Evening star., 1922-01-28
SCHOOL INQUIRY BY CONGRESS
I. COMMITTEE WILL END SOON
Record of Hearings to Be Carefully Con-
sidered and Report Made With Sug-
gestion as to Model System.

your idea of how an effective school
system should be arranged?'
Promises to 06er PlaA.
He said he would rather not do
that because Of the charges that the
bureau was trying to get hand in
the local school system. but when
Senator Capper. chairman. told him
that the committee would like very
much to have 1t. he, said that he
would supply q plan.
To be effective. he went on. q school
system should have a superintendent
with sufficient staff Of assistants.
I'm numbers or abilities? asked
Representative Walters.
Numbers" responded the COM
missioner. who continued: You need
Ave or six assistant superintendents
in city of this size. There should
be a business manager, as assistant
superintendent. and responsible to
the superintendent You do not have
here what most cities have, and that
Is some agency to determine the ef.
nciency of the schools. Ways and
tsrmining just what the schools are
achieving, but q man who hasn't
sufiicient STAFF cannot possibly de-
termine what progress is being made.
There should be one assistant super
intendent to handle That matter. 1t
is recognized now as a necessary
vision. Cities all over the country
Commissioner rigert favored large
buildings. He believed that forty
children in q room was too many.
and thought thirty in . class would
there are a lot of small buildings
scattered around. with q supervisor
who could be neither teacher nor
principal. Large buildings. would
eliminate this difficulty. and would
be more economical. as well a. more
efficient. he believed. 1t would en-,
able the system to have . principal
exclusively for such duties.
Against Congested Districts.
He urged the COMMITTEES, to get the
schools out Of the conEested dis.
tricts as quickly q possible. II
they can be put where each; would
have = sufficient playground. he said
he would % strongly gy.s,' .dr.ss ,uod,,. u; ,s,or.
/ brought my family. While looking
brought my two children and sent
them to school would have to 60 to
school with them every day II ex-
gected to see them alive each even. even
and noise. I think that the schools
should be moved out Of the congested
downtown districts, Fairgrounds
here are badly lacking. and believe
that many children have to play In
the streets. Fairgrounds are not
mind they are a Fundamental part Of
the school system. Some children
cannot use their minds properly un.
less they have a chance for recrea.
ton"
In concluding, he told the commit
tse aat tae in hs matter of
added that 1t would have Q good ef-
feet throughout the country.
w. s. Deffenbaugh, specialist In
city school systems OF the federal bu-
reau, followed Commissioner Tigert.
He said that when he cane, cane here sstH, ten
getting better schools then. land are
still talking about 1t. He said that
he was satisfied with the instruction
given here. He has two children in
the schools. he told tho committee.
"systen All Clogsed Up"
Mr.. Deffenbaugh advised strongly
in favor Of a different administration
system here, telling the COMMITTEES
that 1t was all clogEed up" The
schools have not been given adequate
not been spent in the right way. The
small buildings are too expensive to
operate. He also advocated large
buildings whore q separate principal
could be employed.
Both he and Commissioner Tigert
spoke strongly in favor Of the junior
high school system.
Commissioner Tigert was returned
to the stand just before adjournmen,
to permit Senator King. Of Utah to
ask him IL the bureau Of education
had been conducting propaganda in
Congress in favor Of various meas
ures that were pending.
An emphatic mo" was registered
by Commissioner Tigert, and Sena.
tor King said that he wanted to con-
gratulate him and the republican
party for having one ofiicial in the
government who was not doing 1t
Senator King said that g. system OF
propaganda was growing up In
practically all Of the government de.
partments in an attempt to influence
Congress on various legislative meas.
ures, and he said he was going to see
that it was stopped.