Show MARCUSEN ON SCHOOL NEEDS the address of curl arl r R p marcusen before the trustees end and superintendents of the utah teachers i association la Is already attracting wide micci in educational lonal circles arcla ir cla it was in the main a forceful and eloquent pre sensation gen sen tation of the arguments favoring an increase of the powers of principal ii and it is much regretted that owina owing to length of tho the address th s newa news finda finds it impossible to present it in full excerpts however setting forth the salient points are herewith reproduced d they are pregnant with logic and sound sense and will be found worth while to all interested in matters educational educations cat ions ional on the tha subject of at tra tion the professor csor aid said 0 unsatisfactory METHODS SIMMS the methods of school tra tion now in vogue are am far from being in fact they are behind all methods of administration both I 1 in the industrial and commercial worlds which have creade such rapid progress pr egress of late though we are in the midst of great aggregations of complicated machinery and devices for the speedy and perfect performance of labor there is 13 nothing so supremely grand as the trained directive intelligence of our great industrial and commercial undertakings however stupendous the enterprise ter prise one mind is 13 supreme in the bank the factory the he railroad the industrial corporation one man who by natural ability and training is I 1 competent directs the entire undertaking it ao 10 him is concentrated all needed authority and responsibility to his lieutenant chosen with care Is delegated a certain flet met of duties they become becom eo so many additional aids aida of their chief and thus extend the scope and power of its effectiveness no EXCLUSIVE CONTROL but in the school there is no one m man an nor set of men in whom exclusive control is vested instead of one there are four parties excer elsing part a of f th the e control but neither responsible to an any other one and all responsible to no one except the people tho the parties are the elected by the people the school board elected by the same people but of a smaller area the principal and the teachers chosen by the school board if the schools are unsuccessful tinder these conditions where are the people justified in placing the responsibility surely not upon the superintendent super he ile is asked to so supervise the work that a certain amount of work of a certain quality be ba done but how can he see that it is done when he has not the power to select the help with which to do it itt he lie is required to do a measure of work with a measure of help which he has no voice in determining there may be four teachers for four hundred pupils there may be twelve there may be nine months of school there may be five live nor has he a voice in the efficiency of his help the teachers may be university graduates of experience pe peri nence ence they may be eight grade pupils without experience yet yon would hold him responsible for the measure M his work Is it right WHO IS 13 RF responsible well then the school board is responsible no that cannot be they have 10 voice in the mea measure 3 ure of the work to be done the tools th text booke books to 11 with nor the efficiency of the eaic what about ahe principal I 1 la be he tb the guilty one conot no he 1 is not 41 responsible for the measure of 0 the work the effic lency of at the force the length oc or thy thu time thep nor r the county supervision if the the district school board the prin eldal dal aru are not res pon sible the only one remaining the teacher must be if it any one who holds executive power responsible we indeed would be unjust to maat her ao so she having no voice it in the measure of the work the length of term the tool tools the supervision and I 1 believe I 1 may may asya her efficiency 1 ROUBLE WITH TUB THE where then doe does the trouble he lie I 1 will you it lies jn in the tho people make some one supreme and yoa you will ill make one responsible supreme I 1 cay say in his sphere rf ef action there arc are two aspects to school ad min mina viz the aspect and the professional aspect A set k of nut rho exercise the duties of or the first totally unfit to exercise the duties of the second and ant vIce varea verva each supreme in Us its sphere the busi bu sintas aaa aspect hould should b be cared for by a set of laymen the intelligent progressive taw men of the community who will represent popular demands and standards elected by popular volt vote for a long period of tims it should be a continuous body DUTIES or larivie to them be in trusted th sh h questions aa as the raising of revenue erection of df building buildings purchasing of ot supplies cariag of property ment of Ag selection lection of sites etc they hould have havo large power of inspect tion suggestion and veto over piat tera to the professional aspect they abdula appoint appo a superintendent super in whom should be consecrated all needed authority slid responsibility regard ing inythe the professional aspect subject to tb the veto aj odthe the board to him acting with men of like capacity should be in trusted such questions as the adoption of the course of study selection of the text books certification of teachers tea chera etc to him alone should be given the care of the pupils in his county with power to choose ai assistants from those found worthy by all the superintendents acting conjointly suggestion here I 1 shau shall anticipate i 11 1 hajec giop you will say you ft your L NO ous the law now provides provid but N n elect him you can take such an octive tive interest in the primaries the conven tlona tiong and campaigns that the man most worthy of your confidence and trust can be elected regardless of pott poll teatske tea Take your superintendent super out lies there is one drawback yoa you are limited tn in the choice of material as things now stand for you must choose your from I 1 dieh wieh it were so that tha you had the world to choose from and right here I 1 want to suggest that a recommendation men dation from you gentlemen to tire te next legislature will have great weight in shaping statutes to your liking |