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Show UTAH SCHOOL EXPENSES CUT ! Reduction in Budget for Coming Year Estimated at $1,000,000 fortA? June 9 Expenditures , ,h01 year- beginning Jnlv 1 Mil be JT 000.000 in.,., than those of the current year according to an announcement an-nouncement made yest,.rda N Jensen Btate superintendent of pub- While u is Impossible even at the mm,n, m,omtnt a5 exactly ho amount of money which Will be expended ex-pended on the schools during the en-suing en-suing school year, it a within th- Hi,,- ! S , , ZZfvly lo Wy that approximate, y U.ooo.ooo will U(. expcn(U.(, than ha been expendel .luring the current school yea. Avallabe estimates esti-mates show that In two of tho large counties over $400,000 reduction has been made The average saving throughout the state will he from 10 to 12 per cent. 'Tins savin has been brought about In waya which it Is. thought will be east Injurious to tho schools For example, tho number of teachors ha been reduced Teachers will be required re-quired in man instances t0 care for a la r r er aumbet at children in their Classen. A number of the lcsLst esen-tlal esen-tlal subjects Will not be taught Homo other subjects now taught dally will be taught every alternate day. Fewer Few-er supervisors will be employed. Sup-Dliee Sup-Dliee nri enulnmeni will hu 4nui t absolute essentials. Other adjustments of a more or less technical nature are being worked out I "It Is known after careful investigations investiga-tions which would serve as a baal for an Intelligent opinion, have almost to .1 man declared that the .piogrum for the enulng school year Is bringing 1 bout .1 r-du.tlon in expenditures ax far as the safety of the schools will permit Radical changes Invariably bring undesirable results. Frequently they bring disastrous results. I am satisfied that the great body of our citizens not only want a reduction in expenditures, but are also anxious that the schools shall continue to render that scrvlf e to th- children which will have much to do with l he future man-hood man-hood and citizenship of tho state." |