The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-02

"IGHTEEN thousand poys an"
u girls will start in with active
school work today. There will
be but few FIRST day prelimina-
ries Work will begin the moment the
school children reach their seats at
CLOCK this morning. 49,:
Assignment of teachers and distrl.
button of supplies were the work OF
last week. The teachers have visited
their rooms and have arranged the pre-"
hminaries so that the work OF enroll
ing the pupils and assignment TO
classes will occupy only a few minutes:
The rest OF the day will be devoted
to the regular routine OF school WORK
Indications are that the FIRST day g
enrolment will eclipse all previous rec
ords and that within the next few
weeks the enrolment will reach a to-
tai of 10000. Several changes in the
boundary lines of districts have been
made to accommodate the Increased at
tendance in crowded districts. These
changes may cause some confusion but
the school authorities have already an
ticipated tbe difficulty and will be
prepared to straighten it out today
with but little confusion.
Plans have been carefully made by
the board Of education and the super.
visors to continue the progress ol
achievement in tho city schools that
has characterized them in the past. The
| course Of study has been outlined with
a view to keeping the methods en-
ployed in the local schools up with
| the most advanced movements In mod
ern education.
Registration Rules.
With a view to assisting the parent:
and school children in cooperating
with the principals and teachers today
in order that the enrolment may be
possible, perintendent D. II. Chris
tensen has issued the following state
| ment:
Nonresident children between the ages
OF years and Is years whose parents
or guardians are legal residents and tax
pay tuition fees, but the board OF edu-
cation reserves the right to designate
which school they may attend, The as
signment Of nonresident children VIII be
delayed for several days In some dis
| tricts, or until resident children are en-
| rolled.
Pupils who have been regularly pro-
moted from the eighth grade In any city
| school may enter the high school, Ger
tifcates OF promotion Issued by schools
outside the city must be approved before
the pupil Will be admitted. High schoo
pupils are informed OF the Importance Of
| to organize special classes for those who
register late. This provision applies tc
former pupils as well as to hrst yeaI
pupils.
Kindergartens will be established ir
the following buildings: Emerson. En-
sign, Franklin. Grant, Hawthorne, Jack
son, Jefferson, Lafayette Lincoln, Low:
! ell Riverside, Sumner. Wasatch AND
Whittier, Children living in other dis
tricts may attend kindergarten classes
| In the nearest district school. About
thirty-hve children Will be received ir
each class. II registrn ton exceeds this
the late corners will be placed on the
| waiting list. Three days absence OF
regular pupils VIII place them on the
waiting list Children more than years
| OF age and less than years OF age are
eligible, If conditions permit, children
more than 4 years OF age and less than
| 5 years OF age will be admitted later
| we'll equipped room in which courses
| in cooking Will be taught TO seventh
| grade girls has been established In each
of the following buildings: Bryant
Franklin Jackson, Lafayette, Lincoln
Lowell Emerson, Jackson, Webster
Washington, Riverside, Sumner, Jeffer-
son. Hawthorne, Oquirrh, Wasatch and
Whittier