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Show DR. WOODWARD QUALIFIED AS SCHOOL HEAD Dr. Hii-h M. Woodward, clean nf (lie simmier School of ih Young uni-n-rsily and professor of philosophy ut educa Lion and ediu al ional administration, admin-istration, who was nominated fur the stale superintendent of public instruction, in-struction, is exceptional well qualified quali-fied for that position both by train-in train-in u' and inexperience, aeeording to ninnv of the leading edueators'of the stale. J.ver since his maturity he has been unpaged in educal iona 1 work in ! I tab, California and Washington. 1). C. and is looked upon by the great national educators as a leader lead-er in his chosen profession. i He was born 42 years ago in Huntington, Utah, being the sun of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch J. Woodward. The early part of his life was spent 1 in olorado. , At 1!) years of age he came to T tab to work his way through the , schools. His biuh school was done j :ir. the T'intah Stake academy, the j Murdock academy and completed in j tho high school, department of the 1 oimg university. After graduating from the educational educa-tional department of the Young university, uni-versity, lie served several years as principal in various schools of the state of Ulati. He later returned to the Young university and received from there his bachelor of arts degree de-gree in education and the social sciences. On graduation be was appointed principal of the St. George academy and so rapidly was the the growth of the school under his administration that within four years it was changed to the Dixie Normal. college with Dr. Woodward as president of the institution. During the seven years that he presided over the St. George school It grew from a three year high school to one of Utah's most flourishing junior colleges. In 1918 Dr. Woodward took his master of arts degre in educational administration from the University of Utah, after which he went to the University of California to do further furth-er post-graduate work in educational administration. The major part of his work for the degree of doctor of philosophy was done in rural and vocational education. After renewing his doctor's degree in 1920, he was appointed assistant director of educational work in the bureau of public health at Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. Dr. Woodward's - work while in Washington had to do largely with moral and sex educa-1 tion. His book on moral and sex j education which is just now going to press is the result of his experience experi-ence with his own definite plan of moral and sex education and of his experience whiie in Washington. The Washington position acca-sioned acca-sioned a great deal of travel which gave further opportunity to study problems of rural eaucation and also several of the larger city systems. sys-tems. In 1921 he resigned his position in Washington and accepted an appointment ap-pointment at the Brigham Young university as professor of education. At the present time ne is professor of philosophy of education, dean of the summer session and supervisor super-visor of graduate work in education. Dr. Woodward has the distinction of being the first in Utoh to receive re-ceive a doctor's degree iu professional profes-sional education. His entire life in school and experience has fitted him for educational leadership. He is a strong advocate of the principle that the administration of our schools should be put on a high professional pro-fessional plane and relieved of the waste and general demoralization occasioned by the uncertainty of party elections. Dr. Woodward believes that the office of state superintendent of public instruction in this state ns it is in many other states, should be the most important and helpful educational edu-cational position of the state. It is because of the great opportunities for service which he feels the position posi-tion affords that be has Consented to become a nominee for the position. posi-tion. Many of Dr; Woodward's friends in Provo are loath to see him leave the university where he fills a most unique position which puts him in touch with the lending educators of the nation more so than any other man at the university with the exception ex-ception of the president. He has thousands of friends scattered throughout the state all of whom admire bis standing iiv the educational world and who will aid in placing him at the head of the public school system of the state of Utah. |