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Show Superintendents Adviso.on BAC Expansion Program :. 1 1 " " ' ( L- H . vl r. J jl n.js Superintendents of schools of Southern Utah Districts meet at .the Branch Agricultural College to assist in formulating the program of expansion in the field of education at the college. From left to right: Supt. Milton Moody, Washington county; Supt. A. J. Ashman, Ash-man, Sevier county; Supt. J. Orel Christensen, Garfield county; Dr. II. Wayne Driggs, BAC Director; Miss Mary McMillin, Iron County Primary Supervisor; A. M. Maughn, Millard I county; lanthus Wright, Iron county. county; lanthus Wright, Iron county. Advisory Council Formed to Assist In Elementary Teacher Training A tremendous step toward making mak-ing the Branch Agricultural college at Cedar City, "Southern Utah's College", as the result of the expansion ex-pansion In educational opportunity opportuni-ty provided recently through action of the Board of Trustees, was taken last week end when Superintendents of Southern Utah school districts met with the administrators at the college. As a result of the meeting the superintendents formed an advisory ad-visory council to assist the college in setting up a practical program In training elementary teachers. Superintendents of Iron, Washington, Wash-ington, Beaver, Millard, Piute, Oar-field, Oar-field, Sevier and Kane counties will participate In the council in cooperation with the education department de-partment at the college. They plan to meet twice yearly, and at other times when necessary, and will work in close cooperation with the college. Dr. Ernest A. Jacobsen, dean of the college of education at the Utah State Agricultural college met with the superintendents at the meeting, here last week to work out preliminary preparations for th Inauguration of the expanded educational edu-cational program, In order that program adopted would, m far as possible, meet the needs of the southern Utah districts. "The needs of southern Utah schools will determine to a great extent the nature of the work undertaken un-dertaken In elementary education at BAC," Dr. H. Wayne Driggs, director, stated. "This addition to the education training faculties In southern Utah means that students will be able to get their bachelor's degree In elementary education without having hav-ing to leave the region," Dr. Driggs said. "They win be able to guallfy for state certificates to teach la elementary schools of the state", he added.' With the authorization' of the USAC board of trustees for the addition ad-dition of third year work In ottisr departments, any student In elementary ele-mentary education will be able tto filll his Junior year with subJecU related to education, and devote the entire fourth year to practice teach- ing and studies In the major field. Besides a broad offering In the field of elementary education to be added to the courses now avoUable, there will be a total of 80-100 hour of upper division credit In sucii field as art, music, business, English and speech, home economics, agriculture, agri-culture, mathematics, biological science sci-ence and physical education. Th! number of credit hours is about twice the amount of credit any one student would be able to take during dur-ing the Junior year. "The expansion program has come as a result of the efforts of the people of southern Utah who saw a need for the new offering at the college. Schools of the region have long needed additional tcacn-ers, tcacn-ers, especially In elementary graded, and other college of the state have not been able to supply enough trained teachers to meet the demand," de-mand," Dr. Driggs pointed out. President Pranklln S. Harris and several deans from the USAC spent two days with members of the BAC faculty recently In setting up the additional courses and going over the needs for equipment and other facilities. At that time. President Harris mphaslqed the need fox mor and better qulpmsnt, and plsdgsd the effort f the institution to get them. The appointment of a professor of educat.on was authorized. Tha new addition to the faculty will do much of the supervisory and Instructional In-structional work In elementary edu cation, but much of the supporting work will b e handled by stai : mem bers already at the Institution. Classes In English, speech, library science, children's literature, phrenology, phr-enology, art. music, physical eda-cation eda-cation and philosophy of tdueatlaa will also be given in the various departments of tha colligt to bolster the education department sffarLac It was emphasized. |