Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-20
WORK ACCOMPLISHED HERE IN SUMMER
 GIVEN PRAISE
UNIVERSITY SUMMER COURSE IN THIS CITY MEETS WITH FAVOR AND EFFORTS TO BE MADE FOR CONTINUANCE

The Tucscn Citizen in it's issue of
 last evening has the following story
 about the successful session of tho
 summer university course that was
 held in this city during the past sum
 mer and advocates that it be con
 tinued.
 One of the most promising of the years ventures of the university was the inauguration of a summer session
 Most of the state universities of the
 country have for years been giving summer courses, but the climatic con
 ditions of Tucson have thus far seem ed to render such an undertaking out of the question here.
 The present session grew out Of an invitation by Superintendent Phil
 brook of the public schools and the trustees of the Warren district to the department of education of. the uni versity, whereby the schools of Bis bee were opened to the department oi education for practicing teaching. It has long been realized that the great est lack in the teacher training work of the university has hitherto been the absence of opportunity for practice work. In the recent survey of the ed ucational institutions of the state this need was emphasized, and the present scheme seems tC offer an exceptional ly satisfactory solution
 According to the plan, as carried out this year, the three junior high schools of Bisbee (which have a twelve-mcnth school year) and are open to the Educational students for practice teaching. Each practice teach CT assumes full charge of the classes tc be taught, the work being so dis tributed that two or three practice teachers carry on the work of one reg ular teacher. The work is closely sup ervised, with regular conferences be tween teacher and supervisor. Four supervisors from the university shared in the supervision. Mrs A. k. Doug las, for the modern languages; Mrs. H. H. Foster, for the English and history; Miss De Rosette Thomas. for the home economies, and Dr. H. H. Foster. fer the. science and mathemat- ics. Twenty-three young women from the university took advantage of the opportunity to teael. iH this way, the wdrl1 being; distributed among : the three jur:or schools at Bisbee, Lowell and Warren.
 But practice teaching was only a part of the summer work. During the evening three courses of college in structiOn were offered in methods of teaching. in high schools, in education al standards and measurements, and in methods of teaching home econom- ics. Each student in the summer ses- sion doing full work carried twol of instruction, the practice teaching being counted as one for those engaged in it.
 In view of the limited variety of courses offered, the limitation of work to college seniors and graduates, and the fact that no effort was made tol bring in students from outside the the registration of thirty two students for this initial session is | decidedly gratifying. A considerable number of teachers from Cochise coun- ty were enrolled for the courses other than practice teaching.
 The social life of the session was not neglected. Weekend picnics and parties were the rule, though the ,su- Dremacy of the weeks work was kept | inviolate.
 Whether the summer session will be 1 continued and expanded has not yet been finally determined. The sue cess of the present summer seems to justify doing so.