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censure from persons closely allied with
the educational ins itutions, challenged
the policy in force and pointed out its
defects. Mr.. Vaught, to avoid the ac-
cusation of making any personal attack,
said:
Not a Personal Flight.
.'I have no fault to find with any man
or woman connected with any of the
higher institutions. They are scholarly
and worthy; yet l feel that the time has
come when plans which were necessary
ten years ago are not necessary now"
Mr.. Vaught began with the university
at Norman, saying:
"The policy of the university, / un-
derstand, has been and is now to gradu-
ally dispense with such preparatory de-
partment and eventually rass only tic
college course proper. We believe that
this should be done, and we believe II
the university were to adopt this plan
at once that the number Of high school
graduates asking for admission to its
doors would double at the beginning OF
the next year"
Intended for a High School,
The Tonxawa university preparatory
school Is a high school and was never
intended to be anything else. Yet its
management is open to criticism The
school has made an attempt to get out
of its class by practically refusing tc
be considered a high school and aspiring
to compete for collegiate honors with
the state university. 1t has further re-
fused to recognize the high schools in
its class by refusing TO allow its profes-
sors to appear upon programs of this
| association in the high school depart
ment.
1T also seems to me that the relation
does not exist which should exist be-
tween that school and the state uni
versity. TO be plain about it. and tC
leave no room for misunderstanding
l desire to say that the preparatory
school and the sttae university should
have the same board of regents and
the same president should direct the work
of the preparatory school who presides
over the state university. It, further
more. should be content to prepare pu.
pills for the state university, the only
purpose for which it was created.
Two Preparatory Departments.
why maintain a preparatory schoo
at Tonkawa and a preparatory depart
ment at Norman? Either the TonkowI
school was intended for a preparatory
| school for the state university or II wa.
| intended as a local high school for tina
particular part of the territory. If the
latter case be true. why not have ter
| ritorial aid for our county and city higl
school?
The normal schools, over the sigma
lures of their respective presidents, sa!
that they have no preparatory depart
ments. Their statements, so far as
am concerned, are conclusive They all
however, admit that they maintain sub
normal departments and practice schools
ranging in enrolment from forty-five t,
lI5. These practice schools are unde
the direction of competent instructor
| and the senior students are required L
to certain amount of actual teach
ing under the supervision Of the directo
of the practice school
The Normal Schools Demands.
1T is insisted by the normal school
that their graduates should have prac
tice in every grade from The first 10 tn,
eighth in order TO make efficient teach
ers in tho different grades. but if som,
| Of these graduates desire to make higl
school teachers, il seems that a small
high school for practice purposes shoul,
also be maintained; and, inasmuch a