Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-06-18


draw the bulk of their enrolment
, from their immediate vicinity. This
is the great argument against toe
much concentration"
Argument Against Albion.
''Those in charge of this school
struggle against hopeless handicap.
The nearest regular passenger rail-
road station is 20 miles away; there
are times in winter when the journey
is serious undertaking; the nearest
freight station is eight miles distant;
this greatly increases the cost of all
heavy supplies brought in from out
side for example, coal which costs
at Pocatello $3.50 per ton, costs at
Albion $3.50"
1.-THE enrolment" says the bulletin,
''has grown but slowly" In the year
1909-10 it was 1856; in 1901 it was
176; in 1911-12 it was I'll; in 1928
it was 1856, and in 1894 it is 214.
of maintenance has increased rapidly
In the year 1908 it was $18,9827S.
This year it is 41,007.71.
This is all charged to the conditions
and not to the management.
These statements says the bull
letin, ARE not intended to imply any
criticism upon those in charge of the
school as trustees; they pursued the
same course that trustees have in gen
eral all over the country; they were
deeply interested in the school, gave
freely of their time and energy in it's
interest, and naturally saw it's good
points large and its drawbacks small.
Academy and High Schools.
Discussing the Academy of Idaho
located at Pocatello the bulletin says
it was founded when high school ia
cilities in the state were meager. Now
there are 1874 high schools in the
state with attendance running as high
as 1000 and carrying a wide range of
studies.
Younger students especially in the
iiL5H SSuOOl pSIIOu, uO IIOI anu
should not go far away from home
to attend school"
The older and more advanced the
students are, the further they travel
in search of the kind of schooling
they want.
Each of these statements is backed
up by convincing facts and figures.
The conclusion is reached that ''we L
cannot concentrate High school in {
we must disseminate it as {
widely as oour resources will permit.
The Junior College. c
Strong arguments are advanced In t
behalf of the junior college. {
1.-THE work of the junior college, S
that is the first two years above the
High school can be added econom- b
lcally to a large and well equipped S
High school," a
AS natural consequence of this k
! number of large High schools in V
various parts of the country have p
added slightly to their faculty and tt
equipment and extended their courses
% include one or two years of col
eye work T hus the junior college
S not an untried experiment or s.
nere theory but fact and proved @
access. The High school at Joliet,
llinois, has carried on junior col a
eye work for IL years. The prirci- h
'al, DR.. ]. Stanley Brown, writes:
"The number asking for such work d
5 steadily growing, and the greatest al
Import for 1t comes from the fathers S,
nd mothers unwilling to send boys So
nd girls 16 to IS years of age from
heir protected home surroundings to as
he more or less unprotected life in al
he big universities. Added to this pl
! the fact that all our classes in col
sge work are small, numbering from SC
TX to 20, while the classes in the pi
lrge universities, which our students tn
ater in large numbers, range from tn
, to 100" mi
1.-THE need of some provision for tic
'llege work in southern Idaho is still I'M
rther shown by the Numbers Of
aho students attending colleges in VIC
her states; in 80 institutions there ira
e from north Idaho 81 students, otl
ON south Idaho 226; more than ne,
ur times as many go from the
nth, in proportion to population" bui
Some Changes Urged. pei
Under the heading of Changes In ste
esent Organization" these recon- pill.
endations are made: "
I'VE should recognize the fact that tiol
e Albion normal school cannot be the
lde successful and efficient, owing sch
the drawbacks of the situation and "