Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-16
Labmaiorls and Library.

I.aboiaiorls and Library.
There IN more than twelve thousand
d"llarn wm b ~ equipment IN thr srv.
eral laboratories IT IN. high school. ~.
GLIDING all the equipment necessary 10
teaching physicS chemistry. botany.
zoology. physical geography general
Science. physiology. domestic Science
and art, manual training and the busi.
nesy bran"heF. There are more than sis
Thousand volumes In the high school
library, These books were purchased
'sslccially to meet the needs ~ the dii.
frfcht departments and are the hooks
That are found IN the libraries IL the
progressive schunls 81 the country Few
'>-hssils N the country have better II.
hrarv facilities than the Amarillo High
school. In The opinion u the state IN
spccturS who have visited n. The school
IN also well supplied with maps. charts,
models ard other equipment necessary
10 high grade work In the several de.
rar'ments The faculty 81 the High
school h composed IL men AMI women
~ experience and thorough trimming.
Tho members Of the faculty are all
graduates IL standard colleges or have
had equivalent training and all hut two
~ three Of them have done graduate
work and have had special trimming fer
the particular line IL work they mr.,
teaching. They have all had ~ much
" two years &C experience In teaching
and tn average number of years ~ ~
perience h not pcss than five.
The PRINCIPAL Il the High s.ho.l
holds y. = degree from Alabama
POLYTECHNIC institute and has done more
than enough work for the VI. 4 degrco
from the University 81 Chicago lie has
Ind long experience 4. In high school
work and stands for the latest and beet
In education.
The superintendent ~ schools in r.
4. graduate ~ Baylor University and
holds the " 4. and NJ \. degrees from
Yale. lie held for one year an honor
scholarship IN the University IL Chi.
cago and was one year fellow In social
science M Yale lie II n progressive In
cdurnt.ons and believes In getting rid n
the rubhish and cffcte material In our
educational system and In adapting n
10 the needs and capacities of the chG.
drcn ~ iosla"
Program Adapted o. Needs ~ An.
In arranging the course ~ study Cor
m" Amarillo High ~'hool. the .rhrl ~
ficiaiE have endeavured to fro. them.
selves NJ much ~ they rould from the
Influence - traditiunalism and have
sought 10 outline th" work In such
manner rs to give the boys md girls
the training that wiz mako them thr
test I'nssiblr men and women. the l..st
pnSsiblr workers and the best p,aSbi.
Cltiz"ns They have had IN mind not
rnlv ~" needs n Those who ar. aide !
=" continue their education beyond tn. |
high school bar slsr 81 these Who'll
must l'0s" srhosl ~ the end ~ thci.' |
high S'hud course or even bofore t.
This md thev have introduced /, mum.
l"r - vocational courses and IN adj |
ton. have 'u'l'avorod tp give an IN. 1
work u prariictl turn and to maks n |
touch lie IN as many placrs ~ posi- I
Die They have believed that the hesi
rnssihl. provision that cln be- nla,l, Tor
tho cultural ~ o'iuosiirn ~ - on.
ph1sis" the practical. Tor that which IL
cultural IN tho broadesi and irucsi sense
- the term - slso practical No cduca
iion " rumpl'tc without = cultural sidr
hot vs. must remember that culture "
srmcthing moro than exclusive infnf-ml.
ton ur even exclusive ability. u IL IN.
" Willingness md ability ~ s,rvc md II
n believed that W. haven't pruper con. /
ucpiion of our schosi work unless w.
.ako s.r,trc - supreme aim. For on
a. serve Most effectively however. une I
must ruSs'ss something mere than iucr.
technical ability The succ~ssful bust |
ness man. fur instance must know
tmueiting murc thnn s'-uugraphv. twp.
writing. S,lc smanship. and husincss law.
"" must have. IN addition o. these.
the training that will make him be-,
ter man and better ciilzrn The giri
needs not only thuS, things that mr..
pare her for the immediate duties 10
he h"m' shc needs a broader vision. a
dcci ~ sympathy. and those ether things
that Nill make he. In every sense an
cfrcicn; mcnhr ~ socicty Education
u preparation Tor complete living. 81
and Tor onc CO. live completely one must
have Hoi only The practical. but tho
cultural ~ wei and the cultural ln.
clud,s 40 those abilities ana gruccs that
make lifr nrt:cr fuller. snG m,re p,cy,s.
ant for ourselves and those around "
Course 10 Studs
The following IL an outline ~ the
new course - study that viii be- pub. |