The Globe-republican., 1909-07-22
NORMAL SCHOOL
DODGE CITY HIGH SCHOOL
ADDS TEACHERS TRAIN.
ING COURSE.
|GRAOUATES TAKING COURSE
Will Get Certificates Good All
Over State. State Will
Share Expense.

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sire TO teach will have the benefit in
the future OF preparing themselves
here at home, 30 that they will have
the necessary training, and 50 that
they will have a certificate good any
where ia tue state The Normal
training couree, which has bt Ell estab-
liShed by the state for high schools
approved by the State Board OF Edn-
cation, will be put in the Dodge City
high school this year, and the Juniors
and seniors OF the high school may
enter The class and receive the same !
training that they would receive at
the State Normal. Should any Of them
wish to study further in the State
Normal they will be accredited with
two years work done in the high
school here, so that the complete
course ut the Stote Normal would
take only two years. This work was
laid out for the State Board Of Z iuca-
tion by the last legislature, and ninety
niue schools in the state have been
approved by the state board for the
conls Sc, Dodge City being among the
number.
The Dodge City high school will
receive $500 from the state toward the
expense of this course. and it is prob
able that an extra teacher will have to
ba employed to take charge Of the
work. Under this system, any young
person of Ford county may fit him
self, or herself, fer teacher without
leaving The county, and hold certlf-
cate that will be recognized by any
county in the state. With this addition
to the regular high school course,
Dodge City and Ford county will
have excellent educational advan
tages.
The question Of more room is one
which will come up in the near future
for the Board OF Education to settle
here. With this addition the high
school will probably crowd the third
ward school building, and it is only q
question Of a short time until another
ward school building will be needed
but in any event this was to be expect
ed in growing town like Dodge
, City. In fact the schoul buildings
have not been hardly sufficien for the
| past three years
There are lot Of young people in
the comfy who should take advantage
Of this high school, especially as the
Normal training course is to be added,
and the high school attendance ought
r to be increased rapidly. The new law
7 is intended to give advantages to the
pupils all over the county as well as
, to the towns where the schools are
8 located. In fact more Of the young
! people from the outside schools are
Q likely to take a vantage OF the teach
ers' training course, than the young
$ people Of the towns.
} 1t will be important that arrange
! ments be made in Dodge City, elthti
4 by the club method, or by some other
. so that pupils from the district schools
I can secure inexpensive board while
8 attending school here. Snch arrange
; ments are made in all school towns
0 and ii causes many to complete school
where they otherwise could not.
The Board of Education here hal
taken no action as yet regarding ,h'
. new course to be ADDED to the higf
school. Some Of the members anc
the Superintendent have discussed th,
q matter privately, but no decision hal
3 been made regarding the extra room
q needed or the extra instructor.