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Show I BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah 2 Letters to the Editor ... Thursday, November 28, 1974 Deplores animal treatment Editor: 10 Attention all you sadists who put these helpless animals in this $12,000 dog pound in Brigham. Its a poor excuse of a facility. The inhumane treatment imposed on these poor animals the cats are in a wire cage, no food, no sanitary litter, no water and in the cold, all sizes of cats. The tom Sunday when I was there, no food since Friday. cats kill the kittens and the dry food fed these cats, the kittens cant eat. There has to be a change for these darling cats that you unthinking people put there. Why do you get them for and then abandon them? Its not that much to feed and take care of them. You abandon and dump them on people who have their share of animals. I hate your kind. We want a place for all animals, especially cats, a warm, individual cage for each animal and her kittens and grown cats and small dogs. There will be more on this until it is taken care of. Years Ago A electrical power federal governthe with contract purchasing ment Wednesday morning gained approval of the Brigham City council which also gave its okay to a duel contract with Utah Power and Nov. 26, 1964 20-ye- ar Light company. Nov. 26, 1964 A homecoming testimonial will welcome Elder Gordon L. Nelson Sunday evening in the Mantua LDS chapel. Elder Nelson recently completed a successful mission to the Great Lakes area for the LDS Church. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee G. Nelson of Mantua. 25 Liz Dunn, Brigham City Gas thief beware Years Ago Nov. 23, 1949 Queen candidates for the Future Farmers sponsored Harvest ball to be held Wednesday in the high school gym are Joan Smoot, Corinne; Donna Facer, Willard; and Joan Norman, Corinne, it was announced by FFA officers. Editor: I write this as a warning, To persons not learning, The gas in my tank, belongs to me. Its not there for them to take free. It seems here Nov. 23, 1949 Floyd Rasmussen, graduate of Box Elder high school with the class of 1932, was appointed general chairman of the annual alumni and athletic day Lake in Salt City, evening banquet Wednesday the USAC alumni office reported today. - getting tired of supplying fuel, For someone else who thinks he is cool. So, gas thief, beware, be on your guard, Next time you trespass into my yard. Robert C. Caldwell South First East Brigham City 519 Now that's what we call service to community! These folks, representing the Spade and Hope Garden club, have planted tulips in downtown flower boxes. The fruits of their labor will be readily visible next spring. Left to right are Arthur Huot, Mary Coleman, Frances Jones, Mildred Vanderwest, Marian Robertson, and Kent Cagle. The correct version The following is a correction of paragraphs run together (lines being omitted) in a recent letter to the editor from Adolph Kaltwasser which was published under the headline What can be done? You curb An Educolumn BOX we have cheated our children. WE HAVE POSSIBLY cheated them by failing to teach a number of things. It has become unpopular to acknowledge the existence of any kind of absolutes or and they had exhilarating challenges to meet on every hand. Is it not strange that in a day of almost super abundance, there is evidence of less and less gratitude and more and more greed? It would seem that the greater our bounties, the greater would be our spirit of thankfulness, but somehow this is not the case. I wonder if the art of gratitude, which can so enrich human existence, is one of the so called old virtues that we as educators and parents, too, have failed to teach and indeed it must be taught. If so, standards. Everything honesty, in- correct English and tegrity, historical fact have come to relative. They are to be interpreted in the light of how we presently feel and the convenience of the moment. Education, itself, has come to mean something different in every school to every teacher. Few are the principles on which even educators can agree. There are few common goals. I recall with some relish the day when educations goals could be summarized. One spokesman, Cardinal Newman, defined education as raising the intellectual tone of society, cultivating the public mind, purifying the national taste, even JOURNAL ELDER A weekly newspaper 1908, published every Box Eider And yes, a sense of gratitude! winter; established Thursday by the 55 South First West, Brigham City, Utah, 84302 Second Class postage paid at the post office, 16 South First West Brigham City, Utah, 84302. giving enlargement and sobriety to the ideas of the age, facilitating the exercise of political power, and refining the intercourse of private life. IT IS UNFORTUNATE that it is now popular and acceptable to challenge any and all of these values with a Who says so? and By whose standards? What we are really saying is that we refuse to be bound by what anyone says or to acknowledge that time tested standards have any contemporary value. I do not long for the good old days per se, but I see merit in worthwhile common goals. Education to Newman and others of his day was something real and definable. Teachers knew that their obligation was to pass from one generation to the next certain absolutes patriotism and love of country, personal integrity, independence, nobility of work, and yes a sense of gratitude. Charles W. Claybaugh Publisher Emeritus Charles "Tuff" Claybaugh Publisher Genera! Manager Bruce T. Keyes, Managing Editor Mike Perry, Sports Editor Sarah Yates, Society Editor Nancy Goss, Advertising Manager Shirley Richardson, Classifieds Circulation Betty Claybaugh, Arland Tingey, Newspaper Supr. Photo-Pres- s Van Claybaugh, Supr. H. E. Anderson, Commercial Printing Supr. rate $9.00 per year payin advance in connection with Box Eider News (published Sundays) $4.50 for 6 months: in Box Elder Subscription able the County. Subscription rate $11.00 per year payin advance in connection with Box Elder News (published SunS5.50 for 6 months: outside days) Box Elder Couunty. able the Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, National Utah State Press Association, and United Newspaper Association Press international. Advertising Representative: Utah State Press Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. c.uidio Each individual has worth Classes and studies in classroom organization and management devote a great amount of time toward helping teachers meet individual pupil needs. It is, therefore, understandable that educators subscribe to those practices in education which are designed to meet the individual needs of children. THE UTAH STATE Board of Education expresses its concern relative to this matter in a position paper adopted in August of this year. In it the board stated: Fundamental to the existence of a democratic society is a belief in the worth, dignity and uniqueness of the individual. The public schools are looked to as institutions for the perpetuation of democracy and as labratories in which democracy may be practiced. Thus, the concept of the student as an individual must be paramount in the operation of a school. School officials must recognize, and their practice must amplify that recognition, that existence of individual differences in personality, personal maturation timetable, interest, aspiration, temperament, and self-imag- e, ability among students is not only a reality but acceptable and desirable. Box Elder County School district concurs in this statement of position. MUCH devoted ferences with the are the different TIME AND effort have been to the subject of individual difand recommendations for coping problem are many and varied as results from application of the practices. It is, therefore, not at all uncommon to find elaborate organizational plans or special instructional practices and curriculum designed to meet all the needs of all the pupils abandoned in a school system because pupil needs were not in reality being met. Teachers, administrators and the board of education of Box Elder County School district recognize the urgency for meeting the needs of each child and are committed to the task of providing for all children those educational experiences which meet the needs and interests of children and are commensurate with their ability. d on by an economy-b- y while taxes, increasing decreasing government spending, or a combination of both. In other words: You try to hold back inflationary pressures by decreased spending. On the other hand, you control economic conditions trending towards a recession or depression by decreasing taxes, while increasing government spending, called pump-primineven to the point of heavy deficit financing, so as to pump more money into a stagnating economy, with which the people can buy more goods in the market place. inflation-broug-ht over-heate- g, in School Talk by C. Morgan Hawkes, Administrator of Curriculum and Instruction It is doubtful that anyone is more aware of or more concerned about or more challenged by individual differences in children than the elementary school teacher. Her teaching assignment makes it imperative that these individual needs of pupils be met. Much time and effort are spent in teacher training to help teachers to understand and cope with differences in pupils, and methods. late, Im Nov. 25, 1949 Five times as many graduates from Box Elder High school are attending institutions of higher learning than are students from high schools from the rest of the United States, according to figures released by S.W. Beecher. The national average of high school graduates of the 1949 class attending college is only eight per cent, while BEHS with 72 students in universities and colleges has 44.7 per cent. by Ray M. Hall Northern Utah UniServ By present day standards, the Pilgrims who celebrated the first Thanksgiving over three centuries ago, had few material possessions for which to be grateful; but never was gratitude more sincere. They were alive; they were free; they had at least a fighting chance to survive the of Both myself and my mate, Get a gas mileage thats zero per mile, While some thief drives with a smile. Instructional materials are selected which provide teachers with flexibility to accomplish this crucial task and within the limits of available resources. Teachers are encouraged to utilize those methods of instruction designed for this purpose and to organize their classrooms in such a way as to meet the individual needs of all pupils assigned to them. SUPPORTING services and special educational programs are provided to assist in the task by the district and the state as resources are made available. It is the position of the Box Elder County school district that meeting the needs of each student is the fundamental concern in all curriculum and instruction efforts at sill levels of the system. This position is based upon the premise that the education system exists for the sake of the student not the student for the system. To this end we will continue to strive. A serious morale problerp Editor: One thing on which the Box Elder County Board of Education and the teachers at Bear River High school agree is that there is a serious morale problem at the school. Far from being resolved, this problem has been intensified by board action in recent days. Not only has the board chosen to lightly consider the serious implications of the recently released audit report as it pertains to certain budgetary practices they have failed to recognize its precipitous implications on staff morale. Teachers resent the boards unwillingness to discuss deep-doweveryday issues that teachers face each day, issues over which teachers have little control. Among other factors which have broken down the morale of the Bear River High school staff over a long period of time v are the following: 1. Teachers resent the implication that they are out to get the principal because he insists on their doing a good n, job. 2. Teachers feel that there has been a double standard of accountability. The board praises the principal for questionable irregularities and slashes at teachers for speaking out. 3. Many teachers have felt that communications are hampered by undignified and frequent profane language employed by the principal. Such communication, teachers feel, is often of a threatening and intimidating nature. 4. Teachers have resented the principals repeated assertion that he was hired to straighten them out. 5. Teachers feel that the present school administrator is not to be reasoned with. His philosophy is, it seems, I am always right. They cite his comment at a recent board meeting as an example. When confronted with specific misclassifications : he said, I would do it again. Another example is his attitude during Thursdays board meeting. In almost the same breath he assure the board that he could improve the relationship and then termed the teachers a lynch mob. In short, teachers feel that it is Dr. Woodburys domineering nature his need to be in command and have all decisions in his own power that has led to both the morale problem and the audit irregularities. Teachers, Bear River High School Ihke . stock inmerica. Join the Payroll Savings Plan. |