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Show POOR SCHOOLS, "SCHOOLS," OR GOOD SCHOOLS ? ? ities of local organizations. The meager shrubbery at the Milford school grounds was obtained only through financial support of the individuals of the community. com-munity. These, and many other projects proj-ects completed in our county schools (including purchase of band uniforms) should be paid for wholly from tax funds. As it has been, the few who contribute con-tribute are carrying the load for the many who benefit. Much has been said about juvenile delinquency and lack of respect on the part of students stu-dents for the facilities they are furnished. Maybe adults should make a few comparisons. The NEWEST of these school buildings was built before many o'f the teachers employed in them were born before many of the students' parents were even married. We send our children to school in buildings erected 35 to 60 years ago, but we don't store our cars in garages gar-ages built for horse stables. When our homes reach the age of 15 to 20 years we consider them old-fashioned and inade; quate. and start planning new ones. The Milford News offers: 100 support of the present county-wide Parent-Teacher Association As-sociation movement for Better Schools in Beaver County. We believe the program is vitally essential to the proper education educa-tion of our children. We have been accused of "crawfi.shnig" and "swapping horses,' because a few years ago we opposed a special tax levy for school support. We opposed op-posed that movement because we, along with 776 other Beaver County residents, were not satisfied sat-isfied with the meager explanations explana-tions offered as to exactly what the mom ' would be used for. The pitsent program of the Beaver County Committee for Better Schools is entirely different. dif-ferent. It is an open, publieiy- announced program to obtain funds with which to build adequate ade-quate school buildings to house our children, and remodel and improve existing buildings and facilities. The program is based on inspections by competent building engineers, and final recommendations will be made after a county-wide survey by three Northern Utah educators who are experts in the field of education and educational facilities. Bui the same old "Chic Sales" are good enough lo housa our children while they are being trained to take over industrial and political leadership lead-ership of our nation. Give these kids modern, well ' lighted and properly ventilated school buildings, and they will take as much pride in them as we take in the new automobile we buy every two or -three years. We challenge any citizen- of 1 Beaver County' to present a plausible, convincing argument that our present school buildings build-ings and facilities for educating our children are adequate. We will publish any taxpayer's taxpay-er's argument against, as we have published the Better Schools Committee reports and arguments for, the present movement for Better Schools in Beaver County. Next week we will discuss financial fi-nancial ability to erect new, modern school buildings and improve others which can be made acceptable by remodeling. Briefly, the program is this: Competent engineers are surveying sur-veying the school buildings of the entire county. Competent school administrators will survey sur-vey the school facilities, including, includ-ing, we understand, the classroom class-room space, condition of facilities facili-ties and equipment, teacher load, curriculum, and the many other factors that add' up to a poor school, an "ordinary" school, or a GOOD school. After recommendations of these two survey groups have been made, the County Committee Com-mittee for Better Schools will make recommendations on a county-wide basis to the Board of Education. What action is taken on . the recommendations will be up to the Board of Education. What action they are able to take will be up to the taxpayers of Beav- 1 er County. They can dream and plan and hope, but school buildings and adequate instructional instruc-tional facilities can only be obtain ob-tain with hard cash. The Milford News believes that school buildings and school facilities in the Beaver County schools are deplorably inadequate. inade-quate. Last year one Milford teacher stayed up night after night until the wee small hours of the morning making copies from a textbook of the next day's lesson assignments so his 40 students, for whom only two textbooks were available, might have some sort of written text from which to study. In neither of the county high schools is there sufficient laboratory lab-oratory equipment to enable students to perform lab experiments. experi-ments. Every school in the ! county is begging citizens and organizations to donate library books, or money to buy library books. Playground equipment has been obtained through contributions con-tributions or fund-raising activ- |