The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-11
CITIZENS OWE DUTY
TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Cooperation Essential, Says
Speaker at N. E. A. Depart
mental Meeting.

The school patrons department OF the
n. t. A. held It's closing session yes
terday morning at the Lafayette school.
At the conclusion Of the meeting n
luncheon was served at the University
club with the officers Of the department
and the speakers at the various sessions
as guests OF honor.
4 summary OF the reports OF the state
Joint committee was given by Mrs. wv.
s. Hefferan of Chicago, representing the
National Congress of Mothers
A report OF the committee on school
health was made by Dr. Mary Il, Bates
OF Denver Colo.
An address on THE Responsibility of
the Community 10 the Rural School was
given by p, p. ClaXton OF Washington.
United States commissioner of educa-
Ion.
The topic of Citizen Co-opera ton
With the Schools was handled by c. f.
Beach superintendent OF city schools OF
Olympia. Wash; william 3. owen, prin-
c!pal Chicago Normal school OF Chicago.
and w. A. McKeever OF the Kansas State
Agricultural college OF Mania ttan. Kan.
Some strong points were made by all Of
the speakers.
Mr.. Beach said in part:
Since the public school IS sup
ported by direct taxation. ii is
vested interest and therefore a vital
interest. 1t Is the place where the
American youth learns the lesson of
democracy, OF elf-reliance. OF perse-
verence. incidentally he may ac-
quire some knowledge of history,
really essential things are that he
shall feel himself a man among men,
shall become self-relianL. and shall
develop initiative and resource,
reflect truly the spirit OF American
democracy, close cooperation be-
tween the school and the community
is highly desra BILE.
h011 1lof nc
youth those high American ideals of
civic duty and responsibility. of in
dustry and well-directed energy, of
clean living and high thinking that
have given vlrility and stability to our
republic; and the citizens of the COM
munty must see TO ii that the course
of study is adapted to the needs OF
the community-that the things which
the boy learns in school are the
things that he will use when he be-
comes a man.
Some of the practical and tangible
results Of citizen cooperation have
been larger and better equipped
Fairgrounds and play fields improved
sanitary conditions. shrubbery, musi-
cal instruments, hot lunches in gram
mar and high schools, the introduce
drawing, medical inspection, etc. but
always the spirit Of cooperation
and the desire to help VIII trans
cend the value Of any material i'm
Israel under jeremiah lay In the fact
that 1.-The people had a mind to
work"
In conclusion. II you will permit me
to paraphrase a passage from Shake
speare l wish TO say that "Al the
worlds a school and all the men and
women merely scholars and we shall
not have finished our course until we
have learned that we live best when
we live least for ourselves and most
for others. That man is richest In
soul who has given most to enrich
other souls.
Covers were laid for fifty at the lunch
eon of the University club, The table
was decorated in wild flowers brought
rom Brighton. the bluebels and colum-
one predominating. The place cards
we're hand painted in water colors by
Miss Margaret Merrill Of the University
IF Utah,
Mrs. George Bacon of Salt Lake acted
Is toastmistress. Toasts were given by
Mrs. w. 5. Hefferan OF Chicago. Lee
Hammer of New York. Mrs. O.; Barnum
,f Los Angeles, Prof. w, A. McKeever OF
Manila ttan, Kan. and DR.. Mary Bates OF
Denver.