Show TEACHERS HERE TODAY Radical Changes G in In Ad Administration mInIstration Z of Schools Wanted J Advocacy of a R e central board of education and promotion of a 3 at twelve twelve- mouth employment year for teachers with a n reasonable vacation caton period t pro pro- proSby mutated by y State Superintendent or Instruction A. A C. C Matheson an and President Pros Pros- den dent G. G N. N Child r respectively appeared to moot with wih approval RI by bJ tho or ore teachers present nt at tho the opening t session e ion of tho Utah tah Educational R asso aso association O. O elation daton convention in assembly hull hail to today All 1 railway trains from froit north south east cast nail and west weRt e t caned largo large numbers f of delegates fr from m all n over o tho tim state stat a and nd as a cou consequence o the thc opening meet meet- in ff was somewhat delayed in b beginning inn in However crt lonc tho the splendid id attendance compensated for this and thero was wa a un universal feeling of over tho thu promised tu success of or tho convention COn which beirau so o Mayor Gives Welcome Mayor San Samuel uel C. C Park delivered tho the address of welcome on tn behalf o of the ih and received with demon demon- city was wih triad lad ad tr tous by th the tho thron throng In part the mayor nayor said Salt alt Lake City welcomes you OU and congratulates congratulates con con- herself upon being able to entertain cn- cn it u convention such Much as this Is so so Important In the world aa ts to teach tetch the younger er generation how to live hIvo how to think and und how to enjoy tho UIO enoy blessings of or na nature which are arc upon us us To o earn earo a a. decent lelh live live- l e lh o. o to hang ham a better beter picture on the wal wall vahl to listen to to to road read a a better book book to love lovo o lo the tho great outdoors the to fosters flowers r. r the te fields th the tho streams tho mountains what mountains what greater privilege e Is th there re reIn In the world worM than to teach these things Little Lite happens in this world that IK 18 not productive of ot some beneficial change The present In regrettable thou though h It It- It Is opens up an Infinite num number r of or subjects for stud The Thi economic scheme of the whole world Is upset upset Wo I are arc Ife beginning to comprehend how closely cly clyo co o our r affairs have ha been Interwoven cn with those of other countries and ant how hon dopeD dopeD- dent T Q hn have been bee upon our our foreign 1 com corn merce P Present sent conditions ma may bring us to tho realization of or a greater Independence dence than we c havo 1 0 heretofore Certainly maps ps t ivill 1 be bf changed old established systems of or g government emment nia ma mav be cred perhaps th the identity of or whole nations may be wiped wined out but after It all let us hope bop that that ou our brothers across the sea will wl emerge merse from this turmoil of or strife chaos and mt darkness into th the light of or liberty and the enjoyment enjoy enjoy- ment of such privileges as we MO ourselves s JOS Thi This I Is the tIo ii week weel of or our national Thanksgiving nj and ni wo have hwe many may things thing to bo be thankful for We are arc at peace pece with withal all al the world and ami ar are able to send succor and rel relief r to the homeless ant 1 and bereft of t other oilier countries we wo have p ha ti a n glorious public hool with tho tea hels where here our sons sona Hns and daughters arc arc taught good cHI citi- and are brou brought h to a keener appreciation ap rip- predation of oC peace pece and happiness and a f fuller ler realization of or freedom and liberty Pr Presidents President's Address Addres i Pre President ilent G. G N. N Child of the thc Utah El Et m a association o in part as follows Utah th has been and Is most hen generous in matters educational She spent lt year Mr approximately for public education euc- euc thin tion and occupies third place in this great union of or states in th tho actual amount paid for fOl public education in proportion to wealth She is IH at the this head of or tho the list when It comes to the relative o proportion of or state funds un appropriated to education end and ranks high in the amount nt 51 spent per pcr ca Capita Such conditions may occasion a of or pride pride It I I is dangerous hoever how how- ever to consider them a as conclusive en- en evi- evi d deuce pf Pt educational efficiency The cx- cx X- X I of money noney does not Insure the lJ belt beU t or Ir even en desirable hlo returns The revenue reve reve- nuo nue may be bo wasted ate or ox- frittered awa away or 01 It ma may be spent pent to satisfy personal ambition ambition amb ambi ambi- tion ton Instead of or for the most mot efficient ro- ro J alt Kult It I requires broad knowledge keen Insight educational and good jo Judgment to use usa the educational funds of or ofa ofa orA a state to t the te best p possible purpose School School board bard members are arc clothed with responsibility that will il malta make or 01 unmake the school schol system y tem and ana that call for spa apo IIo dal cial cal educational fitness lne e. e Points Out Needs Needa Need Our state has passed through a school building epoch The schoolhouse stands out as the best st building In nearly every ever local village or city duo And while It will he be to continue to build emphasis should be now given to sonic some other of or tho the vital factors In g en our conscious educational en endeavor At the present time thero there I Is urgent need nee of revision In courses of or study sudy and school organization The people are de- de that education urton shall train In sympathy with tile the tp home both social and economic that such ouch subjects shall bo ho hetu tu taught ht as relate to the child's childs home borne lifo life rind 1 to the labor of or his particular com corn To meet these demands agriculture manual domestic science and local lol civics already have found their way into Int t the curriculum The old line lne subjects are arc I still there ther in many schools with nearly all al the requirements of the period past pst and gone sone Of at course cure there thero is 18 confusion contusion on the part pt of or teachers and pupils that results in superficiality and habits o of carelessness s. s Then too to the school organization Is IB found wanting It I Is ts pointed out that t there ere Is la much waste in attempting tot to t not ach not only the TOn wron matter mater but t b but the right subject matter mater at the te wron wrong time An organization Is la to be effected In this state that will mi aid In the proper articulation o or of tire tho educational pro pro- pr- pr cess es- es esThe The old hard hanl and fast lines between tho tim grades and the high school can no loneer stand In the wa way of or adjusting both subject and method metho to tho the needs neels and natural nat nat- urn ural url growth howth of or the child Deficiencies Noted Note Ono other Important nt factor demands our best effort efort It I l Is in the tho Improvement of or ortho tho the teaching force of or the because because be be- state state not not because cause of or its Is comparative Inferiority for forIt forI forIt It I ranks wen well with tho the best beRt in 11 tho the land but wholly on account of ot Its relative o im Im- im- im No other factor counts for so fO much Johns Johnf Hopkins Hopkin on one end of or the tho log los and a student on tho other makes a n noo good oo school S says one Go Go to r college Jn my bo boy I am am m not io so 8 much concerned about what you study as aa with whom hom you study said sid a wi wise so father to his son eon fon Primarily schools are aro about as M good an as antho a tho the teachers make mako them and seldom go bet bet- ot- ot tern tem It I is 18 therefore poor por econom economy for or a state to allow alow un any Inferiority to e exist amon Its Is t teachers Our training for Cor the profession 1 is ht beIn being be be- be In ing criticised it Ills Is pointed pinte out that young Jung teachers after spending eight years In Inthe Inthe Inthe the normal school chol do not know kno the Eng lish Ush lan language uKe aro nrc deficient In arithmetic E- E history and ant other eo so 6 called cled common branches that they thoy aro are required d to teach That thero there Is ground gound for the criticism Is IsI evidenced c by bJ h the Inability of many many normal I graduates to write overt oven en e a letter of or application application appl- appl cation in good form ar free from fron rein glaring mistakes It I Is 13 s further r furth evidenced by tho the lack lacic of or definite and nece necessary r information ma then tion ton quite quit general among beginning teach teach- ers rs fr Suggests Remedies What about abut teachers of or inadequate scholarship and ample e experience What shall thal wo we Q do for or them There Is Is' but one on one answer Wo 0 must mut encourage tho the student habit habit give she extension cour courses provide pro summer Bummer schools t In institutes and conven conven- tona B By such means many teachers poorly equipped d have ha e risen to places of or high scholastic rank and proe professional ability Many Ian more mare must a avail th themselves thom them m- m selves of or these opportunities or give place to those that willIt willIt will wi It I Is IA evident c that teachers are und underpaid under r- r pal paid that they aro are obliged In consequence of low Jon salaries and short terms of or employment em em- pm- pm merit to reduce reduce tho the living hIving of recreation Uon of travel and study below heto th the tho plane piano lana required for the th hl high h pro professional onal service sen I 1 firmly believe e bele th that t Utah In Sn common with oth other r states state should require more mor adequate preparations better living and more mora tangible reul results from its it tea teaching tor force forCa On tho the ther hand eho sha ho must pay her teachers a wt wage be and mako make both py the term of or employment and tenure of office conducive to the these thes bo resl results It tl may seem Icem visionary to the so o cUed called practical man of or affairs but I know of ot no noboU boU better Investment that any commonwealth could make than to e extend tend tho the term of or employment for its teachers to twelve twelvemonths twelvemonths months Instead of or tho the present short hort school period perIo requiring at tho the same time i increased qualifications and results remIt re Its commensurate commensurate com corn with wih Increased expenditures T Teaching would thus become a a profession and a a business demanding and holding holdin holding the thc most Influential of or all 31 educational forces able men and women Christensen Speaks D. D II H. I. I Christensen superintendent of tho the Salt Eal Lake pub public c schools supple supplemented supplemented tho niB welcome of tho mayor in a brief address for tho city sChools schools in in which he ho felicitated tho the officers and members ot tho the association up upon n the splendid attendance lie le said in 1 part Let Lt me rue say sy hat that s orthy citizenship in inthis inthis this great republic is 11 the goal tho the Ideal Idel towards which the public school may safely arely and consistently move with wih its ita vast at army army of or boys hoy and aDd girls For does not such uch citizenship represent our highest conception of or human humn rights of ot opportunity opportunity for tor the te unfolding of ot all wi the possibilities of tho the individual l. and of or service t to t tho the race lace Is not our conception of tho duties and the obligations of Jn I American Amer r- r ican len cUn an un n embodiment at lea least t tIn In the abstract of oX all al of ot tho those e virtues an and qualities of ot mankind that that tho the ex experience ex- ex of the race even en from roni tho the dawn a of 0 day dl has crystallized Into Int a code ce of ot good 00 conduct The glory and tho the achievements achieve achieve- ache o ln ments nt of at the tho past to which we give 0 grateful and ad reverential homage arc a apart apart a part par of ot our environment wherein wo we live 1 0 and move o and have our being In n Its Is broadest sense tho the Ideal of worthy citizenship of or today is the tho essence toay to of the best In all al the teachings and experiences experiences ex ex- ex- ex of the past pst projected into the realization of ot tomorrow Through the tho school hool of th the to today toay past pat transmits that which is best in its It thought In tat its ideal In its Ia educational industrial political and aud social achieve achieve- went ment Makes Make Suggestions A A. A C. C state superintendent of public instruction re responded briefly to the addre addresses of welcome on behalf of the teachers of the state stat saying that in all nl of the tho counties cities cites and towns toS of Utah the chief interest of ot the people was in the education and welfare of the youn young Ho lo further said eaid in part Advocating a central board bor of control to act net as a consolidated state board boar of ot education and to take tako tko the place of or tho the numerous boards boars now no existing for the tho various arout state educational institutions A. A C. C Matheson state superintendent of oC public pub pub- lic Hc instruction urged that this board bor bo be given the the- power to a appoint a n state com com- sven missioner of education such Buch as other states s have to be bo given en administrative powers over all nt scholastic J institutions controlled by the state Mr Im suggested that instead of or tho the present appointive state board bord of or education and tho the boards of or control of or the separate state tta In institutions a central board bord of ten members bo o e created ted the members to be elected eJected by the people people lie He said sid that with such a board boad tho the educational educational work of the state would bo he b lent more dignity and stability and an pet petty jealousies and aDd quarrels would be bo Ho Ito Io suggested that each ech member elmi- elmi be elected for or a term of ot five years ear two to be elected each cacti year While not not advocating a shorter sorter school echol year car tho speaker sadi dl that tho the length lenth of the tho school year a should be governed b by local conditions so fO that If I parent arentt in certain communities need their children to aid aldin In spring work ork each year yer tho the term in Iii that locality should be made shorter horter lie He le said Mid that the problem of ot having students to about abut a lation Inton could thus be partly solved and th tho financial burden buren lightened an The Tle musical al program consisted of five numbers by students front from the B B. B Y university uni at nt Provo Pro under direction of Pro Prof A. A C. C Lund Mi Miss s Ellen Elen N of 4 y Pr Provo o aug a soprano Folo in a n OUO JR from with vh tho the opera oper Mignon piano accompaniment by Professor Lund Miss Mis Ida lda Smith of or American For Forr or orpIa pIa played vc a piano pino solo Bolo and Miss Mice is Anna Duke UKO a n soprano of Heber City saps sang n the He Jewel son song from Faust Faust Fam tJ Miss mas Luna Chipman of American Amerian Fork ork con eon contributed another piano solo eolo and rind a quartette te consisting of A. A C. C Lund Lun William Wilam Smith and tho the Miss Misses Newell and Duke Dulce pave gave an excellent rendition of a four four- our part operatic selection Each Hum number er was of unusual merit mert and brought gratifying in f applause Had it not nol been for lor a prior announcement that no encores would bo be permitted it i is moro more than likely that there would havo have b been cc a re recall ro- ro ro call for or each ench E selection Tho The |