Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-08-28
COUNTY SCHOOL
WORK OUTLINED
PAMPHLETS ON SUBJECT DISTRI-
BUTED AMONG COUNTY TEACH
Frs By COUNTY SCHOOL SUPER
INTENDENT CANALES
TEACHERS SHOULD BE INFORM
ED AS TO COURSE PRESCRIBED
BY STATE BOARD AND UNDER
STAND IT'S REAL AIMS.

\ explanation of the real aims of the state
schoo! board in its adoption Of the pro
gram, published in pamphlet form by
1 .un;y Sup rintendcnt Of Schools. J
4. Canalcs. The article is of great i'm
portancc to the county teachers and is
given III full, as follows:
I OUTLINE OF THE WORK IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF GAMER
ON COUNTY FOR THE YEAR
1913 1914.
The object If our public school Sys
tenn is to develop good citizens. and
until every teacher understands that his
or her mission is to accomplish this oh
iect, that teacher is 4 complete failure
nOtWii hstandng his OF her intellectual
accomplishments and the number of
diplomas he or she may possess. What
benefit would il be to the state 10 spend
her mil ions in educating her children
if they turn out To be useless in their
duties aS citizcnS or even worse, 70 be
undesirable as citizens? Wculd il MT
be better to Let them remain in ignoor
Tess harmful and more easily handled
than al educated ScounGrcl?
Education is potential energy. il
Widcns Tie scope of activity and enlarg
y the opportunity for accomplishing
good but also the opportunity for doing
evil: hence we must be exceedingly care
fui in selecting a course of study for
our public schools which will develop
well balanced men and women; which
will tend not only 10 make them useful
and fit them for active life, but which
will ;cnl to make them good i'm moral
sense III order 10 ascertain Of what a
proper course Of study Sh )uld consist
ii will be necessary To analyZc man:
Man consist of three distOinct natures
blended together into one personality
towit: INTEL ctual physical and moral.
If we should undertake to develop one
at the neglect Of the others the growth
will be abnormal. the person will. pr
hapS. be what we often express in the
.crm of unbalanced.
IT is true that our public school laws
zeal largely viii The development OF the
intellect, but it leaves to the sound dis
crCtion of It's executive officers, such as
he state Supcrintcndcnts and County
Supcrintendents. TO require that the 9th
er two also be given effect by prcScrib
ing Il systematic course whrCh will neces-
sariliy develop these two natures Of
man. Sdch is the object of this outline.
10 tell the teachers Of Cameron County
my plan or program for the year 19l3-
1911 and to advise them that | shall
expect a faithful compliance with it
or else their services will be promptly
dispensed with.
All teachers should bear in mind III
making out their school programs that
ihc course If instruction for this year
should include the development Of the
intellectual. physical and moral nature
Of the pupils. and that rcccsses are as
much part Of the tcachcr's school work
rs he recitation period. The teacher
must understand that he or she il work
inc for the state of Texas: that he or
rhe Is being paid by the state; that he
or she has contracted with the state to
teach seven hours Il day. and that every
minute Of those seven hours belongs to
the state.
Bearing these prcliminaricS in mind
now lc, us pass to the subdivisions Of
this general pr gram for S~hool work.
INTELLECTUAL TRAINING.
First the course Of study to develop
thc intellectual nature of the children.
v AS 10 this each teacher should familiar
jZr himself or herself with the course
Of study prescribed ~ our state De
partmcnl of Education. and then clas-
sify his or her school i'm conformity
thereto. Each teacher should have a suf
fCicnt number Of report cards 70 pro
vide each individual pupil with one from
v the primary to the high school grade.
The County Superintendent VIII fur
nish each teacher with the required
number upon request. The grazing of
cac hSchool upOn the basis provided by
orr STATE Department Of Education is
not ONLY recommended but is strictly re
auired by the County Superintendent.
y Each county school has been provided
With all necessary supplies. 50 far as
the Superintendent has been able to as
certain, from the primary department to
the higher grades and each tercher is
held responsible for the proper use of
these as well as for the preservation of
I'll school cQuinmcnt There is no excuse
Eat any teacher can give why maps.
Continued Oh page four