Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-10-12 | Page 15 | 'U' Education Dean Says Best Parents in P-Ta

u Education Dean Says Best Parents in n p- p pr PTA r A r. r role note Jol Thin li II In a of f I with prominent tah dural on bl Ib luc of h the work ork tit f the 11 r Tr Ann eon eon- r. r Parents must place themselves in the position where they can safeguard the future of oC their children children children chil chil- dren and our country by keeping leeping watch on the schools the schoolteachers schoolteachers school teachers and the school boards Dr John T T. T dean of oC the school of oC education believes Those who do this are enlightened enlightened cn ened d parents who have joined the Teacher Parent and have done so because they know the only hope for the future of oC America Amer Amer- ica ca is In our schools says sas Dr Needs Wide Horizons Democratic man needs his wits sharpened his horizons lifted his I privileges extolled and his responsibilities responsibilities responsibilities emphasized this emphasized this is the task of the public schools The 30 million students now In our schools will have an important part in deciding the postwar is Is- Is sues We Ve stand at the mercy of or those now in high schools and elementary schools their schools their deci decisions will outweigh ours their ways will be our ways way Thus by enlightening ourselves to the needs of oC the school and school and one way is by joining the T P-T TA P-TA A we can prepare ourselves and our children children children chil chil- dren for the future he said Knowledge Needed Democratic welfare is dependent depend depend- ent upon the enlightenment of the Individual citizen Every citizen has the right and obligation to share in the operation of or l his s government gov gov- local local state and national national national na na- na- na he hc said Baid The sharing includes proper knowledge of oC what is being taught In n schools whether schools are overcrowded what Important subjects subjects subjects sub sub- and courses have been discontinued discontinued discontinued dis dis- continued so that citizens can secand see sec and know for themselves that their children are arc being prepared to preserve preserve preserve pre pre- serve democracy by adequate education education education edu edu- cation and the T P-T A is one of or the enlightening agents that can and does this Dr said