Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-02-05
PAROwAN HIGH SCHOOL.
Question is Subject of Discussion at
Commercial Club Meeting Jan.
26 and Data Given.

The Commercial Club of Parowan
convened Tuesday, January &c, 1915.
In the absence of the president, Will
ford Day, vice. President Chas. d. Ad-
ans occupied the chair with w. War
ner Mitchell secretary.
The proposition Of a high school
for Parowan was discussed at some
length, and the question was asked,
"Where are we at in the progress for
a high SCHOOL," The chairman stat
ed that he understood that most of the
preliminary work had been accom-
plished, which was as follows:
1st.-The county superintendent
should report to the county commits
sioners as to whether or not, in his
opinion, the county should remain one
high school district. He recommended
that the county remain one high school
district.
2nd.--Upon receipt of the recon-
mendation of the county superintend-
ent the county commissioners shall
set day for hearing the same, which
shall not be less than thirty nor more
than sixty days from the date Of set
ting.
3rd.-Notice of such hearing shall
be given by publication in some news
paper at least thirty days before the
day of hearing, to hear objections Of
any registered voter who is a tax
payer, and who had previously filed
his objections to the recommends
tions of the county superintendent
4th.--At the hearing the county
commissioners must determine the
place or places in the county which
will best accommodate the prospect
i've students at such high school, and
shall enter an order, either constitut-
ing the county as one high school dis
trict, or subdividing it in two or more,
The county commissioners ordered
that the county remain one high school
district, and this is the point that we
are at.
The next step is the naming of the
high school district and by such name
same shall be constituted body cor.
porate, after which the school trust.
ees of each common school district
shall appoint one of their number q
member Of the board of control, anC
be designated as the "Board of Edu-
cation. This Board of Education
will meet and organize by electine
one of it's number president, another
president, clerk and treasurer
After its organization the board o.
education shall call an election givinf
20 days notice thereof, submitting thu
following questions:
shall the high school distric
establish and maintain one or NOR
high schools within the district?
AT what place or places in tn,
high school district shall high school,
be established and maintained.
The board Of education must fill
with the county officers their tax lev
les on or before the first day of Ma,
of each year.
A Homecoming" was next dis
cussed by the club. AS Parowan wa
the nursery" for the settlement o
southern Utah and many of the set
Elements Of neighboring states, tn
proposition was considered favorabl
and mass meeting of all the peopl
suggested.
The proposition favoring genera
turnout to the Farmers Roundup an
Housekeepers' Conference to be hel
at Cedar City February TO ID, 1911
was discussed favorably, and con
mittee of three was appointed to sc
the owners Of automobiles and secui
the lowest price Of transportation
carload lots to and from the Roun'
up. Z. u. ADAMS