The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11

the teachers Of Ardmore public schools
held Monday afternoon at high school.
with c. w. Richards, superintendent.
in charge, Mr.. Richards gave Il most
interesting and comprehensive report
OF u meeting which he attended Of
the Department of superintendent OF
the National Educational Association,
held recently in Cleveland, Ohio.
This was the 50th anniversary OF
the organization OF the Department
of Superintendents and only one man.
DIR. Il. +. Winship, editor of the
Journal OF Education, was present,
who was present at the organization
OF the department fifty years ago,
Mr.. Richards, said. "Dr. Winship
spoke on Fifty Years Progress in Ed
ucation.'"
Fifty years ago there was no mug
ic, no drawing. 10 manual training,
no domestic science, no playground ap'
paratus, not high school or college
with laboratory. Now there are 49,
900 laboratories in schools and col
ItS'St uON lVtVVO SClOO4S dIt equip
ped with manual training! now no
city is without music and drawing:
now there are thousands Of school
gymnasiums; now. there are 100000
pieces of playground apparatus in the
United States.
Fifty years ago there was not a
college or university with any thought
of department for professional work
for teachers, now, there is not one
without Il.
'"rhese five decades can be divided
into five periods of ten years each.
each period bringing forth some dis.
tinct educational progress and some
one great man the leader in each
period.
The first period from 1S70.S0 saw the
coming Of laboratories Manual Train
ing and Domestic Science with Fran
els w. Parker as the great leader.
The second period. from 1SS0-90 was
the decade Of the child. the opening
of the field Of Child Psychology by G
Stanley Hall in his monumental work
on Adolescence. The period following.
from 1S901900, was the high school
age.
"In 1890 there were only two high
schools west of the Allegheny Noun
tains. DR.. Charles W. Elliott, now
president Emeritus of Harvard Uni
versity was the greatest leader OF the
modern high school.
The period from 190O-10 was tho
time marked by the coming of the
professional teacher, the growth OF
normal schools. departments of educa'
tion in all universities with James
r.. Russell the leader.
"The period from 191020 is so close
that we can not clearly see the great
est outstanding feature, but Dr. Win
ship thinks It is the idea OF the Com
munity Center"
Mr.. Richards expressed his belief
that 1t was the Womans Decade with
Cora W. Stewart the little woman
in the mountain of Kentucky who
started the Moonlight schools as the
great outstanding character.
THE present age. DR.. Winship,
claims is marked by a new word,
"PREPOTENT." He said that he saw
great hog sold for $4,000, not be.
cause OF his ancestors but because 81
his own progeny. his own product.
So in this age we will not be mea,
ured in education by our ancestors
but by the product we are turning
out in our schools.
Mr.. Richards then gave the teachera
the "high lights" in the talk by Len.
ord Ayres Of the Russell Sage Foun
dation. Mr.. Ayres made n survey OF
the state institutions OF all the states
and territories, listing certain items
such as per cent OF attendance, length
of term money spent per child in at
tendance. etc, and with this survey
he secured an index OF measure. Mon
tana ranked highest with a percen.
of 76, California with II per cent
Arizona with &C per cent. Oklahoma
ranks 3Sth with AZ per cent and South
Carolina is at the foot of the list
with go per cent. This Mr.. Richards
stated Is the age when actual meas
urement is being taken OF our school
systems ana we are SCleNllHCally fnear
ruing our products.
Mr.. Richards said that because we
are doing Educational Measurement
work in our own schools he was partic
ularly interested in the talks on thin
line, especially one address in which
tn- speaker said that we were meas.
uring the speed and comprehension
OF reading and in his opinion we
should also measure organization and
reproduction of what was read. AS yet
no test has been devised TO measure
these factors in reading.
Moral Education is not a. new sub
ject. but legislation for moral education
is almost astonishing. The State OF
Utah has taken the lead is the state
ment of Superintendent Smith of St.
Lake. Every child under eighteen
years has TO be either in school or
at work, and if at work the child
Is under the supervision Of the SUI
perlntendent Of schools and the EN-.
ployer has to make reports to the su.