American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-02-03
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The Normal may assist in the Standardization of schools
ny upholding certain standards and spreading these over
the state among the teachers who are thereby aided to a
discovery of their own strength and weakness.
A professional school promotes an interest in the work
gives to those who attend a realization of the dignity
of the work in which they are engaged.
Then followed Prof. Howard, a man of many years ex-
perience. There was a funny little twinkle in his eye as
he recalled the content of the school curriculum of his
childhood the famous three RS, Readin', Ritin', and
'Rithmetic. First, they were drilled into us" he said,
land if that process failed, they were licked into us, lickin'
and rarnin' went hand in hand. 1t seems to me | still can.
feel three welts across the top of my head that were aimed
to lick into me the right sort of relation to affairs on hand
one luckless day."
1--WE have gotten away from all that" he continued in
his discussion of the advantages of Normal trained teach
|ers. 1--WE do not aim to spare the rod and spoil the child,
but we are somewhat dubious as to the efficacy of the rod
in producing the most desirable results, an dive try every
known method in preference to this.
There's a moral in the story of the spider and the fly,
from the spiders point of view. The first time the spider
invites the fly into his parlof, he sails past apparently I'M
needing. Did the spider despair? No, indeed. Just went
ION spinning. Why? Oh, she knew he'd be back. And he
came past the spider spinaing, just q little too near. The
|resultFeUp jumped the cunning spider and fiercely held
Thin fast In some such subtle watchful way must the
teacher catcrTby making~Wdrkintersting or inspiring the
most trying boy in school.
"There's a"BiA in .every.schooI but the. teacher who has
readbooks on child psychology and the adolescent period
Eof youth, works on school. mana gement and methods in
presenting subjects, under the guidance of experienced
people, certainly possesses q decided: advantage over the
tPlrl just, OUT OF q1gn ScnOOl, VINO mas never KNOW. any lie
except her own, which she doesn't half understand. If
the one who has had professional training will make an
effort to be in the neighborhood a week before school
opens and find out her field, the chances are ten to one
she can beat Bill at his own game. If she will be fair and
square Bill cannot escape any more than the fly from the
web of the spider.
"Bill isn't always a big rowdy. He may be more formid-
able than any boy can possibly be.
"A clerk wrote to a professional school asking for a
good fighter. A tall strong girl with a sense of humor and
reserve of grit was sent out to the district. A month later
1camo the message. 81 have met the pnamU and ha ic nina -
in this case it was a series of petty neighborhood factions
that had kept the school in an uproar. The girl was big
enough and broad minded enough to win even in this un-
even conflict. Training had ,given her skill in meeting
emergencies. 1t was professional training which led to a
recognition of the faulty curriculum of my boyhood. We
no longer balor through a spener of seven syllable words to
learn to read. We have added language to reading and so
learn to read for ideas and express ideas rather than high
flown oratory and f~ar-fetohed rhetoric. We no longer Ia
Dor through allegation, medal and partnership and par
tial payments. We solve farm payments or do actual buy
ing and figure the bill for ourselves. So instead of edu-
cation of the head alone we have also included education
of the heart and hand.
Do not the three HIS sound human and friendly? Think
of music in the school! If it be only the singing of note
songs, what a power for good! Then domestic science and
manual training and agriculture. How they appeal to
Hand and Heart alike!
In summing up the advantages of the normal trained
teacher let us consider the three NJ that are the kew let
tiers of her success.
The matter to be taught must first be considered and
one who has thoroughly studied our manual of the course
OF study prescribed by the state, believes that this is nee
esary and worth while. Through her study of child psy-
chology she has a knowledge of the mind of the child and
finally by actual practice under a critic teacher, she has
learned method.
Hence she does not doubt. She wastes time neither for
the chlld or Tor herSelf. She has an aim and she reaches it.
The Teachers Meeting
1--WE welcome you to our power city and to the best
which it has to offer you" said Rev. J. Wesley Miller in
greeting the teachers who, in spite of bad weather. and
long distances, gathered at the M. E. church on Saturday
morning.
1--WE further assure you that the doors of our church
will always swing outward in greeting to any convention
which has as its motive the mental, moral or spiritual up-