Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-20


1 TO produce graduates as capable as
| any To cope with the problems they
] have 10 solve. = = SO hope the
time Will soon come when this in.
stitutiCn shaIl give II the territory all
the teachers il needs. for its primary
and grammar grades al least am
sure il will no; be many years before
/ il will be able 10 do SO. -.
a little later. in the same eonnec-
! ton. he compares the local graduates
with graduates of professional schools
Of the mainland greatly TO the ad-
vantage of the island school, in that
the students here are already familiar
with local life; this advantage is APP
parently forfeited by a residence of
four years or somewhat longer. on the
mainland in attendance at college or
higher institution, although the stu
dent was born and bred here and
received his early education in island
public schools. . -. -. =. e..
School Deserves Support VI. T.. J..
That our Normal school deserves
support because il furnishes a pos
sible source of supply in the face of
difficult limitations is not even raised !;
We have in this speech the official pro-
gram OF the department announced by
its chief executive officer. "..
During the last % years, there has
grown up in the United States stand
ard. established by law and embodi-
ed in state supported institutions,
which may be fairly called the Ameri-
can type for the education of public
school teachers. 1t is in brief, as fol-
lows: The candidate for a primary
or grammar grade certificate must pre-
sent, as a preliminary requirement, a
diploma from four-year high school
course. This work is done in the
ordinary public high school or private
school accredited by the state au-
thorities. IT is followed by a two-year
purely professional course in a state
or state-accredited Institution, namely
normal school, teachers college,
or department organized under the
control of the state university. Special
training is given tn those expecting
to teach the newer work in agricul-
ture, the mechanical or the domestic
arts. Some states differentiate these
courses to the extent of endowing
separate institutions for them.
Standard Type j.. -. ~.
Our Normal school does not pre-
pare high school teachers, but, since
the territory employs such in increas-
ing numbers, the. standard type is
pertinent to this discussion Under it,
the candidate for a high school GER
tificate must present diploma from a
four-year high school course, together
with degree from a four-year college
course and certificate showing the
successful completion of prescribed
course of study done in the normal
school or state university, The teach
er in the vocational high school re-
quires a special course, as does the
teacher of academic branches in some
states, for he must show at least one
years graduate study in the subject
he has been trained to teach. The
training of teachers is on this basis in
the following states: Arizona, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Disarict
of Columbia, Idaho. Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Min
nesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, New York,
North Carolina. North Dakota. Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington,
Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Recognition of Outside Credentials
Standardization of type has brought
about an interstate recognition of
credentials as to experience and GER
tifieation, whereby the records of one
commonwealth are given full weight
in another. for instance, between Cali
fornia and Tennessee A teachers
certificate is ceasing to be a protec-
tive tariff levied to protect the teach
ers of one locality against the compel
ition of better prepared teachers from
another. This interstate recognition has
followed the standardization; it has
not yet become so nearly universal
but is constantly gaining.
"The College Club believes the best
future of this territory lies in its full.
est possible participation in the ma
tional life Therefore, it deprecates
any policy which increases our insu-
larity by cutting US off from the cur
rents of national development For
this reason, it deprecates a narrow po.
licy as to the recognition of expert
ence and credentials gained in other
states. 1t deprecates the policy an
nounced by the superintendent of pub
lie instruction, which would fix on our
schools in perpetuity, to the exclusion
of all others, a type of training dis
carded in the older states and reject
ed by the new.
Change for the Better .:.
The College Club recognizes exist
ing limitations and the futility of sud-
den change. Already a process has
begun in the Normal school which
will eventually do away with our pres
ent low standard as it has done away
with the same on the mainland, name
ly, the admission of high school grad
yates to an advanced standing in the
school. Once there are enough of
these graduates with both high school
and normal school training to enter
the field in appreciate numbers, the
demand for the old type ends despite