The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-06
FOR SCHOOL week
December 5 to IL Set Aside as
Educational Week.
Conditions and Needs of Schools
To Be Investigated.
ASK CIVIC CLUBS To HELP
Facts and Figures To, Be Given
Facts and Figures To Be Given
in This Campaign.
Community Meetings To Be
Held on Friday Afternoon.

school Week" will be observed
turnout the nation the week of De-
cember sill, as the commissioner OF
education is designating the first full
week in December as school Week"
and is requesting the governors and
the chief school officers of the sew
eral states and territories to take such
action as may be necessary to cause
the people to use this week in such a
way as will most effectively dissemi-
nate among the people accurate in
formation in regard to the conditions
and needs of the schools, enhance ap-
probation OF the value of education,
and create such interest as will result
In better opportunities for education.
and larger appropriations for schools
of ali kinds and grades.
The commissioner of education IN
washington suggests that during this
week the public press should give
more attention. and - larger amount
of space to educational topics than
usual, and that on Sunday, December
s, ministers should use one or more
OF their church services for empha-
sizing the importance of education.
Organizations to Help.
1t is further suggested that during
the week chambers of commerce.,
boards of trade. women's clubs labor
unions. farmers unions. patriotic and
civic societies. Rotary clubs and XII
wants clubs. and other important or
CARNATIONS and associations should de-
vote one meeting to a discussion of
the needs of education in their states
and local communities, holding special
meetings. If necessary. and that mo-
ton picture houses should put on
their screen during school Week"
facts and figures in regard to the i'm
portance of education, and the condi-
ton and needs of the schools.
Universities, colleges and normal
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convocaGon hours of the week to a. dis
cussion of education in general, and
of their own particular needs, and it
is further suggested that all elemen =
tary and high school teachers should
devote one period each day of School
Week" to this subject, telling the chill
dren about education in their local
communities, and in state and nation.
| how the schools are supported and
| how much money is spent for them.
their economic, social and civic value,
and that during this week themes OF
essays and compositions in elementary
and high schools relate to education.
Friday afternoon and evening OF
! School Week" has been designated
as the date on which community
meetings in the interest of education
! should be held at all schooihouses,
both in city and country, for the pur-
pose of discussing the needs of the
| schools of the several communities.
the means of meeting these needs.
! and of remedying conditions.
State departments of education
have been invited to provide informa-
ton thru the public press and other
wise in regard to the conditions and
needs of the school in the several
states, and city and county superin-
| tendents have been invited TO take
similar action and it is further sug-
gested that city and county super
intendents of schools hold meetings on
Friday and Saturday of the week pre-
| ce64ng school Week. for the pur-
pose of discussing these problems
among themselves and making defi-
mite plans for the proper observance
of the week in school and for Friday
afternoon and evening meetings.