Show MI MISS r POLLOCK Ll LK ff T fH Deals With Wl Prof Clarks Talk Before the Ladles liter tier Literary K Kar ar ary Club TAKES HIM SEVERELY TO TASK Asks How ow He le Knows Inous That So 8 Per Of or Salt takes Lake School Teach era Are Incompetent To 0 the Editor I fil Lake City March Clarks talk to the Ladles Ladies Literary club cub ns os reported by b the th dally daily press h I f certainly worthy worth of ot more loro thal a tatting notice We cannot but give glo assent 1 to much that Prof Clark lak said Mid but tome some points be bo considered by b the tho public For Forthe l Forthe or orthe the sake of oC the he children time the parents should think as Os well wel of ot the tho teachers as us they thy deserve desere It to Is possible that ht litter Infer may many IU be bo from Irom what Prof lark wild JI that Mint ho himself would de ule deplore It I la is evident that he labored under sonic some 1010 misunderstanding lie le la Is quoted n as la Js It nut not terrible lint In iii n a Christian country the Iho public should close cloRt two months before toru tile tho Ihl regular r time If It J We 1 o are going to deal with wih the educational problem let us usUna U fluid Una out why Ih this Is in If I you dont know what becomes of Qt the city tuxes taxes hire an aim al expert accountant as n we did thu In iii II Chica Chuica Chicago go ro and Ild hut 1111 out oust It I t will 1 be ho u a I paying Investment You YOI are ore willing Hint your our children should b bo be educated by b tenor nut alit teachers uncultured i simply because you are ore unwilling to 10 pay nay salaries to tv SOPH IB properly educated moil nud and women When have hlo time HIP schools of Ir this thin city pinned loRed dosed two months before tho the regular tIme it Is II true tUe thud hut there re luau has hal been 1 financial sirens The rite Is l known Tho The women clubs climbs time the school board the teachers union ullon arid the tho citizens at nl large have leg Illation and timid other means to tn remedy the evil hilt but It Is Ii not true trul that the Ladles Ladies Literary club climb and 1111 others are arc Willing whilIng that their thel children ho educated by Ig Ignorant uncultured U Inexperienced teachers t and nd they are arc not nt being heng BO so 10 educated Mr rr Clark lark In Is further quoted If It l t I thad had the thu menus meRn I would try tr the expert nent r of it conducting the educational syiA SYI tern ter of ot a n city cli I like bk Salt RII hike and tIme the first thing I would do du would ou be ho le to 10 dou double tou touIlle of ot teachers teacher Doubtless tile ble the SH M per nor er emit of ot tho the teachers now nw em cm employed In the tho public schools would have to retire but hut li II iii their places I would have men and women who ho are arc lre able a bl to themselves 11 In iii tho the high schools tho the colleges el mind iI the tho great grent universities of ot the tho the coll country who ho arc are able 1110 to travel during tho the visit the qt renters centers of at art and culture In lii II this thU roan coun try tt and the thE world I 1111 do mm not want walt my children educated by II b ft a 1 teacher who hl ban hn to tl live 10 on aim ul and nud bean heaps site nix Hil months out or of the year amid who no Jun means to buy huy books boks or 01 travel trawl or orI I attend 11 I I n i educational i II It I Inini I I k tU t bits II 11 I k How i v did Prof t Clark I arrive at n a tho Iho tim conclusion that 80 SO per iten rent cent ItIL of time hO at Ill employed emloe are lre In Incompetent incompetent n competent How hew ninny many lan of t the th city el schools school did hi he lie II visit How Hol mummy many teach teachers och ers em did ho he Interview Did UI ho he draw his hIl lr ul Inference from the tact fact that moro inane than thol 80 so per er rent of the tho teachers mutter after a n day 1 of or hard work In lii the school room at attended tended ono elm or moro more of oC his lectures dally daily during the two weeks Or does doco he know that Iule n a percentage of ot th time the small salaries of at more mare therm SO 8 per cent of ot our teachers Is i spent In procuring educational Journals journal and a books book In lit tit on 11 lectures and courses of ot study stUd In purchasing pictures and other Illus lu t material for tor class claim use imse or decor de or for the school room Would not nol those facia rather tend to show how that If tho the salaries of tho the teachers were wore clout dou doubled bled hIed ns as they should ho hl not nt 80 per lent cent should be bt bt asked to retire hut butt that they would mako themselves practically In ln dispensable through h tho the additional means Indian provided for their sit self l lf Improve ont an M nu has been heen the Iho result resul In Now New Nol York YorI City In fn spite of tho tha Inadequate salarIes paid our teachers that they the are ure not uneducated untrained and und Is U shown l h by y the tho following facts Thel tire In the tho grades and high school exclusive le of ot principals 48 43 4 grad graduates of ot mind universities normal school 17 ii high school graduated 30 noil 11 graduates Tho Thu ho school chool outside lle of ot those from rain our cite ou state In Institution of or tho the of ot Ken ICon Kentucky tucky tuck Pennsylvania Iowa New York Illinois Virginia Missouri Ohio Minnesota und and Michigan 1010 being hell In many man cases cales a R number trout from the tho saute same Iano New York ork notably and Illinois Among time the colleges anti and might he universities men 11 tinned t InrId Cal University hers I of ot of ot Michigan University of o Wisconsin Wl of ot Minnesota Knox College University l of or Kaunas of ot Utah olin and 11 other oilier well wel known Institutions Institution Thus It will willbo wi bo ho seen n thAt Sni take Inke City ely probably has ha time the most mOlt representative body of oC In lii tho the Those Thos who eve 10 high school graduates or oo teachers leathers of ot ninny many Inny fears cars 10 and tank monk among tho time thor wry try best hOIt The present policy volle Is IR to ie to r of ot Inexperienced nrc teachers a 0 nor normal lor mal inal diploma of ot graduation Irrl un Oi and amid these usually rank an as n assistants during tho the first tear Many of oC our teachers hlo traveled not ilot only amity In lit our own country limit but hit In lii Burp This ruts statement IK lx II made simply In Injustice inJustice justice JURCO to HID thu teaching force Corce which I believe helcl after ater Ilor Inspection of or ninny many am ny wilt will wi compare favorably with wih the host best bOt In the lieu country POLLOCK Primary Supervisor |