Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-18
EDUCATORS SEE
CADETS IN DRILL
Visiting Superintendent Enjoying
Various Exercises of Salt
Lake City Schools.
LECTURE BY PROF. UPDEGRAFF
rlans for Interstate Ccrii'ication and
Standardization Discusscd--Edu.
Gators in Attendance.

Visiting superintendents OF public IN
struction from western states and edu-
Gators from the east We're privileged
tbs morning Mt O'Clock III scci1g an
exhibition drill by the High school
cadets. Which, judging from expressions
heard was greatly enjoyed. Following
the drill the educators met and further
discussed the interstate certihcation of
teachers and Standardization Of courses
Of study, the purpose FOR which the
conference in this city was called.
At noon they visited the jefferson
school West Temple street, between
Ninth South and Tenth South streets,
where they We're served with luncheon
by the girls OF the domestic science
classes An afternoon session OF the
conference will be held al this school.
An evening session viii conclude the
real business OF the conference.
The ultimate result of the meeting of
the state superintendent will be that q
code will be established and II list of
schools will be accepted as Il standard
from which graduates will be accepted
in any state. Harlan updegraff, spe-
cialist in school administration in the
United States bureau OF education says
that If the several states adopt uni
form system it will be to the benefit of
the schools. the teachers and the SUI
pcrintendents. and Will work far more
satisfactorily throughout the country.
DISCOURSE BY PROF. EPDEGRAFF
During all of the afternoon session
Thursday the visiting educators were
treated To u sound educational DIS
course by Prof, updegraIf. with re-
gard to the certificates issued by the
various states he said that MaSsachu-
sets stood at the bottom, with only
two classes OF certificates. while Wis
cunsin headed the list with "a classes.
The average, he said, was about 10
Among the states in the north central
and western divisions, which are At
this conference. only four general class
incutions are shown: state systems,
statc-county systems, state-county local
systems and state local systems.
Prof. Updcgraff said that in agreeing
on interstate certif!cation OF teachers.
Idaho and Nebraska should be first
considered, then the others considered
| in order, where II was shown that coun-
! ty qualifications were higher tie de-
| clarcd that diplomas from recognized
| colleges or universities are received In
| 80 of the IS states under certain condi-
|
uuircd one state will recognize the
schools of II sister state, providing the
same agreement is made for the schools
of the first state. In West Virginia rec
iprocty Is demanded by law before tile
schools OF another state are recognized.
In IS states of the Union certificates are
recognized in one way or the other ana
| in II of the rs it is required that the
rules governing the certificate be as
high as in the state IN which the hpPll-
cant is seeking employment.
The visiting superintendent were
| shown Thursday that the school chill
| drcn of Salt Lake can sing One OF the
interesting features of the session was
| the work of three choruscs from n
many Of the grade schools. In thu
morning two part choruscs were sum
| by classes from the Lafayette and LIN
| coin schools and at the afternoon ses
| sion music was furnished by chorus
| from the Hamilton school.
| EDUCATORS IN ATTENDANCE.
The visiting state superintendent
| ana others attending the conference
| here are:
T. C. Bishop, Of Nebraska. J. I.
Clark, New Mexico; James Osborne
Oklahoma: j. L. Riggs Iowa; p g
| Tonning, Minnesota: w. e. Harmon
| j. r. Alderman. Oregon: Prof. Harlan
| Updcgraf. Washington. d. c.: l., II
| Alderman, newly elected superinten
dent in Oregon; George a, McFarlane
| president OF the North Dakota Stat
| Normal school. j. II. kunt2c, mcmbe
| of the Minnesota legislature, and Prof
| ]. l.. Brown of Provo state Supt, y
II. Christensen and Prof. w. NJ
Stewart of the state normal school
are also IN attendance at the sessions