Show L. L D. D S. S Church Schools Will gill Discontinue ue High School Work To discontinue high school work entirely and strengthen junior college college college col col- col- col lege work in the training or teachers teachers teach teach- ers a a. p policy licy of the L. L D. D S. S church board of education adopted about three years ago is being carried In Into Into into In- In to effect and promises to show a marl marked ed result upon upon the scholastic scholastic and academic school schoot situation In Utah The L. L D D. S S. S n general board of oC education is Is now considering considering consider consider- ing the status of each of the church junior colleges with a view to discontinuing discontinuing discontinuing dis dis- dis- dis continuing high school work In each at the earliest convenient time Recent decisions of the church school authorities have teen to discontinue discontinue discontinue dis dis- dis- dis continue continue all of oC the high school schoolwork schoolwork work worl worlin In the Weber Normal college at Ogden land the Brigham Young college at Logan The future of or each of the other church junior college collego collego col- col lego lege will be tie considered at early dates Last year four L. L D. D S. S church high schools were eliminated entire entire- ly These were Oneida Oneida- academy at at Idaho Fielding academy treston Preston reston P Paris Idaho Emery aca academy emy at Castle Dale and Murdock academy at Beaver It Is the mt intention nUon of the board to eliminate all of the high schools with the possible exception of the Latter day Saints university that of the and In some cases eases such as Oneida academy at Preston Idaho i itlie tile the church school has lias been or willbe will willbe be taken over by the municipality Now Arranging Courses At present the L. L D. D S. S has has six Junior colleges oil ail giving high school work Two Two of them the tho Brigham Young college and Weber Normal college will leave the high school field as soon as us courses can b be arranged The future or the other other other oth oth- which are Ricks Normal college college col eel er four Idaho Snow Normal Normal Normal Nor Nor- lege loge of ot Rexburg mal college of Ephraim Dixie Normal Normal Normal Nor- Nor and the tho mal college at SL St George Gila GUa Normal college Thatcher Ariz Is yet undecided but will De be given consideration with a view to mating high school shortly It was decided recently by the Brigham Young college board of trustees ina Ina In Ina a meeting at Logan to discontinue the high school work there The church will leave the high school field and its Us policy will be to strengthen the junior colleges In their work In the training of teachers teachers teachers teach teach- ers and related said Apostle John Jahn A. A WIdtsoe commissioner of ot education of the Mormon church yesterday The high school work will be left to ta the state he said and in view of the increasing demand demand demand de de- de- de mand for tor efficient teachers the church will turn to the training of ot teachers Apostle WIdtsoe in commenting upon the church school policy p stated that this situation does not only apply to Utah but is general general gen gen- eral throughout the country University High School Work York Whether or not the high school schoolwork schoolwork schoolwork work being taught at ut the Latter-day Latter Saints university will be discontinued as not yet been determined by bythe bythe bythe the church board of Forthe Forthe For Forthe the present however it Is certain that this school will continue as It Itis itis itis is now constituted ed The number of ot students that will wilt willbe WIllbe be affected by the new church school innovation cannot tie oe estimated until until un un- un- un til Ul the status of ot some of ot the junior colleges and high schools has been determined The office of oC commissioner commissioner commissioner commis commis- of oC education of the church schools yesterday estimated that between be- be tween and SOO sophomore high school students would be unable to enter the same Institution next fall fail I If additional high schools and academies academies mies are discontinued the numb number r of students turned over to the tiie state schools will run Into the thousands according to the estimate of Dr WIdtsoe The church oard of education education education edu edu- cation alms aims to to dismiss one year of high school work each year so as not notto notto notto to overburden the state high schools I where church Institutions will discontinue discontinue dis dis- dis I continue work ork |