The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-22
HOW GOVT,
IN EDUCATION
Federal Bureau Has No Ad-
mlnlstrative Power Yet Has
Been Able to Do Good

How the United States bureau If
'ducallon, with one Of the .mul.u-,
appropriations given to any govern.
mental bureau doing an an ndcpcuU
eht service, has during the pas, yrDr
conducted an effective cnmnul.u rur
hr''rr rural schools, inspected and
reported upon colleges and um,rI .
TIES III various parts of the United
states, made important beginnings m
INDUSTRIAL education ana homemuhjUu.
ana stimulated activity in IA score ur
o'ner important fields Of education DIS
lectures, correspondence, and the dis
trlbutioh OF circulars and pamphlet,
dealing with educational subjects -
described by Dr F. p. Claxton. com
missioner OF education. In hts nnuuuI
statement to Secretary OF the Interior
Franklin X Lane
Rural Schools
During the year the spcrinli>t, On
rural education conferred with state
ana county school officials In effort.
10 Improve teaching I'll rural schools
10 ob'alh longer terms for ,ouGN
schools and 10 determine upon II Nrg
'r unit Tor rural school udmuI-'rl.
tion 1t the request VI governors aud
state legislatures. Representatives o.
uIe ourea" advised with stnte com
missions ana legislative committee n
50 q
nam loI IuIAl education ana W1ut
u 'n' IaWS enacted during the scar
were II"ileu atter advice from '.r
'"'t"u ~ 'dhcauolI' or rs a oIr""
W 'uu'i''' I',uIl ~ agitation Stun"
'''" Wy lIl' bureau OF education
ol"IhllhE WIN state ana local a-rn'
N'"Ill "he'thlId " the plh.lH
'''"' l''u'u ny tue bureau during 'N"
war ''N'' ulIr'tly WIN the rr"N.u
:. 'u' IuIoI s'hooL These includes.
ou''''!H on CONSOLIDATION ~ iWu
SCHOOLS the county unit plan 4
'IE''i'|hlloIr ana the efficiency lw.
II'pNiH' ION oI rural school teacher.
hI "I Whlrh Drtorded much needed
'"7I> Iol propaganda within iur
1lNi'' iour pnblicntions dcscIInI.-
lI' -I"'IAI contribution " the Danish
I'.N hlth schools TO the American
Iu'HI school problem were ISSUED IUr
ing 'h' lrnr
hlsher Education
me- hurrhuS Specialist IN higher
'IN'NIIb personally Inspected II ru.
'E'N hun universities during n" l"nl
most oI thrm NJ the request ~ the
STATE departments ot education In the
r''rIhI states. lWenty-elghl ~ these
Institutions were In North Carolina ,
NO oregon one was reported upon M
.H. request OF the president ot IN"
II''u STATES. Ohc OF the hotah.'
documents issued from thl' division
u"ilhE th' year was nm Illustrated
hu'i't'h entitled Opportunities f"r
l"'rlsh students m Higher Lduul.
'ulhI INSTITUTIONS -lh the lhllrI
N'"i's, Whl'h mas been ulNtrlhutcd
lhi"uRl consular ottl'e' III the couIl
''l'S ol N"utll America ana elsewhere.
wherever students might prot'tahIy
o' 'oIu OF th" hlghrr tdu'huohhl up.
p'I'ul'l'l'0 no" h'hllhnlr ID the TINT
'u H'"'e7 Np''lnI Importance NJ.
'''I'' To II''' puoHchtloll because ut
,"' "',
ihuu''r'ai tuuca'ioh anu iiomenlahlhg
il n'n"7 "I an Hua'uo.aI hppr'.
l', ,"'''l from 'ohsress' u''i''ou "i
'''H'''l", 'uura',oh ana uo'n'm"Nlhs
WIS '''"1',Sh'1 uurlhE 'h' year WIN
'", 'I'''"'N, nv lhuuS'rlhl 'du'aii"h
nhl TWO Npr'iallstS III nome 'coh"hll's
WIN '''' u'''.lol. II n"s orrn Pos'io''
wv "' '"",u VI 'ne p'''''i'l,"rl WORN
necessary III un''c,l"t'on u' 'hc i'ur,h,
,'' ''' '"'" 'p.'"' ,n tuu'"''o,, pr",'u'''
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