Show OUR SCHOOLS showing of the condition of the cause of education in weber county to he the county court of weber county utah iron L TV V ij judge GENTLE 31 EX flere herewith with I 1 submit to your honors nor able body copies of the financial and statistical reports of t the he schools of weber county also a report of the school kopul population aaion for the v ear ending june 1884 the growth of the school interests is steady and progressive and while no radical change in an any of its branches 1 has taken place during the past year a number of laudable implements pr ts haie have been beeh made in repairing seating and furnishing school rooms as well as in selecting officers and teachers Ilo however wever there is yet et much room for improvement in this respect but the steady progress to tos ivard ya best beat ie Is a cause of pleasure to choto who lio take interest in the education er I 1 welfare of the it will be seen from front the statistical ical report that there are arc nineteen school districts District a in the tile county which have reported and one new district suit salt which no report has been received out odthe of the number reported one taylors is a new district formed from the division of oatlie the west weber district sand ridge and liberty held no schools the remaining seventeen districts were in session on an average of nearly three terms during the year four districts held schools the year around in the nineteen districts reported there are thirty one schools twenty two of which are mixed there being only five primary and four intermediate in the county this shows the necessity of the efforts that are being extended to centralize and to grade tile schools there are 4 3 60 children cli ildren in the county within the age which is ail an in increase cresse over the number in out of this number there was an all enrollment of or nearly 70 per cent but the average daily attendance was only 1700 or about 39 per cent actually attending se school lioI to this number must be added children who are under the ae of six 1 ix years and who ho at aio 0 over 18 acar cars old who were enrolled the number acu tally attending seems isaiall and it is to be hoped that it will greatly increase this season reason but com compared with former years cars it is encouraging cou raging in 1880 the number ac the schools was 1190 1196 or 33 percent per cent in issa 1400 or 3 CO 06 percent per cent 17 n or 35 per cent showing a it steady increase ill up to 1 1884 8 4 when the number is 1700 or 39 per cent the avert average go monthly pay of male for 1884 was female leae teachers liers 39 3 9 08 A glance at tho tile financial Hi ancial keport report will show that ao 70 7 2282 82 lias has been paid to male teachers ID and 49 to female ing a tot al of the total expense of the schools including teachers lid i avre nd current expenses was 21 1 90 out of this amount was raised on district taxes on tuition and the tile remainder on oil ter tutorial school tax donations rents etc taking 1706 1700 as the number of children who have actual actually ay been in attendance atten danto a at t school it t is interesting to note that the cost for each child for teachers salaries was about sa 50 and for all expenses about 1250 12 50 for the time tho tile schools were in session it requires no argument to 0 o convince tho 1110 people 0 that if a creater portion of tho ho t population pu aaion attended school much inoyo b befit befit would bo be derived from alie same expenditure ten districts out of the number re ported have compensated their trus 25 having been appropriated dialed for or tins purpose which is a littia le over 2500 fyr for cadi each trustee but then it bs bo remembered that there were 27 or A arly no pay whatever A for their serviced eg the total value of alie school property in the co county anty is reported at fal 06 of which amount 10 is held in land in buildings 75 in furniture and 1535 in apparatus too to tich confidence cannot annot be placed in these estimates as many oft of the lie rel reports on this his particular point are very carelessly sly arranged a 1 I 1 pit 1 0 0 is eliat while le h school C hool matters arc are in a satisfactory state there is id yet mini much room for improvement in ili the matter of attendance the lie trustees should especially exert themselves to set get more children to attendant atten attend dand and should not feel satisfied until at least one half of the school population aro are actual attend ante ants Toen coura work it ia no more inore than right ight that they should receive a small atin for their labors districts who leave never liever yet ct I paid aid their trustees Tiu sices will find it to their advant advantage ag e to do so As much mii li in more ore interest will bo be taken in school thool affairs if thia tills is done by this method men of education and bu baines ines capacity may bo be induced indu ed to set act as tri istenes a which in itself is a guarantee Kua that school affairs will take a turn in the tile right direction A 11 ej u vh hers ei V and trustees As assunia socia tion I 1 hai been organized in fix ta the le conn coun ay iy i which meets monthly its object being tj 1 promote tho the general interest af pf f thi alie 6 bools and lie the w elfare welfare of the teachers teacher s and Trust trustees ece also to encourage union among the teachers and harmony of method in teaching although within the tile last few v pare much ampro improvement eugent has been made in the we met method hod of keeli keeping ng is 3 ct much neglect and carelessness in lit thi particular it is verj beij important tunit records of hie the transactions of the trustees and ohp general history of the district 11 should be kept is scarcely a district distrct dietr ct in the county where such records can be found efforts aro are now being extended t te to to have these things attended I 1 do not lot deem it expedient to bur den your honorably Honor ablo bady B dy with di ilo tails concerning the improvements methods of lea leaching china an and t tha the progress prot of or each district many of these items aro are discussed hi in our or monthly inee meetings lings or privately with the trustees or the persona persons most interested awaiting Awai tine any communication or instructions t that you may y have I 1 remain youra yours EDWARD 11 II ANDERSON bupt supt it diet dist OGDEN utah oct |