The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-10
Prospective Increase

on Will notice from the above table
lnat a conservative estimate places at the
present time the number of the four
49, rs hdihed IN excess of the number
tnat can be satisfactorily accommodated
ana successfully taught at 766 The pros-
pfcuNe increase IN the school pODuTatiOu
LOT next year has not been taken into
SSliisloeratlon. "a will augment the num-
"eF az least sufficiently To bring the to-
taI 10 100. IL VIII be readily seen that il
PROVISION be made for Loo pupils i'm these
districts the increase will not he mel for
more than three years
My recommendation is that 81 b,,il5
ing having at least twenty-four class
rooms De constructed for use al the he
ginning OF next year. II should be local
ca near Ninth South. between First NVpsrI
and Third West streets.
Win a building of ample size in this
iocauty. IL would be possible Ia read
Just the boundaries OF the districts named
IN such way as To apportion the chill
nren among the school quite evenly ana
az the same time keep the most distant
points OF each district within "A reason
ae ne distance of the school building
Permit me to digress and saw that
experience shows that large buildings are
generally more advantageous 10 scbool
interests than smaller ones. They lessen
me cost and at the same time increa so
me efficiency Of supervision They make
possible classification of pupils that
permits more individual teaching and less
class teaching; the cost per room i'm orip-
Franklin overruled.
For some years the Franklin has been
Sleaey otercrowded. Built originally to
2StonhIhouate about SO pupils. the former
district now has over / 100 school children
While about 800 of these have been di
Nsrted 10 the Riverside school. construct
ed later, approximately 200 have been nm
der the dir elton OF the princiDai az The
FRANKLIN school. until the reimbursement
- - BOUNDARIES made at the beginning OF
~ p t semester, TO make provision
Tor the increased attendance the board
was compelled 10 equip the four basement
rooms, and later 20 rent six additional
rooms IN that neighborhood
Inc erection of a twelve-room build-
ing in the Franklin district would MOI
an my opinion anticipate the increase I'M
population for more than two or three
The Wasatcb building was originally
on eight-roOm structure Lately the four
basement rooms have been fitted mn for
school work, thus making it twelve
room building. While these rooms have
The common objection OF low ceilings
they are, In other respects. the best base-
ment rooms I'm the city. In fact they are
~ several essential respects better than
some rooms In other buildings located on,
flrSl and second floors. Very satisfactor,,
work can be done In the Wasatch school
Win an attendance or 900 pupils. requir-'
ine thirteen teachers. This would OF
course, necessitate double-session work In
nrst grade. Experience however. shows
that results secured In double-sessions irl
first grade have been quite as satIsfac-
tory as the results i'm single sessions i'm
this grade.
ne attendance at present ia the Wa
s&tch Is bo. or an excess of 1S The
Lowell attendance should be reduced 100
anu the Bryant 90 There are then al
present IN these schools at least 800
children more than the buildings can ac-
commOdate. Add 10 these the probable
increase for next year. and the number
viii reach 900. The need therefore. of
building In the northeastern part of
the city. with twelve on eighteen rooms.
is evident.