The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-05-01
Give the Country Boy and Girl a
Chance.

Normal. W. A. Beer, Supt. Of Clarion
county, vas chosen chairman. After
singing America and prayer by Prof
Ballentine Of Clarion Normal, the ques-
ton, "What shall the teacher be?' was
taken mp. Papers written hy RE.Helet,
Prof Weich, J. NJ. Myers, and J.LPinks
were read, showing that the teacher
should be li,erateur, a scientist, an his
torian and goographer. After the pa
pers were read, ttey were discussed by
members Of the institute. State Supt.
Jones Of Indiana aidreSsed the audience
in a few words, after which the in titute
adjourned until evening.
The evening brought a large and appre-
ciative audience, The program was be-
gun by cantsta, "Our Country" bX the
children of the Clarion public schools
under the direction of Miss Davis, music
by the male quartet and 10y Prof. Boyden
and Miss Mafiet. The audience then
sang song entitled "The High School
For All.' This song was the keynote Of
the meeting, and sung to the tuno of
Hold the Fort,' aroused much enthusi-
asm.
Supi, Jones then was INTRODUCED. He
preiaced his address by contrasting the
high school system of Penp'a with that
OF Indiana. The latter has over fourteen
hundred high schools and provides for
the students TO go thru the Universities
kept up by the State. Every child who
does not live near high school must be
sent to hi.h school of four years above
his common school course. Nearly every
township has high school. Indiana is
the foremost state in the union in the line
of high school system. Penu'a has only
! about three hundred high schools and
the child's education at the expense of
the state ends with the high school, Alter
sh6wingthe need for an awakening in
Penn'aso that the country children should
be given chance to go higher than the
common country school, Supt. Jones
then gave the address of the evening,
"rhe Teacher Must he Master" In his
speech he said that all the people of the
world, regardless of their civilization,
have had some system of education pecu-
/ liar TO themselves. The nude barbarian
was as much interested in his aim as we
are. In China they say to their boys,
they do not educate their girls, "You
must reverence your ancestors, and you
must become acquainted with the teach
ings of Confucius, but before all you
must reverence your ancestors. The
Chinese say duty, the Greeks, beauty, is
the aim of education. France says to her
boys aud girls that the highest thing that
a state can do for them is to give them a
trade. Every French boy and girl is
taught to do one or more things with
their hands. I'VE could go thru the his
tory of the world and find that every
race of people has thot out its own saliva
tion; how they have gone up and gone
down, simply because Of their aims of
education. Now we, being younger, had
the advantage of studying these different
views, discarding the bad and taking up
for example the good; throwing aside
the views by which so many fell We
have said that the teacher is different
from any one else, and should be given
an education different from those who do
not intend to follow the profession. The
minister, doctor, lawyer, musician must
ha 0N cd 10 szf
work, and the same must be true of the
teacher. The teacher who only believes
in the "three RS is no longer permit ed
in the ranks. We must teach science,
manual training, music, and everything
by which to advance the child and put
him in perfect harmony with the whole
world. The man who did everything for
himself has passed away, and now as the
world advances we find that the,tendency
is for each to make a specially of one or
more things"
THE HIGH SCHOOL QUESTION.
The Friday morning session was de-
voted TO the study of the High School
Question. Prof. L. L. Hines, Principal
of Clarion High School, opened the dis
cussion, "Uniformity of High Schools" Z"
A general discussion followed. The fact
that many people do notunderstand what
is meant by High School was set forth
by an Illustration by Prof. Carothers of
Emlenton. He said he had talked to a
school director who thot that the school
building two stories high was "High
School" The difference between the
High School and Elementary School is in
matter and method. In the latter the
subjects must be those upon which the
senses can act, while in the former the
forces which act in the production of the
subject must be unified-the energy
which runs thru the subject must be seer
reason must be made prominent.
The so-called High Schools OF Penn'i
have no uniformity in their courses
Many Of them have only two or thre,
branches above the common ones. #,
say, 81 " graduate ofa Penn'a Higl
School," means nothing. The cours
should be such that the above statempn
could be made with pride.
When the subject had been thorough,
discussed, a motion was made that meas
ures be taken TO form an association 70
the promotion ofsecondary schools. Tb
motion was carried, and steps taken 70
its organization. The constitution, pre-
viously drawn up. was amended an
adopted. The name chosen was, 9Th
Western Penn'a Association for the pro
motion Of Secondary Schools. A com
mttee on permanent organization wa
appointed consisting of Pres. W. II
Crawford Of Allegheny College, Supt. j
NJ. Berkey Of Johnstown, Prof f. /
Carothers of Emlenton.
All persons actively engaged in educa