The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-11

! state would get the DenenJ OF the pro-
/ ceeds. whereas. under the present DOL
! icy. the lands will he lost TO the state
[ recommend the modification OF our
land laws to meet the above contin-
gency.
Education.
That the schools Of Utah have made
/ excellent progress during the past two
/ years is not only evidenced by the re
! port OF the state superintendent OF
I public instruction. but it is written in
/ the signs of the times. No better testi-
mony OF the efficiency of our schools
could be given than that people from
/ other states are immigrating to Utah
/ with their families in order to afford
their children the superior advantages
! Of education furnished by our schools.
! superintendent Niillspaugh. until quite
! recently superintendent of Salt Lake
City's schools, on this point says: Re
ports from several of the buildings IN
dictate that q. large number of families
attracted by the educational advant-
/ ages offered here, have recentlv taken
Z permanent residence in this city" The
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, in his biennial report. says: IN
ali departments and in ali phases OF
educational work throughout the state
this progress IS shown. The schools
kare better graded, a larger percentage
OF the school population is in attend
ance, better teachers are employed.
more suitable buildings are erected and
most propitious OF all, the people SUD
port the schools more heartily than
ever before. When we take into con-
siderat ton the newness Of our state and
the hard pioneer life of her citizens.
continued in many localities up to the
present time. we cannot but look with
admiration and establishment upon the
interest they have taken in the educa-
ton of their children and the solid
foundation they have laid for this
work While the rehearsal of these
facts cannot but afford cause for con-
graduation. it must not be forgotten
that the burdens Of taxation are bear
ing down with eVer-increasing weight
upon the people and ii viii therefore
be d momentous duty for YOU to con-
trive how to maintain and increase the
standard of our schools without in
cTeas4ng taxation. The land funds
furnish a partial solution of this prob
lem, and ii is earnestly hoped that SUI
ficient revenues may be derived from
this source to warrant a slight decrease
in the tax rate Tor school PURPOSES
during the next two yeSis. But in any
event there should be no retrogression
in the efficiency of the schools. Let us
not step backward. Every dollar eX-
pended now in the education OF our
youth is a rock in the foundation of
our future greatness. While we cannot
afford to be prodigal,e it is my belief
that we can afford 10 be liberal in our
provision for education. There IS no
tax that the people pay with greater
cheerfulness than that which goes in
support of the public schools.
The excellent report of the state SUI
perintendent Will put you in possession
of a vast fund of information as to the
entire system of education in our state.
its uses and abuses. and 1 commend
his suggestions to your favorable con-
sideration.
State Institutions.
have prepared condensed state
ments showing in brief the con-
dition of the educa tiondl. elee-
mosynary. reformatory, penal and
their work for the past two years and
their requirements for the ensuing year.
These are presented 20 Sive you a gen
eral knowledge of their affairs without
necessitating immediate perusal of the
volurninous reports Of the various boards
and officers in charge
University of Utah.
The University of Utah, the Oldest
and highest institution of learning in
the state, is situated in Salt Lake City
upon Il lGll-dEiE DlOCh VI SiOQiiu ~
mated to it by grant from Salt Lake
City. All of the buildings belonging to
the institution, with their appurte-
nances, are located there. the needs of
the institution require improvements to
these buildings and various alterations
and repairs in the immediate future.
The United States government has
granted to the state sixty-acre tract
of land within the Fort Douglas mill
tary reservation on the bench east of
and overlooking the city for a univer-
sity site, conditioned that the institu-
ton shall establish itself there before
the year 1904. 1t would seem but poor
economy to continue improving the
present campus, if within a compare
lively short time the same is to be ut
terly abandoned and the university is
to find permanent Judgment upon the
government site. The state is UMPIRE
pared to erect new buildings sufficient
to fill the requirements of the institu-
ton, and so avail itself of the govern
ment grant within the next two years,
and hence the question of determining
the policy to be pursued with reference
to the site of the university of the fu-
ture impresseS itself upon your atten-
ton with ever increasing Importance.
More than four years have elapsed
since the grant was made by congress,
yet nothing has been done towards