The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-17
SCHOOLS TO
CLOSE IN
MAY
INSTEAD OF JUNE FOURTH AS
PREVIOUSLY INTENDED
Report Of Results of Arbor Day Plant
ing Shows Surprising Amount
Done BY City Schools

The board of education decided last
| night that the practice heretofore in
| vogue with the graduating classes, to
| give dramatic performance as a part
| Of the graduating exercises, be aban-
doned and that the exercises be con-
| fined to such program as best pro
| notes the work of the courses they
| have pursued in school The matter
was brought to the immediate attention
of the board by a petition from the
officers of the graduating class of the
high school that the class be permit
| ted to present to the public at the
| graduating exercises a drama
The expression came from Superin-
| tendent Mills. President Browning,
| Vice-President Coulter Asael Farr and
| Hyrum Pingree OF the board of educa-
| ton that such entertainment at the
close of the school Is improper un
called for and not In keeping with the
| spirit and purpose OF the educational
| system Of the city schools. This
means that the graduating class OF the
| h!gn school will not be permitted to
put on a theatrical production on
! graduation day.
The time of the termination Of the
school year was also passed upon by
| the board, it being decided that the
school year shall close on the 2Sth
day of May. II was generally expect.
ed that the school year would close
! after due consideration the board con-
cluded that 1t would be better to
close the schools on May 2Sth.
The clerk was authorized to ask for
bids for the furnishing of school sup
plies which will be done by circular
letters to parties who are in a posi-
ton 70 bid on the supplies required.
The finance committee reported
| cash on hand at the present time In the
sum of $110,340,i2 and that the teach
ers' payroll payable today amounts to
| 50 24515 1t was stated by the clerk
| that there are two other payments to
| teachers to be made before the end OF
| the school year.
DR.. Coulter. chairman of the san.
| itay committee. reported that since
| the last meeting of the board only one
| case of contagious disease had been
| made known, that being case of
| chickenpox II was said by members
| Of the board that this is the first in
stance In the history of the city
| schools that such favorable report
had come from the sanitary commit
| tee
In his report of Arbor Day exercises
Superintendent Mills stated that the
day WAS duly observed in all the
schools OF the city with appropriate
| exercises and instructions regarding
| the Importance OF the day and that
the planting and general cleaning of
home and public places was as fol-
| lows:
Trees planted ......,........ 34eS
Shrubs planted ................. 1857
Vines planted ................ 1927
Lawns planted ...,.... sos
| Rose bushes planted ...... 394S
| Kinds of flowers planted ...... 41S3
| Yards cleaned -............ 2754
Professor Frank Thatcher, an In
structor at the State Agricultural col
lege at Logan was employed at a SAL
airy of 500 per month for the bal
ance of the present school year and
for next year. to fill the vacancy OF
B. f. Cannon, who left his position