OCR Text |
Show tdurhg conmnr to STUDY THiSCHOOLS J. C. Muerman of U. S. Bu- reau of Education Delivers De-livers Address. An address on tho IndiiHtrial and rUi-Jotlc rUi-Jotlc phases of tho American school eya-tem eya-tem In the Philippine lslaiidB wn delivered deliv-ered to tho principals of tho Salt Lnke schools ycstonlny afternoon by J. c.' Muerman, formerly Bupcrintcndcnt of a large nchool , district In tho Islands and now an official of tho United States bureau bu-reau of education. Mr. Mnormati 3 in Utah to make an cxhfiuatlvo Htudy of tho methods of education edu-cation In use In tho rurnl HchoolH of this state, a subject on which he plans to make a written report to the United btates commissioner, P p. Claxton Through tho offices of Superintendent V. IT. ChrlfiteiiBen h0 was Induced to address ad-dress tho principals at their regular meeting- yesterduy. Th Hpcaker IlluHtratod his remarks on lndustrla education with numerous sum- rica .f Uic W05k do .bv ll'o natives in the Inlands under tho Instruction of the American educators. Those included remarkable re-markable bits of handwork, such as shawls slippers and other dainty articles typical of the Orlont. Mr. Muerman. in th courso of his remarks, re-marks, said that tho dcvolopmont of Amorican forms of athletics and the introduction in-troduction of American songs and American Amer-ican music were proving the most Important Im-portant factors in the civilization of tho natives. Baseball has supplanted tho S0CufljfhlH a'ld tbo other more or less doubtful sports introduced hv the Spaniards Span-iards and fostered by the natives them-selpes, them-selpes, ho miA. The American son. MiVfuu11 ,n lUntoK a new and better spirit anion tho natives, he said Mr. Muerman will spend a month or more in Utah. |