Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-20
OREGON SCHOOLS ARE
PRAISED IN REPORTS
OF NATIONAL BUREAU
Oregon Plan" Arouses Fav-
orable Comment From
U.S.. Commissioner

The first volume of the report of the
United States commissioner of eduea.
tion for the school year ending June
30, 1915, has just been received by
State Superintendent of Public In.
structon j. A. Churchill. Oregon and
the Oregon school system received a
great deal of attention in this report
In the chapter on secondary educa-
tion special attention is called to the
fact that "Oregon has done away al
together with tuition for high school
pupils A pupil living outside a dis
trict maintaining standard four-year
high school is permitted to select and
attend school anywhere in the state.
AT the end Of the year the school is
paid by L tax levied ON all districts in
the pupils county that do not main
tain standard high school, "
In the chapter on rural schools eight
states are named as having taken up
in some form the plan of standlrdiza-
ton of rural schools, and the "Oregon
Plan, as it is called, is given in full.
After telling something of the history
of the movement in Oregon, complete
list of the present requirements is Civ
en-. Continuing, the report states that
" the rural schools of Oregon have, dur
ing the past year, made great progress
in the way Of equipment, better build.
ings, Fairgrounds; and the interest
aroused through community meetings
held for the purpose of making these
improvements has developed desire
among the people to have teachers es-
pecially trained for rural work."
Under educational hygiene, attention
is again called to the Oregon plan Of
Standardization of rural schools. After
telling more about the standardization
plan and the beneficial results of the
same, their report on hygiene continues
" Oregon contributes another interest
ing idea in plan for commissioning
pupils as deputy health officers. In
cooperation with the state department
of education, the state board of health
has Offered to denitize one pupil in
each school whose duty it becomes to
look after the matter of lighting, venti-
lation, water supply, toilets, and build
ings and grounds. The pupil taking
this office receives from the state
board of health a metal health offic.
er badge and 4 little circular of in
struction on sanitation. These deputy
healtn officers are being appointed in
large number of schools of the
state.
Under higher education, summary
of the Oregon laws for the certificaton
Of teachers is given. Attention is call
ed to the interest which the bureau
has taken in this law and that it has
twice sent me specialist in higher edu-
cation from the bureau to Oregon for
the purpose of inspecting the colleges
of Oregon This specialist examined
these institutions as to their admins
tration, support, equipment and faculty
and reported to the state superinten-
dent of public instruction recommends
ing those, which in his opinion had met
the requirements of the law and whose
graduates were thus entitled to receive
certificates to teach in the high schools
of the state. The following institutions
were declared standard: Albany col
lege, McMinnyille college, Reed col
lege, Pacific university, University of
Oregon, Willamette university and the
Oregon Agricultural college.
Under home economies favorable
mention is made of the work of the
senior class of the Oregon Agricultural
college at the Panama Eacific exposi-
tion. This class maintained q dining
room and kitchen at the Oregon build
ing and served lunches to so people
each day, besides serving all those con.
nected with the Oregon building with
breakfast and dinner. The work of the
Portland schools in adult education in
home economics is also reported as well
as description of the experiments for
home economics in the Vernon home.
Under agricultural education consid.
erable space is given to the Boys and
Girls Industrial clubs of Oregon. Co.
operation of the Oregon Agricultural
college and the state department of
education in this work is clearly
snown and the report remarks that Gas
the work is done under the immediate
direction Of the state department of
education as definite part of the
school work, correlation between it
and other school work is certain. -