Arizona republican., 1920-12-30

county superintendents showing that city superintendents were much better 1 paid.
 Yesterday, the second day of the state teachers convention, included ! general discussion in the morning. a number of sectional meetings and general meeting set for last night. The convention will close today.
 The rural school section of the asso- citation met in the high school audi torium yesterday afternoon and listened to some very enlightening talks on the rural schools and rural teachers.
 GIr Elwood Cubberly dealt in an in- teresting way with the responsibilities of the teacher herself and the need of intelligent choosing of people who have the personality and the individuality to take charge of rural schools and build them up. The teacher should be as large as the class itself. should become a leader in the community and aid in the development of the con- munity spirit" he said. We should strive to transform our schools from n ere places to gain book knowledge into intellectual Centers. As things now stand the children, in most cases, are educated away from their parents and when they have finished school go away from the home-are ashamed to acknowledge the source of their being. The community spirit brings parent and pupil together and the parent Is educated with tho child, keeps up with him in his work and is a part of the general scheme of things" Dr. George A. Works agreed with Dr. Cubberly and went on to state that in his opinion the cause of the infe- ! Tinv fnarhinC~ nrpXrqlp lpnt in TIIr1l | schools was lack of education in the | teacher. His statement that if he had his way he would insist on a high ! school education and at least two years | of normal work for every rural teacher brought a storm of applause. As it is now, the rural districts get teachers who are either lacking in training or who can not get into the city schools. People who live in rural communities, he pointed out, are entitled to an edu- cation for their children which should come without the enormous effort and sacrifice so prevalent now. There should be a consolidation which will enable the rural school to be financed ip d different way than now. This is a problem which has been taken up in a half hearted way heretofore and should be given serious attention today. Living conditions for teachers OL rural SCHOOLS LldAe IL dlIilOSl liupOS- sible to get a self-respecting woman
 for the position. Dr. Works declared.
 A. O. Neal gave some statistics show
 ing that if all the teachers who had graduated from normal schools in the
 last 25 years were living, there would still be @ shortage of 100, 900 teachers
 Also, that there were 4,000.0O0 more children in rural schools than in city
 schools, while the allowance for city
 children was very much higher thar
 for the rural child.
 Miss Elsie Toles, the incoming state
 superintendent of schools, made an ap- peal for bettering the housing of rura teachers.
 A. J. Matthews spoke about the bil he has been instrumental in formulat ing and which will be presented to tn educational board shortly, which vii tend to improve rural conditions. H. said that the rural people are pioneer of this age, and the future citizens 0 the country should be given ever. chance.
 L. B. McMullin advocated movint pictures, operas and plays in rura I schools and that the community spiri be kept alive in this way.
 c. O. Case, the present state super k intendent, admitted the drawbacks un E der which the rural schools are work ing, but said that many did not realiz k the difficulties under which he ha worked or the many isolated and emer \ gency schools which were in the stat lie advocated portable schools to talk care of the cotton picking elemen N which speaks an alien tongue and ca usually attend school about an hou a day. He thought the city shoui K provide for part of this expense an
 the community the rest.
 The high school section also m'
 yesterday afternoon and st 2:45 D \ Cubberly gave an address to the hig E school teachers on the changing the K cries of the high school. He told { X the evolution of the high school fro \ a private academy where young me
 were trained for the universities dow E to the present day, where boys ar \ girls are trained for all walks or Ii
 pr Cubberly. was one of tEe first me
 tC realize the importance Of vocation e training in the schools.
 Dr. Suzzallo followed with an inte
 esting talk on the social changes 2
 fecting secondary education. He oegi Tith a statement that there were Ve k few abstract thinkers very few e ! ceptionally tall or exceptionally sho \ people; that if we put them in roN E they would Follow a zigZag line and n
 a straight one. and so it IS with [ E human mind No two are alike,
 said. no two capable of doing the saI work. Tn the old way of educating {
 select and reject method was used a the teacher was judged by the numb
 of students flunked. Now the teach is judged by the number passed. T high school teacher of today is a ps chologist as well as a teacher, said t speaker. Theory and practice go ha in hand and one is nothing without { ether. Liberal education and spec education are not competitive but su r,iementary. The high school a college blend together as a cont uous ladder, with proper switchi
 points here and there to direct \ different minds along the cham k best suited for them.
 HIS OPINION
 You have done well in life"
 'T hope so.'