The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-06
EDUCATION FOR
GIRLS IS URGED

Denver July 5-National education
for girls as well as for boys formed
the thread OF the discussion of Presi-
dent l.. D. Harvey Of the National
Educational association tonight be-
fore the first session of the associ-
alton Mr. Harvey said that outside
Of limited fields of education, little
had been done in this country and
the demand for manual training is
all the more imperative when viewed
from the standpoint of Edwin G.
Cooley, of Boston. who said during
the afternoon that the public schools
have been maintained more as a
school Of preparation for the resi-
dency rather than a course of train
ing for the bread-winner"
The address of welcome was de-
livered by Governor John +. Shaft
roth and the response by Edgar H.
Mark. superintendent of schools of
Louisvills, Ky.
Miss Laura Drake Gill. president
Of the association of collegiate alumni
Washington, spoke of the service of
women to the public schools.
"A preparatory course to the presi-
dency" is not the object OF the pub
lie school system of the United States
or rather it should not be In the opin-
ion of the national leaders of the
council of education who spent to-
day in discussion of the questions
which must rule the twentieth cen.
tury The final session, preliminary
to the sessions OF the National Edu-
cational session. the first of which
was held tonight in the auditorium,
took place this afternoon and TWEEN
tieth century conditions received
much attention. Edwin G. Cooley.
former superintendent of the Chicago
public schools. led the discussion of
what the American boy needs In the
way of education.
While it is the privilege Of Amer
can born boy TO become president Of
the United States" said Mr.. Cooley,
lit does not follow that il becomes
the business of the pubic school sys-
TEN TO fit him for that position, Some
of this boy is going to be a laborer.
a mechanic. an artisan. something
beside president and right now he is
being educated"
James A. MacLean, president OF
the University of Idaho. agreed with
Mr., Cooley, that in the future, boys
must be trained for the position they
will be called upon to hold in various
social OF political groups
The question of school administra-
,.K, hn xt1h kNh
should be given state school exec.
uttves occupied most of the after
noon session of the council. Homer
il. Seerley, president of the Iowa
State Normal school, advanced the
proposition that uniformity should eX-
list among the states In the govern
ment OF the schools and that much
better progress will be made in the
future If the superintendent of edu.
cation be given wider powers.
This view was furthered BY Edwin
It, Fairchild, superintendent OF public
instruction Of Kansas. who said that
I'm the United States there are now
100000 teachers managed by 100000
officers. This state OF affairs, he
said, could best be regulated by the
commission plan, which, he believed
Is coming TO be the accepted plan
of centralized government. One
other suggestion of Mr.. Fairchild
proposed the appointment OF the
state superintendent by the board of
education with the power. retained by
the directors, of removal of the SUI
perintendent. This, he believed,
would obyiate the possibility OF an
incompetent official holding office,
This view also was accepted by Ma
than S, Schaeffer. state supcrintcnd-
ent of Pennsylvania.
In the morning. DR. Nicholas NJ
Butler. president of Columbia uniyer-
sity. New York, made a few cXtem-
poraneous remarks laudng the work
Of the Indians. particularly those at
the Haskell Institute. at Lawrence.
Kansas, II. p. PEARS. superintend-
ent OF the Haskell school. also
spoke,
Late this afternoon, the board OF
directors met and chose the mem
bers of the nominating committee.
which on Wednesday will meet TO
make nominations for officers of the
association.
The political side OF the teachers
gathering has been felt but little thus
far. except that an attempt has been
made to throw politics out of the
association, The leaders can he
brought about by taking the office
to the man" instead of making the
race free for all
To this end, It Is proposed 10 NOM
mate Elmer Il. Brown. commissioner
ef education, who, Il is said. Is not
an active candidate. Thus far. II
seems as If Mr. Brown would receive
the nomination II i3 not believed
there Will be any opposition to Irwin