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hence. and concerning the ntoiec, IN
cially announces: such buildlng Iii
be the crownng effort OF orr 49,
system, ana Is at the present time an
school has been credit to the city. AMI
IS admitted TO be the best in Utah. II 4
complete in every department, and i,s n.
luehce upon Tue community cannot be
oNeieat-lmated. II forms the stepping
stone from the grades to the UNIVERSITY
thus placing an excellent and pfactifsl
education within the reach OF all al no
cost to the pupil. Last year, owing 10 M
increase ~ enrolment the main building
was found TO be too small; this necesl'.
tated the removal OF the laboratory of ne
science department from the central balld.
ing TO an adjacent one, thereby causing
great inconvenience to large number 81
pupils, requiring them TO lose time In
travelling rom one building TO another.
as well as disarranging periods OF study
Inc ensuing year It will be Necessary .
make more changes, and procure addi
uonal rooms, and another wear will mos.
ABLY hnd the board totally unable 10 pfo.
cure desirable and ADEQUATE accoulmo.
cations IN the vicinity OF the present
location OF the main building. Thl ihs
erection OF high school building 4 Inn.
perative Is clearly apparent. THERE'S
1ut one way TO accomplish this tnl-uy
direct taxation.
Althe present reduced cost OF build
ing material, II is believed that building
OF ample capacity can be erected al a
cost OF about iIoo, 600. This can only
be raised by taxation and will require a
special levy, say, three mills on tie dol.
lar, II the board concur in this recon.
mendation the matter should be submit.
yea TO vote OF the people atthe cnsu ng
November election, and Il approved. the
TAX should be levied and collected with
ule general taxes for 1890. When Il Is
considered that the renal OF the rooms
lor ihe nigh school next year will be 94goo
and thai the accommodations are entirely
inadequate and unsuitable for school pur.
poses. am OF the opinion that no better
Investment can be made, and that the
enterprising people will by their aiiirma.
i've votes, direct the board to furnish
thls institution OF urgent and paramount,
necessity to the rising generation OF this
CITY. A large per cent OF It's cost will be
distributed for labor and material among
'he tax payers and when completed a
large saving will be made In the expense
oil maintaining our schools"
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of money. But there was no ALTERING.
The people irrespective Of class or creed,
wanted the good work togo ON and as is
usual in cases where the people are united
they got what they wanted
noSps ISSUED.
Under the new law the first decisive
action taken with view TO supplying
the city with buildings commensurate
with is needs was the sale OF A5o bonds
OF $1,000 each. These are all twenty
year bonds, dated February I, lS97, and
bear interest at the rate OF per
cent per annum. Since then additional
bonds have been issued and disposed OF
until the aggregate sum OF Liabilities Of
This kind reaches sS25o The money
inns derived. as fully shown In the annual
renorts of the board OF education, has
been economically used in the purchase
of sites. the erection and equiping Of
buildings which are not only living mon
uments of the love OF education that Is
planted so firmly in the breasts OF our
neople hui which would do credit TO
ANN civ in the land. In architectural
appearance they are imposing and pic
turesOue. in strength and Substantially
the very best. in heating, ventilating and
sanitary arrangements modern and COM
plete TO the minulest detail
PROPERTY WORTH \ MILLION.
Most Of the property owned by the
hoard a az the very best-locality con
sidefed-and that which is in use is well
kent. A conservative estimate places its
value Al a million dollars. The grounds
have been beautfed during the last two
years by the planting OF trees, lawns and
| flowers until in some instances they pre-
sent an almost park-like appearance.
Aud be Il said to the credit OF salt Lake
City's school.going population thata no
time have they exhibited In any degree a
| tendency To mar, deiace or destroy prop
erty. So free have they been from such
inclination that members Of the board OF
education and visitors from the East and
West have frequently commended them
ior n. In the annual report OF President
| Dooly for the last year they we're paid
this glowing tribute;
IN this connection | desire TO state
that observation has convinced me that
as a Whole the pupils OF the public schools
are especially worthy OF our praise lhey
have been most obedient and dligent M
heir school work, and furthermore
they have manifested keen interest
IN the protection OF school property that
does not characterize the average pupil"
So noticcably correct is this statement
that Z, Is a matter Of congra,ula,ion to
have il made part OF the official record.
wHERR rnR SCHOOLS ARR.
For the benefit OF many persons who
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Seventeenth First North. between
West Temple and First West Grades
from beginners TO Second, inclusive.
acknowledgements Addition, North
Salt Lake. Grades from beginners to
Fifth, inclusive
Davis-Center ward, west Of the Jor-
dan river Ungraded.
II gh school buildings--Souih Tenn
pie and Richards street.
MORE BUILDINGS NEEDED.
Notwithstanding the unprecedented
building boom OF the past four or five
years. there is still scarcity Of proper
school houses In some parts OF the city.
The increase Of children during that
time has been steady and rapid, and the
question OF providing school room for
them, constantly keeps the board OF eiu.
cation and superintendent, devisil & ways
and means for their accommodation. In
order that the reader may form an esti-
mate as to the augmentation Of the ranks
OF those between the years Of and rs,
the following figures are quoiedi
800 isst. is91. isal. iso,. los. fncr,a.s.
s,sis iooD 10, sii ii,ssi ii,gu i3,s3) 5,in
From these figures Il will be observed
that the increase from 1890 TO 1891, was
f.7si; from 1891 to 1891, Sf7; rem is97
to 1895, 74S; from 1895 to 1894, 81; from
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Uintah and Bonneville, were ,o,..,
and occupied, thus very ma,e,', le,ed
creasing the facilities for edwe,sy n.
children OF the city. in stnie,n,oi U,
oughly modern In all their snnn,s, uot
In tins connection your Commute dlesinb
to direct attenti n to the iT'no,,su esl'ei
erecting. as speedily as possible '' as O
room school building IN the TENT l'een.
and one OF similar lsize al or n. Nid
head Of East Temple or State s,, ssI u,
accordance with the previous r.c Sueet e
dations to this board. The dss.nen'
too, for high school building Az o' W y,
most urgent character. Unni s,', me
institution IS provided. there viii in "a a
greatest difficulty In securing nrone' We
commodations for the pupils ~ ac
their grade work In fact such , ,lnsa
modatons cannot be obtained ILsOe9m
such building Is erected, and mil J;S /, Y
high school work must suffer az scs y y
ingly." "''o'd'
HiGH SCHOOL SUGGESTION
II Is the constantly nurtured bo.. ,
every member Of the board OF edu an, I, o
that new high school building I'm IN
one Of the realizations OF increaseJ S'u oe
ca,ional facilities, within the ney, Vuu-
years at most. President Doolv 4 y, NO
opinion hat Il can be erected and ~, w
ready for use not later than twelve mo ,,aS.
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anything in the building line will be at
tempted this year, though the necessity
Of a high school is so manifest that steps
may be taken towards the erection OF one
at an early date In fact such action
would appear to be the part OF wisdom,
when Il Is known that the present make
shit structures, where the advanced
branches OF the public schools are being
taught, are costing the taxpayers between
1900 and 5000 year in the way Of
rentals. AS to what was done In the
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effected, and this sentiment was shared
by taxpayers OF various shades OF po-
liucll aud religious opinion. In response
TO Il Hon c. T.. Allen introduced into
the Legislature which met In January,
laSS a somewhat elaborate bill provid-
ing Tor q uniform free school system
throughout the Territory
The DRSEREr NRws favored the pas
sage of such bill, and spokr avorably
OF Mr.. Aliens measure on different &C
casions while 1t was pending in the As
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building line the last shool year ending
June 3oth, 1906 aud what the neS d. sow
are Is made plain by the following ex-
tract lTom the annual report of the com
mliee ON buildings and grounds, soon to
be, with other board OF education com.
mlsIee reports, published by the DRsRRRr
NEWS in pamphlet form;
During that period hive new school
buildings, the Oquirrh, Grant, Emerson,
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a0,r q school and meeting house vas
erected in each ward. with very few, II
any exceptions On the ground Of econ
omy, and to tighten as much as possible,
the financial burdens Of the people. the
ward school house and the ward meeting
house were combined, W the early days
Of the settlement Of the city. Il does
not appear that this custom vas pursuant
TO legislative action. but rather Il would
seem that legislative action upon the
subject was not had at all until the Gus.
tom had become FIRMLY established, and
that legislation was so shaped as to con-
form 10 H.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS CREATED.
The legislature at an early rerod
authorized the county court to est blish
school districts and define their bound
aries, aud pursuant TO such authority the
came the rule for the county court to
make n school district conform geo.
graphically to q Bishops ward. Though
this arrangement was 10 later years cru
ciled more or less, Il was undoubtedly
wise and economical one until con liuons
had SO changed as to demand a different
system.
Under laws that prevailed from an
fdiil ItllpNf Nlt hllhNN 90 wv ~ ""Ns
were In charge Of .iicr trustees whose
principal duty. Tor many years, was TO
make arrangements for some teacher TO
conduct a school, The teachers con-
pcnsation was q tuition fee, which he vas
Obliged to collect himself from the par
ents or guardians Of the pupils. This
system prevailed for the first twenty-five
years, OF Whereabouts, Of the history OF
Utah.
About the year 1870, the doctrine OF
taxation for the support Of schools,
which was prevailing m many OF the
older states OF the Union, began TO be
earnestly advocated In Utah. AT first i
was not proposed 20 have the
schools supported wholly by taxa
ton, but TO provide Tor a tax
for better buildings, equipments and
appliances. Abou. this time, too, the
improperly Of compelling the teacher TO
be his own collector was emphasized,
and public opinion began TO demand a
reform in that regard.
TAXATION AGITATION.
Between 1875 and 1850 the agitation Of
educational matters that was going on
, among the people, made itself lcli ia the
legislature. That body was very con
servative IN rs action, but at length a
law was passed authorizing school dis
tricis 10 assess tax, within certain linz
It's, on q local option principle, the uses TO
which the resulting funds might be put
being specified Among those uses were
the providing or repairing Of school
buildings, aud the purchase OF apparatus.
Under This law a few districts had nee
| schools.
SCHOOL MEKriNCs.
' This law. with minor amendments
/ prevailed from about the year 1873 until
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the intellectual world OF that generation
Of men who were boys from twenty to
iorty-fye years ago, and received their
education In the schools that existed in
Utah during those years.
When the educational history Of Utah
shall be written in detail, ii will tell many
story Of heroic effort and sacrifice ON
the part Of parents, who were among
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sat on pieces OF logs, and lhe teachers
desk was q small camp table,
In January 1885, Julian Moses, who
had Just finished small log house,
which was covered with willows and
earth, opened a school iu It, the school
furniture being Of the most primitive
fashion
on Feb u, iSl9, Salt Lake city
was divided into nj eteen Bishops
wards, and within a short time there
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and Fourth South Grades from begin.
ncrs to Eighth, inclusive.
Ninth Corner Fourth East and Filth
South. Grades from beginners TO First,
inclusive.
Sumner-Third East. between Sixth
and Seventh South. Grades from be-
ginners TO Eighth, inclusive.
Grant-First West, between Sixth and
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JACKSON.

Seventh South. Grades from beginners
to Eighth, inclusive.
Seventh-Fihh South, between West
Temple and First West, Grades rom
beginners to Fifth u, inclusive.
l.incoln--Fiith South, between Third
and Fourth West. Grades from begin
ncrs to Eighth, inclusive.
Untah-Corner Uiniah street and Park
avenue, Poplar Grove. Grades from be-
ginners to Sixth u. inclusive.
Ffemont-Second West, between First
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acted. as will be cX-
planned furih er on.
VIII e. this law was in
force a Bishops ward
wasa school district in
this city, and through
out the Territory, as a
rule. The statute pro.
vidcd for school meet.
ings for the purpose OF
voting on any propo-
sition OF taxa ion, and
many q time very inter-
esting sessions were
had.
At these meetings a
line was often drawn
very sharply between
the progressive and the
non-pfogressivc voter.
The former urged and
the latter opposed a
tax for the Improvement
OF the district school.
The result was that,
as year succeeded year,
the aid given to the
schools by means Of
district taxes was in
creased, and public
opinion was gradually
prepared, more an d
more thoroughly, for
an absolut ~ free
school law. While this
evolution in regard 10
taxation was ~ pro
press. many districts.
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and Second South Grades from begin.
ners to Eighth b, inclusive.
franklin Corner Second South and
Seventh West. Grades from beginners
TO Eighth, inclusive,
Jackson-Flrst, North, between Sixth
and Seventh West Grades from begin.
ners 10 Eighth, inclusive.
Northumberland First West and
Peach, Grades from beginners to
Eighth, inclusive.
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1894 to 1895, 6Ss, or a grand total OF g.
ISL, which IS certainly most gratifying
reached. Erection OF new school houses
has been stopped. It Is no, likely tina,
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PROPERTY VALUED AT A MILLION DOLLARS.
FACTS AND FIGURES.

IN iahfHg Hffoeaf Sh7he Oh Tuition inter Whiei
The Teacher Vas the cohef,Log Bovidfsc 7arafoa
Local option I'iaaptFif nee tlooi
REORGANIZATION @ The cy School, Boad5 and Sbzdd
School buildings Eteaf-Rens differentiation hgA Bnidigg
CJigg Neec55i1.
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here agains, Misrepresentation In regard
to their educational status, to be Obliged
to contradict statements to the effect that
the education Of the youth did not re.
eeive the attention from the legislature
and the people generally, that its import
anee meriied. Such statements. though
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through their trustees. adopted the plan
Of employing n teacher under an arrange
ment that guaranteed a stipulated salary,
and made the trustees the collectors OF
tuition fees from parents. This change
was a great relief to teachers laboring IN
the districts which were sufficiently pro-
gressive TO adopt IT,
The close Of the year 1887 saw great
lack OF uniformity amo ng the school dis
iricts oil the Territory. resulting from the
local option laws that had long been in
force. Some districts had good school
buildings. well supplied with apparatus,
and some the reverse; and consequently
children In some localities were enjoying
excellent educational facilities while
those in other places we're not being
well provided for
FREE SCHOOL NIL,
Progressive citizens generally began to
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their store Of clothing. The labor OF
providing the first necessaries OF lileper-
empiorily demanded their first attention.
In such a situation. posterity would
cheehully have pardoned them had they
rclegated to the back ground the subject
OF education But this they did not do
Just rs soon as the first requisites OF
civilized existence had been attended TO,
by putting in crops and constructing rude
dwellings, the subject OF schools for the
children received attention.
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A visit rmony the youthful army OF
grade warlsers Is VI inspiring sifht any
day ia the year when the schools are m
operation, and once witnessed Is not
easily forgotten. The discipline Is OF Tue
highest order, aud as a consequences inc
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1IlR FIRST SCHOOL.

As early as October isI7, only three
months after the Pioneers first pitched
their camp In the desert. a school was in
operation i, was taught by Miss Mary
Jane Dilworth, young lady seventeen
years OF age, who afterwards became the
wife Of Hon +. A. Hammond, now OF
Bluli san Juan county. Her school was
held IN a small circular tent within the
"Old Fort" enclosure. The children
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sem ~. but 10 fasl.y hied to become q
iar Tb9 r,lut Wss due in part To-
obi,etions urged against the form OF the
bili and IN plrt 10 the fact that the Utah
Legislature was not yet prepared TO es-
tablish a system OF free schools for the
The Iegisla,ufe which met in January
fsa3. wag more favorable TO the free
school proposi,on than any previous one
had been In fact Il was generally cx.
pected and desired that il would pass
free school law Mr.. Allen, who had
been reelected 10 the lower house, intro
duced a bin which was substantially the
same measure that had been defeated at
the previous session After consuming
much time In the lower house II passed
that branch. and went TO the Council.
Here il met with dcieit But the sent.
ment In favor Of free schools predomi.
mated in both branches OF the Legislature
and a committee OF the Council was. by
action OF that body. instructed to bring
In a bin free from the objections that
caused the defeat Of Mr.. Aliens measure.
Subsequently The committee reported
an elaborate school code which was at
length made a statute, and IS the present
school law Of the Territory. Under Il
al the districts in this city, twenty.one
in number, were consolidated into one,
and all the property belonging to them,
real and personal, was placed under the
control OF school board. the creation Of
which. by vote Of the registered suiifag-
lists OF the city, was provided for IN ihe
new law. Thus one set Of officers as
sumed control Of all the schools, school
properly and school affairs Of the whole
city.
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The same earnest desire for educa.
tional advancement that characterized
the people Of this city when opportuni-
ties were less numerous than they are
today-when We arc enjoying an impetus
in that direction that partakcs almost oi
the boom ordor-continued 10 increase on
every hand under the application and
operation OF the Territorial free school
system. That very much excellent work
was done IN the public schools Of the
city prior to the conso idaiion Of all the
districts into ono. that in fact there was
comparatively little OF an opposite char.
actcr, Is n matter Of general Information
TO persons familiar with the educational
conditions OF earlier days.
Hut the measured and steady steps in
pursuit OF school room knowledge Of
the "old district days, as the period
ante-dating 1890 Is sometimes called were
soon superseded by strides and bounds.
simultaneously in the hearts OF III par
euts and property owners sprang and
was iostercd the idea Of augneniing the
facilities for forging ahead more rapidly.
The population OF the city was ncrcas.
ing NJ an astonishing rate. And II nc.
commodations in the shape OF modern
school houses we're limi ed when the
general consolidation occurred In nc.
cordance with Legislative enactment Il
was very largely due to the influx OF
people from elsewhere To provide
proper school houses in which the chill.
drcn Of the entire city could receive In.
struction gratis was an herculean task.
ltrcquircd the expenditure ui a vast sum
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nARLy senooL rAcILIrlrs.

Intact il Is wonderful what was accom-
plished in the way OF educating the
children OF the early settlers Of Utah,
when the circumstances, environments
and disadvantages under which the latter
labored, are considered, The truth OF
this statement is amply borne out by sta
ustics relating to illiteracy, but more
empha,ically by the present standing in
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the early settlers here, TO provide their
children with an education; and I, will
tell OF many teachers who labored under
the most discoumging disadvantages in
the educational field, trying to impirt
knowledge, priceless, indestruotible, in.
tellec,ual wealth. to the children Of the
community.
On the 2ith Of July 1877, the Mormon
Pioneer party camped on the present site
OF this city. They were probably a
thousand miles from the nearest school
house. and the nearest book store, or
other place where school supplies could
be procured. They were without shelter
from the elements, and their food supply
was scarce. but no more so than was
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they were given extensive currency and
did much harm by increasing the popular
prejudice against the inhabitants OF Utah,
were always utterly unjust and untruihlul.
The reverse was the case From the fins,
settlement OF the valleys OF Utah, and
particularly from the early founding OF
this city. the subject OF education received
the most solctous attention.
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IIfLE THE
general public
OF the country
remained mis-
informed con.
corning affairs
and conditions
IN Utah, which
was the casein
former years,
It was a com
mon thing for
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(contiaues ." sage ~e"1)
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FRKE SCHOOL nILL.

Progressive citizens generally began to
feel that It was time Tor ichange to be
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This law. with minor amendments.
prevailed from about the year 1873 until
1890, when a general school law was en-,