Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-02-05
TEACHERS OF
COUNTY MEET
ONE HUNDRED GATHER AND EX
CHANGE IDEAS ON VARIOUS
SUBJECTS.
Sessions Are Being Held in the High
School Building.

The Kootenai County Teachers as
ISOLATION met today in the high
school building and nearly one hun
bred teachers OF the county were
present. The gathering was presid-
ed over by County Superintendent
o. r. Shern, and the forenoon was
filled with interesting discussions.
The first on the program was a
paper on Development in Numbers"
by Margaret Smith of Post Falls, and
it was an excellent production in
thought and ideas This was fol-
lowed by Miss Anna Fulton of this
city, who discussed the subject "In-
terrelation of History and Litera-
tue" and this, too, was paper that
advanced thoughts which were prac-
ticable and valuable to every in
structor within the hearing of her
voice.
o. Q. Martin followed with paper
on "Penmanship in the Public
School," and the speaker demon
strated that he has thorough
knowledge of the study in question
and gave some good thoughts to
mediate over as also did F. c. CO.
pen of this city, who spoke on Writ
ten Examinations"
Immediately after dinner J. H.
Frazier, principal of the high school
in this city, gave most valuable
paper on the subject Self Realiza-
ton" and it being of SO great value
to the teachers in general, a part
of the talk is given as follows:
As a teacher and citizen l be
lieve that we should have a law put
ting into our state curriculum a
study of our own state, its history
its development, and what it stands
for today l believe that pupils
should be taught that which directly
concerns them so that when they
go out into the world they may be
fitted to be good citizens in every
sense of the word. However, in
putting in this extra study | know
that our schools already require too
many subjects. This is an objection
and a serious one, but such an i'm
portant subject as the one DEALING
with the workings of our own stat
government should be taught eyei
though we should be compelled t
combine it with reading or elimin
ate some other study
l also believe there is an urgen
need for a new system of grantin
teachers certificates. At present
teacher, in many instances, is CON
PEELED to take examinations in SUI
jects which he does not teach. Tn
is not only a waste of time to tn
school and the teacher alike, but
does not give any evidence the seho'
board and the superintendent ca
rely upon in choosing teachers. III
reason why SO many teachers get Sc
ond and third grace certificates
that the law makes no distinction
in the requirements for teaching
the high school or the grades.
teacher should take an examinati'
in the study or studies he inten
TO teach and as soon as he wish
take in other studies.
In mentioning seK-reali9ation
do not refer to physical deveiopme
but to the cultivation of the lima
being which controls the better eh'
acter. believe this realization
only come through the training
the mental faculties
The reward to the graduate
class is their diplomas which sh
that something has been accompli
ed-that four years Of high sch
study or eight years of gramn
work has been in some manner g
ten through with. To the teael
the reward lies mora deeply.
permeates his very being. 1t c