Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-10-20 | Page 13 | L. A. Educator Assails School Routine Methods

L. A, Educator Assails School Routine Methods i t EDUCATOR SEES BRIGHT SFOTS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION MiM Nellia U. Hendricks, left; Robert Hill Lane. Miss Jennie Campbell i - i ll ii llii II Hill ail . MHHBHMMB rj it. SPEAKER ARRIVES EARLY FOR MEET Dr. Paul W. Chapman. , .To address, teachers General Theme Is Announced For Utah Educators' Conclave Delegates Begin Arriving for Big Meet; Board Plans for Early Assembly Taking "Education, the Foundation of Economic and Social Weil-Being, " as the general theme, the Utah Education association was prepared Wednesday to bring more than 5000 teachers and school men to Salt Lake City to attend its annual convention Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday. ' Hotels began to fill up Wednesday Wednes-day aa teachers from the 40 Utah school districts started to com to the city. Lauding th benefit of agricultural agricul-tural training, Dr. Paul W. Chapman, Chap-man, dean of the agricultural col-leg col-leg of th University of Georgia, was among th first speakers to arrive. In all th United State, he said, there Is no graduate of an agricultural agricul-tural college without a job. and present enrollment in agricultural schools is the greatest In history. Call on Schools i U. E. A. th house of delegates ! will gather Thursday at 10 a. m. in th Barrett hall Report to Be Read Reports of committee will be read and Dr. J. R. Mahoney, president presi-dent of the U. E. A., will speak on the "Present Status of the U. E. A. Program." B. A. Fowler, executive secretary, will talk on "Soma U. E. A. Activities." A luncheon will be held In the Lion House Social center at 12:20 p. m. C. H. Madsen will act aa toast maa ter. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p. m. The delegates will give consideration and act on resolutions res-olutions and bills and make a rostsr of candidatca. He called on the public schools to discharge their "duty snd responsibility" respon-sibility" of solving the unemployment unemploy-ment problem by practical training for jobs. i "There Is." he said, "no fear of unemployment for persons of average aver-age Intelligence and education." He said th Utah educational system sys-tem was outstanding In th nation, but, he went on, more persona left farms In Utah from 1920 to 1930 than In any other state. Although th first general session will not be held until Thursday at 6:30 p. m. In th L. D. 8. tabernacle, taber-nacle, the governing body of the Dr. Robert A. Mlllikan. noted physicist snd educator, will arrive In Salt Lake City Thursday to address ad-dress the opening general meeting. Hia subject will be "The Social Significance of Science." President Presi-dent Mahoney will speak on The Place of Education In a Changing Society.". Officer will be nominated. nomi-nated. Speaker Named Other guest speaker will be Mr. Lane, Dr. William H. Burton, professor pro-fessor of education. University of Southern California, and Dr. Paul W. Chapman, dean of th college of agriculture, University of Georgia. Geor-gia. Th convention will begin Friday with a meeting of th higher and secondary education sections st 9 a. m. in the tabernacle. Scores of other section meetings will be held In vsrious parts of ths city during ths two days. Speakers at the first section session ses-sion will be Dr. MiUlkan and Dr. Burton. There will be four general ses-. ses-. sions In the tabernacle, which will , feature addresses by guest speakers.