Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
Murray IS Proud of
Her Fine School System

ONE of the Institutions of whicI
~ Murray has cause to be prou'
10 ber public school system. Under tn
oble direction of Superintendent u
NJ. Mumford the schools have mao
steady and continuous advancement
since the incorporation of Murray d.
a second class city.
Murray began the separate contro
of her schools on Jan. /, 1906. VIII
Henry w. Brown. John A. Jones
| Joseph C. Cahoon. Orson Sanders. anC
Michael Mcmillan as the first board
Of education. The present board Is
composed of the following: Orsor
Sanders. president; d. A. Mcmillan
| yice-president; D. F. Cahoon. John A
| Jones and L. D. RugG.
There are four school buildings In
Murray, two OF which are modern
| There are three principals, 25 teachers
| and three supervisors. The teaching
force in the Murray schools is of the
highest class OF ability in the state.
and the salaries paid are liberal. The
principals salaries average S1.100 a
year. male teachers are receiving an
average of $76.25 per month and
female teachers S66.5O per month.
SCHOOL POPULATION.
The school population of Murray
according to the last school census
show 1926 children between the ages
of and 49, There are enrolled. of
ti,i of
with an average attendance of $50.
Nearly 20 per cent of the school popu-
lation is over 16 years of age. a
large proportion having graduated
from the public schools and are now
following some employment or at
tending higher institutions of learn
ing. Thus nearly every child of COM
pulsory school age is in school. The
text books in use are almost identi-
cal with those of the state. making
II possible for teachers to do uniform
work in parallel grades
The work of the past three years in
manual training is showing beneficial
results. w. r. Fowler is supervisor
of shop work in the schools and he is
doing much for the boys. Mrs. Vic
toria o. Fowler is supervising the work
of the girls department with excellent
gratifying progress as supervisor of
music in the schools A great deal is
being done In the art department of
the schools. which is under the super
vision of w. r. Fowler.
A night school has been organized
as regular part of the city school
curriculum. and will continue in oper-
alton during the remainder of the
winter. Prof. ]. L. Horne. OF the L. D.
S. U, and Supt C, NJ. Mumford nave
this work in charge. Courses in COM
mercial arithmetic. bookkeeping. pen
manship, photography grammar and
mechanical drawing are offered this
season. and additional courses VIII be
added another winter,
A student body organization. known
as the ArtIficio club, has been organ
lied for the promotion OF interest In
the study OF handicraft At the open-
ing meeting of the organization Prof
Kinke of Salt Lake City lecturcd on
THE Need and Advantages of Handi-
craft in Schools"
HIGH SCHOOL NEEDED.
The two great needs of the Murray
city schools at the present time are an |
additional modern building and the |
organization OF high school No city |
in the state would seem to be better |
prepared financially to undertake the |
erection OF n high school. as the bond |
ed Indebtedness OF the cItv for school |
purposes is only $50 600. against which !
able of $1,000. leaving a net indcbt-
edness OF but $4,000. The need of an
other building has been lleenly felt |
during the present year. the rooms be- !
Ing so overcrowdcd that II has become
necessary to employ additional teach