Show fEARS Of fRAT IN SCHOOL REVIVED BY SECRET ORGANIZATIONS Of BOYS C With Wit the fall faB term fairly tiry started ed at I hi high h school the lie old trouble with fraternities frater is hoh bobbing iu up a again aiD and demanding demand ill jug ing tho the attention of the 8 school hool authorities ties tics This year it is saul said that several boys hoys of time tho school have ht secretly organized organ organ- in imitation of ci college fr tics ties The Tho practice is held hel to be 10 I an and ll adverse o to the best hest st standards stand ards of school work rind will bo be dealt leak with ns as such Two years carl ago fraternities at tho the hi high h I school hoot threatened to destro destroy the democratic demo cratic spirit of the tho school A strict cm- cm I sado eado was inaugurated by hy the tho board of i I education and anti Principal George Georgc A. A Eaton with t the result that many of the boys bos were expelled and nd the tho frat rat trouble stamped out out at least ca t tempo tempo- Last year tho the school was said to bo be entirely free freo from fraternities I Its revival re in secret or organization is j causing consi considerable apprehension among school authorities and if tho the boys with Wit l the immature college id ideas as are arc discovered ered th the old Oli method of expulsion for tho tho- those thoo o unwilling lo to conform with school regulations re will be bo adopted IL The high school and college colie authorities agree that the tho spirit of tho the fraternity has no o place in high school life In Iu speaking of the question of fraternities iu in high schools It a prominent Utah educator said sair this thi mornin Tlc Time question as 35 to whether fraternities ties lies arc are desirable in high school forces to the surface the question as fiS to what position high schools occupy in our 11 educational edu system Are ro they stalactite formations of our college collego o system or are aro they an advanced nd part of f our grade school institutions In opinion they should he be the tho latter but m lU reality they partake of the nature of the former The Tho high hiah school is a 0 L public institution institution tion calculated to provide something higher hiber than the time elemental learning given en cn Cu in in the grade rale schools It gives h fj what might be bo styled st an m average a education that fits th the young to enter the thi world world word not riot with tho the advantages cs of special training for Jor that is received in college col coI lege only but au an average 1 chance chanc 7 Tho man with a hj high h school diploma I is is not classed amon among those handicapped for br lack of ot education He is the middle roan muon Tho The college man Is a special type the tho man with special advantages His training is Dot not a public undertaking as asis ass is 15 s tho the nigh high school course For For these reasons ons the high b school should d be but a hi continuation tiou of tho the grade school T work and ind tho the spirit of such an institution should therefore be entirely free freo from the tho undemocratic tic co collego collego col col- lego e o spirit Fraternities are distinct distinctly a feature of college life und and should be kept out Dut of our high schools |