Show BEGIN SUR VEt OF SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOLS Work Being Done by Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion Headed by Professor Cubberly of Stanford r WILL REPORT TO BOARD i Substitutes to Be Suggested for Conditions Subject to Criticism E EP P. P CUBBERLY professor of ot eu pj ration cation ton at Leland Stanford jr university accompanied b bj by Proc prof Terman Lewis associate Professor or r education and anI J T 1 Harold Williams sta sta- o clerk arrived Salt Ita in Sal Lk Lake y yes u afternoon and immediately b b. b be gan an their survey of ot the public school system of oC Salt Lake for the th benefit of ot the board bOd of ot education The bener sUney survey sUne will y he be completed on or before May Ia and Professor Cubberly promises to furnish a full rul report to the board of or ton education b by June Junc 25 In making th the survey Pr Cubberly will be wl ai assisted as- as b- b bome ome of tho lie ablest educational survey men of ot tho the United States H Ht He has made surveys for Portland Butt But and a number of ot other cUe cities In Dute th the uCe s t. t Among Among those who will 1 assist In n th the making makini of the lie Salt Lake Lalee survey are s James H. H Van Sickle cIty superintend superintend- ent of o the Springfield Mass Jass schools who is reputed to be the ablest school super super- in the country and Prof Prot J J. J B B. B Sears Scars assistant professor of ot edu edua tion In Lland Leland Stanford Jr J. university Prot Professor Van Yan Sickle e will wi arrive ir In Salt SnI Lake the lie early part of ot the week and Professor Sears Scars Is Js expected here litre Sunday unda Before coming comIns to Salt Laic Lake Professor Cubberly and his read the reports of ot the boa hoard board rd of ot education edu edu- cation caton for or tho the past several oral years ears gave gy attention to tho the course of stud study In th th-j th th Salt Sal Lake schools and in other ways wan familiarized themselves with the work word ings lags of 01 the school system worl- worl Purpose of Survey The sune survey Is being being made for tor th the purpose of get getting tins data on the admin of oC the schools the conditions condition of school houses the thc course of ot stud study studS the Instruction the vocational wor worthe work tho the heal h and md maii other matters maters In connection with the school system This Is a survey not an In sta tion said Professor Cubberly When boards of at education determine to find out whether they the are arc getting the tue be lieu bul l for the mone money which they the are expendIng expend expend- Ing or where there seems to lo be he le a failure fall fail fai ure tre of ot results or the board wants to know how to better beter their educational system the they call cal In people who are supposed to give expert exper ad ad Ice We correspond ol nt to efficiency exp experts rt In nosiness business we e e come com nero here lere to line find out eui whether the schools of ot Salt Lake are e giving full Cul value for tor what Is being Upended ex- ex on them by bv tho the board If I we find a condition to criticise we ve offer a substitute for It It We W do donot donot donot not criticise lse for tOI the tho sake of ot criticising bu but t for I the he good which will wil come Iron fro I It and If we ve cannot offer r a substitute we leave lea e th tho matter lonc W V will wi take up the thc administration and study Hudy that If 1 wo WI find something better beter we n will wl su suggest est I It If I the lie principal and nd the teachers are on a wrong tangent in regard to different courses of study Ildy we will wil Investigate and tell tel then them tl r they are wrong If I certain stalks or courses ar are being emphasized too much muche we e will wIl offer substitutes and put the teachers on the right track During th thurey the survey ur wo we 0 expect to go o into the health of the school children the sanitation ot of the tho school buildings the lie sufficiency o ot of the buildings and all al matters maters in connection con necton with this part art of education We Ve will wi give I e about 2000 OiO tests In the sho schools l to determine whether wh-lhor wh th the thc pupils art ard re receiving receiving reo the benefit of the their r instruction and whether they are normal or above or below normal Vo We expect to go O into the matter mater In the fullest possible sense and give Ic the board of ot education a aplan aplan plan of ot work Salt Sni Lake Ink From what I have heard hear of the Salt Sal Lake system I believe beHove It I to be good but there ther Is always a defect here or there which If I remedied In iii time will wil mean a great leat saving sa lnA to the taxpayers as well HI n as an Increased ed efficiency In the teaching teach in ing and administration departments department In view of 01 tho the fact tact that an educational educational lonal survey sur e of the public schools of oC Salt Sai Lake Is IgO about to commence under the tho direction of Pro Prof E P P. Cubberly of or Leland Stanford university assisted h by Prof Prod J. J A. A Williams and Prof Lewis hewl Terman Tennan of oC the same samo school Supt D D. H H. Christensen en has Issued copies of ot the re report re- re port of the tIns committee on standards and anel tests for or judging the efficiency of ot schools and systems of oC schools school to give ghe the public an nn Idea of what a surrey sune survey iS 13 and nd how tho the efficiency or lack of ot effi- effi In iii schools is la determined The report port which Mr Ir Christensen Is Is- Is bU bUus s was as given i en U bj by Professor George of uca Drayton Draton Strayer professor e administration Teachers Teachers' College Columbia university The report fol follows fol fo I lows Iowa o vs The report deals with the subject under five separate wih headings bat batIs is a survey e When hen or under tinder what conditions con sh should uld a n survey be undertaken u by whom should hould a sUre survey bo be ma made tJ what nrc are arc the tile methods to lo be bein employ in an efficient survey under what e con conditions l. l of ol surveys be is issued Is' Is Issued should reports sued mcd what results ma may be from school surveys h first questIonS question the th In reply to the lie committee answers list It i Is an wh whiCh C education t concerning public seel seeks M to acquaint the public wih au all authe In Of ff n supported in th the educational agencies whole or 01 In iii part b by public funds when should be lna made madelie d As S to a n survey sune the lie committee holds that a continuous d de- de the by br survey should be conducted l but out of hint is Impossible then special sur sune ej should be e h had when needed The report gays Ins In's that a school s survey ri rican can be bc best made b by the lie school of tC r rand i and really should be made by br Ii if but hut outside advice may be caled called 10 desirable methods to be I red As to the lie Imp that at In a survey the report S iO tho the work be segregated accor according ng the t departments and wd each branch o of h work considered separately n when h Issued onlY Reports should be d mislead l e they the theare are so 80 drawn n dra as not to 1 P The information but but to give gIn accurate betie e a I results to be expected are ale and a ni knowledge e of the school systems beneficial progress In the systems I |