Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-12
. Splendid
Meeting Of
Teachers


tute met yesterday morning at o
o'clock at the assembly hall of the
Salem high school, with over 800
teachers in attendance, which is larg-
er than ever before, The exercises
opened with the song America" by
the assemblage, otter which the teach
ers gathered in the various depart.
ments for work.
At ll;15 President P. L. Campbell.
of the University of Oregon, addressed
the assembly, opening with one Of his
characteristic stories, His subject
was Personality as a Factor in the
Profession" Professor Campbell he
lieyeS that the moral and intellectual
standards of young people of today are
unquestionably much higher than
they We're twenty years ago, but that
we must not be satisfied with the re-
suits so far attained.
A H, Chamberlain, editor Of the
Sierra Educational News, of San Fran
cisco. in his address to the high school
department, said that the problems Of
the high scEool are the most difficult
that confront the teaching profession.
One great difficulty" said Nh.
Chamberlain, lies in the fact that
each instructor in his own Inc of
work remains secluded and isolated
from al, the ether branches and de-
partments The high school t7G?:cr
has never taught in the grades and is
entirely unfamiliar with the wethods
and requirements there. The q 'ege
professor of algebra believes that al
zebra is the ai!-important study The
history lI"lts5or knows thQt al other
Horl' may without injury to any one
be neglected And so thrO6gh all the
work each instructor becomes mar
rowed down to his own line of work.
Mr.. Chamberlain offered the sugges-
tion that all the teachers get in closer
touch with the work of all other teach
ers. The work ought to be so arrang-
ed that the entire course will be a
complete system in which each branch
will be a live and connected portion of
the whole. Each should know the
work and methods of every other
teacher and every other branch of the
course of study. His address was
closed with the statement that our
high schools should prepare our boys
and girls for something real, some
thing valuable, not simply serve to
get them ready to enter an institution
of higher education,
In the rural department John w. l."
Smith, supervisor of school, spoke on
the subjects of spelling, reading and
the social center movement.
J. S. Graham, w. A. West and su-
perntendent Smith also gave the
teachers talks on different subjects Of
interest to rural teachers.
AT 3 o'clock Mr.. Chamberlain ad-
dressed the assembly on the subject
"Men in the Making" He compared
conditions Of today with those OF 100
to 300 years ago, and proved that the
moral growth and development OF the
youth of the country are on the up
ward grade.
An evening session was held at
which a literary program was render
ed interspersed with speaking by
nrominent educators of the state.
This morning from 1920 to 1905
regular instructions were given in
each Of the departments by the lead
ers The five departments are prl-
mary. intermediate, advanced hign
school and rural. At 11:15 superin-
tordont Kuntz addressed the assembly
on "The New Education"
The program for tonight follows
Tuesday Eyenlng-7;SO p m.
solo-A Boat Song, Harriet ware
Mrs Wheelock The Dance OIL .ne
clowns. Rubenstein's Melody Hlgn
school orchestra, Miss Mary schul'1'
violin soloist