Show 29 MILLION IN 51 Utah Gives Biggest Slice Of f Revenues to Schools Another of a series serles of charts charta and explanatory articles art arti cles des by Utah Foundation a nonprofit private tax research agency established to encourage encourage age the study of taxation and the relationship of governmental govern govern- mental costs to the jho economy of Utah Utah spent for the states state's share of public school and higher education costs during during dur duro ing the fI fiscal al year ended June 30 1951 Education expenditures accounted accounted ac ac- ac counted for of total state expenditures and are toy Iby far the largest single Item of state ex ex- ex pense These figures exclude the local school districts' districts share of school expenditures tures State expenditures for education education tion in 1951 are nearly four times those of 1940 In fiscal 1940 the states state's share of public school and higher education costs was It Increased to do fiscal 1945 19 to In fiscal 1950 and to In fiscal 1951 Several Reasons A number of reasons account for this rapid growth of state expenditures for education The decreased purchasing power of the dollar as reflected in higher salaries for teachers and higher costs for materials equipment and supplies and the enlarged enrollments of public schools are cited as the two most Important important Im im- im factors In this increase The Inability of some local districts to meet the higher costs has resulted in an expansion expansion sion slon of state aid to all but one of the school districts under the minimum school program In fiscal 1948 the first full year under the minimum mum school hool program pro pro- gram the states state's share of local school district expenditures was or more than of the preceding fiscal year This represented an Increase In crease of more than Rising Costs Expenditures Expend of the state colleges col col- leges and the Utah university h have ve also risen rapidly during recent years In fiscal 1940 they were and In fiscal 1945 they were By fiscal 1949 they had Increased to declining to 8 8 in do fiscal 1950 but Increasing In In- creasing again to In fiscal 1951 2951 The principal reasons for this Increase are 1 the decline In Inthe Inthe inthe the purchasing power of the dollar dol dol- lar lac 2 the large Influx of veterans veterans veter ans to the colleges and the universities uni in the postwar period 3 the accelerated building programs carried out on the campuses In recent years and 4 the expansion of research and instructional programs at atthe atthe atthe the colleges and the university as a ay I y i Sate Dawdle Dell WARD HEELER Is b the MAYOR politest man in El EI Dorado county He lIe even has time to stop and speak to Gabby Prescott Frescott who is daft dart on the Spanish American war a an anil the Rough Riders and always always al al- al ways m manages m n to get his beard tangled with the buttons on your vest so he can hold you until his tongue and flailing arms have made another charge up San Juan HilL Guess Mayors Mayor's politeness pays off offin offin off aU in votes but sometimes it makes him look awful foolish For instance Instance Instance In in- stance Last Sunday at the church picnic In Marples Marple's Woods little Eyesore took a stick to a anest anest anest nest of hornets and the riled little critters broke up the feasting and the right now now everybody everybody made an exodus for Marples Marple's Hole Jole in the creek our polite mayor gasping gasping gasp gasp- ing to get in front The mayor was running fit tit to kill with the hornets right behind him and he passed Miss Imogene Bed Bed- soe also burning leather but a bit winded and corset Never one to pass a lady acquaintance without lifting his hat Mayor doffed his bowler The shiny spot I on top of his skull attracted those I hornets' hornets eyes all at once they once they made a line bee and left their stingers sting I o ers in the mayors mayor's scalp I Later at Marples Marple's Hole with I everybody in the tle water up to the I chin and bonnets and pulled I do down n tight around faces the mayor kept spying lady acquaintances and lifting his lid while the hornets had hada a 11 picnic on his pate His Ils head was swollen from the stings bigger than it was the day he ho won the election until his hat wouldn't cover It ft and he had a pained expression under the politeness on his face What's the use we of being polite if you cant can't do It with a happy smile Most of ot the time the voters get stung but this time a politician was on the wrong end of the stinger |