. P. Melvin Peterson weal elected as supervisor of music to suo4 ceed Hugh Dougall, resigned. Dr.i Hardle Lynch was elected aa supers lsor of health, a newly created poaH tlon In connection with th school system's fight against contagious anil Infectious diseases. R. L Conely wan elected as treasurer of the board or education to succeed 8. A. Whitney resigned. He attended tha common 35. 1871. Saints college schools, 'the Lattdr-da- y and the University of Utah. For two terms he served in the state legislature and was at each session nominated by his party for speaker of the house. He married Sarah R. Richards, De. 26, 1900, and she died i March 14. 1905. In May, 1905, he I (Continued from page thirty-nin- e milton h. married ) Is He Ward. fa the Sylvia WELLING Is serving his second ther of five children. He was elected how suddenly will the nobility of your ard Watson Gilder a rote one for th carrier of Newark, term In the Congress of the United to the Sixty-fift- h Congress over Tim Sunday school teachers nature be I And then there are the numerous to the vealed to yout Statea from the First Congressional othy C. Hoyt and waa servants who nowadays reTo elevator men. Janitors, domestic 'Public district, state of Utah. He was born 81xty-slxt- h Congress over William H. from the publlo no epeolal In Farmington, Davis county, Jan. 'Wattle. deliverers, and servants, newspaper Christmas benefaction g we how alwayw give other necessary evils they might obtain It by InfnM appropriate money. And1 fully a little monet do not express the personal-- inC into their occupation IUe of most of us. We that Is, the Yuletlde pageantry! As It It, the publlo, the common people, wy guards celebrate the golden springtime by donning white raiment, the populace, the average men, tl e Let on Christmas day be them and the rest of us do great washed our duty In thla matter, following wreathed with mingled holly and religiously the admirable tradition of- mistletoe, and let them chant, In lusty the Christmas Box. But our retain- chorus: era If they yrUl permit us thus, pic- God rest you. merry gentlemen! turesquely to address them do not Let you dismay. They serve us during the year, and Please nothing us some coin, slip youv are duly paid for It. but they do nothmoney' to boii ing picturesque and extraordinary at And is this Christmas dsy. to Christmas time Justify our gifts to them. Few subterreanean voyages cottjd As a matter of fact, they are not up- resist this appeal. And the street cfeahers, how come holding their part of the tradition. It is not enough for them to bow, and It that they are unrewarded of th Their predecessors, say "Thank you, while they feverisli- - public? th( ly count the money. They should re-- 1 crossing sweepers of London 60 years acte1 tribute from pedestrian vel romantically, as did their prede- -' ago' cessors who established the custom not only at Christmas time, but on the year. Let ouy street The elevator every day by which they profit. and boye should sing West Indian carols cleanera assume holiday garb let them expect Christmas under our windows especially if our tnanerIn but Is In turn a Christmas give the twentieth story. apartment The Janitor a.id should en- - l,pectacJ- - Methods of doing this will n ap-c- le act In the basement a Christmas mlra- - rea1,y augget themselves t propriate thing woqld be for them to play. It Is pleasant to think of the Janitor "1,',ineval attl';e at any the: mUd Teat attired as a shepherd or a, a Wlw f Vantag M Man. with his children as angels or lrole.T1e.8 as sheep, to picture the Yule Square, on C.llrIbUS,. ( the janitor.,, hearth, and to heifr in Over these bonfires boars heads should be roasted and great pots of steaming punch should hang. From psssersby who partook of their hospitality the street cleaners, through one of their number dressed as an almoner, should request a golden - re! membranes. These thing may yet! come to pass. They are not so archaic as seemed in nineteen thirteen at world-wid- e war. And the, municipal) Christmas trees are a good beginning,!. But, to return to our muttons, or, rather,1 to our geese and plum pud-- ) T driiv!h "er8papr dings, the most Important thing for1 S !.rap,h hoy" febly ns to remember In the selection of! hl" tra?!;lon b? writing, or Christmas is their suitable presents arrl',r' ai- - lty to the person for whom they areL a coPira of Intended. tt' We like books, but pr,?.,e1 may with their customers. It would be bet u not therefore feel obliged to sus-- J ter, of course. If they were to .sing tain our reputation by givingm. or to recite these verse, but even the hooka to literary our who wants printed address la better than nothing. jumping jack. neighbor We the precedent It la a pity to eee even' this alight furnished by Sainthave Nicholas, add w conceoslon to tradition disappearing. have a higher precedent still. For th' In bygone days, some of the most dis- first great Christmas gift to humanity CVXGJLESSMJTsf JrtJUOJir fx fnaLUX&-tinguished of our poets were glad to was what humanity most nedtd, and! write these addrasees the late Rich- - always need a Child. on the congressional ticket by the Progressives and Democrats. After an interesting campaign he was elected to h the Congress by a marto gin of 158 votes. He was Conand Sixty-sixt- h the 81xty-flft- h gresses on the Democratic ticket. Rep. Milton 1L Welling. Sixty-fourt- Thoughts on the Gentle Art of Christmas Giving; grace-somethin- isTsr sub-gener- al ' ly 2lu,,,!1,nd Pln, |