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Show Bf ft II The Oquikrii, One of Our Fine Public School Buildings. ' 4i Our Schools. B1I U1.ji Tie cty of alt Lake stands in tne first rank BlUi II' among the cities of the United States in educa- Hi liifll ' tional lines. In a population of about 60,000 people B Bill I there are twenty-six schools now established, and BJlwsHiJ! , others building, and their grades are sufficiently III high to insure admittance from their high school I ' I to the ranks of Stanford and Berkeley universities O I without intermediate training. Si The following schools, with a total enrollment f ' ' of 13,258 pupils, already have an enviable reputa- K ' tion in educational circles, and, with the mag- j' I nificent University of Utah, are giving the tax- i j payers of Salt Lake City the most exceptional fa- ?r m-1. cilities for a free education of their children: The KM,1 fe I High School, corner Third West and First North :,jjl ' streets, George A. Baton, principal; Bryant school, ! First South street, between Seventh and Eighth i i street, Mrs. Elizabeth V. Fritz, principal; Bonne- ji ville School, Cleveland avenue, between "Walnut ! and Chestnut streets, S. D. Bradford, principal; E Emerson School, corner Barclay and Young i streets, Mary Dysart, principal; Franklin School, ill I corner Second South and Seventh West streets, jl E. S. Hallock, principal; Fremont School, Second ;I West, between First and Second South streets, H. j B. Folsom, principal; Grant School, First West jl street, between Sixth and Seventh South streets; jj Hamilton School, corner Eighth East and Eighth I ! South street, Samuel Doxey, principal; Irving ii ' School, corner Second West and Fourth North 1 1 j streets, Mrs. Mattie B. Prosser, principal; Jack- ; jf I son School, First North street, between Sixth and Iff 4 Ml !ft Seventh West streets; Jordan School, Center Ward, 1 lllji I R. S. Sanborn, principal; Lincoln School, Fifth Hl'lJirjil I South street, between Third and Fourth West Hl ItLili I streets, W. S. Webster, principal; Longfellow Mr 21 ! School, corner J and First streets, Mary B. Cooper, Wjj j I principal; Lowell School, corner E and Second H , Ij J streets, G. N. McKay, principal; Ninth school, cor- H j jl ner Fourth South and Fifth East streets, I i Mattie E. McKay, principal; Oquirrh School, 9 V (0 3 Fourth East street, between Third and Fourth H j 1 1 I ' South streets; Riverside School, corner Eighth HI '?: I West and Sixth South streets, David A Nelson, HI' J I l principal; Sumner School, Third East, between Hi lira I Sixth and Seventh South streets, W. W. Barton, HIl 1L 1 principal; Training School, East Bench, J. E. Mc- Hli I i I Knight, principal; Twelfth School, First South H! i jH ' street, between Fourth and Fifth East streets, HI Bitl Elizabeth McMillen, principal; Uintah School, m8 corner Uintah street and Park avenue, Delbert W. HHS Parratt, principal; Union School, corner Third HIHH i West and First North street8' w s Wallace prin" H - HIHH Wk i cipal; Wasatch School, corner Brigham and R. streets, J. 0. Cross, principal; Washington School, corner First West and Peach streets, L. M. Qual-trough, Qual-trough, principal; Webster School, Eighth East street, between Fourth and Fifth South streets, F. D. Keeler, principal; Whittier School, Fifth South streets, Etta Powers, principal. Work has already been commenced on the i.ew Eighteenth Ward school building, at the head of State street, which will cost when completed $100,-. 000. There will also be an addition built to the Lincoln School some time during the present year. A number of free scholarships are given each year to each school district and these are distributed distrib-uted by the State Superintendent among scholars whose standing warrants these gifts of scholar ships to the State University. D. H. Christensen is the present Superintendent Superintend-ent of State Schools, and A. C. Nelson Superintendent Superin-tendent of Public Instruction. The High School has also during the past two years added a military drill to its classes. Tho receipts for the past school year ending June 30 were, from all sources, $434,021.17. Expenditures for maintenance schools.. $282,133.95 For interest on bonds 34,454.15 For sinking fund invested 14,261.80 For new buildings 60,101.97 Increase of enrollment of pupils during the past year, 279. |