The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-04-28
GRADUATE STUDY.


ards in the field of education, he is, in
sdeed, a bold man who dares continue
sNlong in teaching without taking ar
occasional leave of absence for further
study and for the freshening and slim
ulating of those powers of mind and
heart upon which the work of the
class room makes so constant drain
Those who, in their previous studies
have exhausted the resources Of the
great institutions of learning, so far
as the regular courses and the grant
ing of degrees are concerned, find
their stimulus in travel and in the
independent pursuit of their favorite
studies in the notable libraries of the
world. Those who have not had the
advantages of graduate study and who
from necessity or choice have taken
positions Immediately after receiving
their first degree or even before do
ing so, are usually best suited and
most certainly helped by registering
for systematic and prescribed courses
at one or other of the great schools
in order that they may derive benefit
from the counsel, direction, and in
SEPARATION of men older, more skilled
and better trained than themselves. A
board of education should find cause
for congratulation in any request for
a leave of absence ON such grounds. An
institution in which the teachers are
keen TO seize every chance for i'm
proving themselves is in a fair way to
become both popular and useful. 1t
viii! profit directly in the quality OF
its instruction and in it's general tone
from the superior fitness to teach of
those whose minds are thus quick
ened and mellowed by contact with
the disciplined and cultured men who
have made names for themselves in
the world of scholarship.
The University of Idaho has always
had a goodly share of instructors who
have been willing to make the neces-
sary sacrifices to travel widely and to
pursue further their academic studies.
This has been particularly true among
the younger men who had not yet
had when they came here, the chance
to get an education adequate to meet
the demands of the positions they were
elected to fill or which they in future |
desired to fill.
If, in the college world, there is
urgent need that men shall occasional
ly absent themselves from the class
rooms they habitually occupy, it is
much more urgent that those employ
ed in public school work should do
so, particularly those holding admin
and executive positions. The
public school system of America is
vital changes. Its defects,
which are many and serious, are now
more clearly perceived ard are being
'apidly corrected. Many genuine inn
have been introduced with
n the last decade; and the time is
coming, we may hope, when the pub
ic schools will fit all the boys and
iris everywhere to live happy and
Useful lives in their own commun-
ties.
To administer successfully a school !
hat shall fulfill this high mission, 1t !
s necessary that man should have
,ducation and culture; that he should
,e acquainted with the most distin-
,uished men in the world of educa-
ion; that he should occasionally come
n contact with them in their own -
lass rooms, viewing at first nand the
york they do; that he should at fire.
uent intervals pursue those studies
which are essential to the discipline :,
nd cultivation of the mind and which
nd that he should put himself in the :
yay of observing the department and :.
caring of such men as may properly
e considered models. 1t will not do :.
Or city superintendent, in this Wig -
rous and progressive day, to consider
is education completed; to neglect the =
uty of graduate study; to fail to :,
isit the famous schools Of the coun- :,
y; to acquire the polish and de- =
Ieanor of those accustomed to as
2ciation with the best and soundest in :,
fe and thought The privilege of
gliding the dignif1ed and honorable
osition of a city superintendent OF
modern city school system should al
> directly conditioned on the attempt q