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Show l. C. and Cedar h School Separate ir 44 Years close of the present school .111 bring to an end the local ichool participation in the lgs which were constructed fars ago, when the Branch lltural College and the Cedar High School sever their conns con-ns forever and each becomes ;lnct unit within itself, each Its own buildings, equipment aching staff. The division was d three years ago and each Dne high school class has been ed from the Branch College today only the twelfth grade Ins on the B. A. C. hill, kt year, all Cedar City high )1 students will attend school in own building which was com-d com-d last Fall at a cost of $227,000. ' will have their own instructors, social and athletic activities h heretofore have been con-n1 con-n1 as a part of the B. A. C. ent body activities, cording to Director Henry Ob-isley Ob-isley of the B. A. C. and N. arlow, superintendent of the County schools, the change Is ; made In order that each )1 can conduct its affairs more Dpriately to the specific needs liege and high school students, thing that has been impossible r the old set-up. was In 1897, under the tutelage te University of Utah, that the school began under the name he Branch Normal School. In , the State Legislature passed 11 changing the direction of the ol from the University of Utah the State Agricultural College, this time, also, the name was iged to the Branch Agrlcultur-tollege, Agrlcultur-tollege, and it was given powers each any course being given ot parent institution. 1 1897 the original buildings e built by the citizens of Cedar i with local materials and local kmen at a terrific cost, and ,ln in 1913 the citizens cooper-d cooper-d by donating 80 acres of land to j school to provide agricultural lllties. Beginning with S acres a one building, the school has landed until today it includes 175 jes of land, eight buildings, m, a farm home, and several farm jldlngs. 941 marks the third great step the development of college edu-lon edu-lon In Cedar City. For the first He in 44 years, the high school d college are separate Institutions. ;N. Wright, former B. A. C. ln-luctor, ln-luctor, will act as principal of the w Cedar City high school which 11 be run as a part of the Iron tunty school system under the pervlslon of Superintendent N. J. irlow, while Henry Oberhansley 11 continue as director of the B. : C. under the President. E. G. iterson and the Board of Trustees I the U. S. A. C. 1 a . |
