Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-11
25OOSCHOOLMEN
OPENCONVENTION
standardization of Educa-
tion Subject of Impor-
tant Report
YEARS WORK COVERED
Full Examination of Present
Situation Made by DR.. Up
degraph and Leroy King

The annual Schoomeu's Week Con-
y<ntlon opens today at the University Of
renusylvania and will continue until
ssturday
A feature OF the convention Is to be
The report on the work OF the depart
mont OF education Of the University in
ne effort to standardize educational
nneasuremcnts in the schools OF the
State This IS one Of the most impor-
tant efforts ever made by any university
IN the East. II was undertaken in re-
sponse to a resolution adopted by the
convention in 1917 urging that superin-
tendents principals and teachers Of
Pennsylvania cooperate I'm the use OF
the Curtis standard tests in arithmetic
and that the department Of education
at the University OF Pennsylvania be
used as a clearing house to which the
results Of these tests can be sent for
purposes OF Interpretation.
$500 win Attend
As a result. between $500 and 5000
teachers, principals. superintendents and
others concerned In educational matters
will attend these sessions, where many
new and interesting features Of educa-
tion will be discussed. Among these will
be the report Of the department of cdu-
cation of the University, dealing with
the results Of its efforts to introduce
system Of standard educational meas
. urements in the public schools OF the
State
A tour Of the public schools to secure
the adoption of this system has been
made by pr Harlan Updegraf, pro-
Of 4G mi a
aud Leroy A. King instructor in educa-
tional administration, who accompanied
him as assistant director. Thirty-hve
school districts with an attendance OF
$4,000 pupils, are cooperating with the
convention
Many leading educators of the nation
will participate in the program.
Noted Men TO Speak
Among the most important speakers
will be DR.. Charles II. Judd, director Of
the School Of Education Of the Cnircr-
sity Of Chicago; Or. Payson Smith,
Commissioner of Education for Massa-
chusetts Or. Nathan c. SchaeffeT, Penn
sylvana state Superintendent OF Pub
lie Instruction: Dr. Ernest Burnham,
head Of the department of rural educa-
ton. State Normal School, Kalamazoo,
Mich. and DR.. George A. Mirick, former
assistant commissioner Of education for
New Jersey.
A general conference Of teachers in the
University and sec udary school will be
held today, and the topic will be "lidu-
cational Guidance The final address
will be by Dr. Payson Smith. Commls-
sioner Of Education in Massachusetts.
who will speak ON THE Uniformity Of
Education Protest"
Doctor Yocum will speak on The
Prime Necessity Of Democracy in E9uca-
ton and Dr Charles ". Judd, direc-
tor of the School OF Education of the
Dniversity-oE Chicago. will speak upon
- the practical benefits Of educational
measurements to the laymau. Imme-
diatcly following. Provost Edgar Fahs
Smith and Mrs. Smith will give a recep-
tion TO the Univcrsitys guests
-Four Conferences
In the field Of school administration
there will be four conferences for city
Aiperintendents and four conferences
for those interested in rural school prob
lens The principal theme will be edu-
cational measurements The other sub.
1ects will be supervision Of Instruction
in City Schools and in Rural Schools, "
schools and the War" Actual Ac-
complishment OF Vocational Schools in
Pennsylvania Gilustratod) and Nor
NAL School Preparation OF Rural School
Teachers There will he conference
Of members OF school boards i'm this
vicinity at which the general topic will
DO pennsylvania SchoOhouses Old and
New"
The general committee i'm charge OF the
convention is: Harlan UpdeEraff, profess
sor OF educational administration, chair
man: Arthur H. Quinn, dean Of the
college George q. Chambers, director OF
admissions: Arthur {. Rowland. director
OF teachers courses Arthur J. Jones. as
sistant professor OF secondary education,
In charge of secondary school confer
enccs Albert II. Iaub, associate super
Intendent Of schools. Philadelphia; Ezra
Lehman, principal of state Normal
school, Shippensburg John W. Smoke,
county superintendent of schools, Lob
anon: Charles A. Wagner superintend-
ent of schools Chester; j, r. Breidlinger,
nrincipal of high school. Wilkcs-Barre +;
and Leroy A. King, instructor in educa-
tional administration, secretary.