White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15
COURSE or STUDY
IN STATE SCHOOLS
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4 AlAQA AAA&A0A AAaA %NNAA - "a -
in shaping a course for my own de-
partment During the entire year
communication was maintained with
commercial instructors in prominent
eastern schools. their manuals and
courses we're carefully reviewed. and
suggestions received from business
men. Last summer three months
were spent on the coast in an inyes-
tigation of the commercial schools,
both public and private. from San
Francisco 10 San Diego.
The conditions found in many
eases were a revelation The Vooa-
tional work in fully seventy-fixe per
cent Of the public schools was dis
organized. or rather - u-norganiEed
Commercial subjects we're being elee-
I'D n 2 ~haphazaed manner without,
regard 10 sequence or the proper
sabordination of subject q subject
Inquiries we're mef in an eraslye. w
satisfactory manner. indicating that
there was an unanestianable lack 81
anything definite beyond The replies
Some Of The schools did not ever
have 8 course 81 study for CONNER
cia. departments In Others there
Nas absolutely M English require
msnt in the business courses. StIIi
Others limited their commercial work
L a Titahly narrow eoaTse in short
hand and -typeWrifing.
The result was thar j came bask
IN Els With The determination that
Il J could assist n any way. the
state Of Nevada would have a course
fer the commercial department Of is
schools which would a. least Be def
iasfe and methodir2ly arranged
When. therefore an invitation Vas
extended 20 ne 70 address the con-
mereial section a. the Institute On
The Content q 3 Commercial
Coarse ] at once mapped cut a
coarse which embodied the best q al
the ideas which rad teen found Z
ny inquiries and Investigations. and
contained besides aznY points which
M Own experience as 4 teacher in
diested would - valuable The whole
matter was then gone over with the
Deputy State SupI A B. Llghtfoot-
~ho offered many valuable sugges-
tons and approved the proposed
course
During the five DAYS OF The InsSi-
tufe the plan vas thoroughly dis
eussed. ard certain differences o
opinion Eere referred 70 4 committee
OF principals and Instructors Sub
seq1enflv al teachers assembled II
regular session voted OF the question
Of adopting q prescribed co1-se such
a. IS contained il The enclosed -
port. or Of leaving matters where
they lad been zith 3 fsw minor
changes TIE result Nzs 3 majority
vote il favor o. a definite prescrb-
e course o. study
The plzn ahich lad teen submit
tsz Vzs then taken up and modified
To Meet he views % Tia Instructors
and principals Of the varioas hools
The result. whieh IS The within course
o. study. zas approved Tie draft
inE ard submitting q The report vas
referred TO ne stir TIE authority n
smboaY the original Of s Synopsis q
the Ho-k which Should b covered
ln she eourses indicated Tbs sgnca
which represents ccas5esa5le
careful study. calls fnT - believe
should Be minimum reaairaea
the various subjects
II ma seen to z0ue nat tie
courses VII b 5iifleult for a les q
tha smaller schools 10 handle yal !
argue mar IL IS better 70 BRING tie
weak schools % - the present pos
sislliue@ No school. zr5ealsriy .
public school. should = allowed 70
infaiet upon tire business msa q ths
state graduates deficient n si,her
theory or praasice Il is certainly
trae taat students g tie commercial
courses more than those o. any oiheT
hish ahooi course. are Obliged &
meet ihe real ies1 for eifse5eueT il
the fed OF business. and i $ equally
rae thai : school might far better
have 10 graduates r. al than 70 send
our students Who ara bond 20 prove
a disappointment not only 10 them
selFes. hui 10 every one concerned
The denlorzble number 81 graduates
o. both pahlie and private CONNER
cial schools Eho 90 car and fail 10
make good IS prina iseie evidence
Of The iaet that there IS something
radically wrong either with our re-
quireanents Tor graduation. teach
Ing staff. OF both believe that the
on1E way the commercial DEPART