Identifier: utahfactstoprove1905egn (find matches)
Title: Utah: facts to prove that the youngest of the states is progressive and prosperous /issued by the Utah Commission for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition held in Portland June 1st to October 15th, 1905
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Portland, Or.) (1905
Subjects: Lewis and Clark Expedition Centennial (1905)
Publisher: (Salt Lake City: s.n, 1905).
Contributing Library: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Digitizing Sponsor: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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o counties yet tohear from, it is estimated that the expenditures in 1904 are $128,964.93 more than during the preced-ing year. The total valuation of school property is$3.534777-2-42- In 1904 the teaching force numbered1737 and there were 91,682 children of school age.The average salary of male teachers is $74.84 amonth, and of female teachers $52.60. All of theschools have modern equipment. Text books arefurnished free by the state. There are high schoolsin all of the cities and larger towns, whose certi-ficates are accepted at the State University and atthe various academies. The University of Utah isone of the most complete and best equipped in theWest. It includes a school of arts and sciences,State school of Mines and State Normal school.It attracts students from many near by states andfrom as far East as the Mississippi river. It islocated in Salt Lake and maintains a branch atCedar City in Iron county. The State Agriculturalcollege is described under another head. The merit 58
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Typical Grade School Buildings in Salt Lake. of Utahs schools was recognized at the St. LouisExposition in 1904 when the Salt Lake commonschools received a gold medal, the second highestaward; the Salt Lake High school received a silvermedal, standing third; the University of Utah train-ing school received a gold medal; the State Normalschool a silver medal; the Utah county publicschools a bronze medal; the Indian Industrial schoola bronze medal. The grand prize, the highestaward given in the United States, went to theadmirable school for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind atOgden. Sectarian Schools.—The Mormon church hasendowed three universities and several academies.The Latter-day Saints University, which includesnormal, academic and business departments, oc-cupies three buildings opposite the Temple in SaltLake City. The Brigham Young universities atLogan and at Provo are similar institutions and at-tract a large attendance from the agricultural sec-tions of the State. The Provo B. Y. uni

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