Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

nd rigidly adhered TO would rapidly
degenerate the efficiency and influence
the faculty of these schools and of
Re schools themselves, To be an eff
teni Instructor in any OF the practical
.anches taught in our state schools
ne instructor should not only be
IAN who is thoroughly yersed in the
hstract or school room principles OF
ne subject hrt oven more than this
re who has demonstra led by several
ears Of succe ssful practice in his
hoosen profession that he knows how
put these scientific principles which
e is teaching to practical ard success
I'll usages We are demanding more
md more that the youth o. our LAND
nall be taught the how of practice
hings. No man is SO fitted TO do this
eaching as is the man who has dem
rs;rated high efficiency in applying
lese hows. And since our knowledge
nj methods are constantly improving
{ would be still better that these in
'.ructors should he men who are con-
family each year demon strating their
,bility by continuing this successful
application of these principles they
re teaching. applying them under the
aost exacting test OF every day bust
ness.
v hich think YOU. had the creates;
influence on the children of Israel.
NIcses saving Il say so and So or
Naron saying Moses says so and so?"
light TO-DAY there are too many -Aarons
nd not enough Moseses in our state
chools of the applied arts. The idea
Instructor for a school Of agriculture
md applied arts is man who has
made Il thorough ard extensive study
4 the sciences involved in what hc
caches his student VINO has made
usiness success by applying them 20
ne actual commercial business in
riich they are used and who Is con-
inuing to do 50 year in and year out
Il he teaches. and lastly who has the
lbility to tell his students how and
Shy to do certain things, telling 1t in
4 way that they can understand The
fact that he is making a business sue
esq in applying the things he teaches
dyes him instruction ten times the
weight it would have if he had never
ut his teaching to the final fire test
If sustained application under prac-
zeal every day conditions.
Our state schools would be far more
-fficient if we were to hire as heads
IF departments only men who had
proven themselves business successes
thru a term of years In some business
involving the things to be taught in
.he department of which they shall
ave charge. More than that would
4iso require that each one continue to
Demonstrate his ability in this way
ach year he is in charge OF that de-
cartment, arranging his school work
so that he would have time to attend
20 this outside work And If he We're
70 make a failure Of his business for
more than two years in succession I'd
make him show reasona BILE excuse or
fire him.
If the general policy advocated by
the various editorial writer's who have
so far expressed their views on this
subject We're to be adopted by the
board OF education untold harm would
be done 1t would be but few years
until all the teachers in the state
schools, schools renowned thruout the
world for the high class practical work
they are doing would be men who
could only say, II have heard, have
read, have dreamed, ! have thought.
and the hungering student will Cry
out with agony, Yes. I know all that
for l too have read and have heard.
but in Gods name what have you
done, what have YOU seen. what do
you know And burning with disgust
he will quit our state school. will go
apprentice himself to some successful
men In his business and will take hi.
course OF instruction by correspond
ence for these successful correspond
ence schools are keenly alive to the alb
solute necessity OF having theil
courses Of study written by men who
have made business success in the
/ things about which they write. And
when that time comes the millions Of
| dollars invested in our state schools
will be worse than useless for they VII
also stand as a monument to our Grim
inal folly.
II you were studying medicine and
surgery would you want as an instruc.
tor some old male woman who never
SC: b. bedside thru the dark hours o.
the night helping some pain-racket
body as it struggled feebly and pain
fully with deadly disease. who neve
welded 4 knife on an operating table
V0,ild yo,l not choose as yt,1lr fnstr1c