Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-22
BISMARCK ENTERTAINING
FOURTEEN hUNDREO
TEACHERS OF ND.
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higher standard lpf qualification than
did their predecessors. This is good.
But the holders of the elementary GER
t~ificates of first and second grade do
not have to meet any higher if as a
standard as was set for the holders
of such certificates some fifteen years
ago. We then had a third grade GER
~tificate good for one year. This GER
~tificatc has been 'legislated out of ex-
istence to raise the standard. But the
demand for teachers increased in our
new state more rapidly than did the
supply and, that we might have teach
ers in a sufficient number, it has been
deemed necessary to give examina-
tons which are not too difficult. The
result? A lowering of the second
grade certificate TO- the level of the old
third yet continuing it as practically a
permanent license to teach. The SIM
plifying of the examinations, together
with the accepting of grades made in
the six weeks at summer schools
should be opposednby this body of edit
Gators and there should be a minimum
requirement in both academic and pro-
fessional work before one is allowed
the privilege of writing onS All examin-
alton for certificate. Such is. the case
in other professions. Evene a would
be dentist must have had his profess
sional training and a years college
work before being allowed to sit at the
examinations. Not so with the pros
pective teacher. She must be IS years
old. Under present conditions, the
graded schools cannot increase lin eff
cheney as they should. ~ Y
"The task, of securing teachers who
are prepared for the particular posi-
ton and, on the part Of the teacher,
of securing a position in which she can
become worth 100, percent of herself
has grown to such proportions that
some states have assumed the work of
locating teachers. Minnesota has re-
Gently created a State Teachers Btu
reau and [ recommend that the mat
ter be studied carefully by a commit
tee from our association or by its ex-
ccutive committee and that such COM
mittee be instructed to present recon-
mendations to the association next
year. Such bureau might well be es-
tablished either by law in connection
with the State Department of Educa-
ton Or by this association. Such bu-
reau should be self-supporting and a
fee would have to be charged for To-
eating a teacher, but the fee would be
the minimum and the bureau would re-
suit III a great saving to those teach
crs who would otherwise be- located by
private bureaus" ,.Ss a =. s-5a4.
superintendent Speaks
An address was given by Supt. e.
J. Taylor of Bismarck. in which he
briefly outlined the history Of North
Dakota and its connection with the
school system. He showed how the
original conditions onstWhich. our pub
lie lands were granted saved the state
its school revenue. Mr. .Taylor's
words of praise for some of North
Dakota's most prominent educators,
such as Webster Merrifield, John H.
Worst, Dean Joseph Kennedy, and
Pres. John Mcfarland, were warmly
greeted with applause.
"The Backward Child"
Or. Ralph h.. Johnson of Philadel-
hia, president of Girard college,
gave the principal address of the af-
ternoon. His topic was, "The Back
ward Child"
It's In The Build.
Mr.. Johnson explained how stupid
and imbecile, children almost invari-
s1'v come from stupid and imbecile
ia rilies-just as Holsteins always
ccina from Holstein herds he said.
Drink does not accent crime. it only
chances its bent. or brings it to the
surface. A child's build and growth
have. verv much to do with his men
tally. If you girls have two beaux,
be wise and take the one with the
shorter legs"
Later he declared, 1--WE must teach
the child, not only geography; teach
him punctuality, obedience, loyalty,
manhood. A wealthy mar once said
to me, ! would rather my son brought
home a report showing 80 in kindness
Or ~self-respect than n showing 100
in arithmetic
Three Stages.
"There are three stages in a childss
life-when he is almost a vegetable,
when he is an animal, and when ne
becomes q human"
Mr.. Johnson finished his talk with
a plea for parenthood. A few OF his
concise statements Were: we need
training fer motherhood we cant
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