The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-01
WILL KEEP THE
SCHOOLS OPEN
Commercial Club and Education
Board Win Act.
SCHEME TO RAISE MONEY
ARRANGE TO GIVE BIG CONCERT
AT THE TABERNACLE.

The Commercial club has determined
/ to supply the deficit in the fund
necessary TO keep the schools open
the full term. President A. q. Giauque
Ct the board of education has called a
special meeting of the board, to be held
at noon today, to take official cogni-
zance OF this move The club is going
ahead with preparations for a concert
at the tabernacle which will be the best
possible with the talent the city at
lords. BY this means it is hoped TO
raise at least $4,000. This amount, with
the sums already subscribed by the
patrons and the amounts they can raise
by continuing their efforts, is Believed
to be ample to keep the schools open
the fun five weeks remaining in the
school yeaF
The committee on education and the
committee on ways and means of the
I Commercial club met last evening 10
Wrestie with the situation The deveI-
opment mentioned resulted. At the
conclusion of the meeting at the club
rooms the following letter was drafted,
to be sent TO all the schools today:
/ To the Teachers Of the Public schools OF
salt Lake City;
You are hereby informed that at a joint
meeting OF the committees on ways and
means and on education of the CONNER
Cial club it Was the unanimous vote that
] the schools be kept open fOur or five
weeks, as the case may be IN order To
complete the year s work and arraT &c for
the usual promotions. To this end the ut
most zeal should be continued in the rails
ing OF FUNDS IN the several ScnOOi olVl-
siOns. and the board of education is re-
uUested to take such official action as
viii give effect to this notice 1t is the
purpose of the committees named to lend
such aid as they may in this continuation.
and they ask the cordial cooperation Of
all the parents and Of the general public
IN the raising or the necessary FUNDS, OF
which there is every prospect Of success.
Please give this notice in the schools to-
morrow. Nav l.
The undersigned were appointed a sub
committee TO send this notice:
WILLIAM NELSON.
Chairman Committee on Education,
Commercial Club.
L. S HILLS
Chairman Committee Ways and Means.
H. P. HENDERSON.
Member Board of Education.
j. 3. MORETON.
Clerk Board of Education.
Concert at Tabernacle.
The concert will be in charge of Pro-
feSsOr J. J. Mcclellan, chairman of
the clubs committee on music The
date has not been fixed, but viii be
announced today.
At the meeting last evening besides
the members of the committees. Judge
H P Henderson, ". A. NeIden and
Byron Cummings. members of the
board of education; J. B. Moreton,
clerk OF the hoaI1; Principal George a.
Eaton Of the High school and Principal
David Mckay of the Lowell school were
present
Lewis S. Hills. chairman of the ways
and means committee, presided Man
ager Fisher s. Harris stated the object
of the meeting He explained the work
that was being done by the patrons in
the way of raising funds and that there
would be Il deficit in a number OF dis
tricts, especially those inhabited by the
poorer classes. To raise this deficit Mr..
Harris suggested that the concert be
given, and stated that he had already
made preliminary arrangements, sub
ject to the ratification of the commit
tees and the board Of governors.
The question as to the amount of the
deficit was raised. Mr.. MOreton stated
that no accurate reports had reached
his Office, and that Superintendent D.
H. Christensen was quarantined with
diphtheria. Mr.. Neldeu said he thought
$1,000 would be sufficient, provided the
parents kept up their work of raising
funds
Parents Must Work
At the suggestion of John E. DooIy.
Judge Henderson moved that the secre-
tary of the board of education be re-
quested to send word 10 the schools to
continue, that the Commercial club
would do all il could to raise the re-
naming amount necessary to keep the
schools open until the regular promo
ton and graduation Of classes, but that
the work by the parents committees of
raising funds must go on with energy.
After some discussion, this motion was
carried.
IF the schools should ne kept open
only four weeks, instead of five said
Principal Mckay of the Lowell school,
1T would injure US in making our coll
lechons Of the subscriptions. as the I'M
Outstanding in our district is that the
money IS TO keep the school open the
full five weeks
Principal Eaton of the West Side
High school said enough money had
been pledged to keep the senior and
junior classes going, $1,140 having been
subscribed. but there was a shortage
Of 81 900 in the amount needed to keep
the entire school running OF this 5000
more had been pledged during the day,
and there was a prospect Of raising
$4O0 more He had during the day sent
out $50 letters to parents VINO had not
contributed, asking them to 40 what
they could.
This has all been on the basis of a
of uncertainty has been highly detri-
mental to good school work. and we
could not possibly get through in less
than five weeks. The teachers are
ready to work five weeks if the money
can be raised TO keep the school open
for four weeks
For Fun Five Weeks.
It was the general sentiment that
every effort should be made to keep the
schools open the fun five weeks. Judge
Henderson, William Nelson, L. s. Hills
and j. r. MOretOn were appointed q
committee to formulate the letter to the
different principals. which is in the ma
ture of a request until the board can
take official action. After the meeting
Mr.. NeIden called up President A c.
Giauque of the board and he agreed to
call that body together at noon today
to take official action on keeping the
schools open in accordance with the
plan agreed on
AR Harris concert plan was then
ratified. and he was instructed to go
ahead with it
It developed during the meeting that
the only response to the boards general