Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-12
Would Have Schools
Cooperate With
Normal
ael;eves Training Department Should
30 Part Of Lswiston's Public
School System.

At the annual meeting of the board
II regents OF the Lewiston state norm
Al school today, President Black pre-
sented his annual report, in which he
recommends cooperation between the
nublic schools and the training de-
partrnent OF the state normal school.
His views on this question are as fol-
lows
"An Important matter for consid-
Grafton at this time is the establish
ment OF proper cooperative relations
between the training department OF
this school and the grade work Of the
city. The Training Department is to
us q necessity as It is necessity to
all normal schools. On this bases we
must maintain it following policy
which will make 1t the central feature
Of our work. But while we maintain
this department for our own purposes
first, we may, by establishing a proper
basis Tor cooperation with our city
system. make our training school q
decided benefit to Lewiston both edu-
cationally and financially and this may
be accomplished without increasing
our own financial responsibility.
"This cooperative plan will be
found to exist for mutual advantages
in every city where state normal
schools Of approved standard are To-
Gated It is my purpose to call your
attention to the typical plans adopted
in some cities and to propose plan
for cooperation with this city sys-
tenn.
How Plan Works Elsewhere.
"At Ellesburg, WASH, the conditions
Of which might be compared to those
existing here. the state normal school
CO. operates with the city and accepts
10000 children from that part OF the
city nearest the state normal building.
This arrangement has saved the city
the cost Of building and maintaining q
ward school. The city allows the
normal school the pro rata on the chill
dren accommodated and this money Is
used to defray part OF the expenses
OF the normal training school. This
plan has been working for some years
and has been found wholly satisfactory
to both school and city.
At Dillon, Mont. a somewhat dif-
ferent plan Is followed. mention Y
because II IL type. but my judgment
Is that It Is not well adapted to oul
present conditions. The same plar
has for years been working In Normal
ILL.,, where one of our best Norma
schools II situated. In these cities tn
schools are administered and directe'
by the state normal schools locates
there. This administration covers al
educational work. The local schoo
board controls the financial admins
tration. The supervisor of the train
Ing department II the acting superin
tendent OF the city schools. The con
ditions existing In the cities referre
to were such that both school and tow
have gradually worked together Q
each rose from small beginnings an
the systems though now large are we
administered and cooperative becaua
they have grown together. The resu
has been 4 great saving financial
to both school and city and each cit
has much better school system tina
would otherwise be possible.
AT Providence, r. l.. IL anoth'
type. The Rhode Island state norm
school has charge Of two grades
each ward school and the basis is G
operative both finsncially and educ'
tionally
Believes u Would Work We'll hss
Looking into the conditions exia
ing now IN Lewiston, ! believe that q
following plan could be adopted
great mutual advantage and index
should now be adopted both BY .
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