Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-12


The public schools opened today with |
IN. usual large attendance. What a
big army Of little people II Ia that year.
ly shrongs the halls Of our Institutes OF
learning 20 imbibc Of the life-glvihE'
man.aavinE waters ~ the Piaerian
spr.nri And II 10 20 be observed that
A. the population increafer. the ratio OF
little people keeps pace with II ana
preserves the relative membership on
the school rolls too, which Il another
evidence OF the previously assured TACT
that uiahs progress IL steady and
stable. There IL 20 much that u WIN
some In the spectacle Of bis ana lltus
children vending their way TO school,
even though they may In some measure
conform to the Rhakspcarean deacrip-
ton and be unali.paced. that familiarity
with II does not stale it In the least
Long live tho children and may their
lives be useful. honorable and bcne-
noiai 10 themselves and those about
them, They will soon CEASE to be chill
drcn and will then have their attention
turnel 10 taklnE care VI hoae who are
coming Aiong 10 take up the wcrk OF
NE where thry leave " on. even a.
they are preparing to take u NJ where
we leave Il on. and IN ths work OF
preparation the school IL the indlapen-
cable primary factor.
Utah has always been an active sup
porter OF the cause OF education. be'
fore the Pioneers had Inhabited this In
horpitable soil twelyomon,h. teach
ing system for tho young was csiab'
ilshed. The firrt needs o. all were Of
course subsistence. the next ralmen, anC
the next shelter. To secure these I'M
der such circumstances, even OF IN
most Indifferent character was a mat
ser Of such exircme difneulty and con
tinuoua effort az 20 well niHht preciud
other things which were not 20 I'm
mediatcly necessary yet thc matte
Of keeping the youthful mind In sue
training as was at all possible. an
thereby impianiing and maintaining
desire for knowledge was never nea
iccted. IA the people grew In numbes
and possessions, the schools kept stead
march with the pace OF advancement
and there has been no falling on Z
slackenlnn Mt any timci on the cot
trary. at all reasonable times the sui
icct has received practical and In
proved attention. until now our cducl
iionai system from beginning 10 end
not far behind that of the oide
OF the sta,eh, while very far ahead
that OF any OF the new ones.
Let the good cause 10 on unin,errup
ed until splendid Quotations alonE pri
teal ~ well as mental lines shall b
come the rule and lack Of them the We
rare exception. The percentaEe OF
literacy In Utah, ~ compared with IN
Of any other state of the Union, II We
low Indeed. not quite 20 low a. that
two or three. but lower than the gre
majority and a. low az many that We
ia organized existence Ions beforc VI
was settled. II should be and no dou
Is the desire OF an our people TO ma
that undesirable tniAlon among d
population sim smaller aud smaller
an eventually II disappears altoseth
and our fair commonwealth eontal
not one resident. who h sound OF MI
and OF the age OF accountability, u
cannot read and write Il would b'
grand contamination Indeed, one u
would make a splendid showing a
one that would amount to the larg
return for the means Invested NJ
enterprise within our midst In
place under the sun are taxes y
more freely for educational purpo'
and one Of ths reasons for this Is
very thing above suggented-lhe peo
are constantly being confronted "
the evidence that shows the rest
juailfying the expenditure. We are .
oeeding nnely.