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...cried, in effect: What about Author Christopher Morley? What about David R. Porter, international secretary of the Y. M. C. A.? What about C. H. Foster, long U. S. Consul at Vienna? And Charles D. Mahaffie, director of Bureau of Finance of the Interstate Commerce Commission? And John James Tigert himself, U. S. Commissioner of Education? These and many another Rhodes Scholar are as well known as able President Aydelotte, or should be. Rhodes Scholars have distinguished themselves right and left?unless "running the country" be taken to mean the somewhat vulgar occupation of politics...
...Commissioner of Education (John James Tigert) asked questions of his statisticians and made a statement about that sphere of U. S. life upon which he was appointed to keep an eye. Figures...
...Drake of Indianapolis phrased the same idea more poetically: "A school is a 'child garden,' to translate a German term. An expert gardener should know the peculiarities of each species of plant he tries to keep growing in his garden." U. S. Commissioner of Education John J. Tigert discussed the drawbacks of democracy: "It is quite clear that democracy which has breathed so much vitality into the schools of the present generation, may be carried to the point where it will become an evil which can be equaled only by the good it has accomplished...
...Washington John James Tigert, U. S. Commissioner of Education, has a commodious office, a magnificent desk, a most comfortable desk chair. Some idea of how much enjoyment he gets out of these furnishings was gained last week from his published annual report. This showed that, during 1925, he had traveled 48,444 miles, spent 137 days "in the field" (including Sundays), conducted four national education conferences, addressed 25 national associations, three regional associations, 12 state associations; officially visited three state education departments; visited and addressed 15 colleges and universities, six summer schools, three high schools; made five commencement addresses...
Officer of the N.C.E.E.B.A.S.S.: Dr. Ballou, permanent President. Members: Hon. John James Tigert, U. S. Bureau of Education; Dr. Thomas E. Finegan, onetime Pennsylvania superintendent; Elliot H. Goodwin, U. S. Chamber of Commerce; Ernest Greenwood, District of Columbia education board; Professor George D. Strayer, Columbia University; John H. Beveridge, National Education Association...