Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-28
HELP FOR. DULL STUDENTS
President of Central Teachers Asso
citation Makes Plea for Them.
i, BRIGHT STUDENTS NEED NONE
Also Advises Teachers to Les the
Fake schools Alone and to Look
to the Corners of
Teaching.

II. r. Read. president of the Central
Commercial Teachers association, made
plea for dull students Friday morning at the
opening session of the annual convention
nNEd in Boyles college. He said that the
Eight students do not need very much at
tention, but the duh students should be
helped.
Mayor Dahlman welcomed the teachers
and extended to the visitors the keys of the
city. He had hearty words of praise for
Omaha and said that the people here en-
ploy themselves In building UP and not In
tearing down and that the commercial coll
leges did great deal in helping build up
any city. He stated that. although can
didate for governor, he would try to avoid
talking about politics, He asked the young
women in the association to look around
and see the advantages of locating In
Omaha, while he said that he would like
g AVE the men go into the western coun-
try and build It up, in order that Omaha
might be the commercial center Of the
west.
b. II. williams of Des Moines replied to
Mayor Dahlman's address and said In part:
> = II assure you, Mr.. Mayor that IL ia
gratifying to us and the interests we rep
resent, to be officially greeted and well
coined to the aggressive city of Omaha or
this occasion. You have reason, sir, to
speak enthusiastically OF one OF the great
est OF the unions commemorative. The
broad prairies OF Nebraska, all tributary
to Omaha, are making of this one OF the
greatest Of the midwestern cities. You havS
here every advantage that men need tS
build firmly and greatly. and it is a pleas
ure to us who, although actively engaged
at points more or less remote from here
know something Of your progress-I saS
: It is gratifying to US to have evidence o.
your civic development"
Help the Weak.
THE DUH student should receive a bis
share OF the attention in our meetings.
said President Read in his annual address
1.-The bright student can. take care OF him
self. teacher or no teacher. Our excellen
contests in typewriting and rapid csloula
tion are apt to center our attention upol
the prodigy, The good student needs lit
tie attention. but the poor we have al
ways with us. Let us not forget the stu
II dents who get 100 in their lessons only b!
virtue of making 90 In arithmetic and 4
\ in spelling. They are the ones who nee
our time and attention
Let as leave the fake schools alon
ann let them attack themselves. w,
haven't time to do more than notify tn
magazines individually that we will begi
to use their sheets to start fires with /
{ oNst don't stop publishing the ads O
thhty-day shorthand schools Let us de
vote no time 10 plans TO secure specis
Legislative sanction to those institution
that can persuade a board OF regents I
y grant them special diplomas and a halo.
THE weak point In the majority of GU
business colleges, as 1 see it. is In IN
corners. We teach bookkeeping shor,
hand and penmanship all right. but w
don't teach the little ODDS and ends OF OF
flee practice. How many OF our student
can file letters 80 they can be foundY
~oRt understand why n student who ca
90 word in the dictionary can't nj
l@tsAl Ahabetieally by the same mstho,
w the absolute Ignorance OF many ,
our young people on this point Il saous