Show Q dP d the J I St r I anks k s 8 t h i. i In In Illiteracy t M dst daY f 7 has aas less than Ethan Ill- Ill t ed the le reduction of the theW I W p ons ns unable to read I L' L t wring faring tho the past decade I It In to o 1640 leaves a task t i l r V Illiteracy Commit Commit- rap fate te ca can n approach hope ce 1 per cent of her ten n years of age ase sUll stilt aka use of the p pencil the tb ranks ai amou ion S t n t e stales ites and th h Di ms- ms in having I ii act ct Ja tanE a Nebraska an and l nUt Its ranking ah 3 heras her hur le P Jas as Ipse than I t pe pur cent centI and Idaho i ihas I Which has V at always s 's ex- ex strongly In behalf of e Illiteracy problem m of oC on its face a great graat one j remembered that dingle In le Georgia and Lu Louisiana Ilana fh Vr wiped out at one ODe t on last page r J 4 n A. A e eUtah Utah Itah Ranks In y 1 2 I Continued d from tram pago page 1 stroke more illiterates in ten ye years ll than there are in the whole State of at Utah obviously obviOus 1 these have individually challenged d entire entire en en- tire states It should disturb spirited public d citizens of oC Utah to observe that In Jn spite of a a. decline in the Illiteracy 4 of the state as a whole during the past decade deca e actually the n of ot native e illiterates Increased d di x i from o There are now in inthe inthe the state 1547 foreign-born foreign white illiterates and 2111 comprising races being principally In In- Utah on I the other hand can n boast of ot having one county In which there Is Is' Is not a single ate ate- This i Is Daggett There are arc three counties in the state wu Wll I or less fourteen with GO 50 or 0 less leso and twenty tw nty with less than ill illiterates ill ill- iterates compared with eight with more than The largest number num num- ber her or of illiterates in any anyone one part of ot the state is 18 in Salt Lako Lake County Count where here there are 1424 Since the Indian constitutes a major problem in Utah here iu tf where effective programs can n be developed to make him a a. social as asset as- as set and make available opportunities ties which otherwise he the cannot use UBe It It has been proved that hat neither age race nor sex offers alters a barrier in combating illiteracy One need but loOk to the results of the illiteracy illiteracy ill ill- clinic conducted among Mo tibo Indians in Montana durIg durIg durig dur- dur Ig Ig the Spring for tot additional mony moray Within t two wo o weeks of actual Instruction two hundred and thiry six adult Indians between twenty twenty- two wo and four eighty-four of years yearn age acquired some ability in reading and writing Mrs Cora Wilson St Ste Stewart wart I Chairman M man o of or f the Executive EX Committee of ot the National Advil Advis Advisory ory committee on Illiteracy which in conjunction with tho 0 ol ot f Indian Affairs conducted the thelIn lIn lInIc ic has pointed out In her hor report t to Secretary of It tho he Interior Ray Lyman Lyman Ly Ly- man Wilbur that they demonstrated deD ed a capacity equal to to the n. e white t In in their mastery of words an an phrases and were eager cager to take advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of courses In instruction These facts are familiar to the tho Utah State Advisory Committee on Illiteracy which was set up at the tho request of ot Secretary Wilbur to tp focus attention specifically on this one one problem Utah Is one of ot the tho three forty-three states and the tho District DI of f C Columbia which have organized state committees so that the entire entire entire en en- tire movement may be national In scope The formation of ot committees of this character has been due to the aggressive leadership of Secretary Seere- Seere tary Ray Lyman Wilbur who appointed appointed ap ap- pointed tho the National Advisory Com Cock on Illiteracy wl with h. h the Ij approval ap ap- approval of President Hoover to tomake make make ake the tho nation conr illiteracy- Corr Through the tho efforts of the tho National Committee which Is composed composed com corn posed of a thousand members rot roi rep I resenting leaders in the various states Mates campaigns have been promoted pro pro- meted an to eradicate blot on American civilization |