The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-28


briggs called the teachers to order
and prayer was offered by the Rev. p.
a. Simpkin of Phillips Congregational
church. Miss Mile Williams sang a
solo, following which President J. T.
Kings bury Of the University of Utah
read the address Of greeting of Gov
ernOr William Spy, who is in the East
superintendent OrsOn Ryan of Wa
satch county schools responded to the
greeting by calling attention to the
fact that in 1890 Utah was the twenty
fourth state in the Union in educational
rank. In 1900, Utah had risen to
eighth position, and in 1910, it will be
declared first in the union of states
in educational matters.
Merrill May Be Chosen.
Prof. Joseph F. Merrill director of
the school of mines of the University
Of Utah, will in all probability be the
next president Of the Utah Teachers
tomorrow afternoon, Last night the
sentiment Of the delegates switched
to Prof Merrill when it became known
that George Thomas, superintendent of
the Logan schools, would not be able
to accept Up to the refusal Of Super
intendent Thomas there had been a
division Of sentiment, but after that
Prof. Merrill was alone in the field
and will doubtless be elected.
The presidency of the Utah Teach
ca NGotAAfALADlA ~ Gil AAeAA1A mat mas
never gone begging. At more than a
dozen conventions there have been
close. gOOd-natured fights, into which
various questions are injected in or
der to add to the spice. and in which
the participants are limited only by
the number OF eligible votes in the
convention.
The presidency Of the association has
been held for a year by Frank NJ.
briggs, superintendent Of the State
a. OGDEN
the rule is that there shall be no re-
elections, so he is cut of the running.
Up to late last night the name Of Prof.
Merrill was the only one of promi-
nenCe that was mentioned.
President briggs is preparing for the
business session which marks the
close of the convention, beginning at
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon at the
Assembly hall The regular business
Of the association will be transacted
the most important being the election
of officers. The committees appointed
by the president are.
Constitution and by-laws-Superin-
tendent w. S. Rawlins. Provo schools;
superintendent J. NJ. Mills, ogden
schools; superintendent George Thorn
as, Logan schools.
Enrollment-Afiss Eva Kelley, salt
Lake, Miss Villa Sturgeon, Ogden
Miss Nan Short, Salt Lake.
esolutions-Principa J. Q. Cross,
ogden high school; J. H. Paul, Univer-
sity of Utah; n. K. Nielsen, SpringvTle
schools.
Auditing committee-A c. Nelson.
salt Lake; D. H. Robson, Manti; G. n.
Child, Lehi.
Headquarters Open Early.
Headquarters had been opened at the
Kenyon Motel ana upon the arrival Of
each delegation Of teachers the secre-
tary and treasurer, Max Woodbury. OF
ogden, and his corps Of assistants
were rushed to the limit The various
Committees appointed for the enter
tainment Of the visitors were kept
busy, and when the convention assem-
bled every detail had been properly
cared for. There was not hitch and
President Drlggs felt justified in eX-
pressing the sentiment that this would
not only be the largest convention
but the best in the history of the assO-
citation. The ruling Of the board OF
education in Salt Lake that all local
teachers receive a dollar for attend
ance at each session probably had
something TO do with the larger rep
reservation of salt Lake teachers but
the mere attraCtiYeGess of the sessions
themselves have been calculated 10
draw a big attendance.
President briggs delivered his an
nual address, in which he discussed the
growing movements in education. Mrs
WetZeus ladies quartet sang two
Following the second, Dr. SuzzalO was
introduced and said, in part:
There is a new conflict in the world
"a conflict Of standards and ideas
and principles in education. It is not
q passage like the warfares
of OLD, but it is a serious conflict be
tween the relative values OF culture
and avOcatiOn in democracy There is
a very intimate relationship between
liberty and education and upon the
rio aeGRpinffnn d pn1puf1On with lin
erty will depend our reverence for man.
hood and the preservation OF a dem
ocracy for the people. The increasing
shadow of social unrest has been cast
over the public schools of the East,
more so than you Of the West realize,
Conflict in Education.
Commercial interests are at war
with the idea that man shall be kept
equal through the privilege of educa-
ton. There is a pressing conflict be-
tween education for culture and edu-
cation for avoca ton. In the West the
devOtees of freedom are unclaimed and
do not feel the conflict, but leading
capitalists in New York have not hest
tated to say that our cultural educa-
ton for the first eight years in the
public schools is a failure. They urge
an Industrial education to create me-
chauics.
yet a great educational authority
has SAID IlaL an llQu1 LLAdA ~ stein III
iected into our public schools means
an incompetent democracy. 1t seems
that the school system shall be turned
into measure by which man shall
add to the profits of others on a pro-
ductive basis. In other words, the
school system, if it adopts Industrial
ism. will become a clever instrument
for the engendering OF cultural tgnO-
rance.
what is most needed at this cru
cial issue is to view il in terms of ev-
erv interest for which this nationa
must survive. Liberty is not the only
principle which democracy serves.
ION the one hand we must Judge the
man by the way in which he meets
his most common obligations, say of
the home On the other we do not
Judge a carpenter, for instance, by his
Workmanship. He must have common
as well as special obligations to meet
No man IS truly educated for the func-
lions of an industrial democracy un-
less he has common as well as special
advantages.
Types Of Education.
Education for common culture and
education for specialized vocation are
not really in conflict. They supple