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Show Per Gapita Cost of High School Education! -. 1 In vlow of thu fact that during tho recent agitation on taxes, stnto officials' of-ficials' salaries, etc., somo Inaccurate statements have been nuido and somewhat some-what exaggerated estimates given (possibly wholly unintentional) 10 gardlng tho cost of education, nnd especially high school, In our own community, 1 take this opportunity of submitting, for the benefit of taxpayers tax-payers and school patrons, the following follow-ing stntemont: During u recent visit to our district dis-trict of Prof. Moslnh Hall, Stnt" High School Inspector, Trustee II. D, Wnd-loy'of Wnd-loy'of the Alpine High School Hoard nnd myself had 11 long conference with the Stnto Inspector regarding high school work In the state gener-nlly, gener-nlly, nnd his report to us wnn In substance ns follows, with tho assurance assur-ance thnt w might feel perfectly nt (liberty to quoto him on nnylhlng said. Ho reported that in some sections of the state wero quite elaborate preparations pre-parations hud been made for small high Bchool enrollments, the nnimnl per cnpltn cost had reached ih" sum or $.00.00, which ho claimed, or course, was entirely loo high He Bald u number of kcIiooIb were running run-ning at a per capita cost of Tiom 7u 00 to $S0.00, while still others were running run-ning between $80.00 and $100,00. After 11 thorough and careful Investigation In-vestigation by the otato high rcliool officials, ho wild that they had concluded con-cluded tltat any high school in the state doing accredited work at an annunl per capita cost not lo exceed $70.00 was within reiinou nnd not to be complained nt. A careful estimate, mukliig what I consider n very liberal nllownnco for the balance of the year, shows thnt the school nt Amerlcnn Fork High School Untitling will cost an follows for tho current year; High School and Klghlb Crude, $55.CO per capita. High School exclusive of Klght Orado; CC.C0 per capita. - It Is no doubt n well known fact to all thnt by far tho most expensive pnrt of thbvWoiU Ib tho third and fourth. year High School, this la true for nt lcnBt two reasons: 1st, bwmusc? tho elnssoB In these two yogi's aro fewer In number, thnt It fewer students stu-dents in tho clasa; ami 2nd, because the greater part of tho labraicry op-poratus op-poratus and supplies Is used n tho work of thcoo two years. Notwithstanding tho ubovo comparl-aon.I comparl-aon.I Vcel Unit every rciisonnblo inciins or eco'iomy, conslatant with olllclency, should bo used In crvylng on our. High School work, nnd am sure tho Alplre High School Hoard is a unit on this point. KM J. CI.AYSOX. Sec'y. Alplno High School Hoard, o |