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Show H SHOWN IN HIGH SCHOOLS Pre-season Survey Shows Banner Year is in View SALT LAKE. Sept. U Utah high choolfl are outdoing their former records for attendance. unci give piomlse to make this the banner year for accomplishment. according to Mosiah Hall, state inspector of high si hools. Attendance In high schools was about 1 4,000 pupils lust year and indications in-dications point to an enrollment this doming ,i r of over 1 5.000 with the chunces that It may run to 16,000. nc-CCOrdlng nc-CCOrdlng to Mr. Hall. Many cheerful features arc present ut the openings of the high schools. Mr. Hull says, and It is apparent fronj Hie large number of students choosing practical courses thai the effort to prov ide studies I hat v.iil teach the practical side of life are appreciated by Utahna, The domestic science courses In cooking and sewing are very popular thlR ve.ir and In many of the schools Hi iiovwleil lo capacltv , It 13 reported Utah patrons are showing an apprecla' lion of Whal the high schools of the State are undertaking, according to Mr. Hall. The teacher problem is very per-piexlng per-piexlng in the high school field, as tile shortage In Utah high schools Is more scute than in the grades. Many of the hiRh schools of the state are opening with serious shortage on their teach-inK teach-inK staffs. "Thus eurly in tho year. ' said Mr. Hall, "we can notice the great help of the law which requires the attendance of all children of school age, "t least part of the time If Utah authorities will only enforce this law for a few years, It will help to put Utah at the head of the United States In educational educa-tional matters. If the law Is followed lor !i few more years Utah will have the highest per capita attendance In high schools of any state in the nation," na-tion," Mr. Hnll concluded. oo |