Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-21
STATE suPERiN.
TENpENT, URGES psVEL.
oPMGNT OF PHILOSOPHY.
WOULD EXTEND SYSTEM
TO ALL COLLEGES
Exchange Professors Needed to Carry
American Ideals to Other Nationa--
War Breaks Off Educational Reia'
tions With Germany-South Amer
lean Field Being Developed.
special to Times-Rcpub!ican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Dcs Moincs. Nov. @l.-That Amsr'S;'
shalld develop an educational pHi!o-
sophy based on American ideals so
| that all school children could thor
oushly understand the principles on
| which this government "a founded and
that this should p2rmcate not only
American colleges but foreign colleges
as well. IS the belief Of State Superin-
tendcnt =. F. McClenaham Supertn-
tCndent McClerahan. who has been
giving considerable study TO this Gues-
ton. authorized a statement along this
line today as follows
For the last two decades the United
States has had a system OF exchange
professorships with foreign countries.
There has been n systematic attempt
of various countries to acquaint
America with the conditions in their
countries and at the same time TO ae-
quaint the foreign countries with the
educational end industrial conditions
in the United States.
Cecil Rhodes established scholar
ships which allowed one or two Of the
best men Of the United States to at
tend Oxford, England. free OF expense.
Germany had n system OF exchange
professorsh!Ds with America previous
10 the war. 1t is now very interesting
to note that the exchange professor
ships are taking place between tire
countries OF South America and North
America.
an January. 1879. the Chilean COM
mission appointed by President San
fuentes and headed by DR., Don Pedro
.Aguirre, came to Berkeley. Calf, and
arranged for an exchange Of professor
ships. The Chilean commission ex-
planned that In the past they had
locked 10 France and Germany for
educational inspiration but now they
hoped to come TO the United States for
educational ideals and inspiration.
The members explained that they
wished to have broad minded. liberal
men come from the United States to
Chile so that the people might under
stand our system Of education and our
ideals with reference 10 government,
that they might have better under
standing Of the work which America
has to do.
The commission arranged 80 that
four departments should be represent
ed in these exchange professors, one
professor to represent economics, his
| tory and the law department.: another
! to represent the agricultural, engineer
| ing and industrial department; one to
re present normal schools and colleges
OF education and one professor to rep
resent the secondary schools Of the
United States.
"One very interesting thing that the
committee asked was that sore young
| woman should come 70 Chile and teach
for at least one year in Chilean
school for girls.
After the visit Of the commissioners
| to tho United States last June the
Chilean government appropriated sl2.-
geo to help carry out these exchange
| protessorships for the year 1920 Cam
d!Gates for exchange professorships
must ne able 10 speak Spanish AMI
must conform to the term Of school in
the Chilean government which begins
III March and ends in the follow ing De-
ccnher
| 1T is hoped that IN the course OF
! time there will he exchange professor
| ships between a large number OF the
! states Of the union and the South
American countries. This viii bring
the countries to Il better understanding
tween the United States aud the South
! American countries 4 common interes!
| and Common deals"