El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-22
COLLEGE ALLIED
TO CITY SCHOOLS
Fl Paso Caps Educational
System; Runs From Kin
dergarten to College.

I -aElss AlF SCHOOLS OF FL Eaa0a
Like all municipal colleges. the
3 College Of the City OF Fl Paso IS
1 closely allied TO the city schools. In
7 FL Paso one can get schooling for the.
Z children all the way from the Sinder-I
garten TO graduation from college
B In other words. instead OF stopping
with the high school. as do moscI
cities. II Paso caps her educational
/ system with a city college.
The work OF the city schools and
the teachers college OF the College
I interW oven, each helping the other
f By selection authorized by the board
Z OF trustees OF the city schools and
the board OF directors Of the college,
five OF the city teachers assist in the
teachers college work, and the sub
1ecrS they direct are H G Taylor.
professor OF psychology and dean OF
the teachers college, Miss Mauds
Goldsmith, primary arts and peda-
EOEy- Miss Margaret HemenWay.
physical education and playground
supervision work. Miss Helen swift.
domestic science Miss Anna wash
burn kindergarten pedagogy ana
kindergarten art
City schools Great Laboratory.
Normal schools and teachers col
school. no larger than a country dis
trict school. i'm which candidates for
diplomas observe expert teaching
For this purpose the best schools OF
our city have been thrown open 20
the college and its students to visit
these schools twice a week for a year.
While visiting these schools they re-
ceIye the advice and encourageu eur
OF the teachers in charge This
method has long been preached by
10 inc q 81
first TO put il into actual practice
Correlation Of College and School.
The College OF the City OF FL PasO
maintains every Saturday a Saturday
college for teachers and parents
This department is run on Saturday
so that the city and county teachers
may attend A mum Der OF teachers
from New Mexico also attend this
division. Parents who are interested
also are attending.
The college lasts from . until
o'clock and is conducted in the More
head school building, at the corner
Of Arizona and Kansas The follow
Ing subjects are taught; Public
school music. playground work, psy-
cholOgy, history Of education. English
and American literature, government
and taxation. and conversational
Spanish. mathematics Three OF these
subjects are taught by teachers OF
the city schools. Mr.. TAYLOR teaching
psychology; Daniel Hull, mathema-
ucs ana MISS HemenWay. playground
work The other subjects are taught
by professors OF the College Of the
City OF FL Paso.
saves Teachers Expense.
The teachers attending the Satur-
day college classes are saved the ex-
peuse of going away each sumner to
some university Their work is ac-
credited by the city schools, and both
the city superintendent and county
superintendent consider their work
when 70 comes 10 promotion and In
creased pay Because the Saturday
college means the gradual strength
ening OF our city schools and placing
them on the highest planes OF effici-
ency- it has been officially endorsed
by the city school board Of trustees
and the teachers have been urged to
attend.
Placed in Accounting Section.
The city schools have placed ". F.
Flanlken in the accounting depart
ment OF the night school Of com
merce which the college conducts
every night in the week at the court
house The city schools are arranE-
ing 70 assist in other WAYS as the
authorities believe the night college
performs great service in giving
college education 10 those who other
wise could not gee IT, Ii enables
men and women Of ali ages to get
'-AN= AAaAllA4l- lLL NELELLlsaA AlelQl o.
business without stopping work.
High SCHOOL. College Preparatory.
Preparatory courses and the first
two years OF normal school work
which precede the regular college
work have been added 20 the high
school curriculum This was done
without adding new equipment or
employing greater force. the high
school already having as good scien-
Ific equipment as the average col
ege- It was a case Of utilizing the
equipment at hand TO its maximum
efficiency
No Extra Cost to City.
The service that is rendered bv
he city teachers to the college is
either done without extra charge or
he college paws for the service by
he hour, so that the city sets these
BENEFITS without any cost Besides
he instructors furnished from the
ity schools the college maintains an
Independent faculty of ten members
n its other fields of activity