Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-24 | Page 9 | Leaders in Conference at Salt Lake City

1 Leaders Leaded in Conference at Salt Lake City p i I i J Ji p A 1 I i 4 S. S i 4 AS WESTERN EDUCATORS MET METS METIN IN SALT LAKE CITY I S 'S John I. I 6 no left Charles H C. C Gardner l w. w and W. W 4 B. B Mooney rr i A 4 t 3 4 A 6 S. S t A 4 4 I 5 i Y NATIONAL EDUCATION HEAD AND UTAHN Milton B. B Taylor left and Dr Dl Reuben T. T Shaw EDUCATION HELD FIRST PRINCIPLE I II I FOR DEMOCRACY I Dr Shaw Addresses Secretaries of f Associations From the tile very birth ot of democracy education has been its first funda- funda fundamental fundamental mental Dr Reuben T T. Shaw president president dent lent of the he National Ed Education callon association association as- as told executive secretaries of ot state education associations SatI Saturday Sat Zat- I i v S l i Meeting in the Ne Newhouse house hotel secretaries of six western states and Dr Shaw discussed educational educational educe educe- legislation and federal aid Federal aid Dr Shaw said should not be b confused with the states state's responsibility for educating Its youth What we want and need is federal aid without federal con con- Relative to the recent dispute between between be be- e- e tween Dr George Thomas president of ot the University of Utah and Dr L. L John Nuttall Jr city school superintendent of ot schools as to whether Salt Lake City should offer 11 or 12 years of schooling exclusive of kindergarten n Dr Shaw said It la Is not not nota a question of age but butone butone butone one of maturity and cannot be settled settled set set- tied arbitrarily lie He pointed out that that education should be bo an Individual process not just turning a number of children out of school after 11 or 12 years ears and announcing educated Needs of each Individual child are different h h he sa said and nd should be considered in in the school cur i r cula Presiding ing at the session W was 3 M M. P. P Moe Mae of 1 Montana and secretaries attending attending- included Milton B. B Tayl Taylor Tay Tay- l lor Utah John I. I Hillam of Idaho W W. B. B Mooney of Colorado am and Charles C C. Gardner