Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-12
Prominent Educators of tho Country
10 Discuss Plans for Interstate
CcrtiGcation OF Teachers.

From all Indications the conference of
state sttperintcndents Of public lnstr,,t:-
ton AMI other big educators of the ma
ton to be held In. Salt Lake City. Nov.
IL. is and ~ Will be one Of the most
Important educational gatherings Of
the year. The general object of the
meeting Is to consider the interstate
certitjcdtion Of teachers.
a. Z. Nelson. state superintendent OF
public instruction. and d. II. Christen-
sen. superintendent of city schools,
have practically completed arrange
mcnts Tor the entertainment Of the Wis
.ting educators. The sessions of the
conference Will be held In the bourd OF
etLIcntion rooms in the city and coun-
~ building.
WAT might be termed the business
sessions OF the conference will be held
Thursday morning and Thursday aft
sei.noon. Moy IL. AT these meetings i'm
portant eancational matters will be dis
cussed. In the evening the educators
viii be treated to special choir and
organ recital at the Tabernacle, by
courtesy OF the First Presidency
Friday morning the superintcndcnts
viii be privileged to sec the high school
cndets in drill and later will visit tho
city schools. In the afternoon visit
viii be paid to the state university.
Supts. Nelson and Christensen will
later arrange for visit to the mines
ut Bingham on Saturday. 1t is likely
that the educators will take trip on
tho lake also. Tho concluding scs-
sion OF the conference will be held
Saturday night.
1t is probable that educators from the
following states will be in attcndance:
Arizona, Arkansas. California. Colora-
do. Connecticut, Idaho. Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Montana. Nebraska, Nevada,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon. Pennsylva-
MIA, South Dakota, Texas, Washing
ton. Wisconsin and Wyoming.
OBJECTS OF MEETING.
The object of the Salt Lake meeting
Is given us follows:
First--1O discuss plans for reaching
some agreement whereby there may BIO
n uniform standard for interstate rec
ognition of teachers certificates.
Second-To consider the changes In I
existing law that may be necessary by
the various states in order to adjust
their respective requirements to an
interstate standard of recognition.
Third-To consider standards of eX-
mlnatlon Dy winch Interstate CSTtlllCd-
dion may be S6n uniform basis
!FOurth-To secure standard for
measuring normal schools. colleges and
universities. whose courses of study,
requirements for admission and for
graduation, constitute proper basis
for the recognition OF their diplomas In
the certification of teachers. a;sis
Fifth-To consider other questions
not directly relating to the certifcation
of teachers, but which are of general
interest to the states participating IN
the conference.
Superintendent D. II. Christensen
announces that the following musical
program has been arranged for the
sessions Of the conferences:
Lincoln school. seventh grade-"The
Wind in the Trees
Hamilton school. seventh and eighth
grades-"The Dream.
Lafayette school. seventh grade
"NWhencer u Snowflake Leaves the
Sky"
Bryant and Jefferson schools. eighth
grada--"The Watch OH the Rhine"
and 1.-THE Lorelei'' in German.