Show 52 H 5 yi amk i M arti Had bill Sugg estia I 1 r 44 4 1441 H i M 14 MM 1 i i M i dear editor the park city committee ot of tibe the utah taxpayers association so this week circulated a handbill date ot of september lath which v I 1 ich purports to enumerate varl various public improvements that park city needs need i it enumerates first the need ot of a water system secondly the need ot of a sewerage sy system thirdly roads and streets and lastly high school al and repairs I 1 do not question that the city needs the first three but do question the last and also the order ot of importance df the tour four needa of park city to alter and repair the north addition to the lincoln building is tolly folly the handbill in question states that disinterested expert engineers have bave b ave been brought in and after careful survey have estimated that will nill be ample to make all needed nc ed I 1 repairs on our present high school building I 1 only one engineer so Te reported ported several other architects and engineers have declared that the expense might not dot only be greater but that the project e t itself would ba foolish in tact fact they condemned abe present annex to the lincoln building as unsafe the present structure is an brior error in original design no amount olf expenditure pend iture for repairs will make a high school out of it iris not now roas constructed and never will be ani ini future a high scho school ol 01 i the lincoln building is a sch school 0 ol 01 plant that houses nil ill the 0 grades tor 0 there here t is room from the first to the twelfth the statement Is made that after impairs le ie pairs the building will ba be 1 modern in every respect and w will III meet our requirements for some years to come this is not fiot only dils leading but untrue lintrue the building will not be modern it cant be made so it will tall fall short of meeting our requirements quire ments in the following major respects 1 there will be no adequate hous lug ng tor for the library 2 there will be vo no proper reference reading room I 1 3 class roams will be imp improper toper both in ia size land design and will lie be I 1 nine rooms short of 0 the required number to the cu cuir lium 4 no provision can be made tor for pr properly designe T ies 5 no adequate provision can be made tor for lockers 6 the gymnasium will be madie made useless both tor for competitive games and tor for regular physical education instruction 7 the assembly will always be inadequate 8 there mill i be no housing tor for the military unit the rhe whole enterprise would be in vain because the resulting structure after remodeling will snifter condemnation dem nation as unsafe the same that the pre present S e n t one suffers another point Edu education catlon Is not secondary econ dory it is fundamental it is the mother of our modern knowledge of water supply OT df sanitary science of highway development and all the progress the race has made schools arp are as is old as history modern sanitation 1 s about twenty five years old the people will not mot have to pay more than double the original in interest aud and extras the build lug ins will be erected and furnished tor for that amount of money the bonds cn can be repaid in ten years or less it tile people sea tit fit now as to the burden park city school district has as assessed valuation of eleven million dollars to lepay the principal and interest on a i ten year serial bond will require q 1 re anada lional levy of about 25 nulls milis our present levy is 44 mills A altogether this would make 69 mills 1 I rou on with valuations reduced to half the present amount the levy would not it reach 12 mills for all purposes caien we that mat most school districts regularly operate on such a tax rate we can see what this so call ed cd burden arn amounts to no now finally final y mr editor the state ot of public instruction the st abate ate high inspector and the lie state architect have not only condemned the lincoln building as inadequate and andl unsafe but have ques A t n 4 sais blond the val valita ile of our high school credits karom classes so poorly housed and equipped i the the president UnI university of 0 utah has not only malsed the requirements ot of entrance to the university but has declared dec lareM that the future policy of tie the institution shall dball be to further raise ralso the requirements and amid to exclude students from aw aut high schools whose credits are quest questioned lomed i this policy arai be made necessary on account ot of the laci that more high school students now apply for entrance to the university than the college is able to accommodate park city owes ft it to tier lierbo boys s al and it girls to see ito iro it that their hegl school credits arenart are not questioned but are placed on the very highest lIgh est sta stana dard f vote yes for far the bonds and glye our boss boa v and girls an educational square deal 1 AI TAXPAYER ATA park city utah september 17 a afe |