Arizona republican., 1920-08-26
APPEAL ID PARENTS
 MADE BY PRESIDENT
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 At this time the boy and the girl who have just finished the high school are making plans for the future. They now look to father and mother for timely advice which may have the greatest influence in shaping their ca reer. What are you planning for your boy or your girl? Have you thought of the opportunities for real service in the teaching profession? Will you per- init Tempe Normal school to offer as few suggestions as to the value of a professional training for your son or your daughter? The great crisis through which our country has recent ly passed has directed attention to the need for broader education of the peo- pie and the demand is daily increasing for more teachers and better trained teachers. The nation has passed safe ly through the severe trials of war only to find itself facing the serious problems of social unrest. Whether these problems are to be met and sat isfactorily solved and whether the peace and prosperity of the country and the security of your property and your home are to be preserved will depend in large measure upon the schools. Viewed in this light the ser vice of the teachers in preparing the youth for intelligent and efficient cIti- zenship is as essential to the preserva- ton of the nation in time of peace as was the service of the soldier to It's defense in time of war.
 Tn entering this life of real service the teacher is no longer required to make financial sacrifice as in the past. for the public is awakening to real ization of the justice which demands adequate compensation for the teach CT. and salaries have not only greatly improved but will continue to increase. The young woman graduating from the teachers course of the Tempe Nor nal school may now look forward to certain employment for the first year at salary of $1 200 to S1.500 where two years ago she might expect $500 or $500. Opportunities are equally attractive to young men who wish to follow this profession. We are plac. ing young men in good position at salaries of S170O to s1,Se0 with pros ond year with reasonable expectation of rapid advancement to principalships or administrative positions.
 Arizona's schools ought to be sup piled with Arizona teachers. At Tempe Normal school the state has provided a splendid equipment for teacher training. The dormitories are modern
  comfortable as a city home. The table board offered at the dining hall is abundant and substantial. The cam pus of 90 acres is one of the most beau tiful spots in the state. with it's green lawns, avenues of shade trees and it's fourteen attractive buildings. The fac ulty members are especially chosen for their training along educational lines and bring to their work the inspira- ton of the best universities of the country east and west. The training school is a regularly organized public school with over 300 pupils in all grades from kindergarten up, thus providing the prospective teacher. be- fore graduation. with 8 years actual experience in teaching under compe- tent supervision.
 Beside the regular teachers course. opportunity is given for the framing of special teachers in art. manual training, home economies, commer agriculture, or kindergarten. Those who thus prepare themselves may ex- pect salaries considerably above the average and the demand for such | teachers is good. Opportunity is also given students pursuing the regular teachers course, to elect a certain amount of work in one or other of the above mentioned special lines, thus | strengthening their course and giving an added value to the regular diploma. 1 The graduates of Tempe Normal school receive a diploma which en- titles the holder to teach for life | without examination in the schools Of l Arizona. California, or any other state in which such credentials are recog \ niZed at all Such diploma is as valuable to it's possessOr is capital to the business man, yielding, as il does a certain income.
 Those students who find themselves I unable, because of lack of facilities, to finish a high school course at home may enter the third year of high school at Tempe Normal school and, upon the completion of their high school work | will be admitted to the teachers | course. Such students are admitted to all dormitory privileges at the same rates as the professional students.
 The rates for board and room in the dormitories are maintained at as low a figure as is consistent with existing prices of supplies, and most students will find that they can live in the dormitories at a cost but little, if any, in advance of that entailed at home The life in the dormftory is a vaIu- able experience for any young man or woman, tending, as it does, to broa den the views, to develop consideration for the rights and comfort of others, and to establish habits of decision and self reliance. The friendships formed in dormitory associations are usually the most genuine. truest and most lasting of a lifetime.
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