Evening star., 1933-02-26
SUGGEST SCHOOLS.
HAVE TUITION FEE
J.W. Crabtree of Washington
Asks National Education
Group of Need.

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, February 25.-
Charging of tuition by public schools
was indirectly suggested today as q pos
sfbility as the National Education As
sociation's Department Of Superintend-
ence prepared to open its annual meet
ing.
Preliminary discussion emphasized
the financial pressure ON public schools
and J. w. Crabtree of Washington. d.
c.. secretary of the national association,
asked:
rs curtailment going to come to
such an extent that charging of tuition
will be necessary in our public schools
to maintain a high Standard"
Suggested in Several Cities.
Crabtree said the plan already had
been suggested by tax-reduction asso-
Citations in several cities.
The National Council Of Education,
In recommendations prepared for the
meeting which starts tomorrow, urged
militancy in preserving standards OF
American schools, revision of taxation
systems affecting schools and estab-
lishment of Federal council of social
planning.
School closings. reductions in staffs.
salaries and departments, and failure
to pay instructors, said the National
Council, had brought q situation so
serious that the inherent right Of every
individual-equal educational opportu-
nity'-was endangered. Training OF
both children and adults was concerned,
the report said.
From Milton c. Potter Of Milwaukee,
president Of the Department of Super
intendence, came declaration that eco
nomic conditions had placed two en-
tirely new problems before education.
One Is how we can get more educa-
ton for the money We have, and the
other, probably the more pressing, is
how We can avoid less education and
less money" he said. Formerly. he
added, it was just a question of how
we could get more money for the
schools"
Foremost Obligation Of Education"
Referring to economic conditions, the
council in resolution said: 1T is the
foremost obligation of education to seek
out the underlying causes Of the pres
ent grievous maladjustments and he
roically to re-erect education so as to
reduce to a minimum the personal
hardships and the social stresses and
strains which tend to accompany rapid
social changes"
Unequal distribution Of wealth has
been accentuated as the complexity Of
ia 1oc {y,nr he
council. q condition that made tax re-
vision necessary to care for children in
communities which now md adequate
educational programs difhcult.
Under such revision q substantial in
crease in the proportion OF educational
expenditures should be borne by the
State and Federal governments, the
council decided.
Council Is Recommended.
To prevent future maladjustments,
establishment OF q national social
economic planning council In line with
plans of President Hoover's Research
Committee on Social Trends was recon-
mended.
The council urged all Federal de-
psrtments and agencies having to do
with education be co-ordinated and
said more extensive teachings Of inter-
national relationship principles would
improve world harmony.
Touching on proposal before Con-
gress to gather the Nations unemployed
youth in Army posts. 1t urged the pro-
gram Of actual activities at suck camps
be intrusted to some recognized educa-
tional agency.
Paul Rankin, research director for
the Detroit. Mich, school system was
elected president Of the American Edu-
cational Research Association, an az
filiated organization
T. c. Holy Of Ohio State University,
was named vice president and William
G. Carr, Washington. D. c., research
director for the National Education
Association, secretary-treasurer.