Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-22
The CHlEFTAINS SATURDAY BARGAIN
Here Will be Found Everything For the Sunday Dinner
FRIDAY MEETINGS OF TEACHERS
ARE Held IN MANY DIVISIONS

Eight sectional meetings were held
yesterday morning in Central High
school building in connection with the
State Teachers association. These
had to do with particular angles and
| activities of the teachers and admin
istrators of public schools.
The underlying principle which was
set forth in one way or another in
every gathering, was that the teacher
must consider the pupil and education,
as Mr.. Haaf put it in the Arts and
Crafts section, as material, and the
school program as a method. for GER
tain purposes. Or. as Dean johnson of
the State Agricultural college told the
rural teachers. the purpose of their
work is TO prepare the pupil for life
and living.
j. +. Chapman took the place of F.
e. Parks to tell the teachers in the in
dustrial part of the schools, what busi-
ness and industry expects from the
high school graduate. A teacher. he
said. is prospecting his or her scholar
for brains. but the big product to get
out OF the scholar IL character. The
industrial work of a boy or girl In
school is only preparing them to
specialize. find out what is their bent.
The business man expects that the
school will train boy. at least. to start
at the bottom rather than at the top.
Fundamental to all else is the fact that
the high school teaches one to learn
how to learn. They expect honesty.
the evaluation of a square deal: that
the scholar shall know how to study.
and how to use eye and hand system
atically to determine what thing is
for and what he is for.
Dean johnson. said to rural teachers
that the four big advances in public
education in late years have been in the
fields Of psychology. administration.
the content Of the courses Of study.
and the method of instruction. Teach
ers are to prepare their pupils to 30 out
into the world. But what do most
teachers know about the world7 Most
of the pupils leave school around four
teen years af age, and how well
equipped are such to get on in their
world? The Germans had three ideas
about America on the educational and
industrial side. They said I'VE have
natural resources, ability to invent
processes OF production and transpor-
tation. but we do not educate our peo-
pie to produce For that reason Ger
many could last five Year, In q strug
gle against the world. We have en-
riched our curriculum, hut have We
done that in our rural schools 10 that
the boy or girl can get on wisely when
he leaves school?
Prof. Shuts of Colorado Springs add
ed the idea, that with the dull and
seemingly stupid students. one way to
help such Is to spur their interest by
personal inspiration to read tho story
Of life, and the world right near them.
To stimulate the spirit of inquiry is
to awaken boy or girl.
DR.. Lawrence W. Cole. head of the
department OF psychology at the uni
versity OF Colorado. spoke to the child
study department on some traits OF
children, and later in the session the
Vincent Intelligence tests were given
to group of children. The was prAc-
tical psychology. and crowded the
class room with interested teachers.
The method and results were of the
kind that helps a teacher to locate new