The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-29
TEACHERS COLLEGE
TO HAVE NEW
NAME
Will Be Known as the
School of Education
Hereafter

BY recent action of the university
council on the recommendation OF
Dean Kennedy and his colleagues
what has been known as Teachers
ed and is hereafter to be called THE
School of Education says the Uni
versity Student. This is in line Will,
the best thought and practice of the
time. and in accordance with tie roc
ommnndatioD of the Association of
American universities and the Asso.
citation of state universities. Several
of the leading universities of the
country. including Missouri. Minneso-
Ia and Kansas have gone to the form
of organization known as Il School
of Education in their departments
whose function it is to prepare teach
ers. This is coming to be the prac-
tice in regard to other departments al
so, such as medicine, law, etc.
a school in higher education now
usually means the junior and senior
year. and possibly a year of gradu-
ate work. organized for a specific aim
or vocation. requiring regularly two
years OF work in tho college of liberal
arts for entrance. and leading to IL de-
gree and u professional diploma. y
college on the other hand. means =
curriculum requiring for entrance u
high school education or its c1uivA.
lent.
Means New Requirement.
Applied ut tho University of North
Dakota. it means that hereafter those
who regularly enter tho school of ed
ucation must ave had their fresh
man and sophomore years in the col
lego of liberal arts. thus reserving
their professional preparation and
their further concentration on major
lines for their junior and senior years
in the school of education.
When those intending to y
teaching enroll. at the beginning Of
their junior year. with the dean of
the school of education. they will still
remain members of the college of lib
eral arts also: for when they com
plcte the school of education they will,
de facto. have completed the work re-
quired for the degree OF bachelor of
arts. They will. as now, receive also
the bachelors diploma in teaching
which is accredited as a first grade
professional certificate in North Da-
kota. q
Those who arc now candidates for
the teachers certificates after two
years Of college work, academic and
professional. will continue as hereto
fore. to enroll with the dean of the
school Of education, who will direct
their work. but they will also he mem-
hers of the college Of liberal arts.
This double enrolment plan for
those whose intention it is TO
for teaching, will allow them to re-
main members of the college Of liber-
al arts. Only those who intend to
prepare for teaching will be enrolled
In the schoo of education and have
this double membership.
In view Of this very satisfactory ar
rangement and opportunity, the sole
power of professional certitication for
teaching is delegated. by the univer-
sitN to the school of education.
The school of education then. in
cludes: Cd the two years of junior
and senior work having a profession
al bent. and requiring for entrance
W years Of work in the college of
liberal arts: (2) a ear of graduate
work for those wishing to study and
investigate further the problems Of
education. making this their major:
CD curricula including two years of
college work. academic and profess
sional. requiring for entrance a high
education or equivalent, and
leading to the teachers certifcate;"
90 special curricula Of two years
leading to special certificates In mu.
sic. drawing. manual training, house.
hold economics and business: these
will be enrolled as special students;
CO.. the model high school for obser-
walton and practice by the seniors In
the school Of education.