Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-08
NEW NOTE RUNG
BY EDUCATOR
FEARS NATIONAL SUICIDE IN
THE SCHOOLS
"STARVE COLLEGES; sTARVE
PEOPLE," SAYS CANADIAN
Alleged Book Trust Promises to Be
Big Factor at Denver Teach-
ers' convention-EIee-
tion Today
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DENVER, July 7-"National suicide
lies in the direction of belittling the
teachers.
IF the future is to be satisfying as
a nation, the teacher must be regarded
as a leader and not as teacher of
letters.
"starve the colleges; starve the peo-
ple''
This advice from James w. Robert
son, president of Macdonald college,
ste. Ann de Bellevue, quebec, was
given to the members of the National
Educational association today.
Mr.. Robertson spoke before a general
session of the association in the audi
torium. He said that the agricultural
schools must be more closely allied with
the rural schools to bring about the
desired end of keeping the boys on the
farm.
Viewpoint Questioned
"And it is not a matter of a little
education being dangerous" said the
speaker; Its the vast remaining ig-
norance that hurts the farmer of to-
day. He wants a little education, but
he does not want to pay He doesn
want more education because he thinks
his son will leave him. This is where
he is wrong, because, If the son knew
more, the farmers acres would be
worth more"
Dick ]. Crosby of the United States
department of agriculture pleaded for
a closer relation between the rural
schools and the community. He wanted
to shift the emphasis from three RS
to good cooking and the ability to make
fences where required.
r.. T. Fairchild, superintendent of
schools of Kansas; Ashley Vanstorm of
the Iowa Agricultural school and M
J. Abbey of the North Dakota Agrl-
cultural school also were speakers.
Old Controversy Again
The old controversy between the
university and the normal school as
to whether the latter is able to MT
men and women for teaching came up
again in the meeting of the normal de-
partment
Samuel e. Harwood. superintendent
of the training school in the Illinois
normal school, Carbondale, Ill, took up
the defense of normal training with
the assertion that training and OBJ
servation will give to a prospective
teacher the necessary foundation Tor
a teachers education.
G r. Robertson of the New York
normal school, Cortland N. Y, spoke
also on this side of the question.
Book Trust Feared
Henry G. Williams, dean of the state
normal school at Athens, Ohio, spoke of
the normal school as a place for train
ing teachers. He declared that the
name does not make the school place
for the training of teachers any more
than the title of professor" makes one
an educator.
Allegations of allegiance to the book
trust cropped out this afternoon in the
campaign for president of the asso-
citation when it became known that j.
Y. Joyner, state superintendent or
South Carolina schools, would be a can
didate Some of DR.. Joyner's friends
announced that their fight would be
against the book trust, and that their
efforts would be to defeat Ben Blewett,
superintendent of schools of st. Louis,
and J. II. Phillips, superintendent of
schools of Birmingham, Ala.
Election Due Today
The failure of the project to place
Elmer f. Brown. United States COM
missioner of education, in the presi-
dency is said to be due to the book
trouble" Mr.. Brown declined the hon
or rather than become identified in
fight with the so-called octopus"
The election of officers will take
place tomorrow noon.