Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-29


lIshed, and each of them will be
housed in a building to cost not less
than $4,000, cost of sites not includ-
Cd.
IMMENSE GROWTH.
The Church school system has
grown to immense proportions" said
supt Horace ii. Cummings 1T is
now a third OF a century since the
FIRST school under its auspices was
maintained and now. there are %,
with four more 10 be added in the
near future. The schools established
and provided for are located as fol-
loWs Eight IN Mexico: one in can
ada. four in Idaho: three in Arizona;
one In Wyoming; one in Colorado;
and eleven IN Utah. The last men
toned are by far the largest and most
important schools Of the system
aThe present enrolment OF regular
Students taken from the statistical
report of the first semester of this
YEAR ending January, 1909. Is S,120.
others who will enter for the second
semester. and the special students win
raise the total registration to fully
5000.
Three hundred and seventy-four
teachers are on the pay rolls of these
schools and their influence for good
is strongly felt in the regions where
they are located. Many non-Mormons
attend these schools and contribute
TO their maintenance. Recently the
chamber of commerce IN one OF the
cities OF Idaho. offered to pay one
fourth the cost of a new building
needed by the Church academy there.
Most Of the schools have modern
school buildings which are equipped
with suitable furniture and apparatus.
Each has a local board which looks
after the immediate interests. and
all are under the supervision OF a
general church board of education.
The public elementary schools are
$50 numerous and efficient that It Is
thought wise not to duplicate their
work; but the high school age Is con-
s.lercd the most dangerous period IN
Doe child's development and there
fore the time when the restraining
and directing influences Of religion
should reach the young. To meet
This need the Church has established
aCadomies wherever high school pupils
aro found in sufficient numbers 10
Justify them and the finances avail
able will permit.
The subjects Of study, text books
adopted, and used. the hours Of work
necessary 20 graduate, etc, follow
closely those OF the best high schools
OF Utah. The same qualifications M
teachers are also required so that
the work of the Church schools VIII
equal that OF the public high schools.
tory TO all the pupils who belong 70
ihe Church school except that
with non-members Il Is optional.
THE organizations of tho schools
and student bodies are such
os 10 develop a true religious spirit
ln the system and a high regard for
feelings and rights Of their fellow
man and a deep reverence for the
Creator. All students are likewise en-
Outraged 20 pursue one or more lines
M Industrial work iu the belief that
not only the head and the heart
should bo educated but the hand also.
THE harmonious development OF
iho entire individual rs the sum ~
Tho system Of education used in these
schools Accordingly, one or more
classes in wood work. iron work, COM
mercial work, needle work, cooking or
naluting are la most of the schools.
The attitude OF graduatoc towards
manual labor and household duuea
IL moulded I'm the right direction.
From the peculiar organization
m the Church there is AN urgent need
for teachers In the great number Of its
0uorums and auxiliary oreanlzauons
iiNI 90 meet this couulNon hlH'N
attention is being given 10 the prepaia-
ZION Of teachers. a well equipped
training school has been established
On connection with the Brigham Young
university at Provo Utah. ana most
n The college work done is confined
io subjects calculated 90 prepare me
students 10 teach
Tho schools are supported from
en0oWmcnt from the Church ana
nom individuals and from annual
appropriations from the truhtee-ln-
rhHt A small registration Zee la
chlrRed am hut missionary students
ana those too poor t0 afford H. 1ucn /
students are registered free. Iha
annual appropriations for maintenance /
reach in the aggregate of quarter /
ni million dollars besides assis-
vance rendered in creciine buildings
ana furnishing needed equipment
FINANCIAL REPORT
Tho following is taken from the |
financial Report of the church I
.hnols Tor the Fiscal Year Endns .
Juno i0, 1905"
RECEIPTS
balance on hand laft
r,t'F1it ttrttttt.. t.tt taffNh Ha /
rom appropriations ,.. 2a2i iht. Nn I
NilH contributions tt.. fh,HaH 80 /