Show SALT LAKE HAVE n iVL FE fEW EQUALS I Reports Show Conditions Here i Most Propitious for I Good Results FEW PUPILS TO TEACHER I Mater Is Investigated by City Superintendent With the I Result Stated D. D IL H. Christensen city superintendent superintend eat ent en t of schools has compiled somo bomo In inter Intel lel out Ing- Ing comparative on ott tho Salt Lake 10 High school In rel relation lIon with other h lI throughout the United States State Tho Time figures show the local school to be ono of the most advanced In tho the country countr especially In tho time matter mutter taut mat ter of ot the number of oC 5 students to each cach teach teacher or Owing to tho the fact that It has haa boon been stated slated that the tho teachers of or thu tho Salt Lake Laka High school ar aro overworked and each has too many pupils as compared with other Superintendent Christonson Chris Chrls- tonson h the thc reports from other schools schools giving giving Salt Lake a R great groat advantage advantage ad ud- vantage In tn nearly nearl every y line line lIno la most timely ti lImel mel Letters were written by Superintendent Superintend Superintend- ent Christenson to about 7 75 76 schools numbering among them time the most Important important tant tent In III the tho United States and arid answers were received from 41 1 of ot them High schools which made reply are strung all tho the way from from- Bangor Me to Baton Rou Rouge I La ft a. a and anel from Austin Texas to Portland Oro Ore Others all nil through tho the middle Western central Southern anti and Northern states replied to the several questions None showed conditions more favorable for Cor education tion than arc aro shown In Ia the Salt Lake school to Teacher In regard re ard to lo tho average a number of pupils each teacher Instructs tho the following following fol tol- fol- fol lowing fi figures for tor tho the 4 42 schools are given Spokane Wash neb 30 30 Helena Mont 23 Salem Mass 1011 38 35 Fargo N. N D. D 25 6 Pueblo Colo Cob 23 I Kansas An City Mo 29 and 22 22 Lincoln Neb eb 22 22 Stockton Stockton Stock Stock- ton Cal 27 Cheyenne Wyo yo 23 23 Wl- Wl nona Minn 27 Pierre S. S D. D 22 22 2 Mad Mad- I on WIs WI 28 28 Baton Rouge Houge La 21 Hartford Conn 21 n Baltimore Md 27 27 New Now Haven Conn 30 30 Washington Washing ton D. D C. C 23 23 Little Rock nocle Ark Arka 25 26 Springfield Mass 1 ass 22 Atlanta Ga Go 23 Nashville r Tenn IG 16 Richmond Va Vu 31 Portland Ore Oro 30 Detroit Mich lIch 2 29 Okla Okla- 28 25 Frankfort K ICy Ky 27 7 Los Angeles Cal 29 29 Columbia S. S C. C C. C 24 21 Rutland vt VL 30 30 0 Austin Texas 32 Des Moines Iowa 26 Buffalo N. N Y 25 Denver DlIn Colo Cob 36 35 30 Raleigh N N. C. C 28 Newark N. N J J. J 25 Topeka Kan Ken 30 Duluth Minn 28 8 Bangor Banger Me e. e 30 30 Salt Lake City 21 It will be soon seon from tho ito figures thus given furnished hed b by tho principals of oC the several schools that Salt Lake Is hi hiat at tho the top of or the ladder In tn regard to ho tho average number of or pupils per her teacher teach teach- er and only two others have havo so few pupils per pcr teacher 21 Men I n Handle More IlIr Work ork Tit The a n In all of ot the schools Is about 26 t pt-t- p t teather In cases seH th thOr r ar morO ar more than 30 pupils pupils' Jl per er r teacher H it ils lis K lh the Cash case that nen tench teachers rs Art tre ln greater ter numbers than titan WOI wonton on as n it has 1 th 6 xv that tho the men teachers can handle more work than the women and anil receive more money for It Tho The teachers of tho the Salt alt Lake Lako Thigh High school have even en less than titan this number number number num num- ber of 21 1 pupils each as compared to other schools For In the local High school there are two clerks employed for the thc purpose of ot tabulating tl reports and antI recording merits marks on examinations for the final n figures This relieves relieveR a areat great reat amount of work on the part of he tho teachers And Salt Lake l. is the time only place on tim the list where two clerks are supplied for tor this work ork In a few cases one ono clerk Is provided an and IB is as assisted assisted as- as slated b by a tta teacher her But In Salt Suit Lake the thu two clerks do nothing nothing- but hut this thin work All of ot the tho principals who wrote to o Superintendent Christensen said that clerks were a necessity and In the tho lars larger schools more than tuan one was wasa a needed eed ed Clerks Cerk Prepare These clerks prepare all of ot the tho monthly reports as well as JS other clerIcal clor- clor Ical cal work at the school The teacher I marks marls the papers of his pupils turns them hem over to the clerk and that is s the he enl end of his bin worry For the don cleri cat cal department keeps tab on these figures figures fig fig- ures uros anti and makes up UI the tho monthly re report report report re- re port from these these- thus saving the thc teachers teach tench- ore orB hours of trying trying- work and worry Th There ro are aro only two other schools schools- Topeka Ran Ken and Helena Holena Mont Mont- whore this work ork it is I dono done by tho the clerks and not h 1 by tho the teachers In reply to the question have Ve Teachers Any Assistance In tho the Review ot of Written Work ork Salt Lake and Baltimore Bat Bal Md Id stand alone In hiring hiring- one teacher who devotes otes full time to this work This Thin teacher handles all of the time essay ny and theme work anti and takes tedious tedious tedious tedi tedi- ous hours of work off tho tile shoulders of the teacher Baltimore employs a atheme atheme theme thenie reader With ono one exception all of ot tho principals principals prin prin- who made comment on this thin ques ques- tion said Bald that It was much needed So Somo ne the tho English teacher one ono less leas class so that sho can devote devoto her time to this work of reading matter from the tho pupils Others however give no assistance whatever unless some of tho the especially efficient pupils aro are al allowed nl- nl lowed to handle tho the work by the tho teacher her In Texas Tho The notable exception Is from J. J E. E Pearce principal of the Austin Texas High 8 school who says ho doesn't bo- bo hero In It The employment of clerks In tho time BI High ll school principals principal's office for tor tho the purpose of making up reports for tor tho the months and mid doing other oilier clerical work which fell upon tho the shoulders of ot the teachers In past years ears and tho the hiring of tho the teacher who nho handles all of ot tho the written essays essa's and themes takes mu much h hi i work from the tho Salt SnIt Lake High school instructors Thus the tho average number of pupils a ft teacher is less loss than 21 Taking timi I work from the teacher makes It possible pos pos- sible for him to devote all his timeto time to class room work worle antI and bring bi It up to a R higher state of ot efficiency than Ithe if It he had lied to spend several hours each nl night ht with this class of or work Superintendent Christenson is much elated over tho comparison of at Salt Lako Lake with othor other cities both larger and smaller chosen chason from practically over every state of ot the Union as are arc the members of tho the board of at education |