Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-02-19
Communication.

Editor Record - Some PEOPLE msy
think that am trepsasslns on your
space aud their patience, but there IL
one thing that feel should he called
TO the attention OF all the friends Of
OUR Branch Normal. IL is q matter
that have tried 20 bring 10 tho Ut
tention OF our people before. Aud
that II the necessity Of taking steps
aud adopting some method by which
va can have the labors ~ our people
IN securing tho school for southern
Utah located In that most favored spot
80 we'll adapted 10 accommodate and
supply the wants and needs OF our own
dear Dixie land, written up and hand
cd down to our children and their
children. IL Will be- twelve years on
or about the sixteenth OF the pfeTent
month since Hon. X. n. Tanner aud
the equally Honorable Frank Fulton.
having been delegated bg the progres-
slve citizens OF Beaver City, appeared
before the joint committee Of the
House aud Senate 10 urge upon tho
Legislature 10 do something for the
people OF the south. Who, am bold
90 cay, have dono no much II not more
than any other people In any section
OF our great and growing state 10 the
Interest OF education. Some time ago
went 10 Principal Decker's home
aud we talked this matter over and
agreed 20 meet as soon No the legisla.
tive committee had returned TO their
labors.
While am not there 10 do my part
In the matter just nov, | want ~
offer n few suagestlons On what
think Cedar needs. To begin VITA
the organization OF historical sooio.
~ whose duty II should be to hunt
up everything connected In any aud
every way With the founding OF the
Branch Normal. and assigning 10
thoso who had charge OF different do
partments. For instance In should bo
the duty OF one person who may be
familiar with those Ia particular who
had assigned 10 them the most aim.
cult part, tho getting OF Lumber, mp.
on which 40 much hinged, namely
the ecaling Of our mountain heights.
DIGGING their way through dritts OF
snow until they we're nearly worn out,
as each long aud cold night passed
over their heads With thought OF home
aud better shelter, Napoleon cros-
sing the Alps had no better material
than was found Ia that sturdy band.
rhls could bo followed up, as might
apply 10 those having charge Of the
brick making, quarrylnR the rock and
other items In their order.
Another important itom that Ia very
mnoh needed IL lecture bureau.
We should organize "A literary society
aud defence society, whose duty II
should be to knock tho knockers OF
our sahool. or Ia other ways to adopt
some method to couuteraot aud meet
tho false aud Infamous stories that Ge
sometimes maliciously circulated
about the school.
A word or two on the Importance
OF "a lecture bureau. We should join
the good people OF Beaver aud their
school aud the Woodward school at
St George and form kind of circuit
aud have Joint committee acting
ooniointly 10 the interest OF each
school whose duty should he TO select
competent aud able men FROM our own
State 20 lecture on eeleoted euhjects
DO away with so many OF these penny
WHISTLE broken down tramp troupes
that arc draining on our ecant aud
noarly empty purses. heard that
one company took away $500 out OF
our town. II we must have plays let
us organize with aome Of our homo
made, clean goods aud give tho peo'
ple eome high class, moral plays,
aud Welt these same settlements al
ternately on some mutually arranged
plan, Let the people hear that osle,
hratel Normal baud and let them
know some Of the thiugs that that
echool haa done 20 elevate the musical
aud moral tone OF southern Utah
Utah can claim that on educational
matters she IL iustly entitled ca he
called tho proud Qneeu OF the West.
Ranking third u not second among
all Of the leading States In that re.
gard.
was aereeahly surprised 20 hear
the Kind sentiments exposed by some
inemhers In the Senate from an un,
looked for scoutoe
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