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Show OUR SCHOOL SITUATlOXr It is never an agreeable undertaking under-taking for us to mention any matter mat-ter that will reilect discredit upon our fair City of Homes. Our policy always has been and always will be to avoid such subjects as far as is consistent with the general welfare. But sometimes the occasion oc-casion demands that such mention be made in order that the full weight and importance of a certain matter or condition may be brought before and forcibly impressed im-pressed upon the minds of the people. peo-ple. Time and time again we have urged upon the people the necessity neces-sity of providing better school accommodations in Brigham City. Since the segregation ot the city into four districts we have striven for a re-union of the town into one district. This would facilitate the building of the much-talked-of big central school house. Then a higher, more perfect and systematic system-atic course of education might be oflcred the children and youth of this city. There are between 800 and 900 children attending school in this city. The number is certainly great enough to demand our attention. atten-tion. Their welfare should be zeal-1 ously looked after. Why, there are enough of them to out-vote the legal voters of this city two to one. The matter we wish to emphasize empha-size todav is this. Here we have a city of 3,00U peoiilo. The wealth of tho town will exceed $1,-000,000. $1,-000,000. There are 900 school childron; fourteen school?, and eight buildings build-ings being used for school purposes. Now here is the rub. With one exception, these fourteen schools are all held in buildings erected and intended for other than school purposes. They were originally dwellings, business houses, ward halls, etc. Excepting the school building in the Third ward, (which, by the way, was erected by donations and the district now pays rent for iti use,) some benches and other small fixtures, bought at odd times, what have we done in the way of school buildings? Just think of it; not a single dollar has been placed in -school house walls! Had you thought of that before? Isn't that surprising yes, even astonishing? astonish-ing? Then are we not justified in boldly asserting that Brigham City today is twenty-five years behimd the time in school facilities? Thus our teachers are handicapped; handi-capped; our children unthinkingly robbed. |