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Show KEEP POLITICS ID SC10LSJEPMTE Convention of Utah City and County Superintendents Favors Plan. A. G NELSON INDORSED Committee Will Urge Placing of Mis Name on Tickets of All Parties. i Sentiment towards s concerted move tor the dlVorce of politics from school mutters crystallised yesterday afternoon at the closing session of the annual convention con-vention of city and county superintendents superinten-dents of the state by the Introduction by r. Preston creer, superintendent of Utah county of a resolution favoring an amendment to the state constitution to make the shite suporlntendcncy an appointive ap-pointive office and providing for the appointment ap-pointment of a non. partisan committee to draft such a me?isure. The same resolution embodied the Indorsement In-dorsement of State Superintendent A C Nelson end pledged the body to work for r. placing of his name on the h.-il-lots of all political parties at tho coming election. Sentiment Undivided. The resolution Was signed with the names Of thirty-four superintendents from all sections of the state, and was carried unanimously. Immediately thereafter tho acting chairman of the convention, Supt. Henry Peterson of Ttnr. Elder county, was authorized au-thorized to appoint a committee of three members one a Republican, one a Democrat Demo-crat and one a bull moose adherent, to appear before the resolutions committee of each nf the three coming political conventions In an effort to secure the unanimous Indorsement of Superintendent Superinten-dent Nelson. The action of he convention was not taken until after Superintendent Xelson, the reioilar chairman had left tho chair find the convention, having received an urgent business message Considerable discussion wa? provoked by the introduction of the, motion providing pro-viding for the committee, Superintendent Peterson stating that he was too unfamiliar un-familiar with the political affiliations of the various delegates to appoint such a committee. Asks Time to Think. After the motion was carried he announced an-nounced that he would not name the committee until later and would mall the list of his appointments to all the delegates. dele-gates. The formal resolution presented by Superintendent Creer follows: Resolved, That we favor the removal re-moval from th domain of politics tho position of state superintendent of public instruction; that wo favor an amendment to the state constitution constitu-tion to the effect that the office of superintendent of public Instruction be made appointive, and as a witness of our faith In this policy we Indorse A. C. Nelson for state superintendent of public instruction and use our influence to hav e his name placed on all ballots of all political parties of our state at the coming election. Representative Signers. The signers are: Orson Ryan, superintendent of Jordan district; L, E. Egsertsen, Provo; EL K. Nielsen, Sprlngvllle; J Preston Creer, Utah county; Victor R Bohman, Morgan county; W. H. Petterson, "Weber county; O. G. Anderson. Garfield county: TVllllam A. Joseph, Beaver county, Edward H. Snow, Washington county; D. A. Broad-bent. Broad-bent. Wasatch countv. Joseph Eckersly, J. M. Mills, Ogden; C. E. Gaufln, Murray; Mur-ray; John Benson G. A. Cooper, D. C. Woodward, Earl Thompson, B. W. Ash-ton: Ash-ton: H. N. Winters, N Thompson, H. C. Burton, E W. Greenwood, C A. Johnson, D. H. Chrlstensen, Salt Lake; Mosiah Hall. Salt Lake: G. N.. Child. Salt Lake; W. H. Robinson, Milton Bennlon. W J. Luke. J. IT. Paul. Salt Lake; V. H. Bradford. Brad-ford. E. V McGlnness, G. M. Mumford, Granite district, Henry Peterson, Box Elder county. Several changes In the present state school laws were discussed and advocated advo-cated p.t the afternoon meeting of the stj.te and county superintendents' convention conven-tion at tho city and county building ve.s-terday. ve.s-terday. Absolute elimination of politics from frhe. administrative school system; the appointment of county superintendents superintend-ents by tho state board of education, and not by the county commissioners, and the fixing of the county school tax levy by the state board of education Instead of by the county commissioners these and some other suggestions of minor Importance were agreed upon and the state superintendent of public Instruction authorized to draft a. measure embodying embody-ing these changes for presentation before be-fore the next legislature. A suggestion Strongly recommended was the proposal to establish a uniform basis for the schedule sched-ule of salaries for the teachers. Favor Change of Date. The time for tho holding of the annual meeting of the Utah Education association was also discussed dis-cussed at length, the sentiment of practlcaJly all of the superintendents being be-ing that tho constitution of that organization organiza-tion should be changed to provide for a different meeting time. The constitution now provides for the meeting to be held during Thanksgiving week. The sentiment of the delegates seemed to favor tho holding of the meeting meet-ing the week previous to the fall opening open-ing of school, and In all probability an amendment to that effect, will be Introduced Intro-duced at the coming convention In November. No-vember. G. N. Child, supervisor of grammar grjides In the Salt Lake rschools. addressed ad-dressed the convention on "The Duties of Principals" He emphasized the dignity dig-nity and responsibility of the principal's position and discussed the duties of the prlneioal under four general heads. The prlnCTjali ho said, should have executive ability for the performance of his duties; he should have discipline duties and educational edu-cational duties and qualifications. Done's View Approved. Following Mr. Child, State Insurance Commissioner WHIard Tone addressed the delegates, asking their co-operation in fire prevention. Ho said that not only should Fire Prevention day have special exerciser, but suggested, that a contest in composition should be participated par-ticipated In by the pupils of the eohools of the stale on the general topic of fir prevention. Upon motion his suggestion was adopted Superintendent G. M. Mumford of Murray Mur-ray followed with an address on "Delinquents "De-linquents and Juvenile Officers." He divided delinquents into three general classes boys, girls and parents. Ho contended that a child Is entitled to a square deal and honest explanation on all matters. Juvenile officers, he said, Kbould understand and be guided by the environment of Uie pupils. Delinquency, Delin-quency, he said, was due principally to three things bad heredity, bad environment environ-ment in the home and the community, and bad administration of the law. Superintendent Alma Molyneux of Logan Lo-gan was unable to attend the convention conven-tion arid his pap'-r on "Industrial Edu cation; How sfuofa Should Given In the Grades," was read to tho delcgatcfc by Superintendent C. A. Johnson of Moab. An interesting address wa-s aiso plvcn bv Superintendent J. Freston Creer of Uta.ri county on the "Organization and Grading of Schools."' Guests of Nelson. At tho noon recess Ihc deletratca were entertained at. luncheon at 1h- Commercial Com-mercial club as th guests of State Superintendent Su-perintendent A. C Nelson. Superintendent D. 11. f.'hristenson of the Salt Iake public schools delivered the principal address of tho morning eslon yesterday, his topic being "The Ungraded Class." Superintendent 1.. E. Eggcrtscn of the Provo schools addressed me convention on "Medical Inspection In the School." He recommended the appointment of medical Inspectors by the boards of education edu-cation under the direction of the superintendents, super-intendents, declaring that medical Inspection In-spection waa necessary for the physical wollbelng of the pupils. The Ideal Janitor. Contending that the tdenJ school building Janitor should bo virtually v "lack of all trades." Superintendent R YV Ashton of Granite district made an excellent Impression with his addro-ss on the "Qualification and Employment of Ja.nltors." "How Can the Superintendent Kmplov His Time to tho Best Advantage when Visiting Ills Schools''" wan tho subject: of an able address delivered by Superintendent Super-intendent Orson Ryan of the Jordan district Superintendent Ryan advocated that the superintendent's duty Is (1) to make the teachers happv; (2) to give them faith; (3) to give them hope; (4) to give them Inspiration. He said further fur-ther that the big things to lock for are il) mativatfon In the pupils: 1 the aim cf the 1 o.i- Ikm-: material and method: H effects on the pupils. |