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Show oCommittee of Citizens Evaluates SHS Curriculum as State Project At the suggestion of Governor Gover-nor Clyde and the Citizens Council for Utah Education ind the Utah School Board association, as-sociation, the Springville high school along with others in the for several years in the Springville Spring-ville high school cirriculum in the areas of English, Language Arts, Social studies, Math and sciences but the cirriculum (Continued on Page 7, Col. 5) state have conducted a "Spot Your High School," conference this week. The conference was held by ten members comprising a citizen's citi-zen's committee which visited and made the evaluation of the high school in preparation for a meeting in Salt Lake City next Thursday with Dr. James B. Conant. Dr. Conant, noted educator, scientist, statesman, is just completing a two-year study of the American high schools which will help to revolutionize re-volutionize the philosophy and application of modern education. educa-tion. He feels that the public has an important role in the development de-velopment and improvement of their schools and as a result of his work, the National Citizens Council for better schools has been organized to help the la3'-man la3'-man improve educational facilities fa-cilities of the American schools. In his study, Dr. Conant made a standard of judging or rule of test by which high schools could be judged. The Springville citizens committee, com-mittee, representing the city, industry, clubs, church, PTA and education noted in their evaluation of the local high school that Dr. Conant's recommendations recom-mendations for high school standards have been included Committee of Citizens Evaluate SHS Classes (Continued from Page One) was inadequate in Foreign Languages. The committee was composed of Mayor J. Emmett Bird, Wilbur Wil-bur Snelson, LaVar Cloward, Mrs. G. Lowry Anderson, Mrs. Eleanor Moss, Mrs. Grant Pal-freyman, Pal-freyman, Paul Haymond, Dr. Robert K. Jenkins, Supt. W. W. Brockbank and Leo Cran-dall. Cran-dall. With the understanding of the policies of the Springville high school, this committee will help to pinpoint specific problems prob-lems of Utah high schools at the Salt Lake convention, where ways of improving the high schools throughout the state, will be discussed. |