The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-18
FUNK INTRODUCES
HIGH SCHOOL BILL
Friends of Measure Say Lcgis-
Iation Is Highly Important
Advance Step.

4 bill has been introduced III the
house. No 200, by Funk, relating to
the establishment and maintenance of
high schools which those particularly
interested in education hope to sec en-
acted into law 1t is believed by them
that the passage of the bill would give
An impetus TO secondary education ihat
would be distinctly felt in every part
of the state.
Briefly. the bill provides that each
county within the state, except Such
counties "a arc constituted high school
districts Of the hTst class. shal constl-
tutc a high school district until il may
he found desirable 10 subdividc the
district. The subdivision of districts
and the number of high schools 10 be
maintained are matters for each county
to adjust as may best suit its purpose,
The bill makes it the duty Of each
county superintendent of schools
within sixty DAYS Of the approval of the
act, 10 report TO the county commits.
sioners as to whether, in his opinion
the county should be subdivided into
two or more high school districts: II
the superintendent favors subdlNldlnG
the county into a number Of such DIS
tricts, he is to file a plan and recon-
mendations for subdivision.
Ample opportunity is provided toI
objections 10 such plans Aud after
the number of districts shall be agreed
upon, it is left with the taxpayers to
say whether one or more than one high
school shall be established and main.
tained and as to where the schools
shall be located The high school board
is TO be composed of the county super
intendent and the chairmen of all the
common school boards within the high
school district.
The purpose of the bill, it is said by
its advocates, is TO bring high school
privileges To the door of every clig'
iblc boy and girl in the state. 1t is
in harmony--it NAV be regarded as =
natural outgrowth of the recent consti-
tutiopaI amendment which provides thai
onc-half mill of the state lax shall bt
used for public high schools, and OF
of the state high school fund. As each
county desires to reap the greatest pos
slble benefits from the state high school
fund. it is believed that this high'schoo
measure, so we'll fitted TO give cqua
opportunities to the young men and
| women of the state, will be welcomed
by all.
II may he consistently said, accord
( ing to the bill friends, that a new
| While the schools have always been :
credit to the state, they say, in too
many instances thc boy and the CIR
have hecn checked in their educational
I'growth, The high school has been fal
removed from The great majority of The
! young. Only within recent years have
there been more than half dozen pub
lie high schools in the state. Eight
! grade graduates were under the ncces
sity of going far away for preparation
work in a college or else compelled tC
remain at home, thoro to pursue sec
ondary studies as their limited time ant
circumstances might permit
With The establishment of higl
schools wherever necessary aud with
continued manifestation of the progres
sive western spirit, is il unreasonable
to hope for q. great educational worl
in Utah? ask the advocates of th
| measure.