MELORANDUM TO

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION FACULTY
March 29, 1945

Some months ago I presented a communication to the Faculty of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, raising some fundamental educational yuestions. I should
now like to ask some questicns of the School of Education Faculty and to present
some suggestions concerning the problems and policies of the School of Education.
I do so with no assurance at all as to what the answers are, or as to the direc-
tion the School should take. I do know that these questions are not new, and
that they have been often discussed; but I do not know what, if any, conclusions
have been reached by the Faculty. These questions are matters for your decision.
But they must be faced courageously and aggressively.

I, How can we attain the acknowledged leadership in the field of

education in this state?

We do not now have it, We have distinguished members on

this Faculty, but we are not a aistinguished school, What

steps can we take to assume the keystone position in the field

of education?
II. Why do we not have & better demonstration high school, which is
the chief laboratory of your school?

A. What is it demonstrating and to wnom? What teachers come
here and from wnat fields to see the latest in pedagogical
methods?

B. How many of you have ever inaugurated or participated in
experimentul educational problems in this laborutory of
yours? How many have been in the high school building in
the past year? What are your future objectives for it?

How do you propose to attain them?