Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-11
|0ULD LENGTHEN THE'
 TERM OF SCHOOL |70 ELEVEN MONTHS.
,ste on Plants, Materials
 is Behind the Plan

Topeka, Kan, April 1O.-An active npaign is under way in Kansas to |pthen the terms of the schools to months of the year, instead of ke and ten as at present required. |E. Peach of the Kansas State Nor l School at Emporia, and Richard Zen. teacher of history and econom- in the Montgomery County High Sool. are leading the campaign forI extended school term. The whole position is based upon the waste Ethe school plants and the fact Et building materials are so high
 the schools so crowded that hething must be done to obtain 1itional room for the students. &There is much need for the efforts the efficiency expert in the solu- h of our educational problems, "i ] Allen. Probably in no other ee is there such waste in the use Expensive plants as in our schools !
 churches. In the average church i ] building is not used 10 hours q /, The school building is empty too ch of thes time. School is actually l Session six hours a day, five days the week, and this for only 36 Ks of the year, 1080 hours q year. Ittle over one-third of the working $. 1 do not contend that any Eher or any pupil should put in br 12 hours a day six days in the k, but my contention is that the Dol plant should be put to greater !
 Can Double Efficiency.
 The efficiency of the average i Dol plant easily may be doubled . bout the requirement of addition hours upon the teacher or pupil !
 school work could be so ar Jed that this could be accom- i he'd and still not change the act
 working hours. By opening the , Dol at o'clock in the morning
 continuing until 5:20 spch after D the efficiency of every school ding in the state could be doub-
 and the demand for enlarged | fters would be met without the ense of additional buildings or pment, but only the additional i ense of an extra shift of teachers. The more continuous use of the
 ol buildings also would afford i " young people opportunity for e extended education. Many feel pelled to leave their school work [ y in life to go to work. By ex-
 ling the working day of the
 ol and also the working year we Id gain two months on each
 ol year and probably three ths, so that an additional year of
 ol work would be gained in e years. A boy or girl could com the secondary and high schools 1 he same number of years that he ow able to complete the grammer
 ols and two years of high school. would gain one year in the gram
 schools, and complete what is
 a four-year course in high i ol in three"
 Would Not Injure Students.
 bth Prof. Peach and MT. Allen eve the extension of the school
 and the school day would have detrimental effect on the school
 iren, as few of them now work
 apacity until they get into col
 Both believe the work could be
 as thorough and complete under ew system as under the old, in
 tlon to affording more efficient
 of the school buildings and pro-
 hg greater educational opportun-
 to the young folks.
 De farming communities may off,
 considerable objection to the
 particularly in the high schools, Poth boys and girls are of con,
 fable value in helping with farm
 during the spring and fall
 ths.