| Show 1 BEES BEES' RENAMED SECRETARY FOR IA TAXPAYERS TAXPAYERS' I West Western rn Group Names Salt Lake Man to to Of f. f fice in As Association ri TALL TALLEY Y PRESIDENT RESIDE T Next Me Be Held lc in Arizona CHEYENNE NE 30 Associated As- As o ia d Jr Ro i-Ro Robert rt E E Ev Talley of Jerome e om Ariz was wa president pres pr ident of the tha Western Taxpayers as association association as- as at a luncheon preceding the closing session of the organizations organization's seventh annual conference ce her he today Jerry She Sheehan han ot of R no Nev was elected vice pr president and A. A C. C Rees flees of ot Salt Salt Lake founder of t tho the association was was reelected re l for the seventh e time secretary The association voted to meet next year in the executive committee to select t the city which probably will b be Phoenix The association also voted to enlarge enlarge en en- large Jarg and become and become a a national in instead instead instead in- in stead of ota a a western organization The first t step in this direction was direction waR wan the decision dech l to accept pt South u h- h Da Dakota ot n J mf i t w m-w members el 1 5 w Wyo o J 30 Associated As As' so fated Pi Press M s Mj JI H Harris of of t. t Salt Lake City in an address before before- the r seventh annual c conference terence of t f the 1 Western St States tes' tes Ta Taxpayers y rs as socI 1 here today summed up the outstanding defects ts in the theoper- theoper per oper operation aU n of the schools of ot America a by saying that costs would continue to mount until business was as put into the administration of t the tho sch school schol ol system In Inmany states Dr pr Harris Harris' said more than 50 O per pcr cent ent of ot all aU revenUes rev rev- go for schools Yet these millions mil mn lions of dollars are frequently ad ad- administered nii ministered red b by men roen who lack admin Admin- experience They re choson cho choi son sen largely for tor their scholastic at attainments attainments at at- and yet are permitted to dl dictate tat tho things which deal with he be economic aspects of ot schools andor and for tor or which the taxpayers are are being lcd bled cd t to tb death I SHOWS SCHOOL COSTS Dr Harris wh who is with with the sta- sta ed on page e 4 REES RENAMED SECRET SECRETARY SECRETARY- RY FOR TAXPAYERS TAXPAYERS' TAX AYERS BODY BOD i Continued d from tron ri page 1 U of the he payers payers' a rs' rs association through the time u ufe of charts school costs tOday to to to- todAy today day In ho have ve risen to th tile the point point- where the the ed costs costs' of oj qUI government nt t r 1900 and m th the costs of ot are out of all pr proportion p to tho the Increase In school population Comparing 1928 1 with 1915 Dr H Harris said laid the tho In school population was percent 14 cent in school chOol enrollment c nt value of school pr property perty had I d per pet cents cent total eX expenditures had in ia- ia creased per cent sites and buildings per pel cent and anti other un unnamed unnamed un- un n. n nam named d activities headed under the title convenient tl miscellaneous had skyrocketed p per r cent COSTS MOUNT ouN r per pupil in 1915 1315 was ws for fr it Jt amounted amount d to tb Ini Dr HarrIS Har Har- rii rIS said zid the thi de' de der decrease r ae in the value of the 4 dollar lIar had hd been ani only SC 50 per perc c nt nl Utah sp speaker said aid th the solution solution tion lies in d demanding nn that espe eRpe claU daily institutions of of learn leun- in InK ing and nd In cities of l first arid and seer sect ond class n no man shall be engaged d' d a. a M superintendent ent who has haA not rod proved ro d by experience his ability as asa asa a 5 l leader ader in scholastic as as well ll as s economic ph phases s of education n. n If these two qualities cannot tie be found in the same man then the superintendent ent ot of schools should b be limited over o academic d phases phases' of school systems and One one ne neof of equal authority installed t to to- s see aCt e eth th that t th the tax dollar is b being wisely and efficiently expended d Dr Earna Harrill Harris Har Ear rill ris declared DRAIN TO CONTINUE Until that thai that day C comes coms ll th the t ter r. r rifle drain oh on th t taxpayer rs will will- continue and under inder th the n name me of of education resources s' s sor of or the community community will b be ba drained and dh diverted to all the exp experimentations which the ingenuity of man c cAn cari d devised lse Dr Harris charged the taxpayers taxpayers' rs' rs with witha a part of ot the responsibility for permitting the th growth of of the curriculum which includes 1 al almost al' al almost i most every human activity due to I the urge within and nd without t until the present h podge menu served i. i u l in institutions Institution of learning learn In ing Is not Only breaking backs b of oft t the e. e a turning out pro product prod prod- u ts' ts not equal to to- that ot of even of jeven the the- much maligned d little ted school school- house RE REMODEL OD L CURRICULUM Dr Harris Hartis challenged Cd d th the school people to remodel the curriculum based upon the time d re responsibilities responsibilities responsibilities' re- re which the school should assum assume in tr training the bO boy and girl how to think and to relieve the curriculum of the incubus us which has been beeri saddled d u upon on it b by t unthinking un un- thinking s 's selfish patrons added to the fall alt too ready 1 ad attitude of t teachers teach teach- ach- ach ers era themselves lv 5 in building up this unshapely non on thing ciU d Dr Harris alsO dwelt upon th the disproportionate t coats oits of school buildings that are ire re out of ot harmony with the thee environment in io which they ar are pla plated placed ed urging that utility shan shall replace e Jace ornamentation and ec economies supplant town vanity The h mania for bonding for unnecessary unnecessary un un- unI I 1 necessary s a school hool buildings and abandonment iba of ot prese present t useful school school buildings buildings must be vigorously opposed d by a thinking citizenship the speaker said PRODUCE ECONOMY Education Dr Harris nl said may ar a a. leaf out of t the book of industry by consolidating ing bIg school districts on a a. large large- scale placing all administration In im the hands of ot wen well equipped men to to- toad administer administer ad ad- minister th the thC affairs over lar large e t territories ter ter- r kuch uch action will m produce three desired results re results economy economy in operation equality of of school ol districts districts dis dis- dia- dia and uniformity In iTt e educational proc processes Dr Dri Harris Hartis fn t against what hat he termed the all too common practice tice of of school men to use the Parent T Teacher Parent r association as their as-their their political allies especially In the matter matt mattero r o ot propaganda da before c bond elee when the wh whole le school system 1 is I. operation to de dt defeat defeat de- de feat any any- ny att attempt on the pa part o of the cItizens citizen to curtail these R RACE CE IS O COSTLY DeaUn Dealing Dealing- with the higher of learn learning In Dr Harris maintained main main- tamed that the pr present prent ent race raco be bete between be- be te tween n these institutions within their own wn states statts should overcome be overcome He predicted d that tha unless this this expensive competition brought abo about t by sec soc tiona p pride he s sectionalism cUo and nd politics poli voll- tics I s is b put fo to an end these institutions It I- I t will lose their original character char character acter and will bo literally parallel- parallel in Ing e each ch others other's endea endeavors all of ot which he said will add to the pres ent drain upon the tax tax- p payers rs |
