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Show I The High School Move- mout. H Tim movement now on in tlio H Statu of Utah to establish high H scliools in all the larger school B districts should he heartily sup- m ported. B Whili' Utah ranks high in her B public school work she has been m woefully deiicietit in the number H of high .schools in the State, It m has been possible for a favored K "4cw only to get beyond the work H of the grades. By the establishes establish-es ment of local high schools the HB opportunities for higher education H arc brought within the reach of H thousands who otherwise would H go through life hampered and tin B prepared to take advantage of the H ' best opportunities. H '" The si.v large school districts of B Utah county have organized for HM ',''" school work. The first H great effort will be to. thoroughly H do the work of the first two years H of standard high schools, and by H so doing be able to transfer full B credit to any recognized college SB or university in the state. H Not only must this movement M lift the community educationally B ,nnd morally, but must result in a HHj great financial saving to the dis-B dis-B trict. The average cost per year BV to students who go away to school B is about $200. f'or fifty student, H the number in the Llii Hiih BB School last year, this Would mean H n saving of $ 1 0,000, or an amount BB nearly equal to the entire cost of Hkr public-and'high school combined H in the district named. H 1 There is another important H point to consider in favor of the local high school. Boys and B girls usually graduate from the H eighth grade at the age of i. B to 16 years. It is very desirable H' thai these young people should K remain at home for a few years H under the watchful eye of the B parents who care more for their K childicn's moral welfare than any. K one t It is a serious reflection upon a B young person's home and associ- B. atious to admit that home is not B the best place for study. The B larger social life of the college can B be entered into with profit only B by the student of excellent home H May every qualified votit.g BBfl jitan or young woman in our (lis- H trict avail themselves of the high H school privileges. |