| Show CHURCH C HU RC H SCHOOLS TO CLOSE 40 operation at 0 the L D S allege high school will cease in june 1931 I 1 at the end of 0 the school year etwas it was announced monday by dr joseph P F merrill commissioner of 0 education for the church support by the church of five junior colleges la in U ustah idaho and arizona ilso also will be withdrawn withdrawn by 1933 he said with two exceptions the church will be out ot at the secular education field by 1933 the two schools school a which will continue under L D B S church direction are brigham young un university iver sity at ai provo U lejah and juarez academy Co colordo lorda juarez chihuahua mexico junior antor Clolie colleges kos will wili be dixie college st george snow college i ephraim weber college ogden ricks college Rex berg idaho and gua gila college thatcher arizona the closing ot of the schools Is laan in line with wit hithe the policy oath of the general church board ot of educator edu caton to withdraw wherever feasible the held field of 0 secular education a du cation in favor of the public school it Is announced the L D 8 business college will continue as it ignot Is not effected by closing of ille the high school opening next tall ball of the new south high school influenced the church board of education in closing the L D S high school as the students student 8 released could thus be taken care of without the alt city high schools dr merrill said the church board of education educato on I 1 hopes that the junior colleges will be continued under public auspices stated dr merrul merrill Ili it had llad been previously announced that the colleges would be give the public time to work out the necessary plans and to secure leg lala tion alon for their continuation date data of their closing wag waa deferred to 1 1933 toJ responsibility of conti continuing u 1 I junior college opportunities in the communities affected is now passed on to the public the states counties and cities concerned policy ot of the church in closing secular academies was started in 1912 th the school properties being turned over v t to othe the public io to bemused be faed as high ach schools college departments of L D S 8 college at salt lake city ended last year the junior colleges to be discontinued have atonal a total enrollment of collige college grade students with at ricke lucks at weber at snow a at dixie and 90 at gila action of the board of education was taken at a a meeting as a result of the decision of the church first presidency and the board of education to close the schools ls tribune |
