The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-02-24
ACKERMAN TALKS
ON SCHOOL'SDUTY
COUNTY TEACHERS HOLD MEETING
important Educational Questions Dis
OusSed aLd Suite Superintendent
Delivers Interesting Lecture.

Important Educational Questions Dis
OusSed aLd Suite Superintendent
Delivers Interesting Lecture.
In spite OF the poor condition of
the roads the teachers answered the
call of County Superintendent Il. 9.
Smith and large proportion OF the
Eeda9ogues of this county we're
present Saturday at the teachers
meeting of which two successful
sessions we're held at the High School
building. State superintendent j, h.
Acksrmsn was present at the meeting
and took part in the discussions,
tfering many helpful suggestions to
the tesoheTs engaged in the solution
of difficult problems Supt. Aoker-
man, who was accompanied on his
visit here by Mrs. Ackerman, arrived
Friday aud spent the day with Supt.
Smith visiting the city schools.
The Saturday morning session was
taken up with the discus ion of
whether the pupils of the primary
and intermediate grades we're better
Oft with one or several teachers and
the county corps OF teachers brought
up many interesting points In that
connection One Of the main features
of the afternoon session was a dis
oussiou of the normal school question.
All of the teachers we're OF the
opinion that the state OF Oregon
should give normal education to
its young men and women who wished
to be teachers. The fact was noted
that the lack of normal facilities now
will result in q great and increasing
scarcity of capable teachers in this
state until the time may come when
Oregon offers normal education as
good as the other states OF the
country. The questions which the
teachers bad sent Gin to Supt Smith
furnished material tor number OF
interesting discussions of matters
which are important in the admins
tration of the schools.
The meeting closed Saturday even.
ing with an interesting lecture to the
public by Supt. Ackerman at the
Methodist church. The subject OF
the address Was, "What May Reason
ally be Expected of the Public
Schools" Supt. Aokerman Is very
pleasing speaker and his excellent
talk was appreciated by the tew who
were fortunate enough to attend.
| In dealing with the matter of what
the public school should do, five
main points for the school to ao
complish were emphasized, AS the
first and basic point the child must
be taught to make an honest living by
honest work. That is the first thing
to be done for anybody to make them
a valuable members Of society.
People who are called lazy are really
not always what the term implies,
but they do nothing on account Of q
consciousness of their inetiioiency
The second point emphasized by
the educator was that the school must
give sufficient intel diligence for the
growing youth to understand his or
her position and duty ss a koitizen OF
a free state. There is duty OF each
citizen to the state and his fellow mao
which the school must make plain.
This idea should pervade the at
mosphere of the school room 30 that
1t really becomes an integral part OF
the character OF the pupil rather than
veneer added and learned by repeti-
tion. The result OF this training is
man Tested in patriotism which Is
really the training of a dormant bar
barian split to flow in the proper
channels. At this point Supt. Acker
man SPOKE of the "Hood River
spirit" for which this community is
noted and characterized il as typical
manifestation of community patriot
ism.
The lesson OF self restraint WAS
made third point, which the schools
should teach to the rising generation
The child should be taught to accom-
plIsh things but not to do them at
the expense of his neighbors.
1he fourth thing which the school
should be responsible tor in bringing
I'D the child ia the creation of an em
bition to do the best work Of the kind
and degree ot which he Is capable.
In connection with this the speaker
made a point that to his mind it was
not the Accomplishment of results but
the ettoIt put forth which really
counted and that the man who put
forth the greatest eff ort although he
may not have alta ined the greatest
r.suIts was really the greatest man.
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point, one which was dependent on
the success in the fist four, the
school, Supt. Alderman says, should
build up a chaoracter which can be
trusted every where and under all
circumstances 10 do the right thing
Inc proper valuation OF truth Is the
most important factor In making
good character.
In speaking OF the benefits OF the
high school the speaker said that the
fact that 1t kept the youth at home
when be most needed the Influence OF
home was great point In Its favor.
He said that the parent should take
more interest in the ohild and that
the curfew sho1ld be rung by the
father and mother in the home and
not by the marshal Ia the street ln
no cases where boy or gill IL
drifting into things they should not,
the (ault may be found to lie in the
home, according to Supt. Ackerman.
lie urged the parent to get accqualnt-
!, ed with the teacher as a friend and
not wait until there was some trouble
before meeting the teacher
In closing his remarks he said that
the everlasting ambition OF a person
should be to do his work better than
he bad ever done it before and not
merely do it we'll In order to beat
the other fellow.
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