The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-14
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/ N''""N Wv N'h''A'HU lNlU hl EONa
crnmcnt, are paramount problems
which the educational forces OF the
] country must mcct, In the opinion
. ot Commissioner OF Education Tlg.
/ crt rs expressed today IN his annual
report.
What We do or fail to do IN pub.
lie education" he said, "wll large.
ly determine the future OF our cx.
. pertinent in democracy"
Informed leadership In dealing
with these problems, the report de.
clarcd, IL needed moro now than over
before II was pointed out that
while some OF the states. through
years of experience and consecutive
efforts of trained leaders have ac.
complishcd notable achievements in
various phases ot educational theory
apd practice, other states are still
seeking the answers to many of the
same questions. and laboriously and
AZ great expense exploring ground
that has already bccu carefully
charted.
1t is the work oI the bureau of
education. 1t was sail. to promote
the cause OF education throughout
the country, to disseminate such In
formation, and tn sock Interstate
CO operation. Much ut the costly
duplication and experiment was Dc,
clAred to have been saved by tho
bureau by making available ~ all
the states the experiences aud
achievements Of the most progress.
sive and most highly endowed, as
FAR as It's resources enable It..
Substantially increased support
for the bureau. ~ q conservative In.
ycstmcnt, was recommended by III
CERT, IN the light OF the service a.
activities render the whole pupula
tioa. lie said the staff was 80 lin.
tied, through lack O.; means. that Il
was impossible S,r 10 specialists To
give full attention to more than
small part OF tho pcrplcAing lucs.
tions upon which school authorities
seek advice. Another handicap was
said to be the small amount avail
able for PUBLICATIONS.. School Life.
the monthly PUBLICATION OF the bur.
eau was neceSsarlly discontinued for
almost n yeat hegausc OF tho fadiurc
OF congress TO agrco upon a measure
for the publication Of periodicals by
government bureaus
For each state to malutaIn It's
own Eystcm Of education. adopting
Us own methods OF organization. al .
min!strai!On and instruction and dc.
terminiug fer itself the amount and .
character OF instruction which shall
be provided for It's children. the
commissioner said. ls entirely proper
since the genius OF the American
people will probably never accept the
Idea OF a centralized national system
ot public schools. The bureaus
work. he pointed out. was to collect
statistics and facts on the various
systems and to publish tho informa-
ton so that educators In every part
OF the land viii know what progress
has been made In education.
To make It's service more eiIcc-
tive. the functions OF the bureau are
divided into four parts: field Rer-
vice, research and investigation OF
special problems. educational sur
yeys, and dissemination Of lnforma-
tion. Durlag the past year IL sur
yeys were made. including state
system OF public schools. a state sy-
stem Of higher education, 81 OF high
or educational institutions, Of city
public school systems, Of city
school buildings. and one of county
system OF schools. Some OF these
HeceEBitated from four TO eight
weeks study by corps OF experts
The resulting recommendation led
to substantial improvements in the
systems studied.
One Of the important tasks Of the
year was undertaken by a force Of
l99 persons sent 10 Alaska To help
the people Of the territory To earn
better livelihood by the reindeer
industry, to give them medical at
tentioa, to relieve destltution among
them and to maintain schools for
them and their children. The dis
tributlon OF reindeer among the ma.
tives aad the use Of the enterprise
as the form OF industrial education
best fitted 10 the races inhabtlng the
untlmbered regions Of Alaska re-
mains under the supervision OF the
bureau of education.