Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-02-21

tlally the same as the one under Whlcn our present school system operates.
 The district is the unit for school administration in Arizona. It is di.
 rected by board of trustees, one of
 whom is elected each year for term
 of three years. This board has com
 plete management and control of all
 schools within its district. The course of study in district schools covers {, period of eight years, except where
 the six and six plan has been adopted.
 In such schools, the course is six
 years of grade work and six of High
 School--three years in junior and
 three in senior high.
 The law provides for three classes
 of High Schools, district, union and
 County Union. The district High
 School is supported by it's district and
 governed by the regular district board.
 Union High Schools are formed by a
 combination of two or more common
 school districts, while the County
 Union High School of which our local
 High School is type, includes the
 territory of whole county. In High
 Schools not operating under the six
 and six plan, the course covers four years. The state now maintains ltwenty-three Highschool Districts, en,-
 ploying two hundred teachers. I Universal familiarity with our dis
 trict and High Schools, or, at least,
 the opportunity of the public to be- : come familiar with them, warrants but la limited space devoted to them here. I shall give therefore, for the pur- pose of emphasizing the rapid devel- opment of our schools and revealing the broad opportunities offered by them, the major portion of the space to the higher institutions of learning
 The Normal Schools, whose on4 3 paramount purpose is the training o1 , elementary teachers, offer five-yeaa course based on the completion of the . felementary school and a two-yea, s course based on High School gradus " tion. Diplomas from these school. n are life certificates without the tenn e porary two years license usuall! n granted by such institutions until tn B graduate has proved his ability t d teach.
 [-l The University of Arizona, ou It highest educational institution, offer B the wide range of instruction indicate | by the following departments, Colleg giof letters, arts and sciences, Colleg r. of Agriculture, College of mines an
 tengineering, United States mines es le perimental station, University exter ie sion department, State pure food iat re oraeory, and School fer the deaf an C. fbfind. '.~'..H G. Of these many departments only V- few may here receive any attention il, While the department of agricultul ,e may not contain the most practic' SC interest to the people of this commul rs iity, everyone who has tested Arizona In delicious dates, will be interested i H. the location of the date-palm orchard R. at Tempe and Yuma. The agricuit. a- ral college also operated a unixersit 'y farm at Tucson, demonstration farm a- at Mesa and Yuma and dry farms |, yh Prescott and Cochise.
 ar Under extension work, the Univers ed ty operates a system of instructie e. for the purpose of carrying some ( C. the benefits of higher eduction to u tt. Large number of persons who are ul O. able to attend regular universit tt courses. The work is carried C he through correspondence, by lectur' 'e, and public discussions, and the distr a. button of publications.
 IT. Two types of correspondence cou e- ses are offered. The formal cour ed is designed to be the equivalent of some University course for whit re credit is given. The informal cour
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