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Show I ALPINE SCHOOLS ARE CROWDED will Tho enrollment ot .practically ovory ttflX school In tho Alplno School District 111; is abovo what It was last year, at ffijf tho end of tho third wook. When fjlf wo consldor that thoro aro ton loss VHi toachors to do tho teaching this year imu than thoro woro last, and that otio- JmIJ third ot tho highest paid tcachors have loft our district and havo boon roplaccd by now toachors wo may havo soma Idea of tho school problem far tho prosont yoar. Tho prcsont teaching group need tho sympathy and support of thTT patrons. Wo otton hoar It said that tho "Mlraclo Is Wrought in tho Class Room." It Is wrought undor favorable conditions and no one can do more tc make conditions con-ditions fnorablo than tho parontu ot tho children. Tho "Mlraclo Is Wrought" only when tho attitude of tho child towards tho teacher, and tho teacher toward tho child Is right Tho chief reason, It seems from tho continued discussion, for tho lack of a wholosomo attitude on tho part ot tho patrons toward tho tcachors Is bo-causo bo-causo tho teachers aro being paid so much mono during thoso stringent times. It Is true, that and farmers aro taxed beyond their ability to pay. Tho teachers appreciate this fact and aro favorablo to such changos in tho tax system that will placo tho burden of taxation on thoso with ability to pay. Tho following figures taken from tho School Hovlow, published by tho University of Chicago may indlcato to tho patrons that tho school teachers teach-ers In Utah aro not being overpaid: Average Annual Salaries for High School Teachers 1921. Average 8alary Men Women 48 Statos .-.J2.0J3.00 $1,504.00 Utah .. . 1,C80.00 1,487.00 Alplno School Dlst. 1.G7G.00 1,450.00 In 1921 thoro woro 41 states that paid moro than Utah. Thoro woro C states that paid less. Our hlgli school tcachors generally havo made moro preparation and aro much bottor paid than tho grade school tcachors. Tho relative cost of Education In Utah Is high oven though tho tcachors aro paid loss than In other statos. This Is due first to tho fact that wo havo a larger por-contace por-contace ot children than most nf thn other states, and socond to tho fact that wo aro dotormlned to havo isood school buildings. Largo families 'and good public buildings aro Idoals for which wo boast and for which wo should bo willing to pay. JAMES II. WALKER, Superintendent. |