The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-30
To Give Teachers Association
Great Power
AND HOW HE WOULD FIX IT
Election of officers at COncIu-
sion of Annual Meeting,


tory Of that body The total enrolment
OF members reached 49, Many departed
for their homes on the MONDAY trains
but the majority remained for the clos
ing session this afternoon and the gov
ernor's reception tonight which latter
constituted most delightful male to a
delightful season Of teacherIy getting TO-
gether.
The following program was carried OUT
on the last day:
Papers:
Choice Of Subject in Composition
Work, n. E. Butcher, superintendent OF
schools. Norman; What TO Teach in
/ Geography" Miss Matte Harris, Enid
I V. II. Durham superintendent OF schools
( Tecumseh, WHO Shall Design Our Edu-
/ cational System?" Professor F. A Hutto
! A. and NJ. college. Saltwater; How Can
/ the Public Schools Reach the Masses, %
! Miss Maud DeFou, Northwestern Norma
school. Ava: Miss Jessie o. Thatcher
/ Saltwater; F. c. Cakes. Okarche: Sup
/ erintendent Elect W. s Calvert. MulhaH
/ Education in the Light of Evolution,
/ n. D. Pike, superintendent of schools,
! Weatherford: English in the Grades. -
c. c. Brown, principal Of high schools,
! Guthrie; The Necessity for More Ad-
vanced Work in United States History in
/ Our Secondary and High Schools" J. S.
Buchanan, professor Of History Of Okla
homa
Presentation of flag to county having
! the greatest mileage.
Business meeting and reports of com
mittees.
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excellent papers read, which were strictly
professional in character. was the paper
my Senator Frank a Hutto, now a mem
Der Of the faculty Of saltwater A. and
NJ college on who Shall Design our
Educational System " He took the ground
that the teachers themselves should. In
an Incorporated assoclatonal capacity.
As such, they should go before the legls-
lature petitiOning for a system which he
proceeded to outline. Senator Hutto told
the teachers that any legislature would
recognize the fact that the teachers in
any request for school legislation would
have in view the public good solely and
that they had only to ask, TO receive
His plan is as follows:
This association meeting here from
year to year should be a corporate body
existing under and by virtue Of the laws
of Oklahoma territory, having all the
rights and privileges and responsibilities
Of any other corporate body in this terri
tory. The teachers of the county at their
annual meeting each year should select
delegates who would attend this associs-
ton in an official capacity. They should
be selected from among their own body
and when so selected and meeting annll-
ally here they should be the official body
Of this association. do not wish TO be
understood that this selection Of teach
ers would constitute the full membership
Of this body. All other teachers Of this
territory could belong to this organiza-
ton the same as now, but in making
this association working power or the
guiding hand for the system Of our edu-
cation the official part Of It should be dis
tinct from the social. moral and educa-
tional part. This official association. com
posed Of teachers selected as / have just
indicated, should meet here each year
and transact such official business as is
necessary for the development Of com
plete educational system throughout this
territory
tain changes m existing school regula- [
tions. He sad the holder Of a first grade I
certificate should be exempt from the
necessity Of taking periodical examina- /
tons; that his certificate should be re-
newed from year to year on HE county I
superintendents certifying the holders
attendance at the county normal insti- (
tute. he would take the selection or /
county superintendent out Of politics By 4
placing the matter IL the hands OF hold +
ers Of hrst-grade certificates in each 4
county. Senator Hutto urged one uniform /
course Of study for the whole territory. /
to be designed by a committee to be con-
stituted by the to-be incorporated asso- /
citation, which committee should also .
prescribe the courses OF study for the
higher educational institutions Senator .
Hutto then concluded:
ITO sum Up briefly this seemingly
radical reform means only. first that the 4
teachers shall prescribe what studies con-
sttute the currlcuia Or the common and +
high school and also what cur higher in
stiutons must teach before couferr.ng
degrees. and, second that the teacher.
ard he alone shall Sc clothed with pow
er 60 see thes courses carried CUT The
outline above IS the legitimate Geld for
this association 10 occupy L Sc the work
the people expect ~ Il ana uniess IS per-
forms rs whole duty u wsu Sc gwen 20
other hands Then who shall design CIR
educational system There can be but
one answer, The teacher. il order o. so
this be must nave complete control. T1e
legislature must give him thls and th.s
the laT-making p9wer viii 60 when ths
body - teachers. through It's oaaefsl
organization. this association. clearly and
manf1li7 tells The legislature what it
wants
An examinati,a n Applicant fc- irsti-
tp-e certificates nas hsi3 81 the arer-
n1on. thlrtT-avs applicants presentar
themssives The esual proportion or se--
ctsstul ones is about tro-thgrE
The Gag contest j. alnsys 81 crauog
episode soue yeags $50 jasper El9a o.
Oklahoma Cry. oGerzd aaE fr tla
couuty whose atteedance mal,sa
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