The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-02-18
DEMAND
For Two Normal Schools In
Northern Ohio
(By Mary II. Lee, press correspond
ent Ohio State Improvement
Federation.)

Five thousand recruits annually
enter the teaching procession inf Ohio.
A very large per cent. leave the
school as pupils in the spring to en-
large per cent. are withouC profess
sional training. They have not ac-
quired the art or the science of i'm
parting information. They are eag-
er and anxious to excel but lack ef-
ficiency. Many school boards refuse
to employ unskilled teachers. AS
boards increase in intelligence their
demands for trained teachers in
crease. They know chat sincerity
and goodness are silver but efficiency
is the alchemist that transmutes /,
into gold. The state compels child
to spend part of it's life in school
1t should protect him by making
these years so valuable that he rec
ognizes them as a profitable invest
ment for himself and the state. The
lcdCncT SllouIu llhCWloG DS PloICSI7
ed by being provided with the means
for securing that training which will
enable him or her to meet the re-
quirements of boards of education
and the patrons of the school. Ev
erywhere cry is going up for agrl
cultural, domestic, science and indus
trial training in our schools. Thii
need calls for skilled teachers. The
state should provide within its Dor
ders opportunity for the teacher tt
acquire the kind of training the time
demand. 1t has been found that
majority of the students of colleges
and universities are drawn from
radius of fifty miles of the institu
tion. Ohio has two normal college
in the southern part of the state an
teachers college in the centra
part She owes to northern Obi
the debt she has paid the souther
and central sections. Educators, bus
mess men, farmers are urging cha
two normal schools be established /
northern Ohio. Mr.. Lowry of Henr
county has bill, No. A, which pre-
vides for this. 1t has the endorse
ment of the state school commission
er and educators generally. Th
Lowry bill provides for commissio
of five, appointed by the governol
who shall serve without compensf
tion, but whose necessary travelin
expenses shall be paid; no membe
of the commission to be PERSONAL
or financially interested in any sill
determined upon. Said commissio
is to select suitable locations, lant
or land and buildings and secure Of
) tions on same. Not later than d
cember 1, 1910, the commission sha
transmit it's findings to the governt
: for his approval. After the gener
assembly approprlates the money fl
: sites and buildings the govern'
: shall appoint for each normal scho
Il a board of trustees of five mempe
X who shall perform the duties usua
: ly devolving upon such board.
J. Mr.. Shankland, chairman Of T.
/; committee on common schools h
d measure for raising school rev
IS nues that has many meritorions fe
d lures. He Is anxious to have peoT
l. Interested investigate the measu
d and suggest any changes that W
d make it good instrument. Schc
IS men are opposed to giving up +
le mill levy unless a substitute can
re found that will yield as much re'
in nue.. be as permanent and increa
e. automatically with the ability Of
t, state to pay increases. as the prese
ID mill levy,