Show HIGH L AFFAIRS A f F A I 1 R 68 at tile the beginning of school voile in the new year the high school faculty will not be the same is as heretofore lor for the reason that three old members step out and three new ones stop in ili the teachers who will no longer be associated with the school ate miss florence compton mr IV P day and mr 11 II K E smith in the general change which itch will be effected mr air A L neff will step out of the but will alfi be retained as a member odthe faculty the necessity of these changes in the middle ot of the school ye year arwill will very naturally make many people throughout the county ask WHY and it is no more than right that the tax payers who support tile the schools school s sl should 10 11 id k know n 0 w the reason and sa so the board of education has authorized the publishing of the history of the case care the whole trouble in a nutshell nut shell arose over the principal of the school and other members of the faculty being unable to make their ideas harmonize the principal very naturally felt fell that he was held cespon responsible s ible for the school hence lie he should be the real head the other teachers charge that they were not taken into the con the principal and hence had no voice in the conducting of the school while they very naturally felt a great interest in the institution and desired to work tor for its best welfare matters went on thus unbeknown to to the board of education for some time until finally the teachers appeared before the board with an biti ma turn tum asking for the release of the principal or they would resign A labor was immediately taken up with the teachers and all promised to go back and work for excepting one who asked the board to consider her resignation ie as having been handed in ill and urged that her place be filled is as quickly as possible true to their promise the teachers went back with tile the understanding that the high school should be under the direction ot the la culty with the principal as the chairman of the faculty things went along for a time lime and it was wai seen that the scheme would not work as the teachers apparently patently ly could not get together membris ilem beis of the board and the county superintendent worked with the teachers individually and urged them to put aside personal feelings for tile the good of the high school the result of this labor was not as desired and in spite of the pleading of the superintendent some of the teachers insisted on presenting a petition to the board 0 of education asking tor for the removal 0 or tile the principal it was presented and in considering tile the request the board became convinced that a change was necessary in the faculty tor for the reason thatis th that atit it was self evident that harmony could never be secured with the present corps of teachers to make it short the resignation already han banded handelin dedin in was accepted and two other teachers were notified that their services would be dispensed with a the close of school tor for tile holidays smitha in ili the passing 0 of day smith and miss compton Coi apton the school loses three very efficient and earnest teachers their hearts have been in tile the work heretofore as Is amply evidenced by the great love which the pupils have for them and the sorrow which their leaving lias has caused in ili the school not only does this regret effect the high school students but it also moves the members of the board of education and the step was as taken only after it behanic apparent beyond bayoud every doubt I 1 that tile alie high school faculty as then could not make a successor the hie school and this action of the board was sustained by the students of the school at N which aich meeting tile the case was N as presented in its entirety entirely by the county lupei superintendent in the blaid has no ill beelin feelings 7 S for tho hid teachers who N ho leave but on oil the other hand regret legret most sine ciely that tile the action was made necessary the teachers inho w will lill fill the vacancies ai ae the opening of school after holidays are prof A ill M merrell of logan who abo will be the new principal ind and who just finished a course and got liis its degier at the university of chicago prof merroll merrell was nas su superintendent perill of the logan city schools for a number of years aud is also a graduate of tile the B Y college As an all educator lie stands in the foremost ranks in tile the state and had not the board of education secured his serl sen ices mr merrell would hao hae gone to t the agricultural ell tural college AN where here he be was wlate wanted 1 1 very much P V cordon of logan will nil the chair vacated by mr day at present mr cordon is assistant editor of the deseret Far farmer laer and also is a member of the agricultural college faculty facility lie ile is a logan boy having received his training in ill tile the college on oil tile the hill bill and comes with the very highest recommendations ficia dr john A widtsoe soe president of tile the college ralph R bolley woolley ool ley or of ogden is ir the third teacher coming coining mr woolley is a graduate of the university of utah since when lie he has been associated with dr james I 1 5 Tal niage in doing scientific work and corries comes highly recommended om orn by that gentleman ubo alio ought to know good mato ilal when ilien lie finds it mr air woolley comes of one of the best known families in fit the junction city and indeed all three or of the th e new teachers ate aie sons of some of tile tho best stock in tile the state it is therefore safe to say that ill at only a very short time will nill elapse ele the students and teachers s are thoroughly acquainted with each other and the school will undoubtedly soon recover horn tile the trouble through which it has recently passed tile the thing to do I 1 isi for everybody to boost and boost hard tor for tile the high school it Is not surpassed by any institution or of its kind lit in the state and as a people we ate aie proud of it loyal to it and will u ill ever labor for its welthie wel taie faie |