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Show & pwwpwwwwbww" nr mi i ii i ii mi. i ... u ;- : ni i H 1 I ii ..'"I'v I Sorority hear report on girls school I to UCLA, but attended BYU instead. in-stead. He comes from a family of 14 children. Forbes has served on the Governor's Council on Drug Abuse and as a representative on the Nevada State Crime Commission, as well as on the Educational Advisory Board for Lincoln County. Active in community com-munity affairs he is a member of Rotary, managed a Little League tee.n for seven years and has been a Scoutmaster for six years. "If you make a responsible decision, you feel good. If you make a poor decision its irresponsible." irre-sponsible." Alex Forbes, assistant superintendent super-intendent of the Nevada Girls Training in Caliente, Nev. told members of the Delta Kappa Gamma, Cedar City sorority, that the above was the philosophy philos-ophy of the Girls School. He told the sorority members, mem-bers, meeting at the Town and Country Restaurant last Wednesday Wed-nesday evening, that both counselors coun-selors and girls are led to live by this theory. The philosophy Is that Improving the "self-image" "self-image" is vital. 'To this end each girl is outfitted with new, good looking clothes," he said. If they need it, orthodontistry and plastic surgery is supplied. Educational advances are important im-portant at the school he Indicated Indi-cated and each girl is enrolled and given the opportunity to complete a high school degree. If acquired the degree is accorded ac-corded through the Lincoln County High School without reference to the specific nature of the girls school, Forbes pointed point-ed out. The school is geared to a capacity of 100 girls and the teacher-student ratio Is established estab-lished at about 6 students to one instructor. Forbes and his family have been associated with the school for eight and one-half years. They have four girlg and two boys. He received his education in New Zealand and came to the United States on a scholarship |