Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18
SCHOOL STUDIES
GROUP SELECTED
MARTIN NOE. SECRETARY OF
MONTANA EDUCATION ASSOCIA-
TTON ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE
Rex Haight Payne Tempieton and
w. r. Anaes VIII Cooperate With
Department. Of Instruction IN Es-
tablishing Institution Standards.

appointment Of q Montana COM
/ mittee which will cooperate with
/ the state department. Of public in
struction IN Carrying On WORK @
school standards I'm this state was
announced by Martin p. Moe, ex-
ecufive secretary of the Montana
Education association and presd-
dent Of the Northwest Association
Of Secondary and Higher Schools
The Montana committee win be COM
posed Of Rex Haight, state high school
supervisor, chairman: Payne Temple
ton, Helena superintendent of schools,
and W. r. Ames of MisSoula, q member
Of the state university faculty.
The committee was appointed, along
with those of other states, at meet
ing Of the executive committee OF the
Northwest association, held in Port
land, Ore, and at which Moe presided
Mr.. Moe reported the executive COM
mittee, at its Portland meeting, de-
cided to introduce the cooperative
study Of secondary school standards
during the coming year.
Accrediting the schools Of the north
west during the year 1889 viii be
based on the same standards as pre-
viously we're used, Mr.. Moe pointed
out. When the new program is put into
well as nonmember high schools, viii
be invited TO participate in introducing
the new plan for evaluating secondary
schools, he said.
Officials figure IS percent Of the pro-
gram win be tried out during the first
year-that of 1939-40-and more Will
be added gradually. Mr. Moe estimated
that within the next five-year period,
or perhaps sooner, the complete pro-
gram OF the cooperative study VIII
have been introduced and adopted
A committee to represent the North
west association was appointed at the
meeting. 1t is composed of Mr.. Moe,
chairman; MIR. Haight, representing
Montana; Burton K. Farnsworth, Salt
Lake City, Utah; P. H. Soulen, Boise, |
Ida; Donald Emerson, Salem, Ore; |
Henry ThorSett, Olympia, Wash, and /
F. L. StetSon, Eugene, Ore, member I
IF the faculty of the University of 7
Oregon. HaigEt, FarnsWOrth, Soulen,
Emerson and Thorsett all are state
nigh school supervisors In their states.
Mr.. Moe explained that each state
and Alaska will have it's own commit
ZEE, which viii be responsible for carry
ng on the work in its district. Haight,
and Anes win handle the
york in Montana.
The state committees, working in CO.
operation with their state departments
4 education and the Northwest asso-
iation committee, viii work out plan
o be followed in their respective
tates.
The National Cooperative Study
roup, Mr. Moe said, will send q
pecialist into Montana for about two
Veeks in the near future to hold con-
erences with high school principals,
uperiutendents OF schools and other
Interested persons. The specialist viii
INFORM them how the cooperative
tandards may be handled, and a def
mite program viii be worked out for
6ontana at that time.
The program viii be financed by
rants from an educational foundation
nd the Northwest Association of Sec
ndary and Higher Schools.