| Show h 0 1 B ni I 1 din BI 0 a is MM U 7 atta 4 0 D m in his widely read syndicated column billy rose reports on a recent speech by dr millard vaught on the proper uses of f vision vi sion while TV is not one the thin thins things s we enjoy in san juan j an yet the time will come when it will be as col common amon in local homes as the radio dr vaught according to rose kose places the greatest potential good to come of TV in the field of education he points out that whereas the present classroom is limited to 25 or 50 a TV classroom nii might ht include to 50 here is another case becom ingall too few lately of someone thinking for the common good of society rather than for the selfish interests of a few julian thomas called our attention to an article in the july 9 issue of the farm and garden magazine of the deseret news that should interest ssan san juan people the article is by thomas L martin and deals with the good that will cornee come to the physical condition of the soil by the use of sawdust and shavings since there is a surplus of these materials in both mon cicello and blanding this is a very cheap way to improve the condition of small plots of ground already there is a north wind that carries just a hint of fall with it comes a vague feeling of uneasiness that time should pass so rapidly there is in this mild warning of approaching winter a quality of restlessness perhaps it is the remnant of the urge that prompts migratory 0 birds to be on the wing with man it should be a warning signal that time is a fleeting tiling thing and that to procrastinate the day of putting things right is to gamble with wi th the chance of being swept s re the scythe of the grim Y iper aper before we have acquitted ourselves of our obligations to our fellow men and to tn our maker do you ever get just a little tired of hearing so many positive assertions by people who are obviously not fled by experience or wisdom to make them benjamin franklin learned early in life that it is uni unwise vise to make too definite commitments ile he would say it would seem so from the evidence or one would be led to belleve believe ile he was ready to alter his opinions in the light of new facts by this means lie he seldom got himself out on the proverbial limb and his opinions and judgement jud gement were sought by his ii friends Q 1 architect carl scott met with the board of education in their i monthly meeting tuesday day pre benting the final plans for the i new high school building to be built in monticello the board accepted the plans and a agreed reed that as soan as a draft of the adver ti can be cd completed the building will ba advertised for bids the b bids will be opened aug 19 9 and ul unless ices they are arc factory the contract will be let i I 1 at once with instructions that construction will begin immediate ay ily iy the cen contract tract will stipulate that the ithe building be finished and ready for occupancy not later than september 1 1051 1951 which will mean I 1 that work will have to be done this fall if the deadline I 1 is to be met school authorities and teachers in crowded quarters will look eagerly forward to the additional room room and facilities that the new building will provide but in the mean time there is still the acute I 1 problem of more than 50 pupils in the first grade of the coming i school chool year it is a problem that has not ben met yet by the school I 1 since present school building was built the towns population pu lation has more than doubled in addition to that there is the I 1 rural population that takes two I 1 busses to transport to school if the growth in the next ten to fifteen years is comparable with the last the district will again be faced with the problem of additional housing facilities in the I 1 north end of the county it was decided at the board meeting to remodel the school building which has been moved recently front from lockerby to the new townsite |
