Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-05
Annual Report Of Board Of Education Officers
Presented,
n. c..wHlrNtY SUCCEEDS R. W. YOUNG.


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Il. W. young member from the FOUR"
preclnc, who was compelled 20 resign
on arconn, on his military service 10
the philippines. John q. MldEl.y pre-
fsrrrd formal charges aghnf, super
lrtspd,nt Of buildings plnnoy chlrf-
Ing mat oficer with dishonesty ana
favarIiirm In letting a contract Tor
heating and vcn;llitiug the now elEhi
room school house being erected 10 the
southwestern part u me c''y. The
charges occasloned considerable Dis
cussion and then went over for In
yes,lgnilon az a meeting 90 b. held this
evening.
on communication N The commit
zee on buildings and grounds. rcsolu-
il0n was adopted thanking Mts saai'
g. Benton for her generosity 10 dunat-
Ing and deciding 90 the board uf educ1-
ti5n a .ract N land ioXl2 r11s. 1n
Camps lane and Sixth North street. ~
% site Tor the erection ~ he new DAVIS
school building.
on recommendation " the same
committee. contracts were awarded 90
local dealers for furnishing jiniiors'
supplies the ensuing school year, IN
amount the contracts f1lt up ti2011.
Thc same committee reported thht
tho lowest and hes, bid f1r supplying
q carload 90 school lHskf. according tn
the specifications. was that " ". A..
McMillgn. whCfe bid was IN the sum
N 5000. Tho committees recon-
mcndati0n ihat The contract be award
ed 90 McMilleu was adopted. The
desks viii be- Tor use In the new. leased
high school building and In the two
grade buildings now under construc-
ton on the west side.
Thomas s, Fowler and \. r. Denny
applied for employment a. ianltorT.
W II. Jones NJ brigham city applied
Tor a teachers p1sllun, and ". O..
Taylor 81 Stockton. cal. mad applic1.
ton Tor ths position n supervisor ~
drawing. Both were referred 30 the
committee un teachers and acholi
work
Tho request OF Grace Near Tor leave
VI absence N one year. In order that
she may remain with an Invalid aunt
90 The committee on teachers and
school work.
PRESIDENTS REPORT.
Ocntirmcn.-I congratulate YOU on
the fact that end ~ tho eighth year
finds tho schools under our charge rtill
growing IN numbers and IN The favor uf
the people.
They are not yet ~ good AZ we wish
they were, nor 10y any means the boss
public schools In the country. but We
are encouraged by the knowledge that
they arc regarded by Intelligent and
experienced Observers as among the
best.
our per capita ~ cort h less than that
of any city whose reports we got and
our teaching salaries arr smaller than
most; but the dosirablllty of this No a
place Of residence has enabled us 10
secure ana retain a high average Of
Intelligent supervision and the splcntt I
esprit de curpn uf the whole body u
teachers. has kept salt Lake city well
M In the educational ranks.
The boards total expenditures for this
year exceeded those % last by tiOt. lsl o.
u; that does not mean that u has cost
more 10 run the schools, but rather
argues that IN tho future II VIII cost
less, as our assets have been Increased
and our ilhhlii ties decreased. Two
Items account Tor the difference tf365. %
1881 MS against S2GlOIi.ID First. the
Webster school, which was opened In
January, cost tji31aO2. II Is mag
nificcnt building, modern In all It's APP
polntuCnts, VIII seat nearly n thousand
pupils In IT, eighteen well lighted ana
ventilated rooms. ana n good Tor a gcn-
Grafton. Second this year the board
bought aud retired forty-scven Of its
outstanding 1900 bonds at cost Of
Ns,5i57i, and IL stili has i5.asii7 Of it,
sinking FUND for Investment The ac-
tunl cost Of maintaining the schools has
been very nearly the same a. last year
although we have had CTS more pupils
enrolled Oi,g2a as against ii.giD and 10
more teachers employed (sji a. against
2iD.
Some items Of expense have been
greater and some lcra. but the nggre-
gate h almoa, the same. a saving may
be made next year In some matters.
Hooks VIII cost several thousand doll
lars less, a. this was the end NJ the
iive-yctr adoption period, ana many
new books were bought The Interest
charge VIII be- lees On bonds and moth
Ink on overdrnftH. AL our buildings
were Insured In February for three
years az cost ~ ii,7bi0s. our saving
In the building fund ought 10 be some
thing like $4,000, 1.-THE two-Htnry. eight
room building 81 which the four upper
rooms VIII be unnnlshedl, 10 b. erected
on the corner 81 Eighth South and
Sixth West streets. viii cost. with heat
Ing plant and ground. nearly $50 1000.
ana viii be ready for occupancy In Sep
tembcr. The two-room building wcEt of
the Jordan. In the northwest portion OF
the city, VIII also be ready when school
opens, ana viii cost about 5000. Both
buildings are needed.
Before school opens again. the four
vacant rooms In the Webster will he
ready for occupancy. the one IN the
Whittier rebuilt ana the long one IN the
Longfell0w partl toned. We viii next
year accommodate some 600 more grade
pupils than heretofore In our own build
ingH. ana thus save some rent, relieve
oycrcruwdcd buildings, Increase the
comfort ~ scholars and teachers and
add 10 the efficiency OF Che schools.
That Tor which the board VIII be-
most commended hy those Interested
In ana familiar with the work ~ the
High school. will prhnhy be the pro-
curcment Of the new quarters for that
school on West Temple street, between
Second and Third South streets. The
building Is being especially constructed
for ana adapted 10 our use, II viii
conveniently and comfortably accom-
mndatc about 20 per cont more pupils
than were lnconvenicntly housed IN the
old buildings and Notwithstanding the
Increased rent Ni.3o0 as agalnF, $500
paid last Year, tho total expense OF
operating the school Ia the now build
Ing win probably be less than In the
old, Roth teachers and scholars In
the lllgh school ought TO do better
work than ever before. by the time
the lease terminatcf -l90S-it IL o. be
hoped this districts proportion ~ the
Income from State school lands win be
cnsidornhle and that the unused real
estate belonging 10 the board In the
city win be s1lnble nj such prices as 20