Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-17

rendDr- change u. nuy kluu ~ %
ifrmtlg announcement and tAl cnsiFt
but with statehood VIII come com
|drulc and that vim ui s-il f.llanrt tIa
I rfystaIs8 every thinR r1Wdly intt
forms oI stability, AMI then iunovn
lions aud changes viii be- moro JIM
cult, I urge, therefore, ai this Time
that we ttriously cJnsiuef the adop
tlYa O. this plan for 0ur schools % it
Brown uaas th8 county uf c5uuiJ
district uiDu, 90 ihu county a the love
rst ava iahln civil unit fgr a.. u 81
| uuqurs.iauuuly toe very fyH.cn We
need, Gu. I believe lhr uicsrnt De- zoe
I moot ausp.cllus time Tor IL adoption.
/ Thefn BE- d biii Tor school .nWi before
| referred 90, being prepared 90 subWii
| 10 tue Lcginlltutu nov in frlsiun, ~
| lta euacfmuut, which embraces nll ihe
] es.cutlni features of THIS i1WnfhIp of
/ county rilm The hiil Hs prepare
maktain bt.ct TIC D.i1wiuz lf1p1.i'
Z u0r! That rnuh cily 10 tho mrs. ana nI
/ the ttrtud Claff, gu d taCH equity nos
| iucludiuf the ulilal ai8TclllI, Hhnll Iu'
atitutu one school district. That lu
each diaiuct TO- fofmcd there shall uu
| chosen Or lrtsrfibo N heard of rIl'
cation iu whom shall sglt al irusitrH
IDWul % administer school nuaifs
| thereto. THat the tuarl iAAll select
d President, 70 e.pfUfliuui, hlnti'
I lutenduut, . treasurer, anu un examine
lax cUuul.tcu. That the title 10 oil
school property in tho district uhull
vtBi I'm tue board. In short, tao law
now On tho tta,utcs a. pertaining %
ciiiui Uftnc fret aud second elias De-
npuiltd % tie whole Territory, tnu
county hnlng tue district outside 0i
the cities namnI. 10 organ - tho
schools Of thu Territory uu this babIs,
b. by no means hu adventure without
precedent Ihu iact 10 that thc aysiCm
iaumtoIitd in tho faMu law th1t has
been executed Throughout Utah Tor
me lsst fur year. WHoin 10 has been
applied, W. 90 the cItluH Of salt Lake
Ogden anu Provo, duiug tnis short
tilir, it has worked mnfvra 90 iA'
pr1vumHnti aud shows mos. cmphatl.
caly what may DO done for tuc schools
Ia every county Ia the Territory 10
the way OF gfadaiion aud Efficient
supervision, u placed under similar
uuiiiri ORGANIZATION.
Let uH compare u1mU features oi the
two ayaumA Tue unit Of Organization
~ the common district system u too
low, that To-, tho school district as u
nov exists ~ too limited iu territory
ald school population hni ia the
means l0r establishing anything like
p5fnnnont gmintl0n. Whatever hos
uecu attempted in this direction, cycu la
the largest districts hae mut with bat
Indifferent sucCtiH, anu iu most q gcs
with absolute failure. 1 may truih-
FULLY Hny that iu THIS respect thu
whulr plan laa failure and tuai cut
aide OF tho cities before named, Uah
has no progressive system 0f insifuc'
ton Tor her public tchOOls. Each
dIBifiul, small as 10 may DO In teif,.
toy OF population, DO independent Of all
u.iIuiu, aud ma 10 school WORK Sem.
ingly without purpose beyond iis
own limited bounlpy inrs. 10
many districts au chillrcn inset frI
a short tiniu each year 10
tho capacity Oi o school, TIE
school draws tho allotment OF
hubble luuua that fails 10 W. Huuft, AMI
whom this ls exhausted the school COLI
lapags with scarcely a record Of tho
WORK dOuo. la a multitude u such
temporary anu Isolated efforts 10 keep
school there IN nothing thnt merits the
name OF system. There eau DO neither
aim nor ambition tor pupil Or teacher
fgT something bcltor beyond, for there
~ uOthing eisr provided, lhu fact ~,
VIZ ale iorcvd 10 contemplate Ia the
present aspect OF our schools, several
hundrcd districts, fragments indtui
c0ngeuiAi Ia tusir elements anl tn
their condition Of possible harmony,
but with no bond VI union 10 effect
their concerted ao,ion, Ia all this
there Ia matter tor grave concern since
Ono OF the chief objects Of all this ma
chinery AMI mighty expense In main.
tanning our puzzle schools, h never AZ.
tainod. Win tho county, however, Ne
unit Ia organization ami admins.
tratlou, all this Will be- tHmud.ed, The
multitude Of school ON GERS viii be- 10.
ductd 10 q minimum, aud this mini.
mum Will CouBist " the most practical
aud efficient pefa0nB Tor the position In
the county. schools ana Soho ] houses
Will DO located with reference 90 the
gfuatrst econ1uIy aud convenience,
ami thu children Of the whole county
classified according 10 their scholastic
attachments. Here nt once 10 the hAsib
OF gindntlun, and carried ngut 90 the
door Oi every Uitig'n M the Territory,
Here IL tue start Tor primary and IN.
tefnrdiate schools Ia every county,
and Tor high schools when thgt extent
Of graduation shall DO needed. The
primary schools will be- most numtr.
Gus anu will br located whore they viii
bn most easily accessible Tor those
VINO attend them regardless OF az.
bilfary district Ines intermediate
schools will be tor older pupils
OF higher Altainmenls vino may be-
required 10 travel further 10 reach their
scul0lg, which they can 10. When
high sohUol1 shall be necessary, thuy
eau be- located az tho most accessible
aud eligible parts which In most cases
eau be- reached daily by the pupils
from home; but " the distance shOull
prove TOO great % do this, there can
DO adopted the plan 90 cottage board.
Ing, or living M cottages near the
school dutiug the week, with fJIni.
tuTu anu provisions u4pplird ifum
home. Thus We would be putting
Within tho reach of every child iu
Utah a high school education, and
Ihat to be attained NJ home.
IL may be- objected that the rural
population Of tho couuIieB Il not sur
ilelcutly compac, tpmlke possible such
"a -chpmour classification Ofthe schools
and uullJg0u. viii say that uuh
has gTtlt advantages la tlia respect,
iOr its population asa tuI1 20 grouped
into ulu6u settlements or Villages
which give excellent fnpiUtlrs