Show A friend of tho the hish high his h school talks As a citizen and taxpayer I 1 have taken iauch interest in fit looking over the fine new school buildings which havo been provided by our school board I 1 am much pleased I 1 eased with them and with the tile pone work done in them they reflect great credit on tho tile progressive education of this age but it seems to mo me that wo we are devoting all our energies to tho the lower araje work where is our progressive gress gres sive 0 and aggressive higher grades and high school work what aro are wo d doing for our young men and we women n n n 0 of f today in ogden there are many S such ic h hero here who desire to obtain a business c education du c atio n but do not wish a all to take a regular h high 1 4 it school beel course r now why does not the tile board of aduca education tion bu build i id a high school building and educate our own pupils at home in these things why not have a business course for bookkeeping and general principles of every day business shorthand typewriting telegraphy and general mechanics chani cs these arc are the things we inquire about when a boy presents his life credentials for a job these are the things which will earn ins his bread nud and butter in ili those days of modern push and energy classics and are all right in their blace place and in in the professions but 1 take it that there aro are few of our young men in utah today abo have need or desire for those thin things there is too mu inucci c it theory in our lower nver grades already an and d too much cramming and nt n t enough teaching tea chine I 1 saw the other day lay a little child of the fifth grade with a list of fourteen greek notables like sappho Demon demosthenes thenes pericles abera biad ates cal etc to tell all about the next d day ly also another child about 12 years ol 01 old d learn ing all about all kinds of lire fire and life insurance while elie site should have been S given 11 n a pi picture e ture to write a story about or some n small in 1 I 1 practical problem in men mental tal arithmetic to solve now what wo want i is s a boy alio ito can go to the president of our school board and S say ity that lie wants a job b and that lie can do al all the practical bu business irles seven even to keeping t alie it e books of the firm wo want a boy to say to a railroad superintendent that lie is a first class typewriter or stenographer wo we want a boy who ran an go into an electric power house and say that he lie has haa enough theory and practice to hold down a job there now gentlemen of bo board of adu wo in ogden a high school building and course whereby wo lve can give to our children a higher and more thorough business and classic education at home let ut the city eity donate donato the tile southeast corner of city hall square for the purpose and give ou our young men and an 1 women what they need and what their future requirements will demand ilian SCHOOL |