Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
Normal School Headed Wrong
Direction, Says Committee
on Local Interests


on Local Interests
Emphatic backing of authority for
fits criticism Of phases OF the normal
school system and teaching system
In the public schools is given by the
College Club fin the following state
ment handed to the 5tar.Bulletin:
Many inquiries have come 10 the
members of the College Club concern
ing its authority for the statistics
quoted In it's letter to the governor
and the department OF public instruc-
ton Some members of the club have
been acquainted with the general his
tory OF the change in normal schools
in various parts OF the nation, particu-
larry in California, and have followed
the matter for years. The specific au.
thorities referred 10 are School Laws
OF California, edition 1915; Political
Code. California. section l172; Ac-
credited List of Normal Schools. Can.
fornia, edition 1916; Bulletin No -.
Digest of State Laws Relating 10 Pub
lie Education. compiled by W H.
Hood. issued by the department OF the
interior. bureau of EDUCATION, 1919,
and the Report for 1915 OF the same
bureau.
I'm the letter the term normal
school Is applied 10 nypermanent in
stItution which prepares teachers for
the primary and grammar schooi
grades OF the public schools; il there
fore excludes both the summer school
and those higher institutions OF peda.-
oopy which require a college degree
as entrance condition. in some cases
n would exclude state universities, III
others include them, according 10 the
local organization: for some states
as Florida. have turned the whole mat
fer oyer 10 the state institution
Though the common or at least the
Western usage Is TO train high school
teachers in the university and grade
teachers in a separate lnstltutioil' caii,
ed. indifferently, normal sehooi' tcaSh'
ers' college or normal college ne
last two names are also applied 10
departments under q state university
..rhe training OF superintendents Is
cnrio,lsIy omitted in all but the most
.dvanced states. Professional train
ing Is held as necessary for the prl'
r1arv teacher, but an extra frih TOT
tha superintendent. In this territory
4 principal is required TO have pr.
mary certificate and in the case Oh
the largest schools and the territorial
superyising principals, grammar
yTade certificate is required. The law
does not require even the mooicuin =.
professional study required Oh every
normal school graduate.
acollece.Trained Teacher"
aNo college Of any standing longer
expects its degree from its genera
courses to confer a certificate 10
teach. any more than such degree
Grants license to practise law or
1,edicine. In all cases professional
work. a demanded. So when the Col
laoe club uses the term college-
trained teacher, 81 uses 1t In TINS moo
ern sense,
AThe list OF states quoted IN tne
letter is taken from the Calitorna
Accredited List, with only the omls,
sion OF the names OF the speclai
schools. as we'll as of Canadian ano
Engiish schools. The list quoted does
not signify that every institution IN
the state named is so accredited. Dut
that every state included furnishes tne
standard American training in at least
one institution.
ssThe history of Standardization
shows that it has proceeded with
Greatly accelerated rate since 1900.
IA some states no other form Is legal;
IN others. particularly in the more
conservative East, the newer standard
has won its way slowly. New York
recognizes the older type as legal un-
fil next year, when 1t is to be aban-
doned. The Middle. West is busy with
the final transfer Of legal rights. But
the issue has been fought to finish
ON the mainland and a state no more
boasts of its adherence to the good
old ways" than it does of its child
labor or high rate of infant mortality.
MORE
s.The professional or money value
involved in the diploma granted by the
new standard is of interest to tax
nayers. In the States accepting the
standard most completely, such dip
Roma grants no certificate whatever.
hut a recommendation for certifi-
cate. The latter is granted only after
= term OF actual service i'm California