Show millard academy Acad erny notes any one engaged in ill high school work connot cannot help feeling elated over the fact that the school districts of millard county have been coil consolidated soli dated not withstanding the opposition th eliat at seemed to have developed against it in ill certain towns this th is will soon pass away just as it did in cache co and then en every cry body will vill bo be glad we have consolidated about six hundred and forty five counties comi ties in the various states have been consolidated and not it a single one of them lias has ever gone back to tile old condition of separate districts this ought to be strong proof that consolidation is it a big stop step forwar and tile the people of the county ought to congratulate themselves es that millard lillard county is among the more progressive counties of the stute if consolidation soli dation is given a fair chance the following benefits should re suit stilt 1 the schools in ill all the towns will open and close on oil the same lay day givah td to every pecry child the same opportunity for foi an all education 2 the cost of school supplies should be reduced from 15 to 40 per cent 8 better supervision will follow and this will result in ill better class room work 4 the eighth grade graduates will le be much more uniform which will ivill 6 enable the high schools to do more effective work under the old system the school year has varied in ia length and matu naturally rally tile the graduates graduator have varied in ability due dile more to ft a lack of uniformity in the school year than to difference in native ability 6 5 the taxation for school purposes will be uniform uni forni throughout the county and will not necessarily be raised by action of the faculty there will be but one lay day of vacation tit at thanksgiving r time school will be held beld all lay day wednesday before and friday after thanksgiving we e fail to see any reasons to justify students leaving school on oil wednesday anol and not reporting porting re for work again until the following tuesday as some did here last year the student body officers cers are arranging for a big halloween Hallow cen party friday evening oct 31 81 A number of special halloween features are being prepared f for 01 the occasion |