Show illiteracy in utah deplored by PT P T A speaker in the talk given by mr C B crane at the PT P T A last friday evening there were several things which impressed us enough to warrant a separate ort article icle first he reported that at one time utah stood third in the nation in education then she dropped to seventh and now now we stand at and 2nd or down with the southern states w where h e r e illiteracy is more or less prevalent he thinks that one of tile the big contributing causes is the lack of proper distribution of funds in the educational program another hing mr crane discussed was absence from high school stating that there was from 13 per cent to 32 per cent absence of students from the school he also discussed smoking among the high school boys and felt that there was not sufficient cooperation on these two matters as between the parents the stores and the teachers |