The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-22
SUMMER SCHOOL OVER
MOST SUCCESSFUL IN HISTORY OF UNI
 YERSITY. ~
Last of the Exercises Indicated Scope of the Wosks--sreat Progress for Edu-
 cationsl Movements of All

Univertity. Ala. July Especially The last examination was concluded at 3so o'clock this afternoon and the fifth session of the University Summer School for Teach CTS was thereby brought to a close.
 For several days the students have been drifting away as their work came to an end until now only few remain on the grounds. After tomorrow at noon the quad rangeis and campus which for the past six weeks have been throusing with teachers and ringing with their voices will be de- serted until the. boys come in September for the regular session of the University
 Without reservation,A the summer school just closed icah be called the most success fui aof all that have been held It Is true that the senroliment of 2ss was slightly smaller than it. has been on several other occasions. yet this number is about as large as the present equipment af the University will saccommodate. Moreover. the students this year averaged higher than ever before in the grade of work taken.
 Of the total number enrolled, 13i pursued courses. simply for the improvement of their capacity as teachers. while 1s7 prepared for the state examinations for certificates. The number of applicants for life and first grade Iicenses was greater than ever before. there having been thirteen of the former ands sixty-seven of the latter. Sixty-seven
 hkeWtees sffeu TOT second HrAue,f Wnlto oniy twenty came up for the third grade.
 The faculty, selected as it was from the best known and most capable teachers of the State, was ample and efficient. Taken as whole. the corps of lecturers this year was the moot able and interesting that the Summer sepoel has yet had t consisted of President Edwin H. Craighead of Tulane University; pr. Samuel O schmucler. of the State Normal School of West Chester Pa. i; Professor Frederick D. Lesey of the Uni veSsity. of Alabama, and Dr. Nathan c. schaeffer. shperIntendent of Education of Pennsylvania. During the fourth week. members of the University Faculty and oth- CTS gave daily lectures. Tn addition there were several attractions of a purely enter, tainlng class. st
 Perhaps the most noticeable feature of the Summer School was the active interest taken In the educational matters of Ala bama- without doubt, this interest has giv- en a great impetus to the educational move ment In the. state Tn the first place. the Association, of Alabama Colleges held . joint melting with Conference on Second ary Education to consider matters of com mon interest to college and high, school During this gathering the educators wore seven.ieagns boots The most important steps taken. were. that the colleges raise their entrauee requirements as soon as pos- sible to the national standard of fourteen units. and that the high schools offer a four years course based on seven years of elementary work. ss preparation for the col. l leges. fa
 Before the conference adjourned. it re- solved itself into a permanent organization to be known as the Association of Alabama TIigh Schools. This Association in turn iH to have the teachers of the several branch 1 es grouped into divisions such as the Eng l lssh and the Mathematics divisions already | organized. which are to strive for the im' | provefnent of the instruction in the various | high school subjects, f.
 This cooperative activity on the part oi college and high school teachers cannot but resudt in good The high school field hav- | ing been clearly defined and the colleges | having agreed to raise their eurrieula. the | secondary teachers will be enabled to cul | tivate a broad field without having 1t en' croached upon by higher schools And thi | colleges and universities, knowing that ths | secondary work Is properly cared for. car | uphoid higher standards than heretofore | owing to this awakened interest in higi
 schools, the Summer School authorities, il mapping out the course of study for th'
 next season, will undoubtedly put in mum Der of branches primarily for seeondar' | teachers.