Show THE SCHOOL SURVEYS SURVEY S SALT ALT LAKE finds nothing nothing- particularly particularly particularly par par- disagreeable in the official official of of- report of the survey recently made mado of or the public schools As to the tho purely purel- educational phases of the school work the experts discovered little at which to cavil and much to praise They were less satisfied with the the- physical aspects of the system where here these have havo to do with buildings building's buildings buildings build build- ings ing's ventilation and tho the like For those conditions with which the critics find fault thee the community the has a better excuse than it could have mustered had hind the system been at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked from the viewpoint of educational educational educational results achieved Scrupulous attention to ventilation light area of playgrounds and and- character o of- of buildings buildings build build- ings is o of comparatively rece recent lt date The theor theory that the schools should con concern ern themselves only w with tb the menial eI ai training of the pupil abandoning abandoning aban aban- his physical training and tho the conservation tion of his health to his parents parents parents par par- and to the proper department of the tho city government has 1135 long sur sur- Salt Lake can offer man many excellent ex ex- excellent reasons wh why it could riot not in inthis inthis inthis this regard ard satisfy a board of experts experts experts ex ex- who are aro measuring by a stand stand- u ard ara Fiery Every parent in the community sHo ld read the report with careful att attention It sets forth what must bo ho bodon don done if the p public schools are to reach the standard the exp experts setup setup set setup up an impossible ideal perhaps butone but butone one ono well worth working for In the suggestions made tho the parents may learn the conditions which advanced ad tho thought in ed education cation believes cs should environ the men and women of tho the next generation in their formative formalize period Jeriod anc and these theE ou ought t to become the objective towards which the taxpayers ers and their servants ants in the Board of Education steadily labor In Lr considering the official report of the survey it should be remembered remembered l the public school system has been inspected b by men whose id ideals als 1 are of or the highest It has been severely severely se se- verely f judged judg-ed by b by experts who may be seeking the unattainable and measured meas meas- tired red by b by that standard of perfection no school can ever er reach But it is helpful to know wherein the Salt J Lake a system fails of perfection and to bo ho furnished a definite goal al to- to toW towards to to- wards W 1 S which we may strive The sure survey sur sur- e vey has bas at nt least cast given the thu parents parents parents par par- of Salt Sale lake T ake something to work ork for and ancI flee results will be bo of the best if Mire most severe ere criticisms area aref not viewed in the light of discouragement dis dis- cou |