The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-25
BOXELDER NOW HAS
HIGH SHOOL FIGHT
Garland and Tren1onton Are
Seeking to Establish lnsti-
tuition Between Towns.
special 10 M Trihnre.

Special 10 The Tribune
BRIGHAM CITY. March 24-An acita-
ton has been started in the Bear River
valley for the establishment OF a high
school IN that locality. The agtators arc
principally residents OF Trcmon,on and
Gagls nd and they have mentioned as a
possible location for the institution Il site
tnat Hes midway between the Two towns.
These towns arc about two and one half
miles apart, and the proposed site IL one
and one-quarter miles from each place
Tno matter mas been discussed TO some
extent oy the people of the valley, and
tho commercial clubs OF the two towns
met recently md decided TO wage Wig
orous campaign for the establishment OF
the school within year. II is said that
a site has been proffered free of charge.
So FAR as Is known there has been
nothing done IN regard 10 this school Of
hcially. The matter rests entirely with
The board Of education. and as the county
already has one of the biggest and best
equipped high schools in the state, To-
Gated i'm this city. 81 is doubtful that an
within a year. Possibly the matter will
be thoroughly gone over by the board
after the special committee appointed by
the Garland and Tremonton commercial
clubs presents the respective claims OF
these towns.
By the special arrangements whereby
the high school students are allowed a
maximum of So week for transporta- y
ton TO and from Brigham City from any
point outside a radius of three miles OF
the city. or So a week toward the pay
ment Of board and lodging, the board OF
education has placed the high school
within the reach of every high school
student in the county.
MosIah Hall, high school inspector for
the state of Utah. who made recent trip
of inspection TO this city. stated that
Boxelder county has an ideal high school
system by its transportation and board
allowance. in preference to a number OF
high schools that require expensive equip
ment and teaching forces. Professor
education also recently visited the schools
OF the county and commended the board
OF educe ton highly on having concen-
trated high school work TO one point and
equalzlng the cost OF high school cdnca :
tion by aiding in the transportation OF
high school students.
In speaking the claims OF the
Tremonton and Garland commercial clubs
and the people OF those towns In asking
for high school. Superintendent Jensen
In the county that have a much larger
high school population than those two
towns put together, md while they are
not asking for high schools their claims
those of Tremonton and Garland.
The board of education is concentrat-
Ing Its efforts on building up one lnsti-
tuition that will be thorough. and the SUI
perntendent stated that what would serve
the county better than another high
school would be q flve-year course, In
stead OF four years as al present. go that
tho county could prepare its own teach
ers. Tho five-year course Will undSIlbt-
edly be added i'm the very near future
valley are overcome. The Garland
Tremonton committee will probably meet
with the board Of education this week,
when their claims Will be heard and per-