Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-03-21 | Page 4 | Educational Survey for Ogden

, EDUCATIONAL SURVEY FOR Hfl OGDEN. Hjjl(f When tlie educators of the state wore In Ogden Wednesday night, they came dangerously near to proving that intellectual training is unneces-sary unneces-sary and schools arc a waste of ef- Hl Two-thIrd3 of the men of learning were from Snlt Lake City, yet, strange to relate, there Is not a half-day school In that city," neither is there inc faintest agitation in Salt Lake City for a school of that description. One of the speakers" said he would prefer a boy who had no schooling but had a rich experience In life's work to one who simply had "been schooled. That would sound well, If St came from cny ono other than a school teacher, as it tends to discredit n calling which has been held to bo exalting. .And yet the banquet of the educators educa-tors was to good purpose. The whole discussion has been reopened and the subject will continue to be consid- ! crcd until, out of the differences of I opinion, must come a solution which I will meet with tho approbation ot tho parents of Ogden. I The board of education last night I made ail excellent move in providing for an educational survey of the I schools or tho city by disinterested I educators. A committee has been nnmed to select thoso who are to I determine- the real worth of our pres- J ent school system and the value of the proposed plan of Supt. .Mills. As wo understand It, the committee Is to bring in a man of national reputation reputa-tion as an educator, .who, without per- j sonal likes or dislikes and having no favoritism to bestow, no hobby to advance or prejudice 10 . Inflict, will j tell us candidly his views. . on I