The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-02
Reservation Committee Asks
Commissioners to Hold
Schools Intact.
EDUCATORS APPEAL
Siseon and Daughters Speak
for COns0l idati0n of
System.

Indignant over the order by the
s4issOula county commissioner APP
proving the division of school district
Nc. % on the Flatiead, committee
OF more than 50 reservation residents
with q petition containing $50 names,
appeared before the comfy board yes
terday and vigorously opposed the
/. proposition.
Attorney Charles Hall of MISSOURI,
Attorney Dam Heyfron and senator a.
J. Brewer Of Roman were tho principal
speakers for the committee. Repre-
sentatives from all the cities VI the
southern end Of the reservation also
argued against the division.
Educators Oppose Division.
The division plan was also assailed
by DR.. Il. o. Sissun, president Of the
State University and pr. Freeman
Daughters, head Of the department Of
EDUCATION at the university
Several weeks ago Scmmittee from
the upper end Of the Noise valley Pc
titioned the school trustees Of the dls-
trict for a division on Mo grounds
that the children had To so too far to
school during the winter and ahore was
imperative need for a school IN that
end Of the district. The trustees
turned down the petition and tt11 com
mittee appealed To the county super :
intendent who sustained the action Oh
the trustees. The case was then pre-
scented to the county commission efs
who overruled the decision OF lh'
county superintendent and aIlnounae ed
that they approved the division of TIL g
district.
Ask for Re. Rearina
Residents of the southern end of the
District Immediately voiced their disap-
proyal to the county commissioners
and asked for u rehearing of the case
yesterday.
The arguments advanced by the
speakers yesterday We're supplemented
In the petition presented to the com
lnissiOners.
Attorney Hall declared that the di-
vision of the district would result in
having only six months school, instead
Of the regular nine month term, be-
cause Of the lack Of sufficient funds
to pay the expenses Of additional
schools.
Will Handicap Work.
If the district should be divided as
planned said Attorney Hall. "the
children will be going to small Schools
instead of one large building where
the most modern methods Of education
can be appalled, NTH a. n1unher N, smal
Schoplhouses II will be impossible Tor
the pupils to get instruction IN manual
training, agriculture and other studies
demanding special instructors.
III this division goes through, pretty
soon there will be more divisions nnti'
finally the entire reservation Wili bt
divided into a number of small dis-
tricts with large number % small
schools without sufficient funds to pro-
vide adequate instruction for the chill
lren."
Reservation People Aroused.
Reports from the reservation indicate
that the entire population of the dis
trict stirred up over proposed diVisic'
members of the committee in MissouR
yesterday declared that they woult
make strong fight against the pro
posed action by the county commits
sioners.
The arguments yesterday continued
all morning and the commissioner
announced that they would take tn
matter under adNisement
Among the citizens who came as
coE,mittee to petition against the di