The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-19
SOMETHING DEFINITE
WILL BE DONE TODAY
Little Difference of Opinion Is
Manifest Among the
Attendants.

tnan 10 have each state with a stand
| ard OF Its own with the result that when
a teacher lef, one state he or she would
| nave to undergo another examination be
fore they could secure position as a
| teacher?
Would not the entire school system OF
the country be better of if there we're a
uniform system In every state not alone
Tor the teachers who had Il certificate in
one state and wanted 10 go to another.
but as we'll for the student who might
have to go from ono state to another?
Wonld II not he better II tho govern
men, would spend more on tho education
ot It's coming citizens and less on war
ships and implements Of war?
these are some Of the questions that
confront the congress of state superin-
tcndcnts of education now in session in
this city. Some of these superintcn-
dents did not mincc words at the scs-
sion Friday afternoon in declaring that
the government should take hand in
The standardizing of the qualifications
Of teachers. and that the qualification
should be Of the highest. Some of them
also frankly stated that they would not
accept the certificate of the so-called
colleges OF some other states of teach.
or who applied for position in the
schools of their state.
How Matter Is Viewed.
While the frank, open statement was
not made that some of the so.called col
legcs and so.callcd universities were
like some so-called medical institutions,
which would give diploma to any man
who had enough money to pay fo7 it..
and could not pass even the easiest
kind Of an examination, or like some so.
called law schools which would give to
a student, for like reasons, his ccrtifi-
cate of graduation. there was senti-
ment running throughout the entire ses
sion that the day of the fake teacher,
the day of the man and woman who
undertook to secure A position TO teach
who was not worthy Of, and could not
fill every requirement of that position
was passed and gone. These men, rep
resenting more than twenty states in
the union, were agreed that higher
standard of teachers was needed, that
what might be standard in one state
might not be the standard IN another:
and before the session ends they will
agree on standard by which teacher
who has graduated from one recognized
school. or has taught in one state, may
go to another and be recognized as
graduate from n recognized college and
that his or her certificate of gradua-
tion will be the open sesame for a posi-
tion in any state, should there be
position open.
Before the present meeting is ended
LnCIt dlSO VIII ne lnJTOuuCcu ana p8SSB0
resolution urging that the United
Stats l'reau Of education take up this
work of stdndardizing every university
and normal school in the country. and
that there be report sent to every
state superintendent and every city
superintendent i'll cities of 10000 or
over at least once a year, as to the
standing of each school which proposes
to turn out teachers.
Will Fight Proposition.
1t was frankly admitted after the
meeting that such q resolution would
meet with opposition. One Of the dele
one college and normal school that
would fight the proposition for the sim
pie reason that if they were compelled
to come up TO such n requirement they
would not be able to turn out a dozen
graduates year.
''It is that kind of fake schools that
we should get after said another men,
ber of the conference.
That the entire school system of the
country would be better off if there
were some kind of a unit system be-
tween the government and the state,
none denied, and that it would be bet
ter for every state If the government
could at least have q general supervi-
sion of the school system, at least to
the extent that it could advise each
state of the progress and methods used
in other states. was not questioned. The
one trouble for such a supervision or
advice appears to be that the congress
Of the United States has not yet seen
fit to appropriate money enough 10 take
no such work. Said one member Of
the conference:
"Tbo government, through congress,
does not hesitate to appropriate $6,000,-
900 or $7,000,000 for a battleship, but
when it comes to the bureau of educa
tion a, little $4,000 a year is sufh-
cient, -
Professor Harlan Updegraff, the spe
cial representative of the bureau Of
education. at the present gathering. was
up against hard proposition, But he
fought his way out. He informed tho
delegates that il was not the fault Of
the bureau that it had not done more
for the educational interests of the
country, and that it had been doing the
best it could on the amount that had
been given it. He refused to commit
himself on what the government should
do, but said that with a little more mon
ey the bureau would he able to accom-
p1ish more than it was doing at the
present time.
To Call on Congress
One thing is certain, that at the ses.
sion today a resolution will be intro.
duced and adopted urging congress to
pay more attention to the educational
wants of the country, and this reso.
lutIon win have the hearty support of
every delegate present More than that,
every delegate has announced that he
will do all in his power to urge the pas
sage of such a bill with the congress.
mou and senators from his state.
The session Friday afternoon was the
most important that has been held in
the conference. Several of the com
mittees were ready to report, but after
it was learned that they did not cover
all that the delegates had in mind, tho
report went over. On motion of one
Of the delegates all of the reports were
submitted to n committee consisting Of
f. G. Bishop. w, f. Harmon, Henry
$. Dewey, j. II. Ackerman and Harlan
Updegraff
In addition to this committee spc-