Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-10
THE NORMAL SCHOOL SITUATION IN OREGON


and political campaigns than whether shall
normal schools The result of the agitation discussion has
generally keep
them the stae justice the the public schools
establish and maintain one or two large weequpped Institutions either
two much larger than school the state The
location of such school schools would be bone Of contention
The presence in the of secaan schools where
normal training classes the
mand for state normal schools.
What Are the General Facts
Late compilations of statistics show that practically state and
territory maintains normal schools for the training Of teachers for the
public schools Taking
each student enrolled the United thousand
the OF the state The statistics further that
while the bulk of American SCHOOL children
schools these
a
oregon schools the State Grange has made demand that
additional facilities be the teachers who
teach the country schools with professional
To cover this need one of the first steps of the state normal school
board adopt resolution calling the preparation
Of study to be introduced high
intend
regular normal school training would introduction
the professional experience to be acquired later both by actual teaching
and further study of the science local
boards control of the control
or and better results in public esnon We need No on5 soc
schools training
thorough training of more elementary for the
graded country school
Board.
Immediately assembling the Normal Board
appointed by Chamberlain, steps inventory
the
each schools liabilities presidents
and secured from them plans
conference of those officials with
IN uniform all the
In the of excoun
virtually rendered the Office
cessful and school administration county
two successful school fairs which nearly all the school children
county participated industrial
having held the first
e adoption OF new law recurring an annual conference OF such
school officers to better and uniform school administration
New Adopted.
Under the rules adopted the four normal schools OF will
only uniformity professional
ormy OF book keeping purchase OF supplies and employment all
teachers through committee management
all tuition,
normal school fund and be dbursod through the
secretary acting as the business manager and purchasing agent OF the
board with such system is going be possible relieve
1ho socre,ory's ogcc and nrongS uo h, ~, ", r,, ,
nominal amount Of
s12 will saving accomplished
expended entirely in the work OF preparing
teachers public equipment
handling about 1000 students
full capacity rough estimate indicates training
number OF persons for school teachers be
uoaS per capita per year ana surely when the state that
the of its orphans properly
of its school teachers In opinion
women should be given teachers training course In the high
schools OF the state each
Of the Plants
property new law amounts to nearly
twohunded thousand dollars aud consists of buildings
poses lands libraries and apparatus At each of the schools the public
sehoo children are used as training material for the
absorbed
public the training department Of the
normal school This believed possible results a
Of teaching IN actual practice The nvento Of S No & S % % a ' m
at the first session OF this board show following
school property belonging 10 the
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besldes desks tables
school Zach Institution has library
sdagogy Psychology and the practice OF
teaching including hundreds students In class
ultimate design %
he books supplies spending their time IN
prepan themselves for the teaching
has placed the work OF scientifically reading
oopa under the direction OF the state library Cogs
students