Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-15

The nearest regular passenger rail-
road station is 20 miles away; there
are times in winter when the tourney
is a serious undertaking. the nearest
freight station is ~ miles distant; this
greatly increases the cost of all heavy
supplies brought in from outside; for
example, coal which costs at Pocatello
$3.50 per ton, costs at Albion $3.50.
"One of the essentials for a success
full normal school is the nearness of
schools both graded and rural in which
the students may obtain practical ex-
perience. Albion is remote from such
opportunities and presumably will be
so for many years to come.
The enrolment of the school has
grown but slowly, in spite of great
efforts to advertise it through the
press, through bulletins and by per-
sonal representatives. Moreover, the
number of students who had completed
a high school course has always been
small and does not show an increase
proportionate with the increase of high
schools in the state. At present less
than 80 per cent OF the students are in
proper; the other 70 per cent are of
secondary grade Thus the bulk of the
work parallels and to an extent dupr :
Gates the work of the high schools.
These statements 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 general 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 its good points large and IFS draw
backs small"
The Academy of Idaho.
The Academy of Idaho was founded
when high school facilities in the state
were very meager. Since that time
the development of high schools
throughout the state has been little
short of marvellous; the people of the
cities towns and even rural COM
munities have Wed with each other in
erecting buildings, obtaining teachers
and equipment, and introducing the
newer and especially the practical
branches. One high school nav en-
rolls nearly 1000 students, and at least
There are altogether not less than 134
high schools in the state, number
of which have work in agriculture
home economics, manual training
commercial work and other vocational
subjects, as well as the older stand
ard subjects, such as English history
mathematics, sciences. foreign lam
guages. Moreover, no movement is
more vigorous today in Idaho and gen
orally in the United States, than the
development of the public high school,
"All this changes completely the
relation of a state academy to the
public school system. Such an acad-
envy now finds itself in competition
with the high schools, and covers
practically the same ground as the
larger high schools do.
"On the basis of average attendance
the academy costs about three times
as much per student as the high
schools. In other words, the money
spent at the academy would educate
in our best high schools about three
times as many Idaho boys and girls
as are now being trained in the acad-
envy
"One third of the students in the
academy belong quite as naturally in
the Pocatello high school, being resi-
dents of that city. This binders the
growth of the Pocatello high school,
which has fewer students than several
smaller cities in the state.
"On the other hand the great ma
1ority of the high schools in the state
are taking in pupils from outside OF
the home district and educating them
either free or at small tuition charge
Six of the larger high schools take
care of S72 outside students, a hall
more than the attendance at the acad-
envy. These students cost the state
nothing; they pay a moderate tuition
fee in some cases, and the local dis
trict does the rest. It is safe to say
that not less than 500 or 500 youne
people are being educated in the state
in this way.
ITO put it very briefly, the state IL
educating secondary students at high
cost in the academy, while the higl
schools throughout the state are edu.
eating at least twice as many from
outside their districts at no cost t.
the state"
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