| Show L M SUPPORT OF HIGH JIN ift SCHOOLS t 1 1 n 1 c in their fax F L x or 0 r elpel lilt aidt nt if I 1 ta tili 11 t alint N cue 1 I catl tn ain ali vil 1 nine in e rd rilin it it itan I 1 n nik oil ln coir i pin illk ible to t ii int L E egertsen Et gertsen superintendent of schools school of utah c huntr gives the following resting information in recard ad to the schools of that county aud and lit hi conclusion are applicable to 0 o it the high schools of avier county statistics from the six s towns in utan aunt where N acre bibi choals bine hai e been established show shon the follo irig coni con matisons malisons Mali sons twelve per lent of the eighth grade iralu ites ile before the schools were ere started left hime to poto goto school else elsewhere shere eighty echt rent cent did not dot 0 o to school at all bince the high bleb schools ba bale e was as started eighty per cent of the eighth grade graduates attended the he local high cools si and of those N who bo completed the two to years course fifty per teut lent lett leit home to finish their cluise in some uni university verity the leaon for this is flam ti lz few homes are financially ible to end a son or daughter away to school for more than one or two tano year and that thai dae not prepare thew them loi highet hotl but with ith two or three years y ears at home borne and one av ain ay they arg are alle able to graduate gr iduate in some line and take hold bold of the ork nork being prepared tor or it the high chool mo mot ement is being strongly sup cited by the 0 utah and the B I 1 university at either ius titu tion the credits are ac the essential courses joffere on ereie 1 I are the same fhe university ot of utah b hs R issued a high school circular endorsed a r sed by state superintendent A 1 0 nelson in which the subjects are outlined and the houis bouls credit given for for each subject completed ibis was adopted at our county high school meet ing july 2 ath 1 few rea redious ous are here given for the local high school chool first it make it pos iole toi foi pu pils to go eo later to P R university uni verity and c complete some course eighth grade students stud Ants nt aie t too oo 00 toung to leave their parental home at j thid thi d it encourages per cent to go higher in educational pursuits pur fouth it i reates an educational spirit at home so much that mauv many go eo to chool foi they teel the influence of a Lom companion that s gome going where bere lie be kilo s he can and may go 0 o fifth ibe bibb si bool pupils may max ore educational evenings at home 1 hll hill hl l will wil develop their tal talents ells and the same may be itric sed bv father molar and friend si SL sith th tb lt it will greatly increase the coial tone of the tov tot ri seventh it vill ivill throw down the barrier barrie rc beav een thoe tho e financially able to educate their child iii and those who whoa are not the widows boy is there tore fore not de barred from gettine higher education while he is yet young eighth it la is to embrace in the I 1 course of study elementary agrical tui so that our chief industry may maybe be studied th theoretically and practically xintu it is not to educate borsand boys and girls for office work aorl but rather for them to love vork ork of any honorable kin kini to be prepared for opportunities e s useful and to be a better beter and a more useful citizen tenth ls ks e bae ba e had but a limited aumba of local high babol only the faced ta ored few have been able to obtain the necessary n h aber education Ele eleventh it a ads strength to the lowe oads and eachus s the chil drin ther to become high school pupils the question of tap tb support of our high schools school is du al important one and nd while each high school district ties has levied a tax for its support it is my belief thit that stas aid may be secured if the legi legislature lature will properly prop orly consider con siJer the question there is at least stent tor for high school orl norl in our state oate institutions which if distributed to oarl ocil high schools would be a inal materna erril all and then our university and agricultural college would be able to devote their energies to college worl the Uni university verity of utah has ha elmin abed the first year of the high school fud and will oon boon do so with the second year the ibe agricultural college can do the same came and the be appropriations going to abe thee e institutions for high school purposes cau can be used among the people where tb tbt high school pu pils mill number this year liw one thousand as ag Lom compared pared with three or four hundred who attend the stata institutions t unions T ah he e lucal local high school belongs to evey eve y country coultry boy and girl it should be near him so that he may attend it some children v all still desire to attend school a away ay from home parents may desire it also and question q eastlon in many ways waye the slat staling ing home lion but il stands to leaon lea on and e peri euce that good mil N ill be decou I 1 1 ej ed to the greated number by the of high schools not only to the but bat to evera al lit ahe folio jog resolution r v a passed dt at the ine eting of the utah lir lucip 0 august that we favor state aid fa for r local high si hool i aid aal that evera effort be put pat foith to sec ire same |
