The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-15
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
A Few Facts About Schools in
TOoele County.
EVANSVILLE, UTAH,
January II, 1881.

Permit me, through the column
% lof your paper, to write briefly upo
q the educational interests of Tooe
IT County. 1 have just finished TOT
D Of the county, and beg permission
. report briefly the condition of to
:. different schools as have fouD
. them. will commence with rooel
!, City. They have two district school
: in successful operation there, an
. largely attended. One OF them
taught by W. G. Foster. hiss 10
> pupils enrolled, and an average dali
attendance of ninety-6vs, which
about twenty-five more than the room
, is adapted for. The other distric
; school is taught by Prof. Vincent
late OF New Zealand, who also has al
; oyercrowded school Both houses srt
crowded to their fullest capacity, anC
still there is nearly one-third of the
school population on the outside.
Another bad feature in these district
schools is the mixing up of scholars
OF every grade from the alphabet to
the Fifth Reader, and all are required
to study and recite in the same room
and where schools are so large, there
are generally two classes recitlng at
the same time, in the same room.
which causes a great amount of con-
fusion. There is certainly a great
need for high or graded school in
Tooele City.
GranIsville is in about the same
predicsment. We have two small
schoolhouses OF interior quality. One
will accommodate about seventy-6ve
pupils, and the other about fifty, and
the school population amounts to
over 800. The larger of the two
houses is occupied by Thomas Nix.
as teacher, and has 100 scholars. He
has an assistant, but all have got to
study and recite in the same room.
The other house is occupied by Jas.
5toddart, and has about seventy
scholars, so that both schools are
packed, and still 100 or more children
OF the school sge on the outside.
Grsntsville should at least have one
more large school building, large
enough to accommodate at least $50
pupils, and it should be 90 arranged
that the school coul1 be a graded
one. With the present school facil-
tiles in Tooels and Grantsville, no
teacher, l do not care how well be
may be qualified. can do much in
the way OF advancing his students. 1t
is to be hoped that ali who are inter-
ested In the education oil the young
will look at ;his matter tqnarely, and
take active steps to increase the
school facilities in these two towns.
Lakeview has schoolhouse large
enough to accommodate all her
school population, and is better
seated than any Of the others referred |
to. Miss Louise Hansen ia teaching
there, and has about twenty pupils, |
whom she manages very we'll. l have
heard men raise objections to ladies |
teaching in winter schools on account
of their not being able to manage the
big boys or young men. ALI l have
to say in reply is, if young man has
not enough pride about him to be-
have in school he should be expelled,
and that l think would bring him to
his senses.
Batssville, also. has a house large
enough to hold all its school populs-
ton, but tue settlement is very much
and some Of the children
have q long way to 90. Mr.. o. P.
Bates son is teaching at this place.
The school was notin operation when
l was there, 90 of course l can cay
about the school.
E. I. City has a very poor school
house and no school furniture. A.
Mr.. CritchfelG is teaching the
school, and has, L think, about
twenty five pupils. The people o!
this place have commenced the cree
ton of q new schoolnouse, of rock,
which will be q good house when
completed.
Stockton has about an average
house tor the county. l think it will
accommodate about seventy-fve
scholars, and fifty are attending
school now. They have a lady
teacher by the name of Mrs. Ashley,
late OF Chicago, q lady OF fine &C.
and splendid
teacher.
st. John has two good school houses
divided in two school districts. The
upper district is called Glover district.
Their school was in operation
when l was there. They have
A brick house, and when properly
will be the best house in
he county for school purposes. D.
&. Davis is teaching there, but has
ust commenced. The house in the
over district was undergoing repairs,
but is now finished, and l presume
he school will start soon. Their
schools will not be very large, but
heir houses will accommodate all.
Vernon has one school in opera
ion and an attendance of twenty
i've when | was there. A gentleman
BY the name of Adolphus Robaum is
and is very thorough in his
system. and is one of our best quail.
led teachers in the county. Their
is below the average, but
hey informed me that they intended
a new house next summer,
( possible.
/ visited KnoWlton District, but
heir school was not in operation yet.
| be settlement Is very much scat
cred, and the school will be small.
They have house room enough for all
be scholars. {
Ophir, l learned, had no school.
md so did not visit them, but will I
10 so when they start their school.
Quincy District has a schoolhouse
srge enough for its school population,
md ]. Q. KnoWlton deserves credit
or the great interest be takes in the
'ducation OF the children in that dis
riot. He always gets good, compe-
ent teachers and has good schools,
although small.
In conclusion I will say that am /,
pleased to find educational matters :
's we'll as they are in the county,
md in every settlement [ find the
rustees and people taking a greater
interest in the education of the young,
As a county We have been backward
o school matters, but with the zeal
hat l find among the leading men I
II the county in this direction. feel !
afe in predicting that Tooele County r
will eOOn lPaya the roar rank and