The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-13

81 CoiiCO OOALlic pdI0UbS, huu JQ6lr re-
spective average attendance at school.
All OF which statistics and information
shall be annually reported to Congress
through the Governor of said Territory
and the Department of the Interior.
THE FIRST APPOINTMENT
under the provisions OF this act was
made by the Supreme Court in April.
1887, about the time that the district
schools of the Territory were entering
upon the fourth and last term of the
school year, ending June 30, 1887. So
that the first action that was practica BILE
under the provisions of the Act of Con-
gress, was in taking the school census
for the school year beginning July 1,
1887, which is required by the provisions
of the Territorial school law to betaken
during the month of July of each year.
Blanks were prepared and furnished
in accordance with the act OF Congress
for this purpose, and also for use in the
schools for teachers term reports, and
trustees reports; and these, in turn,
under the provisions of the Territorial
law, are compiled and presented to the
commissioner OF Schools By the county
superintendent of the several counties /;
50 that the first annual return under
the provisions of the act of Congress
could not be placed in the hands of the
commissioner until late in the present
year, 1888.
herewith submit tabulated tables or
schedules, marked respectively: Seized
ule "a ,""B ""Cn and 3D."
Schedule A. is the annual report of
school population of the Territory for
the school year beginning July l. 1888,
showing the total number of children
between the ages of and Is years, with
their sexes, and also the total number
of those of non Mormon AID Mormon
parents respectively. The aggregates
are as follows. viz: Boys of non Nor
mon parents, 8 Oil; girls, GIL. 1o.al
number of children of non-Mormon
parents in the Territory, ,582. Boys Of
Mormon parents, 24,082; girls, % ,289.
Whole number of children of Mormon
parents, AZ 81, making the grand total
of children in the Territory Of school
age 81 953.
Schedule B" is the annual statistical
report of the district schools for the
school year ending June 80, 1888. and
shows the whole number of district
schools, number reported, number OF
t teachers and assistant teachers, Nor
mon and non Mormon land other stats
tical matter required by the PROVISIONS
of the act of Congress above quoted,
aud OF the Territorial law. From this
table it appears that only .1Sl per cent.
of the children of Mormon parents
attended the district schools, and .40l
per cent. of the children of Mormon
parents; making total in attendance
at these schools Of .585 of the school
Schedule C'' is like statistical re-
port of the UNCONVENTIONAL schools,
being schools other than district
schools, which are also required to be
by the said act of Congress.
This baing the first effort, however, to
collect statistics from this class of
schools, some difficulty was experienced
in obtaining the desired Information
owing, however, almost exclusively to
the tact that these private schools had
never been in the habit OF keeping the
data required OF the district schools.
Subsequent efforts. however, will doubt
less result more effeetually in
OBTAINING coMPLETER REPORTS
from these schools.
Schedule D" is the annual financial
report of the district schools for the
year ending June so, 1888; showing
total amount of moneys received, and
from what sources, as we'll as the total
for said schools. |
The small percentage OF the children
of school age in actual attendance upon
the district schools, as shown by these
reports, is but one of the consequences
of the inadequate legislation upon the
general subject Of schools, the lack of
uniform public interest In their pros
perity and progress, the conditions in
the past that have brought about the
establishment of the number of private
UNCONVENTIONAL schools shown to exist
a the Territory, and the more recent
influence that is exerted by the Nor
non portion of the community in the
establishment and support of schools
lnder the direction, control and pat
-onage of their sect.
These conditions have operated to
'REvENT THE ERECTION OF SCHOOL,
HOUSES
adequate to thu proper accommodation !
# that portion of the school population |
which is actually in attendance at the |
chools, as shown by tbs statistical |
ables referred to, the fact being that !
he school rooms are already over |
crowded. 1t is absolutely certain that |
With an increased number and more !
;ommodious school buildings, there
would be a largely increased attendance,
the other unfavorabIe |
conditions existing with reference to |
he public schools.
| submit herewith, in addition to the |
statistics above enumerated, q printed |
,opy of the report of the Commissioner |
If Schools to the Twenty eighth Session |
If the Legislative Assembly, supple
nented by the financial and statistical |
'eports for the year ending June 3Oth,
8S7i and also copy of the laws of thu
Territory now in force upon the sub
ect of schools.
he SAME GENERAL CONDITIONS EXIST |
NOW
hat existed at the time this report was
presented to the Legislature: and as it |
contains more extended and detailed |
tatement of the situation of the public |
schools of the Territory, the influences !
operating upon them, the urgent need |
If additional school buildings and in
creased facilities, and also the views of |
he Commissioner as to the legislation !
.eouireG uDOn the subject T hep Vour |