East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-21

tN UNFRAMED teachers, State SuprtfnA
temdcnt ~ pabiic Instruction Chur.
chin today pronounced the establish.
menf % tive additional normal schools
in urraou wartime problem. and
necensltg. sailing n waH secondary onis
10 she Ninnimn % ihe war.
NuprrInteg4dent Churuhail made the
above siatenmnt in ndxocaiinR the al.
option 81 a measure 81 the coming
ecncrai election, providing Tor tvs
additional normal schools IN the state.
-~-unn 10 he located al Ashland. and
the other at an EaRtcrn orceon citF
70 BE- rhoacn ~ the Normal school
Heard 81 ReRcuts.
IA costs $50 per pupil each year "a
educate y child IN The elementary
schools" {" continued Nuptgintendcnt
Churchill. "As about 2n4en0 pupils In
shis state fail each year to make fhcir
Erade. n costs the state about 81
tte.ooe annually % have them repeat
their years work. Exactly what pro.
portion ~ this asm ie ape 60 the un-
trained teacher there ~ no absolute
way of dctefaninine, but from many
conversations with school eupcfin-
tendcnta, principals and supervisors.
am satisfied that 80 per cent of tha
81. eco. 0oe spent years tn repeating
work nf pupils in the grades is due
to incompetent teachinE. The iaiilage
tax provided Ia She measure on the
ballot for manfainine sRo normal
schools would produce about fT1.00e-
ng establishing normal schools Hufn-
cient % give an our schools trained
teachers the state would save the
difference between sseb.puo and sfs.-
eae.
The public schools Of oregon cm-
ploy not lcts. than iooo new teachers
each year. The large majority of
those withous experience are cm- I
plogcd IN the rural schools A. soon +
az the teacher without normal train
ing has had Sufficient experience. she /
all secure position in fhe giilake /
school From there she viii &c ~ the /
larger town. ara then a. THE cits. Tho
result h. that large number OF ien- 4
chers secure their experience and /
training FOR their work al the ca
peuse of thc children of she rural
school.
'-Thc maintenance fund and normal
school facilities nt present provide
Efficiently Or about sbe 10 soo stu
lentE. Whenever the present normal
Ieheoi undertakes 20 provide for
aana more. there b. danger Of lower
ng ftH efficiency. From thiH enroll
uanf We cannot expect more than f5o
. zee graduates each year. whereas.
is before stated. Igo0 new teachers
lFe needed in oregon each year. Egery 1
formal school. too. is local 10 iis en-
ollment Last year there were not
aore than is students enrolled al
aonmouth from Eastern oregon. This
! a natural condition. as students
rom eastern couutics Of ihe state
souia have 20 travel from 500 20 SEQ
allies 20 roach Monmouth.
There are about I0ee teachers In
.aAtern OREGON. A normal school in
.astcrn oregon would, b. the end of
be first year, have an enrolment uf +
90 and would soon be furnishing the
Late with not lees than 100 trained
aaehcrE annually Tor rural school
'ork. What ia true ~ Eastern ore
on iE also true ~ Southern oregon. :
nd for these reasons. both the nor
sai sehooif should DE- established.
when the aar s. over the world
going 90 be rebuilt The present !
osE and girls Who are being educated 3
IA bo called upon FOR the Leadership 3
ail u the necgssarg readlusfmenis =
this neN and related world that is q
ong to rise oat - tho ruins ~ the 2
n. Al forms ~ public education
lust bo maintained. The mort im-
srtant of which is the normal /,
.hools.
The allied countries lef down cdu-
ifional safeguards az the beginning 2
/ the war - WAS not long before g
ich country suffered disastrous ~
.eis from = ioNcrinR ~ its education -
standards and England and France !.
the midst - war are now both !.
CRYING themselves 90 undertake re- :
instruction Of their educational s}s- !
ms. America should profAt by iheiF
istnkes,
The experience 81 the South fol- >
swing the Citu War and for thirty I
,sra after should aiFo he q warning y
HF that usf rnwuuf a4lnFR tear nFre Z b