Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-17
PRE-WAR STANDARD
f0RSCHO0LSU URGED
Commissioner of Education
ALSO Recommends Appoint
-,lr
rlent of an Assistant.
BUREAU WORK REVIEWED

., Efforts to maintain educational in
stitutions of all classes at as near
Pre-war standards as possible dur
@inS the war and a large number of
feconfn endat tons to increase the eff
ffciency of the fast-growing federal
educational bureau feature the an
.nnal statement of Commissioner of
Education Philander p. Claxton to
Secretary of the Interior Lane.
t"Among the recommendations was
the appointment of an assistant COM
missioner.
Probably the most important work
of the bureau, according to the state
.ment, was to keep before the people
sand 'omcers of all educational institu-
.t5ons ,fthe necessity of maintaining
E supply OF educated and trained men
ai1d women for direct or indirect war
service" and that schools and other
agencies of education be maintained
as near as possible at their normal
efficiency during that period with
no falling off in attendance a t schools.
Response of People Gratifying.
1.-THE response of the people and
fhes cAntry," adds the report, has
sbeeh gratifying. The efficiency of the
SYMBOLS has been maintained in a
t1Tger degree than was expected by
on in attendance Appropriations for
salaries of teachers have been in
ereased in many states and cities.
Although many teachers have gone
into the Army or the war industries.
aelsrse majority have remained at
Khatr n n9frlnfir llltV o.
g1rfless of the temptations to much
higher pay elsewhere"
.SIin preparation for the RECONSTRUCT
t}of period following the war. the re-
Hort states, several important studies
have been begun both in this coun-
try, ard abroad to help in the re-
adjustment of the nations educa-
tienal system.
:" COOPERATIVE Work Begun.
The question of meeting foreign
trade conditions after the war has
bee4 taken up by the bureau in CO.
2heI ration with the Association of
Urban Universities. the bureau of for
slEn and domestic commerce and local
,cdm3nittees in selected cities These
agencies will investigate the need for
traihed service in the conduct of for
eGR trade to determine how schools
and colleges can best meet that need.
Tn addition to these plans there
has bean prepared by the bureau and
fstfiknted. courses of study in COM
mercfA education for use in ele-
menfafy, high schools, colleges. uni
NerSties and private business schools.
Community Centers in D. c.
l..Much time, the report says. was
given by specialists in community Or
2anfZation to the Inauguration in the
District of Columbia of community
centers and community buying clubs
at various schoolhouses.
Home gardening under school di-
Te<tion is given much space in the re-
mort. With regard to this work the
report says:
s.The war has brought home to our
PEOPLE the urgent necessity for in
creased food production and for the
conservation of man power and trans
portation facilities. The success of
home gardening under school direc.
tipn already achieved was convincing
prooffhat a general adoption of the
plan in all cities and towns of the
country would materially assist the
food problem.
- Work Among Foreign-Born.
"'Meritorious work has been done
among the foreign-Speaking popula-
tons of the country in the American
ixation of these classes as a measure
related to war. The bureau has con-
tributed it's efforts toward vocational
training in the Army by preparing a
series of courses of instruction in
mechanical trade and for the use of
institutions engaged in training me-
chanicS for the Army.
Facts revealed by the physical ex-