Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I do mot got r s with with a word youe you e 07 NoT y but I M 4 to the Uio d 4 death Ux Tour your right to ny nT y it U. Dear Editor It appears as If It an educational crises Is rapidly approaching In our state At the present timo Utah leads the nation In the thep p percentage r e t ge of oC Its people that graduate from high school and college eg This Is an enviable enviable rec rec- r ord Wo We would like to maintain it I In order to maintain It wo we must make certain that the level levo of ot Instruction our children ro- ro clove cleve Is high During the war years many qualified and certified teachers left the profession for tor bettor better paying Jobs Very few tew of ot these and of those who left to go Into the tho service havo have returned The Tho schools have been forced to get people who have havo been lacking In college credit and proper All due respect to these theBe teachers who In n many cases have been dol doing lr a good jobs Job It Is an obvious fact tact that th t they cannot do as good a n job as 1 someone who Is trained for the profession before entering tho tea tho classroom Among Among- the t e needs of ot edu education wo find t. t t the need need d f for r. r additional qualified teachers teachers p paramount This This This' J need eed can cnn never r re be De e met with the present salary paid throughout the state slate Tho The young people who normally would enter the profession refuse refuse refuse re- re fuse fuse to do so because they can mako make more money money elsewhere r In In the thelast last election the voters of ot this state accepted the idea pf t revising the financial financial organ Ii i of ot our state schools A At Atthe Atthe the the present time there is a n bill billIn billin bill in our legislature authorizing authorising the state state t to subsidize subsidise our ur schools aci ool to per per loom classroom unit milt This his figure will not raise th the tho s salaries laries of ot our teachers nor at attract attract at- at tract additional n new w teachers that wo we need so badly Into the system It ha h has been figured out by the he educational leaders of ot our state and that tl this ls be raised to People awake to the fact that the schools in this county are aro facing a n. crises I You wan tho the best of ot opportunities for your children I If something is not done in the near future that crises will leave the schools schools and your children In a deplorable condition Write to your representatives representatives Mr Hatch and Mr Houston telling them of ot your support in this matter maUer The moro letters you can write to them tho stronger can be their arguments arguments ments mente in support of ot raising the standards of ot our schools We Weare Weare Weare are fortunate ato in having these two men in their respective positions positions po po- but writing to them is necessary so 80 that they thoy might show others the tho attitude of ot the people they represent So lots lot's each of us write to them supporting supporting supporting sup sup- porting this additional money maney for tor each class room unit and give gl our children the same educational educational educational edu edu- opportunities the tho children children children chil chil- dren throughout the rest est of ot the state are getting Garfield County Teachers Association |