The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-02
Much Needed LEGISLATION.

this subject are rather lax when COM
pared with the laws of California,
Minnesota and many other states.
The qualifications in California are
as follows: A teacher in order TO
teach in a high school must have had
four years in high school and four
years at the university of California,
or an institution of equivalent stand
ing. In addition to this he must have
had a years post graduate work at
one of the larger universities of the
United States.
Here are a few statements on this
subject from some of the best known
educa tors eff the Uhited States:
DIR. F. E. Bolton of Iowa writes:
"The normal school generally speak
ing is not fitted to train high school
teachers. The high school teacher
needs above all broad outlook upon
life, deep and thorough scholarship
and hberality of attitude, which is
best promoted by the university at
.mosphere. The normal school with
ten weeks courses and constant fit
ting about, its many exercises per
day, the constant emphasis upon
method rather than content, the ex
cessive attention TO the little details
such as are largely necessary in train
ing the immature and those who are
to deal with details and elementary
UorLr rnilifataS n naipef s0,,nd e~bol
arship and liberality of mind. Most
normal schools are so organized
that students are admitted from the
country schools. These students are
in constant contact with the most ad-
vanced. This necessitates leveling
down to the plane of the most imma-
ture"
President Stanley Hall writes: 81
think reparation of secondary teach
ers should never be permitted in a
normal school where primary teach
ers are trained, but should be given
over to the university, as is done in
Germany"
Prof. De Garmo writes: 1.-THE most
obvious distinction between the nor.
NAL school and the university as a
training ground for secondary teach
ers is that the normal school is oblig-
ed by its conditions, its primary aim
and its traditions to devote its chief
energies to the preparation of ele-
mentary Teachers
President Van LEV who speaks on
the question after much experience
as normal school man and who is a
scholar of distinction, says: 1.-THE
teachers of the normal school, espe-
cially in the matter of training Sec
ondary teachers, lies in its inability
to supply large general culture
Charles B. Gilbert writes: "The
ideal place for the training of secon-
dairy teachers is teachers college
of some sort attached to a university
as coordinate part, utilizing all the
scholarly advantages of the univer-
sity and adding the special training
needed to make teachers. -
President Thompson of Ohio state
says: 81 think it goes
saying that for the cause of
teachers of our high school
should have the university spirit, and
that they ought to have college train
ing. This argument is based not so
much upon the particular subject
studied as upon the superior value of
association with university faculties
and university methods. Our high
schools have suffered for lack of such
teachers whose normal training have
not fitted them for high school work. :"
DR.. K. G. BIbcock, former presi-
dent of the university of Arizona,
Minnesota and California systems,
says: "If the normal schools are go
ing to train their students for grade
work, frankly, honestly, without any
conceit or pretensions, those who de-
sign to go on for high school work
must go to the university, the col
eges or teachers colleges which pro-
vide that sort of training"
The belief of educators, philoso-
piers and educated people alike has
into the conviction that
the teachers who are to be employed
n the high schools should be college
graduates with thorough knowledge |
IF the general principles of pedagogy
and the most advanced and most val |
liable methods of teaching their spe-
;ialties.
DIR. Bolton further says: The |
greatest defects in our American |
schools is the lack of unifor nifty OF |
requirements of teaching. Under
,ur ultra-democratic notions some |
fitted teachers enter the |
work, but they are obliged to come
o to competition with majority who
ire unprepared. Frequently because
If ignorance on the part of the board
md often because of nepotism, the
Incompetent cheap teachers drive the
ones out of the market or
orce them down to a lower level of
alaries."
Although the statutory provisions
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