Show TO ilace il ACE MI 11 connof lin n lift rt to hai hait lia 1 ti high chool d urd r the official control of or the tat de apartment part ment of education will ill be b mud by C A president of the rand grand county bearl of or duration edwa tion who lift for salt lake cit city tuesday morning to attend the annual mst ing of the state school board assoni atlon at the present time the utah high school athletic adocia tion ia is a voluntary organization of high school coached and principal and has ha no official connection w m ith the state educational system the importance of athletics in the cur of utah high an ani the heavy investment invest mint of public fund funds i in athletic fields field g amna and anti a equipment make it impe imperative ratiP the grand county board fed feis that the state educational bauh ex ercie control over the achik t ai at ti tivi vitie ties the vital problem to be d ur I 1 nt tit the school ho baird ird association mr nip t ing ii tru truancy aric the grand c tinta board ha has felt for vears vern that the st strongest meakin for f fating wing truancy is 19 athletics and the history of the drawl irand county count hleb hool bears out thi r active actie athletics have hae been in u ut at at I 1 the local school for four tir t ir ind during those four ears eart there ther has been a tready and apri surprising sa s1 rig increase in the number of b buys s who bo remain in high school the full four ears bears the statistics 0 of f the loc docil d school point out the following facts in the gra graduating doating flass class consisted of 10 per boys boyi and 85 per cent girls in 1921 per cent girls in 1922 the first ear of athletics 15 per cent bivs and and 85 per cent girls in 1923 1023 33 1 3 percent boys bos and 66 23 2 3 per cent sirls girls in 1924 33 1 3 per cent boy boys and 66 2 3 per cent girls eirls in 1925 57 per cent boys and and 63 per cent girls the 1926 graduating class contains 41 14 1 4 per cent boys and 58 3 4 per cent girls the junior class this year contains 64 2 7 per cent boys and 35 1 7 girls the sophomore class consists of 44 4 49 9 per cent boys and 65 55 5 9 per cent girls while the fre freshman ahman class has 63 53 18 1 8 per cent boys and 46 7 78 8 per cent girl girls these statistics show that instead of graduating classes of girls as formerly the local high school as a a result of the introduction of athletics now graduates classes eq equally bally divi divided ed beaw between een boy boys and girls and that this proportion will continue in the future the grand county board ha hag been very anxious that some systematic general control of athletics be maintained and has ha felt jelt that this thi ia Is not possible under the voluntary organization which aich now exists for the reason that no do voluntary organization can have the necessary auth authority onty over athletics therefore the board has favored the appointment of members of the athletic association by the state board of 0 education and has suggested this to other school boards it is ii believed the state department has t the he necessary authority responses from ether other boards while showing a keen interest in the propos proposed etI chance change appear to favor this plan which will very lil lively lelly be recommended the elect election lon of nil athletic board from members of the state board of edu cation the school board association ion and the high school principals association this arrangement is entirely satisfactory to the grand county board as it will take the control n of high school athletics entirely into the hands binds of active school officials fici als the most important benefit benefits hoped to be obtained are that such an association will have the p per er to divide the state into divisions division and require games betseen sch schools is in close to each evich other oter after such tuch schedules are fixed by the board the schools will be compelled to the games arc are forfeit them to their opponents ponente op this will eliminate binate the for game crimes and the great loss of time to the team teams by wing to grael across the state for gained and will also save much of the expenses eapen tes of trave linc the reason aich mr robertson Robe rAaon will arre iq of enough importance to the change is that from 20 to 30 per cent of the school invest ment of the state consists of athletic fields and gymnasiums athletics it will be pointed out are now z so 1 definitely definite lr A part of the educational system that degreck are aven at the elate state colleges alane student students to major in physical education du catlon |