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Show I'tivfa. . . MANTI MESSENGER Published every Thursday at Manti, Utah. Entered in the P0st Office at Manti, Utah 84642, as second-clas- s matter under the act of Congress of V 'Xo itrr future FROTR A Manti Messangar ; ; ,,, - it b theres some good thinking for you! I sure would hate to think that a decision as important as by Max Call the one were voting on I had an interesting conversaTuesday would be made on tion on the street this week with such skimpy information and an acquaintance of mine. . . questionable reasoning. How do you feel about the proposed school building program? I asked. We dont need a new high school, she answered. Why do you feel that way? Because the one we have is good enough. Have you ever been through the present building? Not for many years, but it sure wish youd let me seems to be adequate to me. take my bath in the morning Are yop aware of what instead of at a first night, buildings the program would grader said to his mother one replace? evening. Our teacher always No, only the high school. asks us whether or not weve Have you been reading the had a bath today, and I haven't explanatory articles in the been able to say yes all year." paper about the proposal? No, I dont subscribe to the Our local lawyer Louis (This was a severe Tervort and Dr. H. J. Davidson paper. blow to my ego. I thought were arguing with an engineer everyone took the paper!) one day over whose profession Have you talked to anyone was the first one to be on the committee about the established. program? Mine said Dr. was, What committee? Davidson. The bible says that Have you received any Eve was created by excising a information about the building rib from Adam, and thats a from program any other surgical procedure." source. But before that, said the No." engineer, a engineerThen how can you vote ing job created the earth out of intelligently in the bond elecutter chaos." tion if you know nothing about Aha, said Louis. But who the proposal? created the chaos? I know all 1 need to know, and thats that we sure dont I had a experineed a new high school. ence at Rotary meeting last How about an elementary Monday. Our guest speaker school? was Roland V. Wise, Salt Lake That seems to be a pretty District Director of Internal good building too. After all it Revenue. Just before he began, was good enough for many he pointed his finger at me and others for many years, why said, Mr. Call, Id like to talk isnt it good enough for the to you after the meeting. modern generation. Wow! Have you ever had an How do you intend to vote internal revenue agent say that at the election? he wanted to talk to you? All If I vote at all Ill vote NO. kinds of things start to go th f Now March 3, 1879. MAILING ADDRESS Manti, Utah 84642 SUBSCRIPTION: 1 In Sanpete County Outside Sanpete County $5.50 per year $6.00 per year Max E. Call Bruce Jennings Editor and Publisher Associate Editor Phone 835-424- Dear Editor: The quality of any school depends solely upon the worth of its teachers. A good teacher can teach well anywhere. A poor teacher can teach well nowhere, not even in a marble palace. If we are to upgrade the quality of instruction in South Sanpete, the solution is not new school buildings but in providing better teachers, a thing quite difficult under tenure. Also, no division of state government can launch a bond issue without levying a direct tax, a concealed tax, or by skimping some place. Bonds must be paid, and paid they will be irrespective of anybodys feelings or anybodys hide. And the interest on three million dollars is a staggering amount 1 considering the sparse population of South Sanpete. Also, the main grievance against the present buildings seems to be their age. Perhaps ungainly to the sight, yet they are sturdy and seem in little danger of falling down. Harvard University, a no mean school, is using buildings 300 years old, and Snow Colleges Noyes building is 70. We are now entering into what may be our countrys most trying time. Let us be very careful and very cautious. six-da- y S. C. Ross Ephraim, Utah spine-chillin- HOURS 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. e CLOSED SATURDAYS e e Messenger-Enterpris- Printing Co. g IF 1FA SELLS IT - YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT She did it with much research and deep roots in the soil of our Southern Utah Mormon heritage. And much, much of the built-icredibility and theatric believabilitv must go to the very the prime-move- r source of the thriving Sanpete Community Theatre dynamic Dr. Sheril Hill, director of this particular production . . . and on the teaching staff at Snow. by Frank Peacock In all. he worked with 75 cast and crew members. The other "The Order is Love . . , evening, with much vitality and no was certainly mystery enthusiasm, he prefaced the production to the crowded Snow start of the production by College audience last Monday saving. "Someone from every when the musical started its town, city village and hamlet in successful three-darun. our entire Sanpete Valley is Most of us have heard the represented in this musical story. production tonight." Surely, The mystery was how the this demonstrates a county-wid- e 1875 unsuccessful commune of effort. the United Order could be Music, by Lex de Azevedo, musuccessfully adapted was masterfully handled from to the Credit sically stage. "the pit by Ned Jensen. Neds goes, first, to the playwright, track record with groups and prolific Carol Lynn Pearson. soloists is in our valley unrivaled. through your mind. Did I forget "Vigorous is the descriptive to report some income on my word for the groups and solists last return? Am 1 really entitled in their singing . . . and to all the deductions claimed? especially in their lively dancDo 1 have receipts for mv ing! tithing? Was that trip to Salt The Richard Haslam-design-e- d Lake which 1 put on mv expense sets were brief and account really for business? in less . where, suggestive. And so on. . skilled hands, they could have appeared cluttered and Just as was about to send busy. These sets out an SOS for my accountant, were simple and functional. Mr. Wise told me that he Certainly, they had the distincwanted to discuss his departtive RH brand on them. ment's news releases with me There was an abundance of and ask my opinion if there humor. The height of the earthy were any suggestions I had for came evenings comedy-relie- f them to improve them. . . and when some of the young what could they do to keep a Orderville boys tried to wear good rapport with the press? the seats of their homemade must confess that I was pants thin by backing their relieved. . . and tempted to tell butts to a revolving up him that if he really wanted to in the barn loft. grindstone stay in my good graces that he They wanted new factory-mad- e would agree to not audit my trousers imported from farreturn. But that didn't seem away Nephi! quite ethical, or honest, so I The seriousness and diffiresisted the temptation. culties of live in the commune were throughout. This simple, rather pedestrian musical production was, People are like stained glass ended, a happy theatrical and windows. They glow actors exercise for everyone sparkle when it is sunny and and audience alike. bright: but when the sun goes Hold High the Torch down their true beauty is . . . And firm the faith. revealed only if there is a light shining from within. n . y 1 . . 1 1 d Oct. 6th ,hgh NOW! Page 3 School and Home by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Executive Secretary Utah Education Association Go into elementary school classrooms and you may find the students playing that old Its not game "Simon Says. just a game, though. Its a lesson. Students who are playing Simon Says are getting a lesson in listening. Some years ago a researcher showed that 70 per cent of the average adult's working day was spent in conversation and 45 per cent of that time w as spent listening. Research in the elementary classroom led to the finding that 57.5 per cent of class time was spent in listening, and later it was learned that an estimated 90 per cent of the class time in high schools and colleges is spent listening. Okay, but just how well do we listen? It's not unusual to encounter people who ask for repetition of what was said even though these people dont have hearing difficulty. Research shows that the average person will retain only half of what he or she hears, no matter how much the person concentrates. And two months later the listener can be expected to recall only half of that amount. Educators have been giving students exercises that challenge them to listen, and Simon Says is only one of them. For instance, a teacher may have the students close their eyes and listen for several seconds then ask them to list every different sound they heard during that time. Some-ime- s the teacher will recite directions that might be given to a traveler attempting to reach a particular place and ask the students to repeat them. Parents might read telephone or Zip code numbers aloud just once and ask their children to write them down. Many more sophisticated drills are being used. Educators have found that when listening instruction has been given, pronounced gains have been made in the students listening skills. the subject must be exciting, or at least interesting. If a person must be subjected to a blah" speaker, the listener will soon find relief by taking mental excursions. Still, We can look for a lot more information on the art of listening coming to light, and as students acquire this skill, it may lead to more success in other areas. HOP ' LIFT IN G DOES NT PAY YOU DO! Introducing Pontiac's test yem yett! Car - Truck -Tractor Tires Featuring top quality CO-O- P TIRES at REDUCED PRICES Manti Messenger, Thurs., Oct. 6, 1977 i Grand new looks. Grand new luxury. Grand new Prix! tires are made tougher for demanding rural service. Co-o- p Prices listed below do not include Federal Excise Tax. All tires on sale. CARGO CARRIER Cross lug design provides more rubber Dependable, tough nylon cord for long life. 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