Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-19
N0RMAlS SHOULD Be
TEACHERS COLLEGES
Growing Movement Over Thi:
Part of Country To Advance
Teachers Opportunities

President I. Coates. OF E1.;
ern, has returned from aitendir>:
the annual meeting OF the pref
dents and deans of the Southrrr
Teacher Training Institutions If
Peabody College Nashville Tenn.
This organization l. composed pt
representatives of uniVcT>iliC e.
normal schools and private a.'l
denohiinational institutions ,u-
gagged i'll training teachers ir-si'.
all the Southern States. iuclud:d. p,
Kentucky and Missouri.
The purpose OF these Iuccti-
i To >tandardizc all such in>ji:u-
tions. and To- improve ths,r
courses uf instruction. thci;
methods and general ciiicicr-1
The meeting was largely attcu
ed. and much good work Nd-
done
One oi the most intcrc>tiu.
subjects discussed. and one "a
which Kentucky i Interested. T.
the growing movement all over
the United States. except TN,
Northeast. I" advance State \ri
NAL Schools To the rank ri IcaCi
crs' Colleges. Especially j. Tn.
movement growing in the Nc>j
where educational growth aloH.
all lines j. frccr Til, principa
opposition seems L. - comm,
from the State \. \ u Coli 90 e.
and Universities This orrr. It's.
l. clearly shown in III sure =
that have been made in !a:c v..;.r-
oi western normal ~chool~ Is
groups III men and agencies o.
sympathy with. or di-c,'tlN c";l-
nectcd with schools opposed .
the more ambitious program 1T
the normal schools.
On this subject. ,hcrc are 81.
schools nj thought. One class
of educators contend that t''e
normal schools should prcI,a ~,.
teachers for elementary >Chop..
only: that they should be zee
cruitcI from the iour-ycar high
>Chuul- that the Co,;r>v ui >tlj,N
should hc two wears In length :
that this course should be cntir--
~ vocational III nature: that b,
should prepare specifically %.
grade work: that Il should uDt
art culatc with ar have regard iur
. higher college work. They con
tend that normal school Shout.
not attempt L. train teachers ioi
high school work ui any kind. .
) tor positions a. special tvaChcl IS
or supervisors uf any kind. Tha.
must al Lc left tu the higher III
Stuiut;on>. In effect. ;Lcy WON.
write over the door way of rv-
cry state normal school 'Su.
j who cutters here a a pupil mu-'
leave all hope behind of ever he
ing ANYTHING else than a era O.,
teachers. In the estimation 't
this class "i thinkers. any norma
school that does not TIT itself int,
these narrow mold> ! iuadcuuat,
auI not standard
] On tie other hand. il i argue
that no ambitions and talent.
man or woman i'm his or h-l
Scu>r>. will rI;trr any such in>ti-
tuition. This class ui thinker
contend that normal school.
Should become teachers col
lcgc>: that some of their course,
should Ice iour wears. and tha
. they should prepare for all kind
nf teaching service clcmentar,-
high School and special types -
service.
. Both oi the normal schools il
kentucky from their beginnin.
p have been in charge uf regents
presidents and faculties who bc
: long to the second school %
> thought They have believe,
J and still believe that the Schoo
/. system al Kentucky elemeutar 4,
, and high schools one >vSt.il
and that il has been and l. theI
business 10 train teachers Tor al
such schools. They would resi-.
E to the UTMOST any effort To con
t fine them within the narrow lirn
!. Is OF the New England and W :
3. conSin conceptions for they bc
1 licve that road leads To death u
o the normal school system in keI
] tuckv. II i probable that
: move VII be made in the near a
1 ture To make both Eastern al
= Western normal schools teacll