Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-27
,rvsrything in Readiness for What
Promises to be Banner
Year.
OPEN EARLIER THAN USUAL
puidings Remodeled and Made Ready
For Largest Enrolment In
City's History.

..,gbt eyed. over 5000 schoolchildren
ryui trail to school next Monday morn
,,g with minds filled with expectancy
and hearts filed with little hopes con-
,e,rlnx new seats. new teachers and
,,u. rooms. Merest details have most
,o,,cntous meaning in their eyes and To
them at least superiority on the play
,,ropnd or on the field is more impur-
,st than the election OF the next pres
,asnt of the glorious republic OF free
s,,, under which they live. Rivals OF
,ts schcolroom are to them eternal enc
mics. and all the glorlos Of after life
,,,uld gladly be sacrificed for the CON
,usrinp Of the foe. There win be over
eo0 more girls and boys. but courage
and dare will amply make up the de-
| fcencN
Never before in the history Of the
city we're the schools IN a better posi-
| ,ior. never were the teachers given
snch encouragement TO utilize their
hest efforts as now, according to the
statement OF Supt Christensen. New
schools have been added with all OF tine
sonipment Of the old. and in some cases
NTH additional features. Towards the
southeast. where the growth of popula-
,;on il most marked, great strides have
teen made, and even the newly annexed
district known as Sugar House VIII
have It's thoroughly equipped city
school
The opening is one week earlier than
usual. but practically all are aware OF
the advantage of registering on the
Nrst day. hence without hitch, school
viii omen Monday i'm full swing and
Monday night the busy children viii be
nreparing the lessons for the next day
i'tah ranks among the very highest
among the states with her schools, ana
therefore every teacher. every princl-
raj and in fact every pupil is TO some
extent responsible for the maintenance
N Inc enviable reputation the state en-
ioys Perhaps when the census reveals
lie news. Utah will come second only
10 Iowa, which for some years has en-
loved the lead among the states in the
matter OF education.
NEW BUILDINGS READY.
ON Monday the new Longfellow
building will be ready for occupancy,
with many beautiful decorations and
pleasing features TO attract the eyes of
the children, as well as to educate them
IN classical art decoration In the main
corridor is a fine equestrian statue OF
Paul Revere. doubly appropriate from
the fact that IL Was Longfcllow VINO
immortalzed the daring courier's ride.
The statue is the work OF the Utah
artist, e. Il. Dallin.
At another point IN the hall will be
s.inc library bust cast Of Lonsteilow,
and along the friezes OF the walls VIII
he placed four cast slabs representing
the four art decorations OF the west
side Of the Parthonon Heretofore IL
has been the custom to suspend such
works as pictures. but these are set
In the mortar work and permanent
For the first semester II will be neces-
sai-, 10 hold double sessions al tho
Waterloo school but the new building
will be ready for the first or the yenr'
In some respects when completed, the
Waterloo will surpass any school hulld-
ing In the city, as II VIII be entlreIy
arenroof and will embody all or the
modern and latest features Of schooi
buildings.
The building which for the present
will serve as the schoolhousc for the
Sugar House district will be ready Win
cor,pletc equipment as in the older city
schools. having all departments, ne
structure Is. of course, not entirely hiS-
proof and in certain respects is crami-
Ca IL being necessary for the pupils u"
a. along narrow stairways 10 go 70
some Of the rooms and the main eNi'
being scarcely large enough for QUICK
use In case of fire. Considering the
fact that the new district has been IN
Tho city but short time, and that tho
building OF A new school would nave
been impossible, few are making any
Complaints when the new building Is
erected il will probably be the finest liz
the city as each schoolhouse seems TO
be an Improvement on the last
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The enrolment in the higher cla' -
at the high school will be unusually
heavy this wear. according TO Superin-
tendent Christensen. He judges from
the already large number Of applica-
tons received at his office, Many OF
the high schools In cities outside OF
Salt Lake have only a one year course
or In some cases two and Therefore
many OF the students come to SAT- Lake
city to complete the course. Hence INC
quarters given over to the upper classc
may be unusually crowded, and IL may
he necessary to make provision FOR
more room.
Many students from outside Of the
city have made application for admis-
sion 20 the high school and some OF
them have been rejected and sent back
70 the eighth grades. The discourage-
pent that follows such a rebuttal IS
psychologically one OF the gravest prob
lens In the school teaching Of the day
In fact the standard Of admission TO
the high school is steadily rising on ac-
count ~ the fact that the university no
longer has a high school and It expects
proficiency when students step from
the high school to the more serious
studies leading toward professional
training Mr.. Christensen says the time
Is not far away when entrance into tho
high school Of this city will be as DIFF
hcut as that OF any similar institution
~ America
THE CALENDAR.
Following is the calendar for the
school year:
First emester--Twenty weeks. eN-
Guiding one week at Christmas CDec. 20
3W. First term begins Monday, Aug 70.
First term closes. Friday, Nov. T. Sec
ond term begins, Monday, Nov. !. Sec
ond term closes Friday, Jan 90
Second semester-Twenty weeks. in
Guiding spring vacation of one week,
april 40. First term begins Monday
Jan %. First term closes Friday.
March 81 Second term begins Monday
April Q. Second term closes Friday
June a
Holidays. etc.-Iabcr day. Monday.
Sept 6; Fair day Friday, Oct 4
Thanksgiving recess. Thursday and Fri
day, Nov. % and 2S; Christmas holi.,
DAYS. begin Thursday. Dec. 20 and end
Monday. Jan. .. Lincoln's birthday.
February 70. falls on Sunday and Mon
day Feb. 10. Is therefore the legal holt
DAY Washingtons birthday, Wednes-
day Feb %: spring vacation, week be-
ginning April .: Arbor day, April 10,
falls on Saturday; Decoration day.