The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-07

and Cancelled ......... 2o,oOooo
Bonds outstanding :. .sSo5, oOo 90
Less sinking fund in
vestment, $40, 1854, say 100000
Net Indebtedness .S765 0OO.t0
SCHOOL WORK.
Another year of prosperity has at
tended the administration of the public
schools of this city. Their rapid
growth and the increased demand for
school accommodations has taxed the
resources of the board TO its utmost ca
pacity. The cost of maintenance is be-
low tina Of any of our western cities
OF approximately the same population.
Credit is due to our superintendent
for the success Of the entire system;
10 the special supervisors Of music,
drawing, penmanship and physical cul-
ture, for the eminent success obtained
in their respective departments.
The teachers and pupils who, by their
presence and labor, have maintained
the excellence and comfy that has pre-
vailed in our schools for the past year.
l desire to specially commend. When
we consider their number and the few
complaints that have been made to
the board, we can but be convinced
that their association, discipline and
education are such as viii tend to
make the pupils, when they reach man
hood and womanhood, worthy, intelli-
gent and honored citizens OF our new
state.
For more detailed account 1 will
refer you to the report of the commit
tee on school work.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The subject of a high school build
ing has been repeatedly brought before
the public, but the board, owing to the
condition of its finances, has been I'M
able to erect it.
To raise the amount necessary for it's
completion on one Of the sites owned
by the board will require a special tax
Of three mills on the dollar. Before
such a tax can be levied, it will have
to be submitted to a vote of the tax
payers.
If our constituents are averse to this
method, the alternative remedy is to
issue bonds. The yearly rental paid
for the present inadequate quarters is
sufficient to pay the annual interest
no increased expenditure
The present quarters cannot be either
properly heated or ventilated; do not
admit OF proper arrangement of class
rooms, and are so poorly lighted as to
be menace and unnecessary strain to
the eyes of the pupils
The use Of the building for school
purposes was condemned by the last
grand jury.
1t should also be considered that
with a return of commercial prosper
10y the rent of the buildings occupied
Will be increased to an amount that
the board cannot afford to pay.
The people of this city are fnan-
claliy able to afford the grade pupils
an opportunity to continue the educa-
ton begun under such favorable au-
spices.
The high school has been in every
respect satisfactory and thorough, but
the present condition of affairs cannot
continue without injury both physi-
cally and mentally, to the pupils. Ply
slcaIly, owing to the improper lighting
ana ventilation, and mentally, through
the curtailing of the subjects of STUDY
due to the inadequacy of Lcconmoda-
ton and equipment.
The parents who have contributed for
the erection and mainE ennnce of our
grade schools will, in the near future
demand adequate, heaiEhful and prop
erly equipped high school accomn1oda-
ton for their children.
MANUAL TRAINING.
AS soon as our finances will permit.
manual training should be added to our
high school
Its experimental stage is a. thing of
the past. All the schools thar have
adopted it report favorably. 1t salts
iies the desire of the pupil for self ap-
nraisemenf to be able to accomplish
something that belongs distinctly to
stands as a decided advance in the new
lines of educational growth.
DR.. Adler Of New York writes:
Boys Who were considered stupid,
and at last believed 1t themselves, were
soon found to be the first in manual
skill in the workshop and in scientific
instruction that required observation.
They regainsd the respect of their fell
low students ard the success they
achieve in manual training gives them
back their self-respect and spurs them
on to greater things. For this reason,
if for no other. manual training should
be made a paIt of all school instruction.
1t develops the mind of many a child
than can learn but poorly from books.
The public schools Of the United
States have, by their adoption of man
ual training, formed secondary schools
and have demonstrated that. ,-tfuc3tlon
to be practical must c -As-st of two dis
tinct phases-knowleds itself and its
utilization to the advantage of its pos
SCISSOR
If the state undertakes to educate a
youth, IL should be in lines eninently
practical Many worthy pupils talents
can be developed by no other method.
1t will nOE augment the expense and
simple justice demands that this class
receive the same attention as those
whose talents can be utilized and de-
ve.pped by the ordinary methods.
STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
The study of the living foreign Ian
guaacs is ATTENDED with much diff
Guilty in the United States; tle teacher
IHay te competent, but the opporluni-
ties to practice the pronunciation are so
limited thar the result merits the criti-
cism of Professor Marciland, to-wit:
During ten years Of experience in
TEACHING exclusively the French CONVEX
sation TO over a thousand private pu-
pills, noticed than most of the AmerT-
cans coming to Paris are able to read
French fluently, but quite a. loss TO
speak it, and still mora SO to under
stand 1T when spoken by French peo-
pie. They have studied French as 1t
IS written, but not as 1T Is spoken
The difficulty is than 1T IS fmpraGeic-
able in this country TO study foreign
languages as they are spoken. The ac-
c,,s,-e mani of the enumeration of q for