Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-10 | Page 4 | When Children Leave Ogden

WHEN CHILDREN LEAVE OGDEN. Ilyruni Pingree, who has become a resident of Salt Lake and leaves the board of education with some show of regret and disappointment, was in Ofden long enough a day last week to give out a prepared statement praising the record of the board of education during his control of the board, which extended over a number of years. He declared that the public schools of Ogden under his direction, with the assistance of Supt. Mills, were about the best schools this side of Chicago. , Here Is a story which came to us today which is apropos. When a certain cer-tain family moved to Salt Lake, like a dutiful father, the head of the fam ily, sent his children to school. His youngsters are bright and they had recoived the very best of home training, train-ing, but when they applied for admittance admit-tance to the same grades in Salt Lake to which they were advanced In Ogden, Og-den, their teachers found them deficient defi-cient and required extra work. A few years ago, the Ogden schools compared favorably with the best public schools in the United States. Today they are recognized as in need of a radical change. Will Mr. Pingree explain why this is so?