The Washington herald., 1920-06-27
CLAYTON URGES
UNITY" SYSTEM
National Conference on
: Education Favors Broad
Platform.
GEO. E. ALLEN SPEAKS
]. ]. Manning Pledges A. F.
OIL. Support for Better
!! Pay for Teachers.
GEO. E. ALLEN SPEAKS

An educational platform aimed to
be broad and square enough to ap-
peal TO all elements, was outlined
yesterday at the national confer
ence -on educational campaigns
called by the Commissioner of Edu-
cation. DR.. Phflander +. Claxton.
Delegates went on record as fav-
oring, THE promotion of the entire
system of education as a unit, in
Guiding elementary and secondary
schools and higher education; the
promotion of a comprehen plan
Of extension education to meet the
: needs of millions of young men and
women who come of voting age each
year, the millions of women who
z will soon be enfranchised, the work
ing men and women who have
passed beyond the period of formal
schooling and the millions of for
mer service men, many of whom had
their plans Of education broken into
By the war: more liberal support OF
institutions for the professional
preparation of teachers, and the
adeption'of a policy of paying teach
ers' salaries equivalent to those paid
persons of similar ability and prep
aration in other calllnSs.
Commissioner ClaXton presided
ard laid emphasis on the danger
Gus crisis existing in the United
States due to the shortage in teach
ers and resultant slackness in teach
ing standards.
The greatest tragedy of our edu-
cational system is the inadequate
preparation of teachers" he said.
we must have not only higher
salaries for teachers but better
training of teachers for their work.
We must urge the States to provide
ample facilities for teacher train
ing. There is a danger of democ-
racy breaking down if the citizens
of the future are not trained in
the fundamentals of practical civics
and ethics.
II want the Bureau of Education
to be a clearing house, campaign
agency, as it were, to assist you in
your endeavors. We should unity
our work as far as possible and
make our main objective the secur-
ing of an adequate supply of teach
ers of native ability. culture and
education, supplemented with the
best professional training to be Sc
cured"
br. Claxton also dwelt on the
money value of education, aside
from the cultural phase, saying that
the. productivity of nation de-
peuds on the education of the peo-
ple.
Broader civic training was urged
by II. L. Miles. of the National As
socfation of Manufacturers. THE
vast majority of I.Upils 80 to work
without any adequate preparation
for the urr:rs Of citizenship" ne
said.
The support of the American
Federation of La Dor for campaiSn n
for better schools and better pay
for tclCLers, was lodged b. J. j.
Manning of the Labor CrgaT TIatiOn.
other speakers W he addressed tn =
conference Were: George Z. Allen,
of the American Parkers' Assucia-
tion: DR.. X. l.. Kelly. of the Council
Of Church Boards of Education; Mrs.
Higgins IF the Matte Congress
uf Mothers and Parent-TGacher?
Association; Mis3 FlCrence King. o.
the NCtiCnal Womens Association
pr Commerce; Mrs. Ella A. BcGle
of the WomCr's Christian Temper
anrn Union; Mrs. AdCiph Kahn. Ci
the Council OF Jewish WoTen; Mr..
Edgar Brown. Of the General FEEDER
alton of WCmen's Clubs; Mrs. Mar
GaIet y. Howard, of the American
WOncns Legion of tho Great War;
NJ. o. Eldridge. OF the American
automobile ASsCCiati tiun. and Calvin
j. Brown, o. the Chamber of Cont
meTce Of the United States