Arizona republican., 1913-11-06

Dr. ChaS. Il. Reyes ],
 The most misunderstood topic of educational subjects now under dis cussion." said Dr. Charles H. Reyes, at the session of the joint institute last evening, lis Vocational Education,' the subject on which he spoke He hung out a signal of warning to all who have the running of schools in the discre- tion, advising them not to overdue the vocational at the expense of the cul- tural subjects.
 In part Dr. Reyes said:
 "All education always has been and always will be vocational except when temporarily diverted by the school master who believed in the shiboleth culture for culture sake and truth for truth sake At the present time the danger is," the doctor pointed out, t'of going to the other extreme. Whereas there is as much culture in the study of a bit root as there is in the study of a Greek root. Latin and Greek will not go by the board. Let us have the study of the bit root for the one boy and the study of the Greek root for the other We should not set a premium on a particular subject any more than we should shove down the throats ob boys and girls all subjects promiscuousIy."
 pr. Reyes gave history of the secondary schools, stating that the United States copied vo- cational and industrial schools from an exhibit made by Russia at the Worlds Fair at Philadelphia in 1876; that Rus sia. when she opened those schools, had in mind to develop common work men for it's railroad shops and engine houses. American manufacturers were attracted by the exhibit, opened their purses, interested educators and hence the vocational school craze. pr. Reyes closed by saying, "'It will be an unlucky day for the republic when we cease to train the profound and pure scholar"
 In reply to those who are shouting constantly teach practical English" Dr. Reyes said, The best study of English is achieved through the study of other languages. He"who knows no foreign language knows not his own"
 The Morning Session.
 Hon. C. Q. Case, state superintendent of schools of Arizona electrified the vast audience by saying that Arizona had better teachers than in any other state in the union and that his am bition was to see the best schools in Arizona He was listened to attentive ly and was applauded very earnestly.
 Dr. Muerman, rural school specialist of the department of education, Wash ington, D. C., gave the audience glimpse of the statistical capacity for which Washington officials are famous. He said there were 17,000,000 rural school children and that we have in this country 30O,00 cases of one teach CT running a one-room school; that the average length of term in the rural schools throughout the country was 1877 days; that four states have an attendance of less than 100 days and that Arizona was the first of the west ern states that passed a law fixing the minimum of attendance at 160 days, al most month of school more than the average for the country.
 pr. Muerman's expert opinion was, that what the rural school needed more than anything else, was efficient super vision and teachers that were in sym pathy with rural life; teachers that would not make fun of of the country folk but who would organize school
 
 tions. pr. Muerman spoke in favor of the consolidation of rural schools but said that the grating of the city course of study on the rural school must stop He recommended the home credit sys- tenn and urged that business princi ples be applied to the running of the rural school The entire address proved conclusively that statistics in the proper hands can be made interest ing. It might be of interest to the hundreds that have listened to the learned doctor, to know that he is master of six Philippine dialects and that he confessed it difficult job to suppress those musical linquals and la bials.
 Getting Into The Game, was pr. | Winships subject. Dr. Winship, who | halls from Boston, told the teachers l that they ought to be glad they were in 1 the west. For here you are in the land | of opportunity. In the east we are troubled by people who look back to | their grand parents. The educational 1 field in the east is blocked by prece- l dent TO illustrate-and the present | scribe confesses it a hopeless task to attempt to recall the doctors many in structive and amusing ilulstra tions-so i amusing and interesting that he forgot ' fO iY11Dricop them n words ir1-tf fO