The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11
Interesting Article from William H. Hackett Regarding Qual-
 ifications for Mem
 bership.
OUGHT TO BE PARENTS
Writer Maintains Board Has No Cons trOl Over School Athletics on Account of Lack of 
 Support.

One of the most timely and interest," ing articles which has yet been written for the Teachers Journal since its in- ception Is that which will be published in the next issue of the Journal next week in which William II, Hackett of the high school faculty discusses the board of education. Mir. Hackett Is q firm believer in the importance of the public school system and has made & careful study of the subject of which he treats. The foremost characteristic which he insists should enter into the composition of a member of the board of education is hearty sympathy and firm belief in the school system. No one who half-heartedly favors the schools should be given charge of their conduct. They should as far as possible also be parents with pupils in the schools thus bringing themselves in daily contact with the results and problems of the system.
 One of the important suggestions which MT. Hackett makes In the arti- cle Is that the board should be increas- ed in membership so as to have one member from each grammar district and two from the city at large to work for the high school. This he points out would result in much clearer concep- ton of the varying problems of each of the districts. Popular election of the members is another of the Ideas which he advocates as he holds that this ufnt1d piu fb. piti1apd a.sl sentation in the body which Is most im- portant perhaps in it's duties of those in the city.
 The appointment of teachers he also asks to have changed, pointing out that the real spirit of civil service should be upheld and that the teachers should not be reappointed each year only for one year no matter how long a service they have already given. He also ad- vocates the change of large number of other rules of the board.
 The article also contains a very ln-. teresting discussion of the athletig question at the high school. Mir. Hack ett maintains that as the board of cd ucation does nothing for the physical ueVelOpT11ent Ol tile scHOldiS anu uocS not give their teams any support in any manner they have no right to make any rules to govern them or de- termine who shall play on the teams. He argues that the board has no more right to control the playing of scholars on athletic teams than they have to decide how they shall spend their time out of school hours.
 The article in full as 1t will appear next week follows:
 One subject, though not recog- nized feature of high school studies, | from It's nature and It's relation to high school life, must be considered in any discussion of high school prob lems, namely, Athletics. In it's wis., dom, the board of education has seen At not to provide for the physical training of the pupils of the schools. and such being the case the question arises: What right has the board of education to regulate or control ath- letlcs2" Their rules allowing or pre- venting pupils from playing on ath- letic teams are neither reasonable nor just and can cnly be explained on the theory of blind imitation of college customs. The college, however, not
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