The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-04
INSTITUTE WAS
/. A BIG SUCCESS
TEACHERS END MEETING vt TO-
NOPAH-MANY SUBJECTS
ARE CONSIDERED


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The Goldfeld teachers who attend
ed the district institute, which was
held in Tonopah on Monday, Tu:s-
day and Wednesday OF this week.
have returned to camp and are OF
m accord in stating that the insti-
tute was well worth the trouble of
the trip to Tonopah and the expense
attendant to the trip.
The general dissatisfaction which
has been expressed throughout the
state at forcing a teacher who is be-
ing paid from $50 to 500 a month in
some cases to make an expensive trip
to the town in which the institute is
being held at her W expense, was
expressed in a resolution to be sem
to the legislature, at it's next session,
petitioning that the travelling ex-
penses at least be paid by the state.
The teachers retirement salary fund,
a form of state pension which was
passed by the last legislature, was
explained by several speakers and
was passed on favorably by the teach
ers present.
President A. w. Hendricks, in an
address on college education, clearly
defined the subject matter a course
should cover and the items that stu
dents should have mastered as a re-
suit of having taken a four-year
course in any of the colleges of the
country. He stated that an institu-
: %;or 80 loorr;rn foilad voicoroh 1v If II
did not educate the students who at
tended it's courses for the practical
needs of the community or state in
which it was located. This should
be done, he stated, in addition to
the general cultural curse that is
included in all college c~urriculums.
President Hendricks explained to
the teachers that the university of
Nevada is e%ndeavoring to accomplish
this end through special research
stations and departments that have
been established throughout the state
and at the university, as well as
through the extension of the labOra-
tories and correspondence courses.
The university is also cooperating
with the departments of the United
States government which are endeav
oring to aid individuals of the state
and which spread information Of
value throughout the country that
may be had for the asking.
DR.. G. F. James, head of the edu-
cation department of the university
of Nevada and head of the state
board of educational survey, in an
interesting discourse on CULTURE
delivered one of the best addresses
that most of the teachers in attend
ance had heard. He defined the
man of culture and what such a per-
son must have in order that he may
be called cultured. The things
which DR.. James considers as neces-
sary to the requirement of culture
are books, travel, society and soil
tude. The last named item is almost
impossible to acquire, he stated, and
gave a numerous illustration of his
point. He stated that he had en-
deavored to acquire solitude and had
decided that the best time for medi-
tation would be early in the morn
ing, and he allotted himself 10 min
utes a day before breakfast for med
itation. But one day he Slept in
and broke his schedule. The present
day demand for hurry and rush
along all lines of endeavor makes
solitude the most difficult Of the
four things necessary for the a"
quirement of culture, according to
Dr.. James.
The Tonopah teachers displayed
much resourcefulness in the enter
tainments afforded the visitors. The
events arranged for the amusement
of the teachers were all thoroughly
enjoyed. The hall at the Airdrome
and the reception. which was follow
ed by a practical demonstration by
the girls of the domestic science de-
partment of the TOnOpah schools or
what is being taught them, by serv-
ing a repast to all present, were sub
jects of special comment. The teach
err of this department needed no
further proof of the service that the
domestic science department is rem
dering the TonOpah students.