Show HIGH SCHOOL TO TORUN TORUN R J RUN NINE MONTHS i Editor Free Press It is quite apparent that amidst the tho wonderful resources of this Inland Inland Inand In- In land and Empire one essential element of progress demands serious attention attention attention atten atten- Ii tion and that at the present time this demand Is very important In J L fact unusually important important Whether V Ut III the citizen is well to do or whether he Is uncommonly poor the fact remains re ro remains mains that he hEl regards the education education education tion o of his children children as second only to their physical well being that Is when the home Is made and when food and clothes are furnished then education presents Itself We may disagree on matters political and we may have our sectional strife I and jealousies and the counties littie littie lit tie Ue incident to progress but hut we all aU want our children ed American progress today hasI has hasas hasas as a standard as the minimum requirement requirement requirement re re- re- re a high school education There are arc many differences as to exactly ex ex- exactly what this high school education education education tion should be composed of but In iu Ina illa iua a general way all are arc agreed Certain Certain Certain tain elementary studies are ry One does docs not have to spend much time to discover certain conditions I I i I I I I I I that are met with In all new sections especially In large largo areas such as the great Uintah basin as for Cor Instance The money at hand Is for a period of time quite inadequate to meet the needs of ot the schools where the homestead law demands that th the tho farmer shall make his home on the theland theland theland land the tho school house cannot be placed where It will suit each citizen particularly interested therein in the basin It is S said ald about abou seventy five per cent of or the land Is patented that thatIs Is land on which people leople reside and It appe appears rs that a large number of oC people whose children must be educated educated educated edu edu- live on land leased from Crom the the- government that Is Indian lands that are not taxed either for educational purposes purposes purposes' or or for general purposes Therefore with much land being homesteaded but hut not yet patented and with many leasing Indian lauds lands a very important number of tho the children either in the graded schools or In the high schools have parents who do not pay the states state's average amount of oC taxes for education Yet Yel YelI the big country country- must be governed in iu Its educational work by laws that are made for th the average In other words we have special conditions confronting confronting con con confronting fronting us but we perforce must musi mustI be guided by laws that are made forthe CorI for Cor forthe the average and which no doubt are suitable for the state as a whole This Is all aside from the fact that ewe we are struggling with a new law and with debts taken over from the districts under the old law and anel which were contracted to a great exI extent extent ex ex- tent under the old count county admin admin- The most just and most satisfactory satisfactory tory government yet devised or organized organized organized or or- is that wherein the time majority rule By Dy a majority vote the pea people pItt established a high school at Roose Roose- velt This fact was and is still displeasing displeasing displeasing dis dis- pleasing perhaps to many citizens But it is built and It is to some extent extent extent ex ex- tent at least equipped to give a four tour years high school course It is situated situated situated situ situ- in the largest town in Duchesne I I I county with many ninny good residences and a town wherein your boys and girls who need high school training may come and receive the education I I for tor a lesser expense than the same may be Le received by sending by-sending them out of Hof of the county and by sending them to the Roosevelt Roose high school you as a citizen of the Uintah basin are spending spending spending spend spend- ing your money at home and you ou are are assisting to build up a local spirit of higher education wherein we allmay all allmay may mar benefit A good high school i ia IIa is II a big factor for lor progress In hn any coun coun- ty The Time good it will do can scarcely be estimated Even though the high school i ion ion ion on the tune eastern border of ot the county count It Is where where- where the the people placed It It will fU no doubt be admitted that eV every f boy and girl who wino receives a high school education or every one uno who who- receives some high l school training Is a more positive factor for good goodin in the county and as a it should be frankly admitted that C ev- ev I I I ery ev-ery ev one who does not receive this essential es- es qualification for the higher citizenship Is placed at a great reat disadvantage dig dis- advantage and is of lesser value to the community and to the the- county count state and nation All parents who have boys ana an anaI e girls ready for high school know well enough how rapidly we have advanced adI advanced ad ad- In the last twenty years In education work That which once- once was regarded as a good foundation for Cor citizenship is today not enough We Ve now recognize the fact that tho the thoman theman thoman man who has mastered algebra and Continued next week |