The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-06-03
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT WEEK

The Eureka County High School
Commencement dates and places of
holding exercises are as follows: The
Baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Bishop George G. Hunt
Ing Sunday morning at eleven o.
clock in the Episcopal church. The
graduation exercises will begin at 8
o'clock Wednesday night at the Eu-
reka Theatre. Prof. r. C. Thomp-
SON will deliver the address Of the
evening. Those in charge of the pro-
gram for the week appreciate very
much Mrs. States kindness In post
poning the show for that night until
Thursday night. We were fortunate
indeed In securing Prof. Thompson
for the Commencement address, and
Wednesday was the latest date on
which he could come. Had Mrs.
States not given us this date those
who wished to attend the graduation
exercises would have missed the show
"Humoresque," which Is q very ex-
ceptionally good one.
The public is invited to attend both
the Baccalaureate service and the
graduating exercises.
On Tuesday evening the Senior
play will be given at the Eureka The
atre. The proceeds Of the play will
be used to make possible the publ
cation Of this years High School An
nual.
Next Monday afternoon from Q to
4 o'clock in the high school, the
Home Economics Glass will be at
home to their friends and all those
interested in their work. An exhibit
Of part Of their work will be ON in
spection.
Recent inquiries concerning the
cost OF high school education by To-
cal citizens and their suggestions
prompt brief statement in regard
to 1t. The public should be informed,
and Is at all times entitled to any
facts concerning school expenses or
conditions. AS large holding corpor-
ations pay the greater part Of the Eu
reka County taxes which support the
high school, we can get a more init
mate idea of the school costs by con-
fining our figures to those that ap-
ply to Eureka taxpayers.
Necessarily in a small high school
the instructional and supervisional
items are the chief ones. For these
purposes, that is the teachers and
principals salaries, the average daily
cost per pupil to the people of Eu-
reka is nearly two cents, or approx
imately sixty-six and one-half cents
per day for the entire school. Be-
cause of the State subsidy, the cost of
the Home Economics instruction In
less than half of the above figure, or
In other words the cost to the aver
age Eureka taxpayer is a total Of 7
cents per year for this department.
To the above figures should be add
ed about one-half for the other run
ming expenses. This will make the
entire yearly cost of the high school
to the average taxpayer reach approx
imately As cents per year, less than
the price of two movie tickets or a
few smokes.
The matter of costs viewed from
another angle might be interesting.
In a year the teachers of the high
school spend in Eureka more than ten
times as much as is raised locally for
their salaries. In international rela-
tions this would be considered a
splendid balance of trade.
There are those who would limit
the opportunity of our boys and girls
because of imagined high costs due to
misinformation. But even il 1t were
true that the costs were high the
of equal educational oppor-
tunity is one that should be guaran-
teed by our government and its en-
tire citizenship. L. A. HUNTING.