The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-07

The Public Schools.

County Superintendent OF Schools,
Mr.. E. A. Anderson, has furnished his
annual report OF the condition OF the
schools of Weber County TO the County
Court. The report, we are pleased to
state. shows the schools OF the county
10 be in a prosperous condition Inc
value of school grounds in the county
is SIS .626, the grounds in Ogden being
estimated at SI2,O COO. The total value OF
school property is so. 6SS IS, OF which
Ogden owns $is,6i5. the increase IN
value of school property is about SiOO,
notwithstanding the fact that the
estimates on grounds and buildings
have been materially reduced. Inc IN
crease in the value OF furniture and ap-
paratus is very gratifying, although the
report states that in some OF the schoois
proper facilities are not fully supplied.
Expenditures for supplies. improve
ments, etc.. for the year amount to
! IS ll2i1. The revenue for the year was
SIS. 1855 SO .029.3T being from District
| taxes, IS, 654 from Territorial apportion-
ment, and the remainder tuition, rents,
etc. The total school expenditures
during the year amounted to S24 ,3S7.-
49,. There were forty-seYen teachers
certificates granted during the
year, twenty-three TO males and
twenty-four TO females. The number
of schools in the county is thirty
fouf, aAd the number Of teachers
employed forty-three. The average
monthly salaries were, for males, $50. SO;
females, S31.42, a slight advance over
the wages Of the previous year. The
salaries of teachers amounted to Sli,-
244.2O, an increase of 81. 100. The trus-
tees almost invariably engage their
teachers by the year, thereby securing
better service than could be obtained
by frequent changes. The average ses-
sion of the schools was 40 days. The
number Of children within school years
is 4,477, with an enrolment Of 3,27s, or
IS per cent. Only about 10 per cent,
however, attended the schools. On
account Of the meagre attendance, the
cost in teachers salaries for each
scholar attending school was $50.
This is q little better showing than last
year, but yet very unsatisfactory.
The report states that the County
Teachers' Association met regularly,
monthly, during the year, and q
ave days summer institute was
held from June 2sth to July Sd.
"It NAV be truthfully stated that a
this date the New Education was intro
duced IN plainness by illustration TO
our teachers, q work in which Prof. 7.
B. Lewis Of the Central school, deserves
special, honorable mention" The re
port next pays a high tribute TO the
v ekly meetings of the teachers and
trustees of the city and county; speaks
favorably of the recent law enacted by
Congress and speaks very faVorably OF
the practice Of singing which has been
adopted in most of the schools and es-
pecially of the music taught daily in
the Central school and weekly in the
other schools in the city by Prof. Ed
wards. The facilities of the Central
school in this city received well merit
ed praise as to its facilities and manage
ment.
The Superintendent then calls atten-
ton TO the importance of keeping exact
records of the school affairs in each dis
trict, and refers TO the following exhibit
showing the growth of the public
schools: