The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-01
TEACHERS PASS
RESOLUTIONS
Tell oil Things they Think Could be
Done TO Advantage for Educa.
ION in Staae and Ask Help.

III the interests of education in the
! state, copies have been sent out OF
= resolutions adopted last week by the
TEACHERS institute at Carson CITY
lhese resolutions were as follows:
AT THIS time of rapid educational
progress In Nevada, Il is fitting that
the teachers here assembled declare
thelr attitude touching important edu-
catlonal policies, and TO that end yonf
: committee submits the following res
olutlons for consideration:
we hereby express our appreciation
90, a. education taken by
me last legislature and congratulate
the state upon the important and. nro-
gresslve legislation enacted. The svs-
! tenn OF supervision adopted for fbe
, state Is well adapted to its needs and
VIII IN time confer great benefit An
the schools.
we WISH TO emphasize -
the need for better proff prep
aratlon on the part of 'he 'ea'nels'
In order that our schea 30 may attain
10 the highest standaa "a ,A'e.,ei'0e :
and to this end WEE iavoi the USE Oh
appropriate means4 ~" Pieese our
support to the late board OF educa-
ton and IN tre district superintend-
lents in thaif effort to increase the
efficiency - our schools by requiring
higher edncations and professional
ENGAGEMENTS on the part of teachers
II the schools are to attract into their
: service the most capable young men
and women, in sufficient numbers,
and retain them when they have be-
come highly efficient, the salaries
must be reasonable. With the cost
of living as high as 1t is now, the sal
aries are too small. The demand is
for better service and for better SER
vice there must be better pay.
As means to more efficient work
on the part of teachers we advocate
the systematic reading of the litera.
ture of their profession and the at.
tendance upon Institutes and summer
schools.
We recommend that there be ap-
pointed a committee of the state
teachers association to confer among
themselves and with the teachers of
| the state concerning the feasibility OF
establishing an educational journal
and to report at the next meeting OF
the state association.
| For high schools employing at least
three teachers, we recommend a four
years course. We also recommend
that sufficient money be appropriated
by the several school boards for an
adequate equipment of laboratories
and libraries.
| Whereas the percentage system of
grading pupils is necessarily burden
some to the teacher and tends to
create false notions in the minds of
the pupil, we recomend the letter
system of marking for adoption by
the schools of this state.
We congratulate the state upon the
happy relations existing between the
public schools of this state and the
university, articularly as this is made
evident by the cooperative spirit and
participation of several university
professors in the work of this instit-
lutte.
We congratulate the people of Car
|son City upon their school building,
Imodern, attractive and well adapted
Ito its educational use: and we rec
lommend that other districts secure
lgood building plans providing proper
lly for space, heating, lighting, venti-
'ilation and sanitation, and at the same
thine not neglect the artistic side.
i The movement inaugura ed in this
Jour first district insutate has been
|Ihighly successful. The regular at
| tendance of Superintendent Ring
iIgladdened the hearts of his many
friends ap6 we wish to assure him of
the high respect and affectionate re-
card in which he is held by the teach
NJ and people of the state and to de-
q Ielare our loyalty to his leadership.