Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-17

supervision: The place to improve
ice. This will react on the students
and will induce more of them to enter
tue teaching profession. ,
IAN analysis OF the text books mi
the making OF a table Of the !difterent
virtues and faults will do more 10
train the teacher and change his. al
titude toward his teaching than VIII
anything else. Text books thus tar
have been published privately. A
system snould be established by
which all text books will be subject
to examination and to STANDARDIZED
ton.
Marks Are Accidents.
1.-THE faculty should study the ad-
ministrative side Of teaching. They
should study their habits OF
The student knows that the marx
ne geLs Is an acciuent depending as
much on the teacher as on himself.
The teachers should face their marks
and the students should know. what
marks mean. The teacher should
! himself know whether he is getting
the best results or not.
..We must have more devotion in
service 70 this work. The improve
ment in teachers canno be given i'll
advance. the progression must be car
ried out in the field. The supervisor
must be the one to get the objective
results. 1t will be his business to
train teachers in service. When we
get this attitude and put these meth
Jus .llIo operation. haif the petty dil-
ficulties will disappear and We Will
work out one OF the most democratic
systems of education, for IL will fit the
needs OF the students as they ARISE"
Teachers Training Should Be Uni
form.
superintendent Schulz spoke in
part as follows:
I'VE all agree hat the training OF
teachers for any elementary scnool
should not be greatly different. When
we will no longer speak OF the train
ling Of teachers for rural schools and
the training of teachers for city
schools we will have reached a better
stage in education. The boy and the
, girl on the farm are entitled to as
; skilled teachers. at terms,
ana as attractive physical
ings and equipment as inc children
IN the city schools. We are trying
to wipe out those differences today.
"In speaking OF what Minnesota Is
doing in the training OF rural teachers
in high schools, 1 will say that these
are only experiments and you may
] pIu1Ak W ouA N
Minnesota ll0 nigh schools conduct
ing teachers training classes for ru-
raj teachers. The problem is handed
by the state, ana state ana Is gwen 20
the schools Offering these classes. We
will graduate this, year from THESE
courses from l.lUO to 1900 students.
The requirements for entrance to
these classes have been raised ~ four
years of h.gu scnoOl work instead OF
three, bu. at the Suggestion OF Super
intendent Lurton OF T.. Grand FORKS
TINS regulut. o. VA. pe suspended AoI
the pellou OF t.le war, as At was 1ctt
that il would ne Practically lrohiDI
tive it introduced q, --.e y. ese't tille'
Rural S".lcol to improve.
The stuuenls grduuatea iroin these
courses are gwen a cer.lilcate aliow-
! ing them TO teacu Ill the rural SCHOOLS
bat not IN the city or grdued schools
teachers uI less experience nj train
ing We seem to DE disseminating
against the rural school. And SO w
are, OF necessity. The rural schoo
must improve it's conditions before !
will attract the teachers of greater
experience and training. Not only
must salaries be improved, but living
conditions must be improved as wen
Consolidation will do much to i'm
prove conditions in the rural schools
but this is a slow process.
One essential fundamental in thu
improvement OF the conditions in tn
rural schools is a greater supply o,
older. better trained teachers thar
the high schools at present Afford"
Mr.. Schulz continued his discussion
this afternoon.
the evenings program will INCLUDE
" the following.