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Show I IS OR. GEORGE THUJAS I A PROGRESSIVE IN I SCHOOL AFFAIRS BB This question Is best answered by BBs the things accomplished during his BBY term of thirteen jcars of Bcrvlco as BBYf mejnbcr of the board of education of BBS Logan city. BBJ Dr. Thomas cannot claim nil the BBt ci edit for the reorganization and Im- BBk provement of the Logan school sys- BBw tern. , The superintendents and tho BBa sixteen, board members who served BB -with him at different times aro en- BBs , titled to their share of the credit, BBa K l)Uton all occasions ho was either BBa the leader or a staunch advocuto in BBj I every forward looking movement. BBj ' Ills flrsttcrm of service was from H 1838 to 1900 Inclusive. This was BBj the period Imtnedldtcly following BBj theVpanlc of 189G. Tho town had Bj overbuilt as regards bcJiooI buildings B. , and financial conditions were such' BBY'11 as'o make It impossible to' do any- BBj thing except tb raise the salaries of Ba the teachers to'tho limit of the funds H available. ''"', A; ' BBb Ills next term began April, 1907. BBS In ten yenrsthc town had grown BBm conoltlcrabln' and tho school chll- BBl i dven were, houccd In basements and BBm attics. Tho school board hud creat- BBk cd-a considerable deficit, and yet In BBS spltu of this, Immediately n building BBm piogram was begun that brought Lo-, I can five new buildings. Dr. Thomas was chairman of tho building coni- BBm I mltleo and 'worked energetically un- BBY 111 every child was provided with a BBm I comfortable place to go to school. BBY Tiie policy also Involved the abollsh- BBY iiient of sevoral one room school BBl I buildings scattered throughout tho BB city and the bringing together of tho BBl children into largo, well ventilated BBl and well heated ulldlngs where they BBj could be properly cared for ajid grad BBj I cd. The culmination- of this building BBl- prcgrum was the erection of a com- BBl modlous high BChool building. The BBb' ( contract for its erection was signed BBj' about sli months before he resigned BBj frum the board and left Logan. ' .n 1910-11 tho school board BBm . thtught tt wise to Introduce health Bl wirk and medical Inspection In the BBV Ligan schools. Or. Clark was em- BBM I plnjed for tho work and with tho BBV twoption of one year, It has contln- BBV uci'. Ui to the present. BBm In 1909 the seventh and eighth BBm Bi.-.iks were scattered nil over the Icil). The boaid und superintendent (. Iiktl that it would bo conducive O :aod i-choal work to bring tham to BBV gt'hcr In a building where various it. i s of Industrial work could bo It ouwid. In order to do this a rr hiitUtlng was necessary. Meet- BBS 'it bv board members L. In every ward to convert tho peoplo P v idea. 'and to Insure a favorable H ()) for a bond Issue. Dr. Thomas B . ,,ither with, others, spoke at ev- H cij meeting. In tnvor of the policy. BY Thr piiU. w.s rpproved by the vco- R pit' and bulldln;; completed in 1911. H Ai.ni. till coul'ln;;. Hewing and H wcd rorl: wcr Introduced and liuvo BBV (CK'inuf UP 10 the present'. B l. it. l'.'Q8 tho school funds or Lo- BBV r w:to ci.nujtul in March, and BBB' ' I.; $& at the commltteo on iilfy1" his duty to Becure ' " h f. coifpleto the school year. "Mlfff banshad been advised, by tho t W i ney general Jhat it wua unlaw-M'tfHfe. unlaw-M'tfHfe. f-' l0 atlvniuunda fur 'tho remain:' imiiiiiiiiiii KVVVWHHHk a consequence pBBBBBBBBX wem as a Dr. George Thomas tKmmmmmmmmammmmmmmm. ,py53L I final argument Oeorgo Thomas voluntarily vol-untarily signed n note for several thousand dollars nud tho schools wero kept open until June. For thirteen years Dr. Thomas has worked Ineessently for higher sal-nrlcsand sal-nrlcsand better working conditions. He has always favored sick and accident ac-cident pay, and stood out for It. lie still feels that the teachers aro Inadequately Inad-equately paid and favors a more liberal lib-eral policy. Dr. Thomas has llkewlso always been a strong advocato of public II-btaries II-btaries and gymnasiums. He believes that among tho most helpful moral Influences are good qoks and clean sports. When tho Logan High School was planned ho worked for pool and gymnasium to be used not only by. the high school students, but by all th,o people of tho town, old and young. ' Three times Dr. Thomas carried a petition to tho cltlzeni of Logan for tho establishment of a public library. The third time It was successful. |