El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-05
MUST KEEP UP
SCHOOL EFFORTS
Supt. Tighe Says the War
Makes Need of Trained
Americans Greater.

r. D. TiEhe. said
THE first effect of war is 10 threat
en- the higher standards of civilized
life The destructive and disiuterra-
ting Influences of war have been
strongly felt in all phases of educa-
tiouaI effort abroad during the past
three years. and there is a tendency
toward Stacking up on the forces of
education iu this country at the pres
eut time From various parts Of the
country come reports that tax rates
have been cut 10 help reduce the war
. tax burden. boys and youths are leav-
ing the high schools. COLLEGES and
technical schools TO enter the army
and propositions are being made TO
ignore or auuul attendance laws and
/ child labor laws for the time being
Youth Third Defence Line.
Let us not make the mistakes made
ty the warning nations Of Europe The
children and youth Of our land are our
' third line of defence. our ultimate
treasure and resource. England and
. France have seen their error and this
year are doubling their efforts TO
make no their losses in educational
fields. Notwithstanding the iucreas-
. Ing exhaustion Of the war. they have
7 taken determined measures TO restore
. and improve their old standards The
English board OF education has de-
tory. with the purpose Of restoring
. school buildings to- use OF raising
teachers salaries and otherwise i'm
. creasiu- school efficiency I'm some
of the colonial dependencies there has
. been q strong refusal from the first
. 20 sacrifice the rights Of childhood
and youth TO q generous educational
training Let the people OF this ma
+ ton be advised 10y these examples
Must Mold Public Opinion.
.H..aa On O."
school teachers OF this country have
AN opportunity TO guard the nations
children by uoldiuE public opinion so
that this people viii insist that the
schools shall gather momentum dur
Ing the period or the war IN order
that they may better cope with the
inevitable disturbance of orderly life
which war entails
president Wilson in q letter 20
secretary T. X Lane on July p EN-
uha-Icallv approves the continuation
of the nations program Of education
After discussing the great need for
technically trained men and the abso-
lutte necessity OF keeping the college
and technical school up TO their high
est degree of efficiency. he said 7
would par-ie ularly urge upon young
people who are leaving our high
schools that as many OF them as can
do So avail themselves this year or
the opportunities offered by The col
end that the country may not lack .
an adequate supply OF trained men +
and women
Demands Of War I unprecedented.
THE demands of the war are going .
60 make an unprecedented call upon +
young men 10 enter the fields Of med .
icine and surgery. Medical men are 7.
being urged TO complete their studies
iu the college and hospital. and we .
shall need additional recruits in this
p N o. g Ffarr Hn 10
who are going to the front
The same thing may be- said Of the .
need for engineers. Modern warfare .
is So largely matter Of experts, eN-
perts in transportation, industry and I
organ izati0n. that a depletion Of
technical engineering forces would be F
comparable in its effects TO the loss Of
an army corps And AFTER the war T.
is over there will be great demand
for our engineers in the rebuilding
Of Europe. There viii be. too, an in
creased demand for engineers in our
own Industrial enterprises So. there
should be no lessening in the number
who are TO enter this vocation
Must Train Women
The withdrawal OF thousands Of
men from clerical. routine and minor
administrative positions Will create
vacancies that must be filled by
women. who must be trained TO iii
them. During this war and for some
greater demand for women who are
graduates OF high schools. as wei as
for those who have college training
Our girls and their parents should
take this fact into account and make
the necessary preparation
Elementary school the Base.
For these same reasons the ele-
n7eutarv schools Of the country must
be kept up TO their highest pitch OF
efficiency The elementary school is
au. Na Hs Dol
OF education and its work must now
be done even more effectively than
il time Of peace
There should be no talk therefore
Of the reduction OF Curriculums- II
anything. increased time and effort
should be given TO bring every phase
of our educational system TO great
er degree Of effectiveness and to adapt
it 70 the new necessities Of wartime
industry More time should be given
10 the study Of sciences, Industrial
education. business education, 1lnan-
cial management. physical education
and TO courses fitting women TO take
UP mems pursuits
Force Must Cooperate.
Now, how IS El PssO 20 meet these
reeds2 In the first place by making
the present educational machinery do
its work UP TO the highest degree OF
efficiency. Every hour and every min
ute should be made TO count 1or ef-
fectiveness- This means first the ac-
tive cooperation Of all the forces IN
the system from top TO bottom The
man or woman who does not cooperate
tremendously is as much Stacker
as he who resists the draft
The coming session viii see the
Introduction Of several new features
which we believe viii add materially
10 the educational progress Of the
city. In grades four TO seven. inclu-
stve. we shall introduce the Courts
arithmetic tests which are intended TO
give much higher degree OF expert
ness I'm accuracy and rapidity Of cal
cuIation in the four fundamental
operations. The basic principles Of
this work VIII be explained TO the
teachers Of arithmetic at meeting
called for o'clock Thursday.
ProvOcatfOnaI Courses Added.
THE finance committee has made
liberal allowance in the budget for
additional sets Of supplementary read
ers for the elementary schools and
for books and helps for the high
school library. These books are much
needed and should add greatly 10 the
effectiveness Of the work in reading,
literature, history and the sciences
"A course in agriculture has been
added to the high school curriculum
to meet the needs Of students interest
ing in farming. dairying and cattle
raising. The city council has gener-
ously offered land IN the vicinity Of
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