Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-09-13
ORGANIZED INTEREST
IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Paper Read by Secretary Bed.
ichek at the Opening
of City Schools
Patrons should have Intelli.
gent, Continuous, Organ.
lied Interest.

INV ituo' tiiut tti' oCIuUl dutttUIl-
ties should expect from the com.
munity is interest. The most that
they should expect from the com.
munity is interest. The only thing
that school authorities may expect
is interest. | shall endeavor to give
you my idea of the kind of interest
the school authorities should expect,
and the form this interest should
take.
The school authorities should OK.
pect from the community intelligent
interest. continuous interest, con.
structive interest. organized inter.
est.
The school authorities should ex-
pect from the community intelligent
interest. Intelligent interest i'm
plies cooperation between the school
authorities and the communities 30
accomplish some definite purpose.
The purpose should be an effective
school system. An effective school
system is one in which the students
obtain a maximum amount of cor.
rect moral training and useful
knowledge during the period which
constitutes the school life of the
student. Cooperation on the part
of the community and the school
authortitis should have this definite
purpose in view. shall give you
an illustration of a lack of this CO.
operation, this intelligent interest
| have in mind the case of a kinder
garten pupil who was angered at
his playmate and was only preven-
ted from cutting large slice out
of his play.matr's face by the
prompt interference of the teacher,
woman Of fifteen years successful
experience in kindergarten work.
She at once sought the cooperation
of the parent of the blood.thirsty
youth in impressing upon him that
this was not the proper way to set
tie difficulties. The mother flew
into rage, and pronounced the
teacher n long.nosed liar, and the
incident a frame-up to ruin the
good name of her child. 1t can be
readily seen that the boy came by
his vicious nature honestly, that he
inherited the tendency from his
mother, that he was therefore enti-
tied to tenderer consideration, and
this is the view that the teacher
took of it. Her task would have
been much easier, however, with
the cooperation instead of the abuse
of the parent. This incident illus
trates the lack of intelligent inter-
est. have known many cases
where the teacher (not this particu-
lar teacher) was just as unreasOna-
BILE as the mother, but my subject
confines me to the side of the school
authorities. When any trouble ari-
ses, concerning dereliction of duty
or breach of discipline on the part
of the student, the school auth0ri-
ties have a right to expect earnest
sensible, cooperation on the part of
the parents to help correct the def
cheney.
The school authorities have n right
to expect continuous interest from
the community. have known
many parents who took a spasmod-
. ic, very spasmodic, interest in the
, school along towards the end of the
term when II seemed probable that
/, Johnnie was not going to be promot.
ed or Mary fail to be graduated.
And have known this sudden spas
medic interest to manifest itself
when Henry was about to be ex
pelled for bad conduct. II the in
terest of the parent had been contin'