The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-02
LONG SCHOOL VACATION
The Lack of Funds Nccessitates
Closing June 4.
TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN
THE USUAL TIME.
Salt Lake Will Make Bid For the
National Educational Convention
of 1Sos-Miss Cox's appointment
as Stenographer Confirmed-Rou-
tine Business of the Board of Ed
ucation.

The public schools will close two
weeks earlier than usual this year on
account of lack of funds. This deci-
sion was arrived at by the board OF
education last night. The school year
will therefore end June instead of
June Is.
The committee on finance reported
that careful estimate of the revenue
for the balance of the school year and
the cash on hand shows a total of
| S69, Gel "a and that the estimated eX-
penditures for the same period reach
the sum of $77,6S1.30, showing defl-
cheney of sS,01o.30.
Following this report came resolu-
ton from the finance committee call
| ing attention to the shortage OF funds,
and as the board is not empowered to
| incur an Indebtedness in excess OF the
revenue for any one year the two weeks
were cut off and the superintendent
was instructed to modify the course of
study accordingly.
Upon recommendation of the commit
tee on teachers and school work it was
resolved that it be the sense of the
board that active and immediate steps
be taken towards inducing the National
Educational association to mold its 1898
meeting in this city. To that end the
president of the board and the superin-
tendent of schools were constituted a
committee to interest the governor. the
mayor, city council chamber of COM
merce and the public in general to as
Sist in setting forth the advantages of
this city as place of meeting.
SPRING VACATION
The same committee recommended,
and it was adopted. that the schools
be closed for spring vacation from
April to April inclusive; that Miss
Ida Dysart be temporarily employed as
teacher in the Fremont school at
salary of $50 per month, in place of
Miss Louise Wolff, Withdrawn on ac-
count of i'll health; that Miss Emma
T:bbetts be given temporary employ
ment as teacher in the Tenth school
at salary of s55 per month, in place
of Miss Alice Coulthurst who was
granted leave of absence.
The appointment of Miss Mary V
Cox as stenographer in the superinten-
dents office was confirmed and the
superintendent was authorized to pur-
chase a new typewriting machine
Treasurer Barnett's report for the |
month of March was submitted as fol-
lows:
On hand March 1..s 57. O24 90 |
Tuition fees ............. 215 so
Rent ---..... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80 90 /
Interest on city bonds. 500 90
Total receipts ....S5 7. 769 SO |
Total payments " 2O.515 6S |
Balance on hand ......... .ss7, 25s 81
The total disbursements for the past
nine months was s199. 7S473.
Applications to teach were received |
from the following: James E Patter. |
Pena Blanca, N. NJ; Adelia NJ Smith, |
Erie, Pa. Belle H. Lewis, city: Alice |
A Hunter, Oskaloosa, Kan; Nav Carr.
indianapolis, Ind; Miss Theo Alexan,
der, Duluth. Mimi: Maybelle L. Nor
gan, city; Martha A. Beeson, Pocatello; |
Bessie c. Peek, Provo; Mrs N. F. |
Shelton, Washington. D. c.. Margaret !
w Erwin, Ann Arbor; Helen Zeien,
Calumet, Mich: Mabel Bee, Provo; |
Grace Irene Bridge. David City, Neb.:
w l. Brown. Nephi; B. c. Hastings.
Butte; Mrs. Charlotte Cornwell, De
Witt. Neb.: Minnie Margetts, city; c.
A Miller, De Graft. o.: Mary Marshall.
Boston; w. S. Maborg, Chicago; Wal
lace E. Mason, Orange. Mass: Charles
w. Russell, Cheyenne; F. A. Swanger,
Albion, Ida; Ben o. Foster, Brookline,
Mass; S. S. Townsley, Vermillion. s.
D.; S. X. Gomard. Bloomington. Ind;
a. w. Beasley, Peoria ILL.,: Lizzie w
Miller. Idaho Falls: W. E Rowe. Louis
tello; Mrs. Helen Burbank, city; NJ. R.
Harcombe, Ogden; Miss A. Jessie
Davis, West Superior, Wis: w. w.
Grant. Providence. r. l.; Mae Kane,
city; n. c. Campbell. Colorado Springs.
Colo. Referred to the committee on
teachers and school work
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
The committee on teachers and school
work recommended that the same gen
eral plan of high school commence
ment exercises as was last year carried
out be adopted for this year also and
that Mr.. Malone be invited to give an
address on some appropriate educa-
tional subject. The committees
recommendations were adopted by the
board
The sum of $500. received in interest
On the Salt Lake City bonds held by
rom the county on account of tax
sales redemptions, and the sum of $685.
received as tuition, was ordered turned
nto the treasury.
The appropriation list which was
passed amounted to $19,916.63.
Cotton offered a resolution granting
% superintendent Millspaugh a leave |
If absence for two weeks, including the
week of spring vacation. Mr.. Cotton
explained that the object of the leave
If absence was to give the superin-
endent chance to look around for a
candidate for principal of the
high school The resolution was
.dopted.
Dolly Stopper rendered her resigna-
ion as teacher of the Hamilton school
N account of i'll health. The same was