The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-05

DR.. ]. F. Millspaugh, at last nights
meeting OF the board of education, was
unanimously reelected superintendent
OF public schools for the ensuing year.
The salary was fixed AT 81, 500
When the regular routine business
mad been transacted Mr.. Westerield
offered a resolution fixing the salary
of the superintendent at $500 for the
ensuing year The motion carried
without debate. Thereupon Mr. Col
ton placed DR.. Millspaugh in nominal
ton, in SO doing referring to his ex-
cellent services III the past. There was
no opposition and DR.. Millspaugh re-
ceived the unanimous vote of the
body
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The board had an unusual amount
of other business before it, the most
important being the arrangement for
the proposed state normal school. The
matter came up on the following re-
port which was adopted:
Your committee on teachers and
school work, to whom was referred the
communication of James z. Talmage,
president of the University, in rela-
ton to the arrangement OF details for
the proposed state normal school, beg
TO report that we have had the matter
under careful consideration for some
time and have had several meetings
with the faculty of the University,
and under authority granted the board
in the following section OF the new
school law, viz. That the board of
education may assign to the state
normal school for the purpose of illus
Tating instruction in the practice
school connected herewith sufficient
number of children of appropriate
grades and reimburse the state normal
school for the instruction of such pu-
pills at rates per pupil not exceeding
the average cost Of instruction per pu-
Pill in the public schools of the city, as
ascertained for each year your com
mittee beg to recommend the adoption
of the following resolutions:
Resolved. First that the board of
education assign to the STAT normal
school forty-five pupils of each grade,
or as near that number as is done in
other schools throughout the city, or
as near thereto as is practicable;
Second, that the board furnish the
pupils thus assigned to the state nor
NAL school books, stationery and school
supplies such as are furnished the
other pupils in the public schools, and
loan 10 the state normal school a suffi-
Gent number of desks for pupils and
teachers and chairs to fit up an eight
room building
Third, that the board exercise no
supervision over the state normal
school as TO the conduct OF the grade
work beyond requiring a compliance
with the rules of the board as to the
course Of study, hours of daily ses-
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duct of the transfer of pupils
Fourth, that the board does not de-
sire TO have any voice in the selection
Of teachers for the training school
Fifth, that the board will not incur
any expense for rent Of the rooms oc-
cupied by the training school and also
that the training school be removed
from the fremont building. and that
the state normal school provide a suit
able and comfortable building for the
accommodation of the pupils thus as
signed TO it at its own expense
Sixth, that the board viii reimburse
the state normal school for the instruc-
ton Of said pupils at rates per pupil
not exceeding the average cost of in
Struction per pupil in the public
schools of the city. as ascertained for
the preceding school year; said average
cost per pupil being based upon the
cost of teachers salaries. janitors sal
aries, janitors' supplies, fuel and lights
and maintenance and repairs as ascer-
tanned for each year, and further that
the payments be made monthly to the
state normal school on duly verified
vouchers
TEACHERS CERTIFICATES.
The following rules relative to teach
ers certificates were adopted:
First-That teachers who expect to
teach in any of the first four grades
be required to take the examination
of primary certificates only.
Second-That teachers who expect
10 teach in grades from the fourth to
the eighth, inclusive. be required to
take the examination for grammar GER
tificates.
Third-That principals of buildings
in which six. seven and eight grades
are taught, and all High school teach
ers be required to take the examination
for high school certificates.
Fourth-That an average of 20 in
all subjects. with a standing in no
subject lower than So be required for
any certificate.
Fifth-That an average of so in all
subjects, with standing in no sub
ject lower than So be required for re-
movable certificates.
SiXth-That an average of so, and
not less than 60 in all subjects neces-
sary for a grammar certificate be re-
quired as a preliminary to an applica-
ton for a high school certificate
Seventh-That an average of 20 in
high school branches. and not less
than so III all subjects be required to
secure high school certificate
The committee on teachers and school
work was also authorized to employ a
pcnman TO write the names of the
eighth grade pupils upon their certifi-
Gates and OF the high school pupils
upon their diplomas; the date for the
high school commencement exercises
was fixed for June IL TO be held at the
Salt Lake theatre. and a special COM
mittee appointed to look after the
invitations and the distribution of
tickets for the exercises.
TO LOOK AFTER TRUANTS.
John W. Miner was employed at a
compensation of 50 per day to look
after truant school children. notify
parents in regard to the law compelling
them to send their children 10 school,
TO make arrests when necessary and
TO act as a special police officer in so
far as any pupil of the public school
may be concerned.
Payrolls were passed amounting TO
$S.742.S6
A resolution was also passed pro-
vJding that all certificates obtained by
any applicant at a regular examination
on an average of so per cent or above
with 2 minimum of not less than sc
per cent in any one subject. be re-
newed by the examining board: pro-
vided, that If the standing in one SUBJ
ject only is below so per cent the ap-