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Show K Alpine District I Schools Close H Successful Year R ' ElflllTV.MNE (JIIAKUATi: FROM mm liKJii school mo ritoM ehjiith tLfm VKM Tho Alplno Consolidated District oflH Schools closed lust wcok with fitting hP jBwifiiwwi rnrrm J ' ' ' ' " ' "" 1 Wf nnd the first year of Consolidation l.s H history, wo foci to congratulate our- WW selves upon tho success of the first mwM your under the new system of gov- MVtM crnlng our schools. j Hffl As Superintendent Hopkins said jfl "Wo have glided Into consolldntlon ho H Binoothly thnt wo Jmvo hardly noticed 9 tho ehnnge. Tho teachers aro more ffllP thnn pleased with tho now syatom nnd Mm would not return to tho old If thoy woro Riven tho opportunity. Consoll- jjH datlon has equalized tho burdens of IM tho tnxpayors and equalized tho oppor- EB tunltics or the boys nnd girls living H within tho district." K9 And now let us brlofly rovlow what H linn mndo Consolidation n success In Kf the Alplno District. In the first place BS wo Imvo big inon on tho Hoard of Edu- Hjl cation; men who can look at tho dls- H3 trlct as a wliolo, and aro not hnmp- G ored by bickerings; Jealousies, and Bg pcttoy sectional quarrels. Tho Alplno B Hoard of Education has labored un- HH tlrltiRly for the educational ndvnnco. n ment of tho District. Thoy have vls- WmW. Ited, In company with tho Supoiln- BH teudent, every school house In tho H district at lonst twice durliiR the first H year. Then, too, when anything has M been going on educationally tho Hoard H has been present. Listen to their vis- HB Its of last week Monday evening they nttonded tho Eighth grade exerclsos H nt I.olil; Tuosday thoy nttonded the HjBB snmo grado exetclses at American Bjw Fork; Wednesday thoy were jiresont V at the High School Commencement ox- BUK erclses nt rieasant Grove; Thursday Hi (hov pnrtiolpatod in tho (Ugh School BW Commoncemont at Amorlenn Fork; MM Krlilnv nt I .eh I; and Saturday they Rl ; finished the week by nttondlng the j Eighth grade exercises at tho Spencer Sj ' . Sohonl of tho Lincoln DlRtilct. Such $V nn Intel eitpil Hoard eannot but In- ! ,' " uplro confidence In superintendent. ' ', principals and tenchors. j - Ono of tho big things tho Hoard did '? ; was to chooso n suporlntetidont. and ""po thnt ilntv wns disposed of, thoy linvo left him unliamporril lo carry ', out the eduentlonitl po'lolei which h- t) f"U to reeoinmend. In fact, ono of 4 "" "oerots nr iioops dining tho first jff4j ' yonr In our District )ms been the Hi ' linoviv onnonppt'nii nnd tierfoet har- B mony oxlstlng between t! poanl and H ' f1' ""oHion,inn A"dour schools, h (unllko Ogdon City) linvo nrofltod as j p """"" of ""oh pinndid harmony. P.i which exists throughout tho entlie t dl-trlrt In tho Districts as a uholo wo have n school population of 4 093 Of this 4BSM number RS7 linvo enrolled themselves IfanB ln our puullch high schools nnd' counting tho numbor who linvo attended attend-ed private high schools or ncadcmlos, over six hundred linvo been receiving high school education during tho year. Lolil graduated from high school 34, Pleasant Orovo 33, nnd American Fork 22, making n grnnd total of 89 to Cornell. Corn-ell. UJli-wrtrTrTirTCT!TTfl5v7reTnfN" cntes of promotion to enter high school nnd It goes without saying that 05 per cent of theso will next yenr bo found In tho vnrlous high schools of j tho district. Twenty nlno teachers aro employed In tho high schools of tho district, nnd of this numbor twenty six of the proscnt teaching force will return again next year. Tho thrco to resign linvo been replnccd by experienced teachers, and Stnto High School In-pector In-pector Moslnh Hnll will again linvo no eauso to complain of tho work being be-ing dono In the Alplno District High Schools, but will rank them ns he did this year, ns among tho modol high schools of the slate. An innovation next year will be tho employment of a Primary Supervisor and here wo wish to commend the good judgpment of the Superintendent Superintend-ent In selecting Miss TFcrmoo Peterson Peter-son of the H. Y. P. to fill the position She will undoubtedly "make good." In iiiusle tho Hoaid felt it had to retronch, In that It could not afford to again employ four music supervisors super-visors and hence it reduced the niuslo stnrf from four to two Our music supervisor for next year will h0 Ah-ram Ah-ram Andoioii and A. It. Overlade, two of tho most successful music supovls- . ors In tho state. In the grades better than 90 of the Piesent forco will return again noxt jear the few to leave being replaced by Normal graduates whoso homos are within tho district r.nd experienced experienc-ed teacher from uoll graded systems elsewhere. In fact, so Ideal a district is the Alpine District conMdorcd to be that Siipeilnteiident Hopkins says he has rccolu-d approximately 300 applications for positions. Tho Hoard lias been fortunate in the selection of Its Cloik. Mr. Knitchner has had considerable clerical oxpor-lenco oxpor-lenco and has dono well In his now position. During tho summer months ho will dlstrlbiito tho supplies to tho vnrlous buildings so thnt nil will bo In readiness for tho opening of school next September. ml so. tnko it all in all, wo nio roady to pronounco Consolidation an unqualified success In tho Alplno District, Dis-trict, nnd feel to congrntulato the Hoard of Education MoBrs. Clnyson. Goodwin, Hiinncll, nnd Anil- orson. Suporlntondo Ins, the Principals, Supervise uchers, "lion tho splendid ret y hnvo nil mado during tho fin, f the1 now system Wo arc sm that next year will ecllpso the ust drawing to a closo in tho point of n successful school year |