Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-21

WII.FRED EARL BE.AUVAIS
the boys and girls in the United States
leave high school at the age of 16
years, and that one-half of the remain
ing IL per cent quit within the next
two years. OF the eighteen million
pupils enrolled in the public schools of
lion entered high school. while only
III 1868 graduated from high school
Only one-fifth of l per cent of this
number entered college. One of the big
Jobs the educators have is to find out
why pupils quit school and how to
keep them IN school, according to DR..
Ellison. He said so per cent quit be-
cause they are not satisfied but he
does not believe all the fault is with
the school for If one followed the same
people into jobs one would find them
dissatisfied there. Other reasons why
a large number leave school is in order
to earn money and others leave because
they must help support the family. The
big job is to keep the people in school.
The school should be the place where
people can enjoy themselves and should
be a place pupils should want to go not
Just because they have to go but 1t Is
better to go because they had to than
not at all. DIR. Ellison said it is neces-
sary to have the right kind of teachers
the school room but that to improve
the schools the help of the people out
side of the schools is needed also.
The last speaker OF the afternoon
was Mrs. Reinhardt. president of Mills
College, California this being her sec
ond appearance before the teachers
convention. Her subject was "Ameri-
can Ideals in Education She said
ideals in any educational systeH may
be OF permanent or of a revolving sort.
She discussed the difference between
wanting liberty and the ability to use
liberty when given. She told of asking
young Russian girl why she was will
! ing to stay in this country SO far from
| the nation OF her birth and the girl re-
Piled that here she could be free to
go. be free to know" She asked the
same question OF a Chinese girl who
said Mrs. Reinhardt could not under
stand what happiness Il brought her
to be where she could be herself and
where she could read. think and be-
come Mrs. Reinhardt gave illustra-
tions from American history regard
ing people seeking freedom-first they
wanted freedom of worship: later it
was freedom of vocation and occupa-
ton and all thru the years there had
been a seeking after freedom even to
the late war and yet they had not
freedom then" And why she asked
At the conclusion of the afternoons
program the members OF the Grade
Teachers association OF District No.
10 were hostesses at tea In the Trophy
room of Central High school to the
visiting teachers.
At 5:45 o'clock the Colorado State
| Teachers college alumni had a dinner
at the vail hotel Thomas Nelson
Page was the guest of honor.
! Friday at 12:15 noon, the Gunnison
State. Teachers College Alumni will
have a luncheon at the Methodist
church. The Froebel club will enter
tain at tea Friday afternoon in the
Trophy room OF Central High. Satur-
day morning the grade teachers will
entertain at breakfast at the Congress
hotel.
ARTS AND cRAFTs-Friday. $50
a. m. room eli. second floor. What In
dustry Expects from the High School
Graduate. F. f. Parks. manager Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Works.
Review of Industrial Educational
Activities, II. C. Stillman. director of
vocational education. Pueblo.
i An exhibit of Pueblo industrial work
will be seen at the high school.
CHILD sTUDY-Room col. Third
floor, Friday, $3.50 a. ma Child well
fare Program, DR.. ]. II. Wagner. pres
ident of New Mexico Normal Univer-
sity. +. Las Vegas. N. NJ.
Some Traits of Children, DR.. Law
renee n. Cole. head of dept. OF psychol-
ogy, University of Colorado.
Group Intelligence Tests for school
entrance, Cole-Nincent.
Demonstration by Leona Vincent OF
the University of Colorado.
CIVIC ISTORICAL@Frday. $3.50,
room 109, second floor.-Standardized
Tests in History, DR.. ]. d. Heilnlan,
Colorado state Teachers College.
Devices for getting American History
over to Slow Pupils IN the Junior high
school. Ruth Lytle, Rocky Ford.
II General Discussion-The Use of Cur
rent Publications In History Courses.
Round Table Discussion.
SCIENCE-Room 101. second floor
$3.50 a. m, Friday-Biology, the
Awaken. A. A. Granovsky, Rocky
Ford.
The Sims in General Science, Daniel
Shuts. Colorado Springs.
Subjects on which discussion is in
vited. Photography and Geology for
Rocky Mountain schools. How We may
help to make America Chemically In
depe ndent. The Teaching of Evolution
in Biology, L. A. Riedel. Greeley.
SUPERINTENDENT AND PRIN-
ffPALS-Room Q. first floor $40 to n
A. m, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Dean S.