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Show :1A Rocky Mountain Review Editorial E Continuing Crisis In Our Schools: ' ..... f o 2 ''& Organized Education Is On The Brink Of Chaos for more - if he is doing the best job he can.. consideration to thd' rights of those who do not. Is a strike by persons holding offices of public trust legal and moral? The question has been debated many times. But if you believe that a teachers strike is alright, - c ' r" ' Is It Salaries Or Power? Your opinion, on the school controversy is of little consequence. The UEA membership Tuesday made it clear that you have only two choices, agree with them or no school next year. This is no democracy. Democracy encompasses a choice of reasonable alternatives, with your elected representatives being- able to debate, consider and act on their own best judgement without undue pressure from forces beyond the electorate. Elected representatives include the governor as well as the legislature. The UEA, Tuesday, said it would be alright for children to lose a few months-oschool next year. Do you agree ? The answer is of little importance because the UEA by pressure on the Governor and the legislature will determine the ansjver for you. Even if you do agree with this statement and with the UEA 100 percent, give amoments The UEA Is Forcing A Showdown then, of course, you should condone strikes by police and firemen if they dont happen to like some particular .condition of their job If you are being robbed or your house is burning down around you in the meantime, then you should have met their demands. UEA officials continually maintain that they are acting in behalf of the children. When they go on an unauthorized two day' walkout, when they propose a shorter schoql year, when they ask for curtailment or elimination of the summer program they make a mockery of that statement. Who are they kidding? Lets define positions. They are acting in behalf of the teachers. No teacher should be ashamed of complaining of his salary or working conditions or asking But for the UEA to take the actions they did this week, and then to use the children as their alibi is insincere and inexcusable. Who Wants Better Schools? There isnt a thinking citizen in the state who does not want the very best education we can afford. That is the long range objective of everyone - including the Governor. But lets not approach this issue in a childlike manner. A child . concentrates on only one desire at a time. We must be able to consider more issues than education, even though education is the most important, single need. The UEA and the school study committee have asked us, by demanding a special session, to consider the needs of primary and secondary education alone without reference to the vast complex of problems facing this state today. W;e have built a vast physical plant to take care of education on the basis of an expanding ' (Continued on page 4) mem Volume IX , Number 21 Formerly The Neighbor A Weekly Serving 22,250 Homes In Salt Lake County Thursday Afternoon , May 21, 1964 V. Whos For What 0 Weekly Following Stories Cover Details, Calendar Background On School Controversy Thursday, May 21 Day for Cards -- - 12 noon, Meadow Moor Country Club; luncheon and prizes, presented by ladles auxiliary. Ladles Blue-Ribbo- Triggers Dinner Concer8 P.M.The Organ Loft, 2331 Edison Street $3.50 per person; featuring Mr. Van Welch. Utah State University Spring 8:15 P.M., Nelson Fleldhouse, s Logan ; Ellen talented young Wasserman, Logan pianist, will be guest the Corn on the Cob 7:30 F.M. Westminster College. Outdoor Chuckwagon Dinner 5 P.M., Meadow Moor Country Club: Members and guests invited. 7 O P.M., Mrs. Wlgham's Magnificent Boardinghouse or Loves Labors for the World Well Won 8:30 P.M., Pioneer Theater, - Western Athletic Conference Track and Field P.M , 30 Ute Stadium, U. of U. Meet--- 7: Salt Lake Bees vs Spokane 7:30 P.M., Affleck Park, Ogden. Square Dancing 8 P.M., Community "Church, 2631 East 4800 South Hol-lad- ay Chorale. Concert - - 8 P. M,, Klngsbtpy Hall, U.' of U. Plano Recital - - 8: SO P. M, , Ladles Literary Cluby-63- 0 E. South Temple; featuring Theodor Skabelund AutogTaph Party 8 P.M., South Salt Lake Library, 248 SoytiTHtate Street; honoring Mary Hales Wools ey, author of When Its Springtime In the Rockies" Saturday, May 23 - Salt Lake Bees ys Spokane 7:30M., Derks rield future holds for Utah schools should other recommendations not be fulfilled. Whats contained In this explosive document? Although the recommendation that the legislature meet has become the best known feature of the Interim report, other .features are significant. In essence, heres what the 53 page report said: By way of Introduction, it defined its Instructions and goals and lectured a little, The Governor urged that every effort be made to conclude the study as early as possible. The committee was requested to present an Interim report on Its findings. . . on Friday, May 22 Granite High School denied, teachers reacted by serving up an Implied sample of what Salt Laloe Bees vs Spokan'6 7:30 P.M., Derks Field Student Awards and was legislature Utah Federation of Women's Clubs Convention .Banquet 7 P.M., Hotel Utah. Honor Banquet - on this weeks teacher strike, a recommendation for a special session of the state soloist. Special Walk-Ou- A blue-ribbpanel sel- - .. ected y "Utahs, Governor'1 George D. Clyde to study the states schools Is now In the uncomfortable position of having supplied the motive for -- Concert 0 Panel n Money, Motives, Quality: Problems Facing Educators Governor Explains Position Education Zero Hour Approaches The man In the middle In Utahs school system speeds toward zero hour, As Utahs school crisis has been and Is now Governor George Dewey Clyde. Controversy flared up again after an uneasy last week when he refused to truce call a special session of the Utah legislature to study school problems as suggested In the Interim report of his special school study comml- -. school authorities and legislators are faced with a maze of contradictory conditions. The latest climax was staged against a background of previous effort to Improve the states educational structure. Many groups have sought the solution. Who stands for what and ttee. Contention reached Its peak last Saturday when Utah teachers voted to stage a two day recess protesting his decision. -Standing In the center of the storm of controversy, his position at tlmesappears to be a lonely one. Yet Governor Clyde is himself a former educator years as a and to picture teacher him as being entirely unsympathetic to educational needs appearg .to be unrealistic. However, pressures exert themselves from all dir- (Contlaued on page 2) why? 22 MOCNT Utah educators werent the only ones with problems as the t. Salt Lake County law enforcement officers result of Monday and Tuesday's teacher scrambled to handle calls as Jubilant students enjoyed an unexpected holiday. Deputy sheriff Kenneth L. Bates, left, works busy telephone while dispatch companion, Nyle McFarlane tries to keep radio clean of complaints. See story on fgs 2 , POLICE CALLS walk-ou- Heres a summary of background details which led to events during the past 15 days. Money and quality are the two basic problems Involved In the current school crisis and have been for many years. The cast of characters Involved In the struggle of the last two years Includes: Governor George Dewey Himself an educator Clyde by dint of 22 years experience as a teacher, he has twice refused to call a special session of the legislature to consider the problems of (Continued on page 6) t it is the hope of the committee "that this study, when finally completed, will be the means of uniting all of the. citizens of the state In a mutual effort to bring to full realization the promise which a fine catlonal program and theser- vices of dedicated and capable educators hold out to youth. Such a goal can only be achieved If there is mutual respect and understanding accompanied by the good faith of all concerned. The citizens must recognize their responsibilities to pay the cost of educating their children, but, In turn, have a right to except performance and a high order of profesedu-Wh- en sional conduct from both teachers and administrators Unusual facts about Utah and education were Included: Utah has an extremely high birth rate and large families are the rule. Also 97.2 percent of all school age children attend public schools, a much higher proportion than In other states, the report puts It thus: It Is obvious that (Continued on page 3) Facts , Figures Tell Contradictory Story Facts and figures tell a vivid story of contradictions In the Utah school crisis. School teachers say more'' money must be pumped Into the state school system, however, according to figures re- leased by the Governors school study committee, Utah already ranks first In the United States In the percentage of total, personal Income expended for public elementary and secondary education. In Utah, 4.99 percent of the total, personal income Is spent on education at the grade and secondary school level as compared to a national average of 3.82 percent. Why, then, Is Utah not considered up topaf? Are schools badly administered or is there another reason. Other sets of comparisons tell the story. The trouble is In that Utah also ranks-hlg- h other significant sets of fig- ures. , . The percentage of public school enrollment in Utah against total school enrollment Is 97.2 percent, third highest In the nation. The national medium Is 85.6 percent What this means simply Is that there are fewer po-chl- al schools to relieve the pupil load. Some states have 25 to 30 percent of their children in schools other than those supported by tax funds. Another chart shows that Utahns like large families. The number of births In Utah per 1,000 population ranks third with 27.7. Only Alaska and New Mexico' produces a higher percentage of children per 1,000 residents and the United States average Is 22.1 This means Viat the number of school-ag- e children In Utah Is high. Second In the nation, In tact, with 63 children aged five through 17 per 100 adults (aged 21 through 65) Jamming the classrooms. This Is a figure well above (Continued on page 2) |