Show SEEK cooperation mindful of the special needs of the country tor foi well trained inon inen and women due to the world war and sizing the importance of kee keeping pini schools up to standard and making them more adequately serve the country the convention of ueail utah slIp prill ten dents and boards ot of education at its closing session saturday went on record as favoring a higher standard of education and a close co operator ba between the home and school and between the social industrial an educational cat ional institutions I 1 in its resolution the convention favored au an adaptation of ota I 1 the school year to the requirements and resources of each community and opposed an undue shortening of the school year car tain ment of 0 educational facilities normally provided for children at the minimum age of 14 years was also OT oo posed the recent movement to standardize educational work and service was in domed and tile the use of measuring scales or score boards for determining efficiency ot of pupils and teachers was recommended it as deplored that even tilou there has been a large increase in the school enrollment and also in ill hi wealth of the state the money available for school purposes during allying the school year 1916 17 was less than the previous year it was decided to appoint a committee to make a special study of the financial support and needs of the schools at the morning session state stat e superintendent in E G d gowans submitted a report of the progress on course 0 study professor howard R driggs followed with a report on oil lang language liage and 11 literature tera ture J H paul offered a report on health and nature an and d L J muir mair reported on history and civics A general discussion closed this fea tl th the feature of the afternoon pro gramme was the reading of a paper on the need of an organized teaching body by dean milton bennion supervised per study was the subject of a paper by J 11 II coombs L john nuttall spoke on the one r room oain school frank W leclere explained the public health chart the following committees were appointed resolutions G N child assistant salt lake C II if skidmore cox box elder T F Tolli nebo district institute work dr E G gowans milton bennion and mosiah hall relationship between boards of education and school superintendents 1 I L williamson Willi ainson eureka S I 1 goodwin alpine P W fishburn brigham city and orson ryan price operation cooperation co with the state fair association sacia tion on the educational exhibit C E gauffin murray I 1 ji i grace nephi and D C jensen midvale editing and publishing the proceed a of 0 the convention conventi cra E J norton digs W barratt and II 11 R brigg drigg prepa preparing ng score card for judging t the e efficiency of teachers G N child and moslah hall |