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Show - . u . SEEING BOTH SIDES. Thwo Is n marked difference be tween seeing both sides and hearliiK both sides. Ono may bo never so koon a hearer and yet not seo both yldoa or a matter. Today people nro going to hear both sides or tbn matter or consolidation, aro going to discuss thu subject In tho Nlbley Hall that somo understanding may ho nrrivod at regarding re-garding tho soijicgatlon or tho Cache county school district dr the rirst class. Wo sincorely trust h nt much ot tho wrangling that lifts characterized character-ized tho meetings or tho pni,t will bo dono nwny with today, that mon may get down to sobor thought on the matter, that they may bo ablo not only on-ly to hear both sides or tho argument but sec b&th sides and measure thorn tip with success. Hupt. It. V. Larson has presented some rigures on consolidation that seem to be Incontrovertible. From a school man's point or vleTw, they ?r-tr.lnly ?r-tr.lnly show that the system of consolidation consol-idation has done a great work tor the time it lins been In operation, ilut the other side ot tho matter, "as wo understand It, is round In the .theory or all American comunlties thnt In., nil maters the people shall rule; und cer-' cer-' tnlnly in the mnttcr ot education ot tho children they feel thnt they should hnvo a say . Hut In the net of consolidation ot tho former districts of tho county, it seems the people had. little to say, that the consolidation wns performed against n considerable protest of the people. Not so much argument Is advanced ad-vanced now against the effects of c6n-solldntlon, c6n-solldntlon, as for the idea that tho people should hnvo had their way 'in school matters as In other things. In fact, wo doubt not thnt If tho same showing or consolidation could bo mado clear to tho majority of the oh-JectlonlstB oh-JectlonlstB today, and the prejudice and bitterness of tho two factions could nil bo forgotten, tho pooplo would elect to have consolidation. In this latter statement, wo mny'lio wrong but pot rnr wrong., Considerable hard feelings prevail over consollda-tion, consollda-tion, nnd looking through that veil of wrought-up reelings it is difficult to seo clenrly. If everybody could go unprejudiced un-prejudiced to the meeting -today, could listen without emotion and with clear Judgment to tho two Bides, we dnre Bay tho result or 'the meeting .would bo rar dirrcrent rrom whn It will bo. Thero will bo tuueb. listening, but only ror tho end of' tho speeches that" the listener might Jump Up''Knd' repeat tho same old arguments which thei'othcr side will hnvo nothing to do'vJlth. Why .cannot there, bo an unprejudiced un-prejudiced view tnken of the cn'tlro tiouble?' |