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Show Alterra High Provides Many ManyAdvantages ManyAdvantages Advantages for West Side By B7 EHxabeth Elbabeth Elisabeth BartlettTen Bartlett Ten years ago the wind swept sweptover sweptover sweptover over the semi-arid semi arid - plateau of ot Alterra Al- Al Alterra A1-terra A1 terra - - terra . , upon a dilapidated schoolbuilding school schoolbu1ldlng schoolbuilding bu1ldlng building which was to become a aflourishing aflourishing anourishing flourishing educational centen centers Roy Roy"raylor Roy1Faylor RoyTaylor "raylor raylor 1Faylor " at that time president of ofthe ofthe ofthe the school board and Rwssel Rwuel Russel ; Todd Toddboard Toddboard Toddboard board member deserve recognitionfor recognitiontor recognition tor for the visualization of or such stich sdch aflourtshlng aflourishing &nourishing nourishing a & flourtshlng flourishing schoolHigh schoolHigh school schoolHigh High school education formerly formerlya a ' serious SE'MOUS SEMOUS problem In Uintah Ulntah goun- goun gounty tjoun-ty tjoun ty - - ty was solved with the establishing establish establish- establishIng establishing - ing of Alterra high school Alter Alter- Alterra Alterra Alterra - ra meaning 'high high ' . ground la Is 10- 10 lo- lo 10cated located lo located - - cated near the 173 US 40 highw"J highwJ highway highwayfive highwayfive " 11ve five miles cast east . and one mile mUe north northot northof northof ot of Roosevelt An elementary schoolbuilding school schoolbuUdin4I schoolbuilding buUdin4I building was remodeled and recon recon- recont'ltructed reconstructed reconstructed - structed t'ltructed tltructed ' with a gymnasium a stage stagetwo stagetwo stagetwo two average sized rooms . , , showerrooms shOWer shOWerroom showerrooms room rooms . ! send and nd dressing dressinc ' rooms being beingadded beingadded beingadded added Thus Alterra had Its be- be bej beg1nn1ng beginning be beginning - j ginning g1nn1ng and the school schoo ) open opened inSeptember In Inseptember InSeptember september 1933 1939 , , I IA A . 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Reed Morrul Morrill , , , an outstanding outstandingfaculty outstandingfaculty outstandingfaculty faculty member of ot tTlntah tTintah lllntah high highschool highschool highschool school was elected selected to be the Ilrst tirst Ilrstprincipal tirstprincipal firstprincipal principal Through his great greatef grea crea , efforts ef- ef eftorts ef efforts - - forts torts and the coopera cooperation tion of thefaculty the theI thefaculty thefaculty I faculty and students the standards standardswere standards standardswere standardswere were placedat placed at a high levelThe levelThe level | The ccbool Wlool school has had levelI a rapid rapidgrowth rapidgrowth rapidgrowth I growth d dtatencee during Its 1ta eight ninetyistu years of istu- istu istudents ex- ex exIstence ex existence - hundredninety ninety istence tatencee One hundred ninety stu- stu students stu students - - dents attended school at Altena Alterra Altenathe Alterrathe Alterrathe the flat ft first t'UJ tUJ year ) ' Last year yesz the peak peakenroIlmm peakenrollment peakenrollment enroIlmm enrollment ' Win was wa < reached when two twohundred twohundred twohundred hundred Htty My fifty oae O:1e O1e one : students attend attend- attended attendTo attended - ed . . TO Xjidce tde Luke ; ( CBegg O1qg nogg principal prlDctpaJ at the present pre'l'nt prelnt ' ! ' time we owe the accrl'd accrld accred accrl'dlting accredlung accredIttng ' I lting lung by the Northwest Association Associationlof Associationof lof of St > Secondary condary and High schools schoolsduring schoolsduring schoolsduring during the school year of 1938 39Many 39 39Many 39Many Many new courses have been add addI'd added added I'd Id ed ' to the curriculum recently In Includlng Ineluding Ineluding cludlng eluding vocational guidance Arnerl Amen1 ArnerlI Arnerlcan Amen1can Amertcan I can problems shorthand bookkeep bookkeep- bookkeepling bookkeeping bookkeeping . - - ling ing and complete courses COur'i COuri ' ( > . ' ! In music musicI musicand musicand musicand and speech arts During the year yearof yearof yearof I of 1937 38 the first religious train training traintog trainIng ing tog was Introduced by Mr Clegg CleggI Cleggteaching Cleggteaching I teaching t two o courses . In I.n hm throogyI throogyDuring theologyDuring theology throogy theologyDuring ! During last summersacatlon summers vacation \acatlon acatlon \ an anaddition anaddition anaddition addition to the shop Improvements Improvementsand ImproH Improvementsand > ments mentsand I and additions addltlon.s addltlons . to dressing roorrus rooms roomsand roomsind 1nd and ' n a new ncw band room were con conI constructed constructed constructed I structed structedAJt'TTIi structedAlterra Alterra AJt'TTIi AJtTTIi ! ' I 1 limbing l1rnblng well upon the theladdf'r theladder theadder laddf'r laddfr ladder ( ' of al at aillevement I t . Il'vtment Ilvtment ievement ' Lastear Last year yearthe } yearthe -ear ear earthe - the band rated distinction and at atI attended atbended I bended tended the National band meet at atOrand atGrand atGrand Orand Grand Junction , places of ot honor honorhave honorhave ha\e ha e have \ a/ a aJ also / J < ; ( ' bwn bft'n bftn been attained attalnf'd attalnfd ' at cammer commer cammerclal commerclal commerclal honorI I clal and public speaking contestsLooking contestsLooking contests contestsLooking Looking fOl forward 'ard ard > ' Into the futureAlterra future futureAlterra . Alterra Is 8 capable of making nu-c nu c nucImerous nu'merous nu- nu numerous - - | nu-/ nu this thisfoundation / 'merous merous Imerous ' merous achlevem achlevemt achll\t'mt'l achll t'mt'l tmtl achievemer ' \ ' ' < -t t - ts is ( A Most of thisfoundation this Ifoundation foundation ' sho 'Iho Iho ild lid be bt ' accredited to tot tothe totthe to1the t the splend 6plenct d t teachers ochl'rs ochlrs ' who ravebeen t-a\e t a e rave taebetn - havebeen \ betn been In . in.tr intr In . tr ictors ICtOr actors < ; a at t the school schoolP'aoulty schoolFeoulty schoolFaculty P'aoulty Paoulty Feoulty ' n embers ember'i emberi ' of this year are arePrincipal arePrincipal arePrincipal Principal 1 like I kl ' Clegg Clf'gg Clfgg ' L L 1 . L . B Degree De Degt'ee Degree gt'ee- gt'ee gtee gree gt'eeBla ' - Bla ksto ie 11 me ' College and B S SDegJ'e SDegree SDegree DegJ'e DegJe Degree " ! ' BYT BY1 . . je&se jese Jl'sse Jlsse Jesse ' & HuUlnger Hulllngf'r Hulllngfr Hullinger ' n B nS BB B8 S . 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