The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-03
Acadamey at POcatellO

"All this" says the bulletin,
changes completely the relation OF
a state academy to the public school
system. Such an academy 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 attend
ance, the academy costs about three
times as much per student as the
high schools. In other words, the
money spent in the academy would
educate in our best schools about
three times as many Idaho boys and
girls as are now being trained in the
academy.
"One-third of the students in the
academy belong quite as naturally
in the Pocatello high school, being
residents of that city. This hinders
the growth of the Pocatello high
school, which has fewer students than
several smaller cities in the state"
Concentration and Distribution
Under the head of Concentration
and Distribution of Educational Fa-
cilities" the bulletin says:
THE presence of school in any
region stimulates young people to at
tend school; in other words, a school
creates students.
Schools and colleges everywhere
draw the bulk of their enrolment
from their immediate vicinity. This
is the great argument against too
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 al
heavy supplies brough in from out
side; for EXAMPLE, coal which cost.
at Pocatello $3.50 per ton, costs a
Albion 1850.
THE enrolment" says the bulle
tin, "has grown but slowly" Il
the year 1909-10 it was 1856; il
1910-11 it was 176; in1911-12
was Ill; in 1928 it was 1856; ant
in 1894 it is 214. Compared will
these figures the cost of maintenance
, has increased rapidly. In the yea
19O7-0S it was $1S,9S2.7S. Thi
year it is SAL ,007.71."
This is all charged to the condi
lions and not to the management.
- These statements" says the bull
letin, ARE not intended to imply an
criticism upon those in charge of tn
school as trustees; they pursued tn
same course that trustees have i
I 5ChCldl al ONCl CHG COuHuy, Tic
were deeply interested in the schoo
gave freely of their time and energ
in its interest. and naturally saw ii
. good points large and it's drawback
small"
v Academy and High Schools
t Discussing the Academy of Idah
e located at Pocatello the bulletin say
n it was founded when high school f;
G cilities in the state were meage
n Now there are 1874 high schools /
the state with attendance runnin
Il as high as 1000 and carrying a vic
r range of studies.
it Younger students, especially
t. the high school period, do not an
should not go far away from hon
d to attend school"
n THE older and more advanced tt
IS students are, the further they trav
u in search of the kind of schoolin
they want.
: Each of these statement are bacl
y ed up by convincing facts and figure
The conclusion is reached that "v
! cannot concentrate high school il
struction; we must disseminate it
widely as our resources will permit
, The Junior College
| Strong arguments are advance
behalf of the junior college
THE work of the junior colleg
that is the first two years above Il
Y high school, can be added econor
J. ically to large and we'll equippt
< high school"
: AS natural consequence of tn
number of large high schools
various parts of the country ha
X added slightly to their faculty al
equipment and extended their cours
to include one or two years of &C
II lege work Thus the junior collie
Il is not an untried experiment or
mere theory, but fact and a prov
success. The high school at Jolit
q Illinois, has carried on junior CT
- lege work for IL years. The prin,
pal, Dr. J. Stanley Brown, writes: