Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-22
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SAT- LAKE IA IN possession OF tcnoVi
board second TO noue In the country
In point OF regard Tor the public wenl,
the advancement q our rislng genera
toni tho general efficacy OF cur
scholastic system. They have accom-
| lishcd work which entities them 10
something more than mere words Of
commendation, for the structures
erected are alone a lasting credit
10 the whole municipality.
And In the accomplishment Of
their philosophical work a. much
economy hs was consistent with the
special matter In hand has tesn oh
served la every case, and not n dollar
entrusted to them, out Of n vast sum
In the aggregate, flguresin the column
headed "unaccounied for" They
have done well and are doing well,
and the News takes pleasure In be-.
slowing this well.oarned encomium.
They must now go further and
undertake more. for far reach.
Ing aud comprehensive as their
labor has been, 1t Is still Of course
incomplete; perhaps they are not above
criticism for having expended lavlshly
in eone favored spots while others that
needed attention have received none;
but as matter OF necessity
their work will always be incomplete,
the growth Of the city making adj.
lions and improvements q matter Of
continuous moment. Yet at this time
there aro several points In the city
where the lack OF the best facilities
Is an irksomc condition. We
Instance particularly the important
district ceniorlng say on Moth Ten.
pie, somewhere between West Temple
and State street,; the growing sec.
Ton known as North salt
Lake; the Tenth ward, and
there may be o.hcrs-oli OF which
should be n, we'll equipped In the
matter OF school facilities as any other
part. Such sections pay over aud still
pay over their proportion Of school
moneys freely, aud It IL unfair to dis
against them In the matter
'poken ofany longer. These people want
% know why they cannot be ne well
quippcd In this prime matter OF edu.
'Ation as are those In the near vicinity
u those splendid Institutions, the
Lowell, the Lincoln, tho Hamilton
md other tchoOl.; anu their query Ia
icrfectly natural and proper one.
II we may venture to speak for the
In anger or repToor, but IN
orrow--we shall have to ray that the
'niy reason Is that tho money has
given out. a few days ago report
vas submitted to the board, showing
hat with lis present obligations full
illed there would bs an indebtedness
Il something like $4,000 or 800, 900.
This doesn't look like more schot
'uiidings; and yet shall the neglected
md needed sections alluded to
TIL continue needy and neglected?
\re they not entitled to equal
'enefit, where they bear an equal
hare OF the burden? We think they
re, and the board ought to think 30,
I II doesn't.
This brings us at once to the matter
1 Issue. The money is all gone, but
here Is more where 1t came from.
That which has been expended was
btained by bonding. Why cannot
more be obtained In the same way?
here are people who think It IL just az
'ell that this be- done snyway,for those
FLO receive all the benefits should
ear part OF the expense.
here is plausIbilIty in the
'gic which tays; Let those
Pho succeed US pay all OF It II necss.
sry, and from two points Of view II
'ill be burdening them proalsbly-
ducation, and the enhancement In
oint OF value which new houses will
ring to the property which the child.
sn must some day possess, The mat.
~ IL fquarely before us and II 10 Ger.
'inly deserving Of early and earnest
ttention.