| Show county control of schools f while there are very many y excellent features about the naw school bill introduced in the council by mr JOHS E BOOTH but framed as we understand by dr the ona giving the entire control of thedis tact schools into the hands or a county board 0 education should be studied carefully it may be arne that in Salt Lake much better t b ave been attai ned in an educational way since the pre orward or ward trustees bare been done away with and the entire control of the city placed under one management becan well under means the grading schools could be made more uniform and better results be attained but it should also be remembered that i here is a wide difference beaw m obly settled districts such as cities and sparsely settled places such inhabitancy of most of the counties coon ties of utah the rest of abe territory should therefore ant be primly by what salt lake does D alit beare the endless differences aarin m the matter diaan coq district finds involved through housea or by ot her expenditures and another bus been careful and finda much mosey to its credit some of the districts are obliged this season to hold but three terms of school while others can keep their schools running the year round and then have a surplus how are all of these differed cea to be adjusted by a county hoard of education furthermore there are wide social differences between the various settlements tle ments of this territory in one town are perhaps a community of vivacious welshmen Welsh men in another a community of slow dinavi ans and in a thirds the yankee energy may predominate these several nationalities give quite distinct characteristics to conr towns a style of teaching would sulk one community might not be suited to a neighboring community these facts can be verified right here in our own county then how can a county board of education suit all tho communities muni ties or towns of the county T whatever is for the beat interests of education here in utah that it would please THE to advocate but it seems to us that the present system of management has been giving very good i satisfaction throughout the territory progress teaching and m the erection of fine school houses has been reported from time to time from adlof the counties it would be a mistake to a system which might tend to disturb this general feeling of healthy rivalry between settlements and the local pride each feels in its schools ech |
