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coast ana lis bearing upon orr rcia.
TONS 70 the Orient. our rsspprsibiii.
ties In regard 70 maintaining the Mon.
roe Doctrine. It being his notion that
we do more than merely act tho part
of dog in the manager in our resa.
ton TO the South American republics.
and the fact that our nav position as
a world power makes it necessary for
US to- develop diplomacy. We do not
have enough diplomats to NETT the
international problems conforming us.
The Round Table for State and
county superintendent was conduct.
ed by State supt. T. G. Miiier, Of
West Virginia. and It was one of the
most interesting sessions of the meet.
ing. The general topic was The
Country School and Its Retirement"
Those taking part in the discussions
We're Miss Catherine Craig, State
supt, Colorado; j. W. Olsen, State
supt., Minnesota; NJ. Bates, Stephens,
State supt., of Maryland; Prof. Ar
thur H. Chamberlain, of California;
o. ]. Kern, Of Rockford, Illinois. and
c. P. Cary, State Supt., OF Wisconsin.
The topics considsred were Rural
School Supervision Course Of Study
for District Echools." Manual Train
ing in Rural Schools" and the con-
soifdated school and the new agricui-
ture.
The new Commissioner of Education
Dr.. E. E. Brown made his first appear.
ance on this programme with an ad.
dress on what Are the Essential
Subjects in the Elementary Course"
Among other things, he said, that the
fads of one age are the.necessities of
the next. The subjects we teach in
the schools have changed. bekause
the times have changed. The only one
which has remained permanent is that
OF morals and manners, which must
be recognized equally in the United
States, Mars, and the satellites of
Uranus. The three RS cannot hold
the field 10 the exclusion of the new
interests that appeal to all nations. 1t
is better to make men wise than to
fit them for any trade or line of work,
for to the wise man all lines are OBJ.
ened. We must recognize the. full
ness of life. believe that music is
almost as important in life as the
brain. believe its place in the cur
rlcllum is almost as important as the
multiplication table.
Supt. J. NJ. Greenwood, of Kansas
City, was inclined TO think TINT we ex-
pertinent too much, and that there
are certain essentials to which we
should give primary attt1tton. He
said he believed that the child should
learn a little about the people Of the
world, and understand that those on
the left bank of the Mississippi eat
three meals day just MS those on
the right bank do. Teach the things
that the child needs and then IL time
remains for music. drawing. catfstte.
MICS, very good. It is better to do
q few things wen than many things
poorly.
Another topic which created a great
deal OF interest was the "Qualifca-
ton and Training of Teachers" The
thought was that primary teachers
should have at least high school
education in scholarship. and in addi-
ton one to three years normal train
ing. 1t was stated that the weakness
of the normal school is that It places
too little emphasis upon scholarship,
and too much on method and tech
nique. The college places too much
emphasis on scholarship as a prepar-
alton for teaching, and ignores profess
sional training,
Prof. SuzzaIIo, Of Leland Stanford
Junior University, discussed the prep.
aration OF secondary teachers. He
said the superintendent of the coun.
try were largely to blame for the fact
that the high school courses OF study
are dominated by the colleges and
universities. He urged the superin.
tendents TO give more attention to the
matter Of fitting their high schools to
the needs of the community. He said
superintendent in the past had given
most of their attention to the develop.
ment of elementary courses of study
and left the high school to principals
and teachers who were dominated
largely with the idea that the high
school is primarily preparatory
school for college. He said in answer
to question as to the relation of
the diefrent parts of our school sys-
TEN that the elementary school is
not dictataed to by the high school.