Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-09-04
TEMPE NORMAL SCHOOL APPEALS TO PARENTS

MILHLO lV TMLNIO
 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 career. What are you planning fo, your boy or your girl? Have you thought of the opportunities for REAL SERVICE in the teaching pro- fession? Will you permit Tempe Normal School to offer a few sugges- tions as to the value of profession al training for your son or your daughter. The great crisis through which our country has recently passed has directed attention to the need for broader education of the people and the demand is daily increasing for more teachers and better trained teachers. The Nation has passed safely through the severe trials of the war only to find itself facing the ser ious problems of social unrest Whether these problems are to be met and satisfactorily solved and whether the peace and prosperity of the coun- try 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 SERVICE of the teachers in prepar- ing the youth for intelligent and eff ficient citizenship is as essential to the preservation of the nation in time of peace as was the service of the soldier to it's defense in time of war
 In 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 a realization of the justice which de- mands adequate compensation for the teacher and salaries have not only greatly improved but will continue to increase. The young woman gradu- ating from the teachers course of the Tempe Normal School may now look forward to certain employment for home. The table board offered at the dining hall is abundant and substan- tial. The campus of 50 acres is one the first year at a salary of $1,2O0 to $1,5OO where two years ago she might expect $500 or 5000. Opportunities are equally attractive to young men who wish to follow this profession. WeT are placing young men in good positions at salaries of $1,700 to $I,S00 with prospects of substantial increase the second year with reason able expectations of rapid advance ment to principalships or administra- tive 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 buildings, completely fur nished, and as comfortable as city of the most beautiful spots in the state, with it's green lawns, avenues of shade trees, and it's fourteen at tractive buildings. The Faculty members are especially chosen for their training along educational lines and bring to their work the inspira- tion of the best universities of the country east and west. The training school is a regularly organized public school with over three hundred pupils in all grades from kindergarten to up, thus providing the prospective teach CT, before graduation, with a years actual experience in teaching under competent supervisin.
 Beside the regular teachers course, opportunity is given for the training of special teachers in art, manual training, home economics, commerce agriculture, or kindergarten. Those who thus prepare themselves may eX- pect salaries considerable above the average and the demand for such teachers is good. Opportunity is also given students pursuing the regular teachers course to elect al 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 di- ploma.
 The graduates of Tempe Normal School receive a diploma which en- titles the holder to teach for life with out examination in the schools of Ari- zona, California, or any other state