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Show tf jf 'HI j ROCKY MOUNTAIN REVIEW Page 2 jgrgliyri'r on Salt Lake County, Utah Thursday, May 21 , 1964 High Spirits, Some Trouble Police Calls Multiply As Kids Enjoy Holiday plans to spend a day with the children in case they are released from classes. School officials Improvise, attempting to carry on without adequate personnel. Grade school youngster puzzle the strange turn of events and some se- - What happens when school go to school? What happens when over 277,500 Salt Lake students get an unexpected holiday? The repercussions are fan- teachers don't tastic. Mothers frantically cancel condary school students take over classrooms, providing schoolmates with a lesson in teaching. And, the Salt Lake-CounSheriff's department was flooded with calls to quell the high spirits of overly enthusiastic teenagers. Checking the backlash created by a relatively small percentage of Salt Lake area teenagers, the Rocky Mountain Review took a pencil along to the two major law enforcement offices, Here's what was found using only a selection of the many more'' complaints during the Gifts Give Your Graduate A Time Piece two-da- S' Bulova two WATCH CLEANING TICK TOCK SHOP Village 2320 E 4800 Phone So 11111 CR forms of transmission about in an attempt to keep up with calls. Nothing real serious. They were Just letting of a little extra steam, one reasoned. One official, who didnt wish AND REPAIRING Holladay stint y Certainly we've had more calls since this thing started,'' one deputy sheriff admitted Tuesday as the office telephone and radio kept a pair of sheriff deputies juggling the To Remember Wyler WORLD (Continued from page Monday, taking time from a frantic schedule for a personal the Governor to the Rocky Mountain Interview, related Review the reasons for his decision: Question: If the Governor, members of the crisis? Governor. Im not sure. The question , here is one of bw and order versus force. Their principle responsibility Is to keep the schools open. Question: of What Is your the school study committees report? As far as It recGovernor: ognized the weaknesses, It is all right. But It has many faults. Question: Such as? Governor: By recommending a special session of the legislature, It asked for the problem of schools to be considered In a vacuum. It cannot be thought of this way. Some of your Question: foes have accused you of selling the education of our children short. What is your reply to this? I believe that Governor: education Is the single most important problem before us. I have been an educator most of my life and staught school for JCSfFW BARBER b, PRRf WILIAM in co Wv-- v DO b, WSSCIt MARTY HAMA it. RAICH m M JOSEPH BOO BOO Kwe WILIAM m bawai HAIM BARBER RAMCER $i. -- s DAWS SMITH SUTLER .. m. v ia 01 lit 001 SEAR GILBERT mi DOUG 22 years. What, then, Is Question: your reason for refusing "to call a special session? Governor I cannot abdicate my responsibility to the people and still ve with my con- - Rtcydi FOSTER Building where seven youths were heckling a waitress, using foul and abusive language. No charges. Monday, 4.'47p.m. Phony story of the week: A 12fyear old girl asked police for ride te Ensign Downs to join a group for a YMCA hike. She was advised by police to take the first bus home, despite her efforts to convince police she had been fishing at Li- berty Park and missed groups bus. Nocharges. the 9:32 P.M. office called Salt Lake Police to quell fight at Sugarhouse Park area. Complaint to sheriffs office false. No fight. No charges A Tuesday, 8;15 A.M. .barber complained that his window had been broken by Monday, Sheriffs G000WM h, Education is perhaps the most important but even It cannot be considered In a vacuum but only In balance with the economy of the state and In relation to other problems. the UEA decided to withhold services what possible solutions do you see to c Monday, 3:89p.m. Police summoned to Medical Arts science. We have a great number of very serious problems In this state. 1) ections. JUNE 3rd on C. Tuesday,' 10: loon-throwl- ng filling water-fille- Bal- 50 A. M. youtl caught convertibles with bubbles. Culprits Matter, left up d apprehended. to a Lake police. If Governor George ewey Clydes decision of not to call a special session of the legislature did nothing else, it did prepare Utahns with a preview of what dedicated teachers may do again ja the fall. His decision of May 13 may be the necessary warning needed, so that with or without striking teachers, school will be held come September. And so into the afternoon and evening. Fun, frolic and an occasional complaint to the police. If Governor George D. Clyde was busy because of the school so were Salt .Lake crisis area law enforcement WHERES MY TEACHER teacher recess last Perhaps the most perplexed by the two-da- y Monday and Tuesday wery elementary school children. The Issues meant nothing to them, they only know that their teacher was not at school. Most parjts attempted to shield youngsters from the facts. In some schools; however, children watched teachers caucus, then walk out. Above, at Oakwood Elementary School, has chalked on the blackboard pray for peace, a message with which almost every adult would agree. officers. Governor Explains Position TUESDAY aJbu. roc 62 PREMER aoi.'idttacfc fun." ty Graduation Vantage to be quoted, said he felt a good many of the schoolchildren leave the city for their golf ideas from Question: Why do you feel the committee recommended a special session?' I dont know and Governor: I cannot understand why. I have four major complaints with the committees report which I believe people must consider. First, the members of the committee themselves stated that this was no( an emergency situation, for this reason I cannot understand why they proposed an emergency solution. Education being the important problem that it Is, we cant expect an emergency solution. Secondly, the committee did not follow the charge that I gave them when It was established. That was to view our education problems In the light of the entire complex of conditions and financing within our state. ey recommended Third, special session without giving substantive Information as to specifically what a special session could accomplish and how they could do It. In effect, they did not support their advice concerning the special session. a How do you Question: about the feel crisis that has ed this week? The easiest way Governor: out would have been for me to have called the special session. As I have explained before, I could not in good conscience do this. Now, I believe the UEA by their two day recess have threatened the law and order that Is the basis of our Democratic system A In your opinion, Question: do the teachers have a legal or moral right to withhold their services. I am not a law Governor: yer, but in my opinion they are in violation of the law. No person holding an office of public trust has the moral right to withhold services. The states Important problems must be considered by normal, rational means. The UEA has tried to take away our opportunity to consider them this way. Question: Governor, how do you feel about the general progress of education In the state at this point? Governor: It is true that we have weaknesses and many problems. But we have made excellent progress. In the last seven years since I have held this office, we have doubled the support of schools on the state level. Facts , Figures Tell Contradictory Story (Continued from page 1) the national average of 49 school children per 100 adults And, although the National Education Association and the UEA says Utah schools leave something to be desired, Utah ranks first In the nation in the median number of school years completed by persons 25 years or older. Its average Is 12.2 years of education completed as compared with a national average of 10.6. These are normally figures direct bearing on the present Utah school crisis is a report issued In March of Of this year by the National Education Association's National Commission on Professional Rights and Responsibilities. In order to thoroughly the problem facing school authorities and legislators, taxpayers must be familiar with the contents of this study. During the period of October 2 through 9, 1963, a team of educators appointed by this group conducted a survey of schools in Utah. The study d Income to the buslnessof education but, per capita, they run more children through run more children through the svstem. The result is that the average expenditure pejnM pupil drops to an estimate!! $354 per pupil in 1963 against an average $432 nationally and $429 in seven nearby Mountain states team was headed by William P. McLure, professor and director, Bureau of Educational Research, University of Utah. Concentrating on half the districts In the state, the report is l(fl pages long, Includes 34 tables and eight charts. Needless to say, contains considerable data. Information Specialized covers such Items as: The day school program, the educational load, teacher load studies, buildings, ground and equipment analysis, the educational program and Instructional materials as well as information on the general financial status of Utah schools and a review of the summer school program. Bad news Is never popular. To gain perspective when studying the report, however, Meet your, It should be remembered that at the time it was Issued It was criticized by many responsible sources as being A total hastily prepared. of seven days was allowed to gather data on a statewide basis. And the 1 of the relationship NF A as the parent organization of the Utah Education Association, which staged this weeks recess, Is considered a fact of consequence by many. Here is a summary: The foreword states the report is without precedent In that It Is the result of the first investigation to be made In response to a request for possible application of professional sanctions at the national level.. It noted that the reports c (Continued On Page 14) ;J new fashion pardner.our ki:ds TaohA. CIMARRON Mr. Golf Decton Knit Shirts by Arrow against a national average of .$9,429 and a high of $13,556, $13,097 and $12,940 for Nevada, New York and Connecticut. In essence, taxpayers contribute a larger share of their NEA Report: Bad News Comes In Big Batches Fourth, it Is very unusual for a committee to recommend this kind of major action before they have finished their" task. As you will recall, this was only an Interim report not a final one. CUtku of which a state could be proud. But In terras of dollars they add up to trouble. Large families, a thirst for education and lack of private and parochial schools to ease the burden add up to one final figure that illustrates the basic problem; The ability to pay. When the total personal income of the state Is divided by the number of school children, Utahs ranking drops to 38 In the nation. The personal Income per child of school age In Utah Is $7,196 $5.00 c Palm Beach Pro Slacks $17.95 Andy Williams Sweater for after golf $19.95 Hush Puppies Golf Shoe $12.95 Golf Umbrella $10.95 Adjustable Size Golf Cap $3.00 Golf Socks by Bedford $2.95 Horn of 3 HART Rmmbtr, Fathers SCHAFFNER & MARX Cloth C often wood MoUt Open Moiiv Tkurtv.M. TUI f is Coming v cr QJXADZX&D ar crQja&ZX&D I June 21st ar QJX&DZXXD dt Day DID ALL AGREE? Robert Fltt, a teacher at Granite Park Junior High School, la one of very few who voiced Speaking at the Tuesday meetobjection to UEA actions. mammoth crowd. Is he In the ing, he was jeered minority, or is he just braver than most? His point was that If teachers defy constitutional authority, even if their cause Is just, they encourage others whose cause might by-t- he not be as wholesome. He said he does believe In UEAobjectlves but feels a position of moderation Is In order. The means used by the- - UEA does not Justify the ends and he said, We defeat ourselves If we jdont get public support He urged, however, that UEA jnembers support organized political activity In which all Interested parties 'Nndudlng parents join hands and work towards better education through tablisbed Democratic channels. Its Western in flavor and pure Keds in quality. Its the classic Keds oxford, done pp in a new cotton, with an easy texture that tones down colors so they look like real desert hues. With ql) of Keds exclusive inner comforts, and in N & M widths. Washable, of course. Gt a gallop on for Keds Cimarron todgy 13 Mod - Street level |