The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-06-07
Represents 18th to 18th Grades
Of the Public School System,
Declares President Brooks
in Address
OPPOSES REDUCING
SCHOOL FACILITIES
Commercial and Industrial Su.
premacy Bound Up with Edu-
cational Progress Every
School Aid 10 University

The university is a part Of the pub.
lie school system Of the state, III the
common schools are eight grades; In
the high school. four more grades, and
In the university the student is taken
through the 18th, l4th, 18th and 10th
grades" sail DR.. stratton D. Brooks,
in his address at the Christian church
last night before a small but aF1recia-
tive audience.
Dr. Brooks had no set speech. but in
plain, practical talk he discussed in
"a very interesting and instructive
manner the university and its relation
to the other schools of the state.
Indicating his attitude on some of
Che recent educational questions that
have been presented to the people Of
the state, DR.. Brooks said. Fl want It
understood that came to Oklahoma
without any sympathy for any move
nnent seeking to reduce the educa.
tional opportunities of the state. In
this great new state, you can point
with just pride to your finely paved
streets. your commercial enterprises
and your growing industries, but with
still more pride you can point to your
splendid schools and school buildings
which are a greater asset than factor.
les because in them you develop your
citizenship
The development Of the university
: dependent entirely upon the public
sentiment in favor Of education #
the people are not in favor Of educa.
tlon the university will not be a sue.
cess Every educational institution in
the state is an aid to the university
The first principle in the growth of
the university is support Of all the
schools Of the state and the growth Of
one school doesn't detract from the
other In the state Of Michigan when
we had only one normal school and
sought to establish another, the old
Institution opposed it for selfish rea.
sons, but now the state has four nor.
mails and the enrolment in the orig.
inal institution is doubled, but stin
less than fifty per cent Of the teachers
have normal training. In state
where only fifteen per cent of the
teachers have normal training. / would
say that there is still opportunity to
train teachers and the need for plenty
Of facilities for such training.
There can be only one state uni
yersity-we do not fear a rival at Nor.
man, but this doesn't mean that there
cannot be other colleges. Statistics
show that eighty-fiye per cent Of all
college students live within a radius Of
fifty miles Of the college which they
attend. If there was only one collage
in the state, it could never amount TO
much. Education is a habit-opce gat
the appetite for it and you crave more.
There is no danger OF the state fur.
nishing too many opportunities for
education.
While we can't have too many
schools, there is danger Of duplica.
tion Of work. Every institution should
have IFS own field, The university
wants to stay on the main track. lim.
iting itself to its own field. when X
clearly defined and doing things So
well that It viii have the support Of
all the people of the state. We hone
to demonstrate that the university IS
worth what it costs. Let it Be under.
stood that the university aEa Norman
have no share in any activity against
any other school
Describing briefly the scope Of the
university. Dr. Brooks spoke Of the
college Of arts and sciences, the de-
partments Of engineering, pharmacy
law, medicine and fine arts. I'VE
want to make the Oklahoma univers
Ity and all our schools as good as the
best; il we can't why spend money on
them at all2 With her citizenship
draFi from at" sections Of the coun-
iFy the time viii come in the next
generation when Oklahoma win have