Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 41 | Educators Discuss School Finance Problems

EDUCATORS TORS DISCUSS SCHOOL FINANCE PROBLEMS Declare Shortening of Period Period Peri Peri- eri- eri I od Endangers Entire I System of State WILL MAKE INQUIRY Physical Training Comes In for Good Share of c I Discussion n. n Problems of school finance under under under un un- der the new new system of t taxation on the question of teachers' teachers contracts and th the problem m of ph physical si al edu edu- ed education cation s said id to to be the three biggest biggest biggest big big- gest of all aU that now confront Utah educators edu edu- were were taken up yesterday esterday af afternoon afternoon after after- er- er noon at the the closing closing session of the state c convention ve i il of school superintend suP superintendents jn en nt t i I As a result of the free discussion of these vital vi al' matters the resolutions committee and a special finance committee com com- placed most of their solution squarely in Inthe hands of the state code commission All AU were agreed that if it some schools will have to cut short their school years a month or 01 several months next year and following years it t will mean meana mean meana a serious crippling of the schools school of Ut Uth h. h For that reason this resolution was adopted adopt d by hy the finance committee consisting of or L. L E I E. E Eggertson D D. C. C Jensen Jensen and and R. R V V. Larsen Resolved that the co code J commission be asked to investigate te thoroughly the financial condition of th the various school districts districts' resulting fr from the changes brou brought ht about by the new J revenue ve law and nd further that the said code code commis commis commission sion place such provisions in the code coile as will remove remove any any financial discrimination that may be found io to to exist with respect to an any r school district in the state In his opening address s of Friday Dr E. E G. G Gowans state superintendent superintendent- of I schools had referred to the need of more general physical education Tn In yesterday meeting afternoons Dr Leo Marshall of the University of Utah and Miss Charlotte Stewart of of the East high sc school ool most mo t. t of th their jr remarks to physical education Dr Marshall urged attention to the competitive games games heretofore practically practically I cally the only physical education given n. n and more to g eral physical education In which all sf students dents can take part lie He urged that this work be made I compulsory Miss 1 Stewart gave what the educators educators educators tors present said sald they consider as the most valuable suggestions ever made here for the physical training of adolescent adolescent adolescent cent girls While not condemning basketball basketball bas has as a sport for girls she said th that tt It worked an al Injury to many and are other forms of training more mor fitting for girls in general She further condemned men physical In Instructors instructors instructors in- in for young women students As to teachers' teachers contracts Orson Ryan Ryan Ry Ry- an superintendent of the Jordan district district district dis dis- moved a resolution that a committee committee committee com com- be appointed to take up with the tIlt Utah Educational association at its coming meeting the time for sign sign- signing signing ing contracts It was asserted that many te teachers chers sign more than one contract contract contract con con- tract and then choose the best getting excused from the others r. r Resolutions for lor a provision to make male term long-term contracts with teachers teacher to reorganize and strengthen the the- state school department for modifications of the the new revenue law and several other technical school needs were were adopted unanimously