Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-10
The Men I'm Charge.


university and the Ohio university was teacher in the Oregon
superintendent of the Eugene public
been the head Of Monmouth President French of the
Weston Normal school Oregon has Travelled Europe
culture He received
education graduated from normal
school, the head Chico Ca normal school, has served
Monmouth the Y Salt Lake. and
with the school since its organization President
Ashland Monmouth teacher
the Ashland school
that the
student body and graduates all over the state have each Of the
respective presidents of the norma Mr. Muey not only good
country school teacher Bethel neghborhood Polk but
than ordinary ability
state President Briggs of Drain normal school graduate of Mon
leading principal
the schools
years and has been offered place on the faculty of the Ashland normal
,,on rbov are ssec,od % all be hh oo, tra,n,n hn, od
universities the United specialists
state far beyond paid them The
school elected their
needs of the
for years would a
these
Inspirations this state is entering educational this
board under the new law finds impossible to all the schools
they turned them by their
munltes should rally
ing he 10 close the door OF single educational institution In this
professional lines
administration free from local without
would be bad policy when 1t monumental fact that the oregon
schools are in need of hundreds of teachers with professional equip
Brief Historical Review
When the normal schools established
still In undeveoped
schools in the state Outside of Portland
grade schools the smaller cities and the eighth grade school the
but three grade graduatons
rule From this material .h normal schools were supplied
with students this country supplied
with teachers with only brief institute
The properly
belonged necessarily required
include high past years
schools having from ten to twelve grades have been established all
Oregon There scarcely in not
carrying on or introducing high school grades district schools
he th grade ana some the tenth 1t Is only two years
Salem has maintained fully
legislation provides for county high schools
school population, system
smaller districts especially in n land
holdings large The law
high schools another
Of rural schools provides that
high school conveny
OF the rural schools assemble
o'h lith and lsth grades and possibly commercial
The Changed Conditions
The improved in the past five ten
formerly existed for doing
Inc higher grade public sehoowork the normal schools
All the higher branches taught the
to students who attend normal schools but there will
sy larger percentage attending the normal schools future who
have done thorough high
professional training the art of teaching
o s" SCHOOLS with one board OF regents having
centralized control possible
The pedagogy the theory
and practice of teaching
the higher
three years There given in addition opportunity
on through elective themselves
teaching training for teachers
equipment for their teaching must meet
Other Changed Conditions.
Not only the equipped meet the changed
conditions an EFFORT meet the changing
Of the country schools With number OF high
Schools the teachers schools colleges and un
versies will be
that few II teachers having the
equipment will be left for the smaller having graded or uu
graded schools None the secure
teachers having modicum OF training This
board has sought 10 the problem
graded country sehoo who shall of elementary
professional equipment The rural better teach
n are on'rns better pay more comfortable equip
ped school houses The Grange has ALWAYS
stood Tor the higher educational ideals is backing the
demand for the union high school, The
AK itself to secure for It's and daughters the
u the larger towns and cities To
schools this demand for the higher
hunlN thls state normal