The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20
A GREAT EDUCATOR.
DR.. White Gives His Impressions Of
Salt Lake.
The City Should Double Its Population in
Less Than Ten Years-Tbe
Schools.

DR.. White was accessible yesterday
morning, as the duties of the week were
over.
When asked about his impressions OF
our city, he said 'sThis is my first visit
to the intermountain region, though
visited the Rockies once lam very much
pleased with what have seen. Between
my duties in the summer school and
proof reading OF the advance sheets OF
my book, have been kept too busy to
see as much OF the city as hope to see
before leaving. l am surprised at
the evidence of wealth and business thrift
which 1 find here. The large business
buildings and the fine residences indicate
! great prosperity. do not know any city
the size of Salt Lake that has as many
lines of street electric car lines, and the
street improvements seem to be of the
most So bstantial character. l see no rea-
SON why Salt Lake city should not double
its population in less than ten years
and soon become great manufacturing
and business center, the largest between
San Francisco and the Mississippi val
ley.
1 am especially pleased with this beau
tiful valley set as a garden between these
grand mountains. II Utah has other val
leys Of like fertility and as we'll supplied
with water, its agricultural resources
will be increasingly adequate for the sup
port of large population. | saw with
much interest Utah's exhibit at the
Worlds fair, especially its mineral ex :
hibit. Utah is bound, it seems to me, to
be the largest and most prosperous OF
the inter-mountain states.
l went to Saltair Beach last Saturday
and expect to visit Garfield before leave.
Salt Lake is wonderful sheet of water
and Saltatr is the finest building for q
bathing resort have ever seen. 1t is a
very large Investment for such a purpose
and | do not wonder that Salt Lake
people are so proud of it.
''All have learned of your schools is
very favorable. l am especially pleased
with the teachers who are connected with
the summer schools. The city is very
fortunate in entrusting the management
OF it's schools to so competent a 5uperin-
tendent as DR.. Millspaugh. He is evil
IDENTIFY doing a great work here-a work
OF which the city should be proud. In
company with Mr.. Buisson, of France,
had the privilege of looking through
three of your new school buildings with
Superintendent Millspaugh as guide.
When the new buildings are fin
ished you will have finer school
buildings than any city of its size in the
United States, so far as my information
goes, and what a money investment
those buildings are. In less than ten
years this outlay will be returned by the
increase in the taxable property thus
occasioned and they will be the very best
money investments for the city for the
future"
In reply to a question as to his
view of the educational outlook in
our country, he replied: fsIt was
never better. The growth of our
colleges and universities in the past de-
cade both in money invested and number
of students is without precedent in the
history of the world and the advance in
the public schools has fully equalled that
of the higher institutions. Our public
schools have many weak points and SO
have all human institutions and man
himself, but progress all along the line Is
evident. see no special danger that now
threatens the public schools.
When questioned about his new book
he said sit is on school management
and l hope it will be issued next month.
It is designed to be companion book to
my elements of Pedagogy.' l am also
reading the proofs of the new "Standard
Dictionary,'' being the editor Of its
terms.
DR.. White was asked to give some in
cidents in his personal history. He said:
81 am far from sure that HERALD
readers would be interested in the history
of stranger. 1t will doubtless suffice to
say that have seen much of education in
this country and have done service in
nearly all grades of educational work
from the teacher of g country school to
the presidency OF a university. Between
these was principal Of grammar school
Of Cleveland, then superintendent Of