Show f N fOR PEDAGOGUES I tonal Standards for chers hers Advocated at 11 Meeting Here STATES HAVE I I MEN HEN AT GATHERING joined by Governor Govern or of Schools of Utah p conference of commission commission- Fd catIOn and superintendents of ot instruction s of ot various states is Inin in inIn In this city today to formulate lie he unification of ot the of the states represented a. a ako o steps stets that will bring about 1 fand and more uniform standard of ot oft t to td o be required of ot teachers beo be- be may be bo granted certificates to th public schools of ot the country t Je IC men In attendance at this tee was opened at the ses ses- rn of ot the lie board of education this thisby I b by an address of welcome by Harp llam Spry are several se who have 11 1 positions In the educational 0 th the country countr and Who will parts to play in the genI gen gen- I posed it if definite action is Js at the meetings here lere t yip who attended the session this were e Dr Harlan of the I Ibur bur bureau au of ot education E. E C C. C Bish- Bish superintendent of or public InI in- in I L O or Nebraska J. J F. F Riggs state stat of pubic instruction for JIg rv Harmon state superintend superintend-I I bIle lIc instruction for Montana I 1 J. J Is state superintendent of ot public wit n for New Mexico accorn- accorn Clark J. J E. E Taylor state I In n nl of public instruction for kota P. P C O. Tanning assistant p pf ot public instruction for Georgc A. A Macfarlane of the kot school J J. II IT i l of public instruction orti d U. U a noted edu- edu i member of iho tho Minnesota leg leg- eg n superintendent rr utari nu u. u i II n LI of ot the Salt Lake City Lre Te also in att attendance each M at th tha morning session continue on through U tomor- tomor I l through Saturday The cain here at th the Invitation of or end Nelson Kelson who at a a. recent ot of educators at Lincoln Neb Nob Ito to them the hospitality of or the Nelson sNelson dress of welcome was delivered mil am Spry who paid a high elthe the worth of Superintendent nd sald that for tor or what he has the system of this this' he lie can hold his place DS' DS he wants ants it said that third one-third of atlon alIon of ot Utah is or of school age ot the these e children with the ot an unusually small percell- percell ir fn the schools school The state noro nor- nor o LL out teachers a as rap- rap ana aim more than man 50 ow outi new rafted into the service each cach meet the growing needs of the irid to take the places of those line hue of or endeavor for other Id that 73 pr r c cent nt of the cn e of ot the Ute state is devoted de to purposes The state is as educational system stem u ut Thugs Letter h JaKel lAlY 1110 no governor go sam said more money per capita other lother city in fn the th United States Slates Idu Education atlon of Its Us boys and ant girls or of eVery movement that d to the fore Boys Doys and asset of a nation spoke of or the resources to be bo found in this thle state rd d. d that It has within its bor- bor resources es that can make stats state In the union He the history of the mining Indus- Indus ot a agricultural industry of fa rc of or sugar ar and of or other Iring enterprises and of rs s said id d that tho possibilities S and i cannot be bo duplicated her state in the union lid compliment was as paid to Sunt Su- Su h nt nUL of the city brough whose Instrumentality ts of the thc city have been p PP ci th Ir high state of ot ertl- ertl It Education t Pr y sa said leI that t he hopes for or a l 1 iII lItem of ot industrial Industria I ed uca- uca In this and other states may be trained a as n nd Governor Spry concluded 5 after bidding the educators o he city and the state and em to call upon him for an any any- Jj t want that would add saure a superintendent t o of Pillion for the city was Voas called for n a brier brief speech ch and Inn In- In n lint but earnest jn Nelson Mr speech by i h Presence fience of th se noted It distinct compliment to tho the 10 a dt i he I city ny ILy an HII honor that Is he I city ny ILy an HII honor that Is He Ho said sald that there no stat in Jn the union where nt Iv ir st In ed educational u ca a lan In Uniformity Y rJ nee In he said said- has mue much I 1 im- im hand which ch will have ha g err ct upon ion the f future futuro turo plans It in th this arid and other of c deliberations mark thE beginning of a work in educational nal lines Jines be- be on the tha matter of oC The systems f In different states J s is th the of of I 1 Ot Of prIma Primary importance n o 0 those who v have r. r and rj certificates normal ornal r rare rl tea employed school In he the City who hold arid and other othi other s of than the IE IC j t t Tf or of J aId Mr Chris Chrls- hers hers' re- re dro the wIlt raise normal formal schools and back clear through the MI high schools school graded schools and the pr- pr I I mary schools Where Normal Schools Fail rail Under present conditions ns not one I graduate from the normal schools in twenty is capable of or taking full and in independent In- In I depend dependent cha charge of or a a. a city school Th This s condition n requires revision 1 n in normal m requires graduate requires two to t ar-t pro pro- ballon n. n before rc sh hd can can tea t rhe point th ds t the norma should v I raised P Pr Prof f. f William A. A We Wetzell sU n- n dent lent of lor br the city schools Introduced Introduced in In- In th the childrens children's chorus from th the tho Lafa Lafayette ette school which sang in most pl pleasing manner a Snowflake Leaves the Sk Sky under the direction of their teacher Miss Bradford The children chil chit dren then sang the three-part three SOI soy Hear the Bells and concluded with ti tH first and last stanzas of America un tinder under tin un- der the leadership of Professor Wetzell The singing shifting of or the children was warmly warm warm- I ly applauded by the visiting educators who congratulated the supervisor of music music and and who expressed their appreciation tion of ot the training training- shown by the chil chil- dren The meeting was then turned over overto overto overto to Chairman E. E C. C Bishop of Lincoln eb who said that If Superintendent Nelson S-elson had not gone east the educators p probably would not have come here hero at this time It is easy to com come to Salt Salt- Lake he said but he believed It would be easier to In stay tat than to tn leave I Superintendent J. J E. E Clark of ot the New Mexico educational commission was ns then given the floor He Tie said that there are only 00 orators in New Mexico all of these thes men are now framing UD ut a a. constitution constitution con con- for the new state He congratulated congratulated congratulated con con- Utah upon her spry gOrnor governor gO gov and the superintendent t of public Instruction for the state and city The school sentiment in Utah Is right heiA he said iA Wants National System There I Ii's no national system of education tion he said ald and it is an unfortunate thing Tie lie wished that Mexico M f xIco had patterned d after Utah in the unification of the ed educational rational system In New Mexico there ICI i great greut st Rt stIn In industrial There ar are I j school children in NE' NE New Mexico who do donot donot donot not speak peak English but who take readily to handicraft New ew Mexico has be been n strong trong In its demands deman for professional training for it its teachers Dr Harlan Tap of tho tim national bureau of or education said that he brings the greetings of the commission of education education education edu edu- cation and said pairl that h he h believes definite rc results and ends will be achieved cd by tho the conference The mat matter r of organization of the conference conference conference con con- ference was then taken up mth an outline outline outline out out- line of the Ull work worl to b bl undertaken by the conference Get Down to Business t E. 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C Bishop of Nebraska wa was named a as aEo chairman of the conference and James Osborne of the department of ot education of f Oklahoma was named as secretary The plans for the conference were re then discussed d and a a 3 tentative c program was outlined d. d A At t the conclusion of the morning mornIng morn morn- ing session the visitors were taken to the University of of Utah where they In Inspected In- In inspected the building and equipment of I th the big school aft after r ln ht having len been fn entertained enter enter- ter- ter tamed at nt luncheon h by the students of the I domestic science department Another nother session IK is in lii progress this afternoon and the visitors will be th guests at a special ape ape- I cial organ orEan Tf recital at the tile tabernacle taben at 7 i o'clock tonIght ht when hen th the tho tabernacle choir will also 10 1 a peI rehearsal eh h ni lI 1 Will hI i no 10 tn- o- o morning and n a meeting morrow morro l will Trill 11 beheld be 00 beheld I held tomorrow afternoon Th The ThA educators will meet the teachers of th hl high h school at nt 4 0 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and I the nl night ht will he be civen over 09 to te another session of the tho conference It H Is planned to spend Saturday at the bl big copper mines mine there If tho the work of the conference can nn he be concluded In tim Um time for that trip trin Otherwise the work ork will witt willbe willbe be concluded Saturday and 1111 nv time that remains for the tho visitors will be IX spent In in seeing the city n n |