The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-10-01

qualifications demanded of teachers
in the public schools are INCREASING
annually and particularly that in
saanv localities special preparation
is demanded of teachers. The idea
that anyone with d fair education
can teach school is gradually giving
way to the correct notion that teach
ers must make special preparation
for the vocation of teaching. The
higher standards demanded of teach
ers must lead logically to higher
salaries for teachers, and constant
efforts should be made by all persons
interested in education to secure for
teachers adequate compensation for
their work
8. 1t is the duty of the state to
provide for the education of every
child within its borders, and to see
that all children obtain the rudiments
of an education. The constitutional
provision that AL taxpayers must
contribute 10 the support of the pub
lie schools logically carries with it
the implied provision that no persons
should be permitted to defeat the
purposes of the public school law by
forcing their children, at an early
age, to become bread winners. To
this end the child labor and truancy
laws should be so harmonized that
the education of the child, not its
labor, shall be made the chief con-
Germ.
9. The National Education AssO-
citation indorses the increasing use of
school buildings for free vacation and
for free evening schools and lecture
courses for adults, and for children
who have been obliged to leave the
day school permanently. We also
approve of the use of school grounds
for play grounds and the use of
school gymnasiums and bath rooms
for the benefit of the children in the
crowded districts during summer.
10. Local taxation, supplemented
by state taxation, presents the best
means for the support of the public
schools, and for securing that deep
interest in them which is necessary
to their greatest efficiency. State
aid should be granted only as supple
mentary to local taxation, and not as
a substitute for it.
II. The National Education Asso-
citation observes with great satisfac-
tion the tendency of cities and towns
to replace large school committees
or boards which have exercised
executive functions through subcom-
mittees, by small boards which deter
mine general policies, but intrust all
executive functions to salaried ex-
perts.
u. We cannot too often repeat
that close, intelligent, judicious
supervision is necessary for all grades
of schools.
13. The rapid establishment of
rural high schools and the consoli-
dation of rural district schools are
most gratifying evidences of the pro-
gress of education. We believe that
this movement should be encouraged
until the children of rural communi-
ties enjoy the benefits of public
education to an extent approXimating
as nearly as practicable the education
furnished in urban communities.
Il. The National Education Asso-
citation wishes to record it's approval
of the increasing appreciation among
educators OF the fact that the build
the schools and the ultimate reason
for the expenditure of millions for
their maintenance. There are in the
minds of the children and youth of
today a tendency toward d disregard
for constituted authority, a lack of
respect for age and superior wisdom,
a weak appreciation of the demands
of duty d disposition to follow pleas
ure and interest rather than nbliga-
tion and order. This condition de-
mands the earliest thought and action
OF our leaders of opinion and places
important. obligations upon school
Summer complaints and other seri-
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all the time, but especially during
this month. Take Kodol whenever
you feel that you need it. That is