The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-11
School Board Denies Governors
Request Relative to Battle
ship Silver Service.
SCHEDULE OF TEACHERS
SALARIES Is REARRANGED
Contract Is Let for Installing
Heating Plant in Hamilton
Building.

The city board OF education at its rcSu-
lar meeting Tuesday night denied the
request of Gov. William Spry for permls-
sion 10 ask the pupils in the public schools
OF the city for contributions for the fund
for the purchase OF the silver service
TO he presented TO the new battlcship
Utah. The committee which has In hand
the matter of raising the necessary funds
decided 10 ask the school children Of the
state for contributions OF from ten TO
twenty cents each, but as the city board
of education has adopted rule prohibit
ing the soliciting OF contributions in the
public schools for any purpose. the gov
crnor addressed Il communication 10 the
board asking that that rule be set aside
IN the present instance,
\ report was submitted to the board
from tho committee on teachers and
school work recommending that the per
mission be granted. but there was somo
opposition to il and il was lost by a tie
Only argument against the proposition
He declared that it would establish a bad
precedent. which might cause trouble in
the future and he did not consider " such
worthy object TO require the board
20 break it's iron-clad rule. The vote on
the adoption OF tho report was as fol-
Van Pclt and Hammond. Nays-Bailey.
Barrct;c. Movie, Newman and Park. The
report waS not adopted. tho vote being
tic.
This means that the pupils OF the pub
lie schools of the city Will not be asked
Tor contributions FOR the silver service.
but they may. upon their own volition, |
send their contributions in to the rcGu-
lar committee and in that way assist in
the raising OF the fund. The plan as
adopted by the general committee viii be |
carried out in all the Other schools OF the |
state at any rate.
The report OF the finance committee
the bid of n. W. ifasey & Com
pany OF Chicago for the special bond |
issue for the new high school, amounting
In 500, 900. was adopted. No other action
i'm regard 10 getting bids on Tho bonds |
has set been taken by inc hoard but II is
sell at least $300 900 worth OF bonds at
tie present time and walt until a moro
auspIcious time for the sale Of the re-
maiuder of the issue.
Schedule for Teachers,
Upon recommendation of the committee
on teachers and school work the schedule
ri salaries for teachers in the high school
rs submitted by City Superintendent ..
II, Christensen and the rules and regula-
tions concerning the classification and the
smother with respect 10 salaries, was
adOptcd High school teachers will be
into nine classes for the pur-
pose oi determining the salary as follows
Proba tionary teachers. $3.50 a year; first
class. $50. second class. 5000; third class,
1860; fourth class. 5000: fifth class, Sl0S0;
sixth claSs. Sll40; seventh class. $780,
eighth class. $1,000.
The board also adopted the report of
,hc same committee with reference to
he schedule of salaries OF teachers in
he elementary schools and kindergarten.
These arc segregated into eight classes.
rs follows: Probationary teachers, $3.50
lass, 500; tl1ird class. $50. fourth class.
$40; fifth class. $500; sixth class. $3.50;
;c'cnth class. 5000.
The report OF the teachers and school
orJ, ,V,~ |
school supplies for the year 1910-l9l1 was .
Ilso adopted.
Maximum Salaries Fixed
Maximum salaries attainable in the
'arlous departments OF the schools were
lNcd by The board as follows: Teachers
1920 per year high school teachers, $500
year; heads OF departments in the high |
school. $500. vice principals in the high
chool, S2l00; principals of high school,
200: directors, $500: supervisors. $500
Miss Wnifred Dyer was appointed O
cachcr IN the high school for the coming
car and Miss Harriet Hobart was en-
'loycd as n teacher in the elementary
,radeS. The following new teachers were
lso employed: De Eta Jordan. Edna
owing teachers were given an increase in
alafy: Ruby Knowlton, Winnie Webb,
lay p, Duke and Harriet Tremayne.
Heating Plant Bids.
Five bids were submitted by the com
nlttee buildings and grounds for the
obstruction OF the heating plant and i
oilets at the Hamilton school as fol- {
ows: l.. c. shaw. Sl4.217; J. +. and II !
;. Schraven. s15. 300; Cbytraus SIS, 800: I
slack & Loef1er s13.T15. o. Hodgson, d
1880. The board accepted the bid of [
Hack & Loefer and authorized the presi- h
cut and clerk I" sign the contract C
The date for the teachers examinations Z
I the city schools was set for June l3 and II
and August % and 26. s
The report of Treasurer ; A. Whitney
or the month OF April showed q balance n
n hand at the close Of the month OF [
lI3.6l0.3S. II
NJ, ], A. ball, Wandamerc, Friday, I
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