The log cabin Democrat., 1920-05-19
NORMAL TO TRAIN
SCHOOL LEADERS
TO AID EDUCATION LAW
County Superintendent, Elected I'm
der Act 203. to be Trained at
Normal July 26 to August 7.

County superintendent of educa-
ton, including those to be chosen by |
county boards of education selected
at the school election held last Sat
urday, will be students at the school
of instruction for superintendent, to
be held at the State Normal School,
July 26 to August 7. 1t will be the
most important meeting of educators
in Arkansas this year, being arranged
by the state department of education
to aid to the widest possible extent
in placing the new state educational
law in operation. Attendance byl
county superintendent will be prac-
tically compulsory, it was stated to-
day by B. w. Torreyson, president of
the school. The state department will
pay the railway fare of the superin-
tendents, who will be boarded at
Doyne hall. The school will follow
the close of the summer session Of
the State Normal.
State Superintendent John L. Bond,
with the full cooperation of Mr. Tor
reyson and other members of the State
Normal faculty, will be in charge of
the two weeks course to be taught.
1t will include some literary work,
but will be especially planned to
equip newly elected county superin-
tendents in meeting the duties of their
office. Mr.. Bond and others of the
state department, several members of
the State Normal faculty, andS es-
pecially chosen experts will comprise
the faculty Of the school. The new
state law, Act No. 203, passed by the
last legislature and placed in opera
ton at the time of the annual election
on last Saturday, makes radical and
far reaching changes in the manage
ment of public school education, and
Mr.. Bond considers the school of in
struction here most vital to the cause
of education, in that it will equip the
men who will be entrusted with guild
ing its application in the various
counties of Arkansas.
The first meeting Of the kind was
held at the State Normal last year
under the direction of Mr. Bond, and
was attended oy about 35 county SUI
perintendents. Up to the time of en-
actment of the new law, the matter
of county SUPPLEMENTARY was left to
the option of voters in each county,
few of which adopted it. The new,
act creates the office of the county
superintendent in each county, and
the school of instruction will be en-
larged to meet the greater demand
made upon it for service Highly sat
isfactory results We're attained by the
school last year, in the opinion of both
Mr.. Bond and Mr.. Torreyson, and its
the State Normal was agreed upon
even before the passage of the new
education law.
superintendent with their families |
will probably bring the number of
people here for the school up to $50,
it was said. They will be boarded at
the dormitory and will be here for a |
period of two weeks. Close observa-
ton by the superintendent of the
work being done at the State Normal
is also expected to have a beneficial
effect upon the attendance, as the ed
ucators will more fully realize the
worth of the institution to common
school education in Arkansas, and
will thereafter be on the look out for
prospective students, especially as
he, -. r IL
felt in all localities. Mr.. Bond and
Mr.. Torreyson are both impressed
with the Importance of the school of
instruction to education in Arkansas,
and will devote considerable time to