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Show BOARD OF EDUCATION. M. S. Drowning, the newly-elected head of the board of education, Is a luiciness maTi of high standing in this community and his conduct on the board of education is not open to reproach, re-proach, but in opposing the auditing of the books of the board of education educa-tion and in falling to support all measures meas-ures tending to make of the past acts of the board an open book, to not only Dr. Coulter and Hyrum Pingree. fellow members, but to all the people of this conimunlty, ho is committing a mistake. Business houses have their books audited, without ever a hint that the auditing is a reflection on an employe. All business methods meth-ods require this checking up and this accounting. We do not think Mr. Pingree or Dr. Coulter Intended a reflection on any one or that they were playing politics poli-tics in the meeting of Friday nlghL Our opinion is those two men will be backed by an irresistible public opinion opin-ion in their efforts to make a number cf radical changes in the control and diicctlon of tho affairs ot the schools of this city. They are entitled to all the information informa-tion obtainable a9 to past policies and methods sanctioned and enforced by the board of education; they are, furthermore, fur-thermore, entitled to an assurance . that they are not falling heir to a system that will In any manner embarrass em-barrass them or tend to block thejr efforts to give to Ogden better schools. We trust those In opposition to Dr. Coulter and Mr. Pingree will not continue con-tinue to labor under the prejudice that those men are prompted by poll-tics poll-tics In their demands for changes in the methods of tho board of education, educa-tion, and we further hope that by the next meeting a more harmonious feeling feel-ing will be created. This we plead and hope for in the name of the young people of Ogden who must look to the managerial wisdom of the board to make possible such a schooling as they are entitled to receive from a city that expends as much money as does Ogden for education. |