Show WITH th the in increase rease of wealth and population in In Utah doubtless doubtless' a number of normal schools will be It will be remembered that in inthe inthe inthe the late legislature an attempt was made to found a normal school in Southern Utah These schools so far as scholastic scholas scholas- tic training goes correspond to the high school Thoroughly equipped secondary schools with the addition of a year in the study of the theory and practice of teaching and the experimental work of the training school will under the present requirement prepare teachers for the elementary schools But the normal schools the themselves selves and the high schools must be supplied wi with th teachers and these can be prepared only in the university Indeed the demand for college college college col col- lege graduates as teachers will rapidly increase They will be required as superintendents superintendents superintendents su su- and principals and nd even as teachers in the grades in the best schools With these facts in mind the importance of the chair of pedagogy in inthe inthe inthe the university is evident to all It has been called the chair of education in some leading universities The term II education is made to include psychology ogy pedagogy history and philosophy of education moral philosophy child- child study and kindred subjects We think that the n name me should be changed in the University of Utah making it a chair of education and that this department should be under the direction of at least two professors The growth of the university university university uni uni- will necessitate tate an extension of the courses and a consequent increase of the instructing force As the university is the head of the public school system the professor of education in the university university university uni uni- should be the chief director of the normal schools that will be established established Ii shed throughout the state state Although t each school must have its own board of trustees all should be under the control of a general board and closely connected with the department of education in the university S Such ch a thorough organization tion n would be at once a strength to the public schools and also to the university for if the latter is to maintain its place places as as s head of all the public schools of the state it must establish a close relationship relation relation- ont on- on relation relation- relationship t ship with them |