Show SCHOOL WORK UNDER consolidation Vig figures ures as a rule are very stupid and uninteresting things and comparisons are more frequently odious than otherwise but occasionally exceptions to the general rule occur here as elsewhere and the following may prove 4 4 interesting and somewhat pleasing to those who are following our educational growth the following table shows the growth of high schools in the U S as a whole as compared with that ot of box elder county the figures are given in per cent of growth in each succeeding year forthe year given U S B D E 1907 8 1586 1808 1908 10 1040 2102 1911 12 1182 1913 14 2925 1908 9 2545 1910 11 1912 13 it if we add the respective percentages of growth tor for the years 1907 8 to we find the sums to be U S box elder or almost four times as great for box elder as tor for the ti S as a whole in the browh of high school education we are at least keeping pice pace with our couii country try as a whole the following figures are interesting as showing the effect consolidation has had on keeping pupils in school until they reach the upper grades and graduate the year 1906 7 the last year before consolidation and last school year 1913 14 are here compared the figures represent the per cent of the total school enrollment found in the grades given only the three upper grades are here given tor for the purpose in view ath ath ath graduated 1906 7 95 84 63 38 1913 14 93 94 76 vo increase 74 As compared with the U S as a whole in 1911 12 the latest figures available box elder stands as follows U S 93 76 64 51 box elder 93 94 76 per cent above U S 97 the figures show in short that box elder county had last year 74 of increase in the ath grades over the year 1907 of increase in the ath r tirade rade of increase in the ath a SEnd icren ic rei s in th nam ham her zi ot graduates the second set of figures show that we compare very favorably with the U S as a whole in the upper grades and our percentage of graduates is almost 50 per cent higher than that of the U S as a whole our farmer friends will be interested in the following yields secured by box elder county club workers as compared with the average yields in the U S and the sate 0 utah potatoes ave average rage for U S 1096 G bu per acre utah box bos elder prize winner sugar beets average for U S tons per acre utah box elder 2098 prize winner tomatoes average tor for U S 64 tons per acre for utah 8 for box elder county prize winner vinner 1693 corn average for U S bushels per acre for utah tor for dox box elder 68 prize winner 84 people generally will concede that boys who can get results such as are shown by the foregoing figures have learned at least the rudiments of good farming the schools do not claim even the major part of the credit for these record crops tor for almost invariably we notice that the boys who succeeded best were sons of men who know how to farm and we suspect that that is where most of the credit is due we can only hope to stimulate Int interest erast give encouragement and inspiration pi ration and set up standards and i ideals in this practical work |