East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-02

| board prevailed upon the county
court to pay the maximum salary of
| $l2O month each to the two new
! supervisors employed. and making an
| allowance for expenses, not to exceed
5000 each.
Superintendent Working Out the Plan
| Superintendent Welles spent much
time with the new supervisors and a
/ detailed plan of work was laid out.
| Each supervisor makes it his first
| and highest po.nt of service to hunt
up the school directors, visit at their
| houses and to talk over the district
| school situation, giving all the help
| possible by way of consultation and
advice. Nothing is too small or in
| significant about the school house to
be missed. Schoolhouse repairs, heat
ing system sanitation, drinking wa
ter and other sanitary conditions are
looked into.
Generally the directors are more
than glad to learn how they can
serve their districts by making the
schoolhouses more comfortable, more
healthy and more attractive to the
| patrons.
The state of Oregon has a COM
paratvely small school fund, a large
| part of the revenue for school pur-
poses being derived from direct taaa-
ton. This has made 1t slower work
| to Improve the schools. 1t has need
ed somewhat of an educational cam
paign to show the people even of such
| n ac
only a small additional school levy a
great Improvement may be made in
the schools.
Discussing the advantages of such
levy is one Of the subjects which
the supervisors keep to the front.
Superintendent Welles receives
daily reports from the supervisors.
/ These reports tell of where the su-
pervisors went, with whom they talk
ed, the conditions they found in the
districts and the progress of the ed
ucational propaganda carried on by
them, as well as record of their ex-
penses
Some of these reports would please
I DR.. l.. II. Bailey, the chairman of the
| country Life commission APPOINTED
by President Roosevelt, as DR.. Ball
ey IS an enthusiastic advocate of what
he denominates ::Agricultural Sur
Vey' that is, to find out the actual
conditions of life IN the country COM
munitles as a basis for further i'm
provement.
The school supervisors under Su-
perintendent Welles, in their reports
may not be aware that they are con-
tributng materially To this basic work
In country life Improvement, but
their reports are, as a matter of fact,
of far more value than many of the
theories which are formulated upon
slight acquaintance of real conditions.
Speaking of the new school super
visors in Umatilla county, Mr.. Welles
says: "All of the men whom / have
appointed on this board are strong
supporters of the public schools. They
are we'll known. influential citizens,
and persons in whom 1 am sure the
people will have entire confidence. |
have selected two republicans and two
democrats and have made the ap-
pontments in such a manner that
each section of the county will have a
representative
Ad Educational Council.
In short, the county educational
boards in Oregon are made up of wide
awake American citizens leading men
in the county, who, together with the
county superintendent, form an able
educational council There is no
temptation .for the mere politician to
enter this board for there is nothing
in It for him. This board may be re-
lied upon to employ supervisors
adapted to the work in view and the
supervisors become extension work
ers" of the finest type, showing the
school directors and the school dis
tr.cts how they can get the most
good out of their school money, and
how much they can add to their
schools by the expenditures of COM
paratively small additional sums.
All those interested in the devel-
opment of our public school system
along more efficient lines can not
fail to watch with interest the pro.
gress of this new feature of Oregon's
. educational system
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