The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-07
TEACHERS SHOULD
EDUCATE FOR LIFE
Mere Passing of Grades Is
Not Sufficient, According
to DR.. Winship.

DR.. A. E. Winship, prominent east
ern educator, addressed a general meet
ing of the Salt Lake teachers which
was held in the gymnasium of the high
school at 4:30 clock yesterday after.
noon. DR.. Winship discussed "Educa-
tion for Efficiency and his able hand
ling of the subject in crisp, epigrammat.
ic sentences was thoroughly enjoyed by
the 600 educators present,
DR.. Winsbip paid high tribute to d.
H. Christensen, superintendent of the
Salt Lake schools, in closing his lecture.
After discussing the qualifications
which he deemed necessary III an eff
cient superintendent, he said:
No school, no system, no superin-
teudent is absolutely ideal i'll every re"
spect. But Mr.. Christensen comes as
near as any man / know to having the
manipulation Of teaching force, a
course Of study and a moderate equip
ment to get the maximum of efficiency
from the talent and plant that he has. -
Education for Life.
Dr. Winship said In part:
Efficiency is effectiveness. Edu-
cation for efficiency is education
for effectiveness in after-school life
and not for passing grades. Educa-
ton for efficiency must take into
account the entire system, from
equipment and course of study to
methods and devices, from board Of
education and supervisor to teacher
and janitor.
Efficiency of the highest order
must be embodied in the super,n-
tendent An absolutely efficient
superintendent needs to be one of
the biggest men In the community,
with the highest qualities of gen
eralship and the greatest mastery
of detail. His mind must be tele.
scopic and microscopic at the same
time. He must be able to keep his
board of education harmonious,
high minded, pure in purpose, and
devoted to the public good. He
must have the respect of the politi
cal leaders of all parties, so that
they will keep hands off
What to Avoid.
Then he must be SO square and
tacttul as to escape the wrath of
iftv-seven varieties of publishers
and dealers in school furniture and
supplies. All this before his work
as superintendent is considered
Then he must be a leader without
trailers; must praise without fat
terry, criticise without condemning,
and be inspiring without irritating
His system must be for children
rather than for teachers, for effect
upon children rather than upon the
system. To make a boy successful
and manly is better than to make
him scholarly.
Fundamentals cannot be over EN-.
phasized, but anything may be ira
,-.tionally fundamental without be.
ing vitally fundamental. There are
fundamentals in all subjects, but
not all of any subject is fundamen-
tai. About one-tenth of arithmetic
as it is taught is fundamental and
should demand 100 per cent, the
other nine tenths may or may not
be important, according TO what the
Lord and heredity have done for
the child and the use he is to make
of his life.
Nothing is fundamental in which
a child cannot get 100 per cont if
he is wisely and efficiently taught
and trained.
The system must provide suff-
cient freedom for every teacher to
do exceptional things for the child
who is exc eptionally bright or ex-
ceptionally dull, to the end that his
school education shall make him ef-
fcient in life,
DIR. Winship illustrated by many in
cidents the possibility of efficiency in
school system that has appropriate
hexibility.