Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16
HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING
HAS PROVEN SUCCESS
New Feature in School Studies
Prepares Students for
Teaching.

That the result Of the training OF
teachers In tho secondary and high
| schools Of the state has been n suo-
cess is attested by letter from II. IL.
Wilson, state superintendent OF public
instruction, received In this city by
E. Il, Obcrholtzer. superintendent OF
schools. This is the beginning OF tho
third year In which elementary In
struction To those contemplating
along with tho regular course Of study
and the result has been highly graft
tying. rs the special course has been
carried regularly by sixty state schools
Following Is the letter received by
Superintendent Oberholtxer yester-
day:
Okla. Dear Sir: The reports. from
the normal training classes are In.
The class OF students as a whole ap-
pear to be better than In any previous
year and moro pupils are taking the
work. Sixty schools. including high
schools. secondary agricultural schools
and secondary colleges are offering
tho work. Only three schools that
have ever attempted the work have
dropped II.
Il have asked the president Of the
university to direct the high school
inspectors to visit your school as
suon as possible and spend full day
with this class and report to mo the
| conditions as they find them. / have
asked that these reports be made
to me In oil cases before the first OF
December. Upon this report my ac-
ton In granting the certificates will
depend.
'rhe reports which I have had from
the students who are teaching are
very satisfactory. l am not flattering
the high schools when 1 say that
these pupils. on an average. are max
ing better teachers than the under
graduate teachers from state normal
schools. This is attributed to two
main reasons. First, smaller classes,
direct attention from the superintend-
ent and director Of the class, and
more opportunities for observat ton
work and contact with real schools.
Second, in majority Of cases these
pupils are doing this work with the
thot In mind that by teaching they
will be enabled to attend normal
school or college.
Please say to the members of your
class that appreciate very much the
great help which the former students
are rendering to the public schools
at this time and that / am looking
forward with great anticipation to
next year when / trust they will be
doing even better work
AS soon as you are able to deter
mine that any pupil In the class is
not able to do the work, or for some
peculiar reason will not make a good
teacher, please drop that pupil from
the class. We desire to train only
those who will make good as teachers.
The state association will have
department devoted to the normal
training work. very much desire
that every school offering work be
represented by either the superin-
tendent or director OF the class. This
| is what I cali real thrift, when the
schools prepare the young people at
hofe for the work which they are
to do. Your board is to be con-
graduated upon offering this course.
More than nine hundred teachers
have taken this course In the last two
years. The majority Of them are
teaching today. All of this Is being
done wehout one penny extra expense
20 the state Of Oklahoma. Yours
sincerely (Signed) r. II. Wilson.