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Show UTJIH SCHOOLS IRE TO I FARMING II II STATE v SALT LAKE, April 12. That tho problem of increased agricultural production pro-duction under conditions of decreased labor supply may be mot in Utah promptly and effectively, the schools of the state will permit all students who will leave school to engage in agricultural work to do so and give them full credit In their school work for the time they actually spend in agricultural activities. This was decided by representatives rtf nil tlio oH unfit inn nl nr!oni7!ifi'nne nf the state In a meeting held yesterday afternoon at tho Hotel Utah, pursuant to a call issued by President John A. Widtsoe of the University of Utah and Dr. E G. Gowans, state superintendent of public Instruction, In the light of action taken the dav before at a meeting meet-ing of country chairmen at the Agricultural Agri-cultural college at Logan looking to the mobilization of the resources of the state in tho present war. All of the universities, colleges, public pub-lic and church schools of the state were represented at the meeting It was the unanimous decision of this meeting that it would not be a wise plan to close the colleges, universities, universi-ties, high schools and eighth grades of the public schools on April 17, as proposed at the Logan meeting, but that the schools 6hould be kept open for those students who might be thrown out with nothing to do, and that all students who will take up actual agricultural work should be released and given full credit for the time they spend on the farm. Ban on Athletics. By the adopting of a resolution of- i fered by Guy C. Wilson, president of i the L. D. S. university, the meeting bound all the schools of the state to this plan of aiding in mobilizing the oiiiio d icauumes uuu increasing tne production of the land. As a further step toward preparedness prepared-ness and increased production of foodstuffs, food-stuffs, the meeting adopted a motion by George A. Eaton, principal of the high schools of Salt Lake, binding all schools to dispense with all inter-school inter-school athletic contests for the remainder re-mainder of this school year and that the schools devote their efforts to tho physical development of the individual in-dividual boys. Another motion, by Superintendent Orson Ryan of the Jordan district, bound all the schools and school offi. cers of the state to heartily support the move inaugurated at the Logan meeting for mobilizing the state's re-sources re-sources and co-operation with county chairmen, central committees, farm bureaus and other organizations that are or may be engaged in this work. As expressed by President Widtsoe, the schools of the state, In the meet, ing yesterday, placed themselves on record as being thoroughly loyal and ready to do anything In their power to aid in agricultural production nnd that all the schools want Is for someone ttf produce the work to be done and the schools will furnish the men to do it. Many Attend Meeting. President E. G. Peterson of the Agricultural Agri-cultural college; Dr. Gowans, state superintendent su-perintendent of public Instructions, who was made chairman of the meeting; meet-ing; President George H. Brlmhall of tho Brlgham Young university; Sun- orlnlnnilnnl TT TJ r..f .. w.u..i.uui,ui. n, ax. (jumiuiugs oi me L. D. S. schools; President C. N. Jensen Jen-sen of Brlgham Young college; Superintendent Sup-erintendent Smith of the public, schools of Salt Lake; Principal Eaton of the Salt Lake high schools; J. p. Creer of the Spanish Fork schools; t! E. Tolhurst of tho Payson schools; N K. Nielsen of the Sprlngville schools; James L. Barker of Weber academy; Superintendent Byan of tho Jordan school district; H. C. Burton of the Davis county schools; P. M. Nielsen of the American Fork schools; A. C. Carrington, secretary to President Widstoe; H. W. Hehord, president of Westminster college; W. H. Boyle, principal of the high school department depart-ment of the B. Y. U.; Guy C. Wilson, president pt tho L. D. S. U.; Joseph F. Merrill ,of tho -University of Utah; I A. S. Bennion of the Granite high school; L. E. Eggertsen of the Provo public schools; L. J. Mulr of the Davis Da-vis county high school: Henry Peterson Peter-son of the Jordan high school E. J. Norton, secretary to Superintendent Gowans, and Heber Bennion, Jr., superintendent sup-erintendent of tho Alpine district. Dr. Widtsoe explained that the faculty fac-ulty of the University of Utah had met and decided that It would not close the university, but would permit all students to be from the school for agricultural work and give them credit in their school work for the time put in on the farms. Dr. Peterson of the Agricultural college explained that the faculty of that school had decided to do the same thing. Superintendent Cummlngs of the church schools said he thought it would be a mistake to elb'se schools, as it would throw thousands of chil-jdren chil-jdren out upon the streets and there would be no method or means of getting get-ting them to work. He told how the church schools had tried to co-operate wun tne sugar company in furnishing students for beet field work, but that it had not proved a success. He thought that under war stress, however, how-ever, it might be more successful, and said that ho would meet today with representatives of the sugar company com-pany with a view to arranging for the shortening of term of some church schools to enable the students to work in the beet fields. |