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Show (IVUUai I . ! .a r" jrials J of U Dept. Library Utah City Lake '-- It I 84112 SOUTH SALT LAIvui Serving The Center Of industry FOUNDBR Volume II, No. 11 rs Thurafifcftfil mmw't ?? ' Editorial ' W ; - ; . . . . - .... On Lowering The Voting Age It seems likely (that the legislature of the United States of America will shortly lower the voting age for national elections from 21 to 18. Young people have for a long time been agitating for this legislation on the grounds that one who is old enough to die for his country is old enough to vote. While the logic of this statement is open to question, the movement has gained support from such conservatives as Barry Goldwater, Senator from Arizona. Senator Goldwater testified that it was his belief thr.t a man old enough to raise a family and pay taxes, was old mhS7ff 1970 Utah State University is one of 29 institutions selected to take part in a nation-wid- e program to educate handicapped ... children funded through the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfares Education Professions Development Act. Dr. Kenneth Fairer, head of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education at USU, said the university expects to receive $225,000. This will provide funds for training 54 teachers and teacher aides in a degree program. It is a program to assist ducational personnel to teach students of wide variability in regular classrooms, Dr. Farrer non-gradua- enough to vote. Since it is possible that the various states will soon be faced with the same decision now being made by the Senate and House, it might be well to consider a few points about voting and the franchise. 1. If I'm old enough to die, Im old enough to vote. The defense of ones country requires only a willingness to fight for ones heritage. The duty of voting requires mature consideration. There is a difference in kind between the two duties. The statement is thus no argument. 2. A man old enough to raise a family is old enough to vote. Here the same logic would seem to apply. The fact that a man is physically able to sire children is in no way indicative of his ability to properly raise and care for them. Indeed, statistics seem to indicate that the opposite is very often true. 3. Young people today are smarter and more mature than ever before. If the behavior of the young people on our college campuses is any criterion of their ability to consider and act democratically, then they are a long way from deserving the franchise on grounds of maturity. In actuality, age, or financial status, or the amount land one owns, are all artificial means of designating who shall vote and who shall not. Ideally (and this is what the founding fathers were aiming for) , only those persons should vote who are willing to give, to the best of their ability, calm and logical appraisal to issues and persons. Until we can come up with a method of selecting those qualified to vote we will have to hobble along on our present system. But, it seems to me, that lowering the voting age to 18 is not a step in the right direction. wAH te said. The program will run through this summer and the 1970-7- 1 academic year, to provide more effective schooling for the more than 60 percent of all handicapped children who are not in special education W. Sterling Evans Seeks Second Term As County Clerk Salt Lake Count Clerk, W. Sterling Evans, today announced he will seek a second term. "In my first term the Clerks office has taken on additional met the inresponsibilities, creased load from a greater population, and weve done it at a lower cost. Im running for election on this performance and this record, Mr. Evans said. Under his direction the Utah Teachers Made More In 1969 Clerks office now issues passlitah teachers with college when average beginning sal- ports, provides service to two aries were raised 11.5 percent additional district courts, and degrees averaged salary inhas met an increased workload creases totaling $881 last year and maximum salaries hiked from these new duties, his an2.2 per cent. Although the peraccording to information nouncement stated. by the 40 Utah school centage increases for the 1969-7- 0 "Weve been able to meet the districts. year are slightly less than 63-6- 4 the raises, the dollar new demands with innovations. Of the increase, $632 repreamounts of the increases are apOur efficiency is up, and I am sents an actual boost in salaries, same. the proud of the work force the while the remaining $249 is for proximately people of Salt Lake County have the normal increases granted in the Clerks office, Mr. National Wildlife teachers for length of service. Evans continued. The lowest, salary boost went to Week Set Salt Lake City teahcers ($574) Operating figures for the Clerks office cited by Mr. while the highest went to CarThe annual observance of Na- Evans show a net bon School District ($1,092). savings for tional Wildlife Week, March 15-2- 1. the office in the 1970 budget Beginning salaries for a will focus on the importance over 1967. teacher with a bachelors degree of wildlife as a measure of enWe are pleased to have will average $5,798 during the vironmental quality. 1969-7- 0 maxwith school year a National Wildlife Week is eliminated the backlog in tranimum $8,556 reached after 11 sponsored by the National scribing court proceedings teachmost In districts, years. Wildlife Federation in an at- through organizational changes and some new equipment. Our ers average 180 to 185 teachto motivate people into micro-filtempt program has been ing days or nine months of the taking stock of their world. The accelerated and our method of year. same barrage of pollution, careinformation imEight school districts in Utah lessness, filth, and destruction Evans Mr. declared. currently have maximum sal- that threatens the animal world proved, aries of $10,000 or more for is threatening us. The office also has the reteachers with a masters degree. Alfred Paterson of the Salt sponsibility for processing all Salary trends indicate that Lake County Fish and Game activity of the courts, including the largest salary boosts were Association is the State chair- involuntary hospitalizaprovided in 1963-6- 4 school year man for Wildlife Week in Utah. tion, probate of wills, schedul sub-miltt- ed m retrieving ing court matters, calling juries, processing all documents and handling of evidence. Funds for child support and alimony are received and dispersed through the office. Over 5300 couples applied for marriage licenses through the office last year. The Clerks office also supervises all voter registration and elections in Salt Lake County, involving over 500 voting districts. Were planning further serv- computerization to speed ice, conserve space and reduce costs. I am seeking to continue in the Clerks office to bring about the further savings I know can be made, Mr. Evans said. lie was appointed County Clerk April 29, 1968. Prior to this he served as Salt Lake County Purchasing Agent from January 1, 1967. For many years he was controller for the Salt Lake Division of Safeway Stores, holding responsibility for a several state area. He is married and the father of three children. former member of the Utah House of Representatives serving three terms, he has served on the Utah Safety Council and filled various Republican party positions. He is a member of the Salt Lake Area A Chamber of Commerce, Ambassador Club, Sons of Utah Pioneers, Bonneville Kiwanis Club, Footprinters and Public Administrators Association. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and an active church member. classes. USU'8 program, prepared with the approval of the State School Office, will be held in cooperation with Iron, San Juan. Grand, Tooele and Ogden School Districts. It calls for 18 experienced classroom teachers and 18 future educational aides from districts where there are educationally disadvantaged students, plus nine educational aids from the Cache County area and nine teachers at USUs Bowen Laboratory School to participate. The base of operation will be the Bowen Laboratory School classrooms. The program is a modified continuation of a program going on at USU this year in cooperation with Uintah, Duchesne and Grand School Dis- tricts. The professional staff from the Bowen School and selected members of the elementary education, special education and pathology faculties at USU will suppement the teacher-aid-e group. This was designed so years project school each that morning nine teams consisting of a laboratory school teacher and aide, plus a certified teacher and audiology-speec- h two aides from the district involved, managed a learning environment for a group of boys and girls at Bowen School. In the afternoon, professional staff members from USU departments worked with the project participants in seminars. The project was designed to retrain teachers now in the field to more fully meet the needs of all children and also to help teacher aides gain an under- standing of the teacher-pup- il learning situatior in which they assist. Participants experimentewith various teaching methods during the 18 weeks of intensive training. Upon returning to their districts they to page 4 d |