The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-28
Plan Now Is to Erect Small
Building to Care for
Smaller Children.
PROPOSITION DOES NOT
SATISFY THE RESIDENTS
Some Talk of Taking Matter In,
to Courts; Free Books for
High School.

The committee representing the citizens
of the Fourth municipal ward. who are
endeavoring TO secure the school building
on Ninth avenue which they contend was
promised them by the board OF education
at the time Of the 100000 school bond
issue two years ago, met with the build
ings and grounds and finance committees
of the board OF education preceding spe-
cial meeting of the board Tuesday even
Ing. From the general expression OF
opinion OF the members OF The two COM
mitteeS OF the board OF education III seems
probable that the board will offer The
citizens Of the Fourth ward small
building for tho present. but OF sufficient
size to take care of the small children
who cannot go a long distance TO and
from school.
This plan. however, did not seem 10
strike the committee OF citizens very well
and il was stated that the committee
would have to lay The plan before mass
meeting of the people before accepting
or rejecting such proposition. IL was
funds AT the present time TO erect q com
piete school building on Ninth avenue.
but this Is what the taxpayers OF The
stood that the advisability is being dis
cussed OF taking the matter to the
courts and asking for an Injunction TO re
strain tho board from spending any more
of the bond fund which Is now in reserve
for the new high school building untii
the amount for the Ninth avenue school
is appropriated.
Propose Smaller Building.
The suggestion is TO build a small
building Ia contain four rooms on the
north bench which when the school proper
is built can be used for manual training
and domestic science departments, This
building, Il is pointed out, would be ample
10 accommodate the little children, and II
is suggested that this would he sufficient
for present needs What Will be the out
come of the proposition, however, remains
to be seen. The small building. however,
may be recommended 10 the board at a
later date by the committees in charge
of the matter.
4 movement is afoot To eliminate the
practice of students in the high school be-
ing compelled 10 paw for books. This
recommendation has been made to the
teachers and school work committee by
Superintendent D. II. Christensen. and the
committee recommended to the board in
its report last night that the matter he
made a special order OF business for the
August meeting. The report was adopted
The plan Is 10 furnish books TO the stu
donts OF the high school without cost un-
der the same reGula lions governing the
method in the elementary schools. II Is
also recommended that the laboratory fees
in the high school be eliminated, and
that students he nor required TO pay any
thing except when an article made by
the student becomes his personal prop
erty when he is Ia pay The actual cost OF
the material used.
For School Matron,
Another matter to come UP AS spe-
cial order OF business at the August
meeting Is the recommendation of the
superin tendont that the position OF school
Inatron be created 1t is proposed that
the matrop shall have general supervision
of the girls of the upper grades OF the
elementary schools and OF the high school.
Mrs. Mary Robinson: Miss Edna Brick
ell Ethel Graham and Ella Snyder were
appointctd teachers In the elementary
schools and John NJ. Cathcart. a teacher
in the high school,
granted three or four weeks leave of
absence to attend the sessions Of the
National Educational association at San
Francisco to be held during July.
The report OF Treasurer :. A. Whitney
for the month of May showing A balance
on hand of Sf516 2.62. was adopted