The Greeley tribune., 1911-02-23
DR.. snyder's Comment


name OF the Normal School, but SIM
ply defines and functions the institu-
ton. Section l, as will be observed.
simply names and designates the
State Normal School at Greeley al
ready in existence as the State
Teachers College of Colorado. Sec
ton states that the State Normal
School at Greeley. known and desig-
mated as The State Teachers College
of Colorado shall be the governing
center of the State Normal School
system of Colorado.
2. This bill in no wise interferes
with or reflects in any manner what
so ever upon the function OF any
other state institution.
3. The work and functions OF the
State Normal Schools of this coun-
try have very much changed with
the last twenty, fifteen or even ten
years. All over the country. In all
the public schools OF the country,
subjects are reaching down into the
curriculum that were not thought OF
when Normal Schools were first es-
tablished. Secondly, the Normal
Schools OF the country have raised
the standard SO as to require that an
individual who enters shall have the
same training as he does for entering
to college aud after he enters he
does the same grade OF work in his
chosen line as is done in COLLEGE,
and there Is a strong feeling that
the individual should receive credit
for work of college grade.
4. The name and designation.
State Teachers College of Colorado.
does not imply for one minute the
duplication of liberal arts degrees.
The degrees given by Teachers Col
lege are professional. pedagogical
degrees, such as Bachelor of Peda-
gogy. Master of Pedagogy and Bach
elor OF Science or Bachelor of Arts
in Education. Now the difference
between a liberal arts degree and n
pedagogical degree is that liberal
arts degree does not prepare the in
dividual for anything. The peda-
gogical degree prepares the individ-
ual for a vocation-the vocation OF
teaching.
s. This movement to designate
the Normal Schools as State Teach
ers Colleges is going on all over the
country. The Normal School al
Brigewater. Mass. is 80 designated
and also the Normal Schools at AL
bany. N. Y. In Illinois the Normal
Schools are now called State Nor
NAL Universities: Iowa two years
ago designated the State Normal
School as the State Teachers College.
Many OF the Normal Schools in the
country are having this change made
this year.
G. This designation only EXPIRES
ses what the State Normal Schools
have been doing for several years,
Z. The school will still continue
to give its two years course. its
three years course and its four
years course. 1t would in no man
ner affect the attendance. except to
increase it.
s. Section means that the State
Normal School at Greeley known and
designated as The State Teachers
College OF Colorado shall be the
governing center of the State Normal
School system of Colorado. The
State Normal School at Gunnison is
put under the control of the board
of trustees of the State Normal
School at Greeley. but 1t does not
suggest or indicate that there is
state normal school system in order
to unity all interests of normal
school work. or the York Of training
teachers. This bill. if passed, VIII
make this institution the governins
center of the Normal School sys-
TEN. which would mean the govern
mcnt OF the Guruison Normal Schooi
or cny other br..nch TINT may he es
tablis ,od in the future: also II
governing center OF the State Nor
NAL Summer Schools that are very