The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-17
Important Action by the Trustees
Last Evening.
IT RELATES TO BEGINNERS
WHEN THEY CAN ENTER THE PUB
Lie SCHOOLS.
Proposed AfiIiatiOn between the
High school and University Pre-
paratOry SchOOI-A One Hundred
Thusand Dollar Loan Lake
Breeze SchooI-Treasurer's Re-
pOrt-ROutine Business.


The board of education met last /
night, all members present, and in adj /
dition to transacting considerable rou- /
tine business passed a resolution de- /
barring beginners from entering the |
school at the opening of the second /
half of the school year. This action was
in accordance with the Recommended /
lions of superintendent Millspaugh.
THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
The matter came uD on the follow
ing communication from the commit
tee on teachers and school work:
1.-The committee on teachers and
school work beg to report that last
year at the opening of the second half
year there were $50 beginning pupils
admitted. 1t is probable that about
the same number will enter this year.
Inasmuch as all the primary grades
are full, or over full, at the present
time, the admission of these pupils
would necessitate transfers of pupils
from one class to the next higher
through several grades; in some cases
disturbing every class from the begin
ners to the sixth grade. Now when it
is considered that all the classes are
but fairly adjusted; that teachers and
pupils have but just come to know
each other we'll enough to make the
best work possible; that the rearrange-
ment of classes at this time would eff
feet them seriously; and that the num-
Der of pupils thus injuriously affected
would be at least ten times the num-
Der to be benefited by admission of be-
ginners; and that beginning pupils who
do enter at the mid year are found by
experience to attend very irregularly
until about May /; and further that
the admission of beginners at the mid
die of the year affects the eighth grade
and required a supplemental class in
that grade during the second half year;
hence there seems to be good grounds
for questioning the wisdom of admit
ting beginners at the middle of the
year. Your committee therefore rec
commended the adoption of the follow
ing resolution: Resolved that the rec
ommendation of the superintendent of
schools as regards the non-admiSSiOn
of beginners at the second half of the
year be adopted with the exception
of children of legal age who can start
with the classes as they stand at the
beginning Of the second half year.
Mr.. Hansen asked to be excused
from voting, but when the roll was
called voted against the resolution,
while all the others stood in favor
of it.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The regents and faculty of the state
university, through President ]. E.
Talmage, submitted the following in
teresting communications:
The university preparatory school
and the city high school are
engaged in the work of secondary in
struction The curricula of the two
institutions are professedIy parallel to
a very great extent. The two-fold pur-
pose of high schools in generaLthat Of
preparing the student for advanced
collegiate study on the one hand and
that of providing finishing courses Of
secondary grade on the other, is at
present as truly a feature of the uni
Versity preparatory school as of the
high school The work of instruction
of high school grade demand teachers
and equipment of a specialized nature
we respectfully suggest and propose
that an utilization on a basis some
what similar to that already estab-
lished between the city training school
effected between the high school of
the city and the prepare tory school
of the university. 1t appears that such
plan promises great advantages to
the city school system, to the univar-
sity and to the public in general. A
great saving of means would be Sc
cured by the reduction of teaching
force and equipment for the courses
which are common to the two insti-
buttons.
1.-The west building on university
square, at present used as the Utah
School for the Deaf, will probably be
at the service of the university before
the beginning of another academic
year, and it is the present intention
of the university authorities 10 use
said building for preparatory school
work. Should the space therein be
insufficient for all the classes Of the
two schools associated as herein pro
posed. the most advanced work could
be conducted in the rooms of the main
building, where all the secondary grade
work of the university has been for
years successfully carried on. The
laboratory work would be provided for
in the laboratory building. The ex-
tensive library and museum facilities
of the university would be at the ser
vice of the combined schools Stu
could be admitted according to the
rules prescribed by the city board of
education, and the expenses of the
schools could be adjusted so that the
city and the university would each
bear its proportionate part. The selec-
ton and employment of teachers could
be provided for so as to meet the re-
quirements of the governing authOri-
ties of both the city school system and
the university.
The communication was referred to
the committee on teachers and school
work.
Other business was disposed Of as
| follows:
BONDS FILED.
The bond of Clerk ]. B. Moreton in
| the sum of $4,000, with ]. H Farlow
and J. NJ Stout as sureties, was ap-
proved. Similar action was also taken
| on the bond of Treasurer Josiah Bar
nett in the sum of $250.000 with W. S.
! McCrnick, T. r. Jones, Richard Mack
fntosh George NJ Scott, J. E. Bam-
! berger, a. Hanauer as sureties. The
| latter five bind themselves in the sum
! of $4,000 each.
| On recommendation of the commit
| tee on finance the clerk of the board
was directed to solicit bids from the
| bankers of this city to loan on call
| 100000, or any part thereof, stating
! the interest that will be paid thereon;
| the same to be secured by the deposit
of securities satisfactory to the board.
! The clerk was authorized to purchase
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