Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, June 26, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1008 NEED OF OFFICIAL HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTION SALEM SCHOOL SUPERINTENDS NT SUGGESTS ADVANCED IDEA FOR HIGH SCHOOL REGULA TION SHOULD NOT ONLY RE PREPARATIONS FOR COLLE GE. City Superintendent of Schools, J. M. Powora, In a speech at tho moot ing of tho otato toachors. at Eugene today, recommended a moro ef ficient Inspection of tho work dono In tho high schools of tho state. Ho recommends that thore should bo an Inspector appointed1 one who has no connectl6n with politics, but who la named for his ability alono. Mr. Powora also BUggested that this In spector should soo that tho courso In high schools of tho stato should bo 'a comploto courso In Itself, rather than It seoms Is tho tondoncy at pres ent of making tho high school mere ly a preparatory to the unlvorslty. Tho rotnnrks of Mr. Powers at tho mooting In Eugene are about as fol fel fol eows: Dcforo ontorlng Into a discussion of this Biibjcct, I doslre first to men tion tho fact that tho Bchools of Or egon receive about nine tenths of their support from county and local tnxoi, and but one tenth from tho tttato. This fact will largoly deter mine tho success or fnlluro of tho stato In any attempt to exorcise any considerable dogroo of control over Us public schools. It would seem that boforo tho stato assumes to any great extent tho direction .and man ngomont of tho schools, It shoul'l aubsldlzo theso schools. This aug gostn tho urgent nood for Bomo sys tem of taxation which will" furnish additional rovonuo for tho public Bchools without Increasing tho bur dons of tho majority of present tax payers, a mattor which has recolvod duo consideration In other dlscus Blona at this convention. Statistics recently gathered by tho Btato superintendent show that thoro nro at present 35 four-yoar high schools In this stato, enrolling slx thouBnnd ono hundred and slxty-slx students, nnd graduating In Juno, 1008, 737 Btudonts; that thoro nro IB throo-ycVxr high schools, on- Tolling 390 Bttldontn, and graduating 17: that thoro aro t4 two-year high schools, enrolling C22, nnd graduat ing 211 Btudonts;' and thoro nro 40 ono-year high schools, enrolling 400 studonts, and graduating 225. As suming that tho throo-yonr high achoolB will quickly add another year to their coursos, tho total num ber of bonnfldo' high schools In tho stato may bo fixed at 50. For theso GO Bchools It Is proposed to estab lish a Hystom of official Inspection nnd clarification. . Two Hyatoms of Inspection nro In ubo In othor states nt presont, nnmo ly: 1. Under tho dlroctlon of tho stato dopartmont of education. 2. ny tho Btats unlvorslty. Stato ln Bpoctlon hi In Bomo caso3 mndo In porson by tho Btato superintendent, In othorn by his nppolntoo, nnd In still othors by an nppolnteo of a Btato board designated by law for 'hat purposo. Unlvorslty Inspection Is somotlmos on tho 'departmental plain by tho-heads of departments In tho state university, but moro fre quently, by an appointee of tho board of rogents or. of the unlvorslty pres ident. In many states, especially in tho South and West, the only kind of In spection Is that made by tho stato university. Illinois, Iowa,' Kansas, and California are loading oxnmplos. Mlnnosota, Now Jorsy, Now York, Massachusetts, Montnna, North Da kota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Mis souri provido special high school In spectors under tho control of tho stato department of education or a special high school board. In Wis consin, Montana, Nebraska, and Missouri Inspection Is also carried on voluntarily by tho state unlvorslty. It Is readily soon that whatever systom of Inspection Is adopted, tho efficiency of tho sorvlco will rost wholly on tho shoulders of tho In spector. Ho should bo nn export In his work, and politics should havo absolutely nothing to do with his ap pointment. Ills term of sorvlco Bhould not be l03s than throo yean, and ho should always bo ollglblo for ro-nppolntmont. Each of tho two systems of Inspec tion Just montlonod has Its advant ages and Its drawbnckB. Beforo mentioning theso, howovor, It Is por tlnont as a bnsls of comparison to mention that loss than ten per cont of tho Btudonts soloct collcgo pre paratory courses In tho high schools, nnd that 90 nor cont soloct such coursos as will best fit thorn for tho nctlvo duties of llfo which nodosslty quickly requires them to assume. University Inspection Is thorough nnd competont from tho scholastic standpoint, it setB n high standard of scholarship, It Improves tho qual ifications of tho high school tenchors, and tends to bring tho ntmosphoro nnd Inlluenco of higher education nearer to tho massos. It actually benefits, howover, but ton por cont of tho high school enrollment, whllo It hnndlcnp8 tho 00 por qonf to a very considerable degree It In flicts tho greatest Injury upon tho mnjorlty of districts whoso means nro limited, nnd whoso toachors aro obliged to spend nil thplr time in teaching collogo preparatory sub Jocts. To a largo extent lf oporatoa against tho Introduction of Instruc tion In ngriculturo, manual training and domestic economy, imd commer cial branches In tho high schools, tho great nood for which Is unlvorsrtlly acknowledged. Frequently It oxor clsoa unduo influonco In tho appoint mont of toachors, tho soloctlpn of ap paratus and libraries, and tho for mation of cdursos of study. In tho nbsonce of stato Inspection, unlvor Blty Inspection may, and doos provo bonoflclal. "As a temporary stimu lus it Is useful, as a pormanont pol- m TORN PRICES IN WALL PAPER S WE HAVE I1EEN SO SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR REMOVAL HALE, ESPECIALLY IN THE WALL PAPER DEPARTMENT, DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TKMIT YOU STILL FURTHER AND WE HAVE PUT PRICES SO LOW WE DON'T RELIEVE YOU WILL RE AHhE.TO RESIST THEM. IN EVERY QASE THE WALL PAPERS ARE OF THE HIGH GRADE YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU I1UY HERE. ALMOST EVERY COLOR EFFECT YOU CAN WISH FOR IN THE LOT. SOMU SPECIAL VALUES FOR CUSTOMERS WHO APPRECIATE EXCLVSIVENESS AND ELEGANCK IN WALL COVERINGS, WIDE AWAKE RUYERS WILL PURCHASE WITHOUT DELAY. 1 cvmwJimvn Tn HaBi I I "In l i mi mmr Icy it tonds to submorga tho original nnd logical purposo of tho high schools." Official stato Inspection, on tho other hand, Is weakest whoro tho othor Is strongest, and vlco vorsn. It is broader nnd moro Hbornl In Its scopo, it establishes .moro flexible and more logical courses of Btudy, It henrkons to tho voice of tho 90 por cont whoso nood8' nro tho groatdat, aud It Bhould not bo loss efficient over tho field which It is primarily appointed to cover. It Is argued that stato inspection would bo sat isfactory wore It not for political Influences. Tho nrKumont will scarcoly hotel ground when It Is shown that politic enn bo almost If not entirely eliminated In. tho ap pointment of high school inspectors. In Wisconsin, for Instance tho In spector Ib appointed by tho stato superintendent on tho bnsia of a civil sorvlco examination, and in Minne sota ho Is appointed by a high school board composed of tho stato superin tendent, tho president of tho stato unlvorslty, tho presldont of ono of tho state normal schools, and a city Buporlntondent of schools, in both of theso states tho systom of hlfeh school Inspection hns boon pro nounced a bucccss. It should bo un derstood that Inspection by tho stato does not procludo university insop" tlon for university purposos onty, and Indeed It has been demonstrated that this dun system la frequently a success. California has established prob ably the most rigid system of unlvor slty Inspection. Its high school courses, whllo nomlnnlly created by n high school board, nro In reality shaped by tho high school Inspector Tho superintendent of public Instruc tion for this atato says: "Thoro ought to bo moro supervision from some eourco Independent of tho unl vorBlty. It Booms to mo that some plan Independent of tho unlvorslty would allow pupllB to do moro thnn propnro for tho unlvorslty. Aa It la tho high school toachors scorn to think only of preparing for Inspec tion nnd for ontrnnco to tho univer sity. Most of the pupils do not nt tend tho unlversty, but thoy nro all subject to thoso conditions. Tho grind Is very henvy, nnd mnny big boys and glrla drop by tho wnysldo for tho reason that they aro growing too fasl to do tho work. And yet tho accrediting aystom hns built up mnny high schools nnd sent mnny Btudonts to tho university.'"' This 'a uniformly tho testimony 'of stato jmporlntondonts whoro tho nulvoralty oxorclscs aolo control. ' California, too, Is a Btnto which can Iny Just c.lnlm to tho control of Its public high Bchools for It furnishes about ono third of tlio total oxpenso of conducting thorn. In concluding this papor, tho nuth or deilres to quoto tho words of tho superintendent of public Instruction for .tho stato of Rhodo Island re garding tho matter of high school In spection. Ho says: "I boo no moro nood of InBpoctlon of, high schools thnn of olomontnry Bchools." Tho author honrtlly approvos of this vlow. Ho bollvoa, however, that tills Inspection should bo carried on un der tho dlroctlon of county superin tendents undor n reorganized county Hystom of supervision. In so far as high school inspection for Oregon Is concerned, tho nuthot bollovQ3 that tho stato should pro vide tho Inspector; that ho should bo appointed by a state high school board composed of tho stntp super intendent, tho president of tho stato unlvorslty, tho president of a stao normal school, and tho city super intendent of ono" of tho larger city school systems In tho stato; that the appointee should bo solocted soley on account of his fltnos for tho of fice; that ho bo undor tho direction of tho stato department of education and that ho bo appointed for a term of at least three yoars. Ho bollovea that this high school Inspector should Inspect all school In tho stato now doing work abovo tho eighth grade, that ho should recommend tho elemlnntion of such of theso as aro attempting moro than they can do, nnd do it well. Ho Is not opposed to unlvorslty Inspection within it's lim its, and ho Is confldont that tho unl vorslty can Inspect tho 35 schools In this state with entire satisfaction to nil concerned, voluntarily, and with out conflict with any systom of state Inspection that may bo estab lished. J. M. POWERS, Superintendent, Salem, Oregon. Don't Fail BigHj These lmwmm, j n , . New Corporations. May Holland Company; principal office, Povtland, Oregon; capital stock, $10,000; incorporators, R. B. May, T. V. Beckwlth and Claudo Strahan. New Notaries, W. B, Holllngsworth, Portland; Clyde O. Rice, Salem. o v To Introduce these new designs we will make special k prices on this "line SATURDAY AND MONDAY Just Received a new line of THEY ARE ALL NEW AND UP-TO-DATE Big Bargain in Our THE Ihmhhbhkxi Old Stock of Papers HOUSE FURNISHINQ Wall Paper f 0 in ram w STREET LAW HITS U. S. AND GERMANY I United Press Unsrd Wire.) London, Juno 20 Tho now Brit ish patent law which Btlpulntos that foreigners who obtain pntonts In Great Britain must manufacture thoir goods on British soil Is creating nn Industrial revolution horo. Gor man nnd Amorlcnn mnnufneturors nro hit tho hurdost by tho law and nro nlready making preparations to eithor opon factories In ISnglnnd or mnko arrangements whoroby English firms mnnufneturo tho goodB undor a systom of royalttos, Word from Bfcrlln statos that tho Gorman parliament is considering tho prospoct of retaliating mensuros. Tho now law goes into effect July 28, and many Idlo working mon In Enr- lnnd havo already obtalnod employ ment in fnBtorlos to bo oporatcd by forolgnors undor tho now law. aMWMABtoiMMaiiiMM PLANK OF REVISION OF TARIFF Donvor, Colo., Juno 2C. Accord ing to Norman Mnck of Now York, who Is horo after having had a con foronco with William J. Brynn, tho rovlslon of tho tariff will bo ono of tho main planks of tho Democratic platform, a rough draft of which ha J boon proparod by tho Nobrasknn. Tho platform also contains a strong nntl-lnjunctlon plank calcu lated to ploaso Snmuol Gompors and ( tho othor lnbor londors, n declara tion ror railroad rato regulations, n strong nntl-truBt platform and a' ! plank recommending tho ro-drnfting' of tho currency laws. CIIAlTFISUlt GOT $0000 MOM IIANKEII'S DAVCIIIK lUultHl I'rtM Imti ffr. San Frnnclsco, June 26,-Allep-tlons that Mrs. Hattle E. Bust, driughtor of tho Into John R. Wb!t noy, hanker and cnpltallit, lid tins Leland S. Gould, a yonnj ciinfftur $0000 with which to. nartbue ta nutomobllo, aro tho ttlk oi nxld; today, although tho court his Up!!; decided that Mrs. Durni loaned tit money to young Gould tad did ss( glvo It to him, Tho chnuffour created a seautta by producing wltnease In court,i testified that tho society am lovod him nnd had given him Jenli bgosldes tho money with which tl buy nn nutomobllo. Mrs. Burns said that she felt Intorost In Gould and loaned hint money co that ho could stirt In M noss for himself. The court dedird thnt ho uoltovod tbs tctUtnonj Mrs. Bums nnd awarded berajsir mont against Gould for IW. sMMMHIMikWkB IB ma WW If WW Ml tiHill WuuBW If B (tn J)i Wf Iff "Bishop's Ready Tailored Clothes" .Will satisfy you at first glance tint they are the only dollies for )' . SUMMER STYLES oopvmaMT io ir nt ukcii of MICHAELS-STERN FINE CLOTHING MicMAcia, arcim 4 ce. ' HOCHCtTIN, N. V, J 510.00 to $30. i Salem Woolen Mi 11 Store SALEM, OREGON aHtfMflHl' !-- S