Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-01
WORK OF PAST YEAR
Operations of the Bureau of
Education Reviewed.
BETTERMENT OF SERVICE
Recommendations Made by Commits
sioner Claxton-Wants Addi-
tional Helpers.

The character of the work committe
. to the federal bureau of education /
: outlined by Commissioner P. P. Claxtol
In statement Of the operations OF hi
. office for the fiscal year ended June 30
; made to the Secretary Of the Inter1o
under date Of September 3, and now mad,
public =.
Inc labors committed to each division
Of the bureau are enumerated. What
ever progress in the expansion of tn,
work has been accomplished also i.
stated.
i Recommendations Renewed.
Commissioner Claxton makes the fol
lowing recommendations:
renew my recommendations Of a yea,
ago that provision be made
For an assistant commissioner Of educa-
tlon, who should be specialist in Sec
ondary education. and serve also as the
chief of a division Of high schools
For additional specialists in higher edu-
cation.
For a group of specialists in Industrial
or vocational education.
| For specialist and assistants in city
school administration
For a specialist in the history, theory
and practice of education who shall
| 90 VIC oS a ulTeCCOT OF INVESTIGATIONS ana
give assistance to other specialists in
the bureau and to students Of education,
committees and commissions who apply
10 this bureau for help in their investi-
cations.
TO enable the bureau to carry on CO.
operative experiments in elementary and
secondary education under varying condi-
lions and in different parts of the coun-
try the results of these experiments to
be published by the bureau for the in
formation of the people.
Needs Additional Clerks.
For additional clerks to carry on the
present routine work Of the office and
such additional work of this kind as
may become necessary because of the
larger work planned, and for a sufficient
appropriation for travelling expenses to
enable the commissioner and the special
lists in the bureau to do their work eff
fectively
II recommend further
THAT provision be made for additional
specialists in rural education and in
school hygiene and sanitation. The work
which the bureau should do in these
subjects Is much larger than can be done
by the present staff and with the ap-
preparations now made for these pur-
poses.
THAT the limitations on salaries which
may be paid specialists in this bureau be
removed, or made such that the cOntin-
ued services of competent men and wOm-
en- may be obtained. The bureau can
never do effectively the most important
work for which it was created until
it can retain in it's service men and
women of learning, experience, working
capacity and expert knowledge such as
will win for their opinions and utter
ances the respect of the leaders in all
lines Of educational thought and activity.
This cannot be done so long as salaries
are limited to the low maximum which
the law now permits to be paid In this
bureau.
Medical Relief in Alaska.
adequate provision for the medical
relief of the natives Of Alaska is an |
urgent national duty. The use of part |
of the appropriation for education in
Alaska for the suppression of disease |
among the natives Is an emergency |
This most important work |
should receive serious consideration and |
prompt action on the part of Congress.
would recommend a liberal appropria-
ton for this purpose.
II also renew my recommendation for
the passage Of a compulsory school at
tendance law for Alaska. That results
with expenditures may be
obtained. q law compelling regular at
tendance in the schools is needed