Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
Progress of the
County Schools.

49, HE combined school population
OF Salt Lake City and salt Lake
county IN 1891, before the city
was separated from the county
was 1925. The population In 1904 is
%, $751; an increase Of lO,3OO
In 1891 there were 2S male and rs
female teachers, a total Of lOl, In 1904
there are IN Salt Lake county alone "a
male and % female, making a total OF
lJl
The school population OF the county
exclusive OF Salt Lake city is $3.50
Taking this as against the population OF
1891 It would seem that Isl teachers %
$3.50 school population is extrayagant IL
lOl teachers could supply the teaching
energy for q population OF 1858 In 1891.
This increase IN teachers Is mainly due
to the Increased per cent Of attendance
There Is about twice the per cent Of
attendance now that there was In 1891,
and the aim is not to crowd too many
pupils into a room, about 40 pupils be-
Ing considered reasonable quota for
each teacher
The amount expended for teachers In
1891 was, female, NOI6s.2G, and mat,
ss5.lS8.25; total, ;6625l5O The average
yearly pay Of males being sSlO'l2; OF
females, s55s.46 The salaries Of male
teachers for 1908 amounted to sSS,sO5.9bi
OF female, Sn,9O5.54; total, S75,1il,5O,
the average yearly pay Of males beins
$780, the average yearly pay OF females
being Si5G
Since 1891 the following school dis
tncts have built school buildings
Union, Murray, East Jordan, Big Cotton
wood, the five Mn Creeks, the two
brghtons. Farmers Ward, Sandy, tho
two Binghams, Rlyerton, Hunter, But
lerylle, Granger South Taylorsyille.
and West Taylorsyille-2i In all. Every
district In the county has its own school
building. Nearly one.half OF the school
buildings are supplied with single
desks.
The trustees OF Salt Lake county al
present are alive TO the school interests,
They have shown business tact IN fur
nlshing school apparatus and supplies.
Special attention has been given TO
blackboards, and there are now but
few districts not supplied with good
blackboards. States are almost a thins
OF the past, their place being taken by
note books and paper Nearly every
school Is supplied with a neat teachers
desk, q clock. and a book case pretty
wen filled with books
The schools are all graded and fol-
lowing closely the state course
Of study. Each month test ques.
tons are sent out from the
county superintendents Office foI
the purpose OF unitylng the school work,
and the principals Of the various
schools give oral tests IN all the rooms
under their special Jurisdiction.
our teachers have taken advantage OF
the summer school courses offered by
the University Of Utah, and In conse,
quence many are receiving life d,plos
mas IN scholarship and teaching Most
Of the teachers are banded into readlnh
circles IN their respective teaching 10.
calltles,all studying a systematic course
OF pedagogical reading.
out OF the i5i teachers In the county,
Sc come from normal training schools,
most OF them from the University OF
Utah. Thus skilful teaching Is taking
the place OF the switch and the ferule,
and the whining sehoolboy' Is fast dis
appearing.
Music IL taught In every school IN
the county, and In most Of the schools
drawing lessons are given.
Parents meetings have been held In
any the districts and their effect