Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-14
Annual Report Of President Of
School Board Shows Effective
ness Of Espionage System.
FOR AN ADEQUATE HARBoR
Engineer says United Effort Is Essen
tial to regain City's Prestige as
Shipping Point
{ snecinl ccrresnnndence.

Chicago, Dec 10.-Tlic effectiveness of
Chicngo's espionage of children to see
that all who are Of school age attend
school was set forth in the annual re-
port of President Alfred Il. uron of
the school board. The report shows
that. thanks to the prevention OF truan-
Cyl there has been Il decrease of INT
cracy of minors from co. to +0l that the
enrolment and attendance are now the
largest within the life ot the public
schools There has been Il decrease oil
1886 boys and girls from the roaming
population of children between the ages
OF II and 1G looking for work and there
has been the return Of 3.l50 boys ana
girls 10 public and private schools
through the persistence ana nlcrtness
of the truant officers. President urion
paid n high compliment to the woman
superintendent Of chicago schools. Mrs
Ella Flagg Young, and declared that
Chicago schools arc now working under
the most effective conditions found any
where in the United states. This state
ment probably will be challenged in
many cities. but the results in detail
show the standard to be high "The
results" he said "of the work of the
education department in the past year
showed decided advance over preceding
years. harmony and cordial co-opera-
ton on the part of the teaching corps.
and in general II better outlook for tho
general good OF the children in the
School room. Fortunately Tor the
schools of Chicago II person was found
within the system who was recognized
tho country over as an efficient schoo!
official, who possessed In addition to
thorough pedagogical training and cx-
periencc an intimate knowledge of
the needs of the public school system"
UNITED EFFORT NEEDED
The recovery OF ChicaGo's prestige In
lake shipping by providing the real har-
Dor which has been needed for many
years suddenly became probable when
Lieut.. Col. George A. linn was assigned
to the duties of United States engineer
in charge of the Chicago district Col. +.
linn is familiar with the Chicago sit
uation and has definite ideas as To what
ought to be done. On taking up his
work, however. he plainly stated that
he would favor concessions and conf
promises between opposing harbor tac-
tons in order to insure the main thing
ncedful. an adequate harbor. IT is cS-
pccted that at least ten million dollars
will be needed to provide the harbor
which will meet the commercial require
ments of the city now and for some
years to come. Colonel Xinn said. II
am informed that the welfare of the city
makes it essential that all those inter-
ested in the harbor unite within u short
time Otherwise ] will report my own
conclusions. Most problems can he adj
justcd by spirit of give and take. but
some times ii seems necessary To 'cut
the Gordian knot. as when after six
year of chickering's and disputes MI.
Roosevelt selected II certain plan for
the Panama canal and told the en-
ginccrs to 80 ahead and fight 1t out on
that line. Probably If he had waited for
the experts to get together not a shovel
of earth would have been turned yet
The restoration of an engineer to the
Chicago district, which FOR time WIS
in the humi!iatng situation OF being
under the supervision OF the govern
ment engineer of Milwaukee. was due
to General RiXby chief of engineers
who formerly was stationed at Chicago.
The aid given striking garment work
erS by prominent society women and
settlement workers Of Chicago has been
active personal aid and encourage
mcnt. Women who were interested not
only wrote their checks to the aid OF
the strikers hut went personally to
strikers meetings and urged the gar
mcnt workers to do each her part but