Williams news., 1922-08-04
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
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one day of school because of wind and storm, record hardly eQualled by any other pupil ln her room, most of whom reside on the south side of the tracks. If mud, snow and wind do not deter that little girl in going half mile across that flat, are you going to believe that high school pupils will be unable to go three blocks across the tracks with good walks to walk on? And the walks-they will cost the school nothing. They are ordered in on the south side when needed. The same procedure will procure them on the north side.
 But this is taking too much space. Pardon our taking a question and answer form to point out other misstatements in that contribution
 1. "The Americans are in the minority as it is."
 Ans. Enrolment, 1921-22, American 23O, Mexican POT.
 2. "the towns population is
  Ans. That is an error. Dur ing the past five years the popu- lation of Williams has made a small increase partly keeping tally with the rapidly growing school enrolment which was 38O in 1920 and 437 in 1922, an increase of 57. A similar increase was recorded for sev- eral years prior to that. Dur ing the past five years many new houses have been built and very few vacant houses are to be found in Williams at any time. One former resident stepped into the News office this morning after an absence of three years, and exclaimed, My, what wonderful inn provement there has been in the last six years"
 3. The building as it stands ---is designed for high school needS".
 Ans. The present building was designed for the grade school we had when it was built. Nat Erally it is not adapted to high school work. Anyone who will compare it with the high school buildings in Winslow and other towns will quickly see why.
 4. "As to the expense--- Water would have to be piped, sidewalks built. separate prin- clpal, a separate corps of HIGH SCHOOL teachers. Anyone who says NO to that please ex- plain how teachers can chase back and forth across town, to teach the seventh and eighth grades in the present building then back to the high school .proper?"
 Ans. The city water is now piped to the ball ground. No expense there. The citizens would bu Id the sidewalks the same as elsewhere. No extra expense there. In connection with this bear in mind that electric service wires are now up in the block adjoining the proposed site, and two poles are now on the proposed school ground. No extra expense there. As for the separate principal, other cities operate several buildings under one principal, the board says we will do the same if a new build ing IS erected No extra ex- pense. As for the separate corps of teachers and those taking world championship records as a result of sprinting from one school building to the other; what is the idea? The present high school faculty teaches the junior high and the regular high school. With these six grades housed in the Eew building, why should the faculty sprint across town and back in order to reach the seventh and eighth grades calmly seated before them in the assembly room. And where does that extra HIGH SCHOOL force come in anyway? The present faculty is very compe- tent and will be delighted to teach the same classes as usual with the aid of a new and modern building.
 Boiling the whole matter down we come to this: