The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-10-19
Institute Work is
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work. He said too many people are
tseeking education so they will not
have to work, rather than getting an
education so they can do better
| work.
An address by DR.. Howerth fol-
lowed on Social Heritage" DR..
Howerth explained that the social
heritage of every nation is some
what different from the others and
that there must be some measure Of
error or room for improvement in
Our own social heritage and it is for
us to discover and replace with
something better. The other adj
dress of the morning was by DR..
Smith on "The Individual in Educa-
ton" He brought out the idea that
it did not matter SO much what kind
of school house we had, or what
kind of school equipment, or even
what kind Of teachers, but that I it
does matter much what individual
power and determination there is in
the pupil. If the pupil has the de-
termination he will get an education
Notwithstanding poor school and
poor teachers, but he is entitled to
the help and benefit of all of these
things. He says the teacher that
does not help the pupil to help him
self, is not really teacher, and does
not understand his subject.
The afternoon meetings held in
sections in the different school
houses and churches deal with
special subjects in school work,
school government, the arrangement
of courses of study etc. In the high
school building one room is devoted
to demonstrating the teaching of
music with the monograph, and
two rooms are devoted to exhibits
of school supplies and statesmen de-
vote their entire time to showing
the goods and taking orders. This
enables teachers at the institute to
select needed materials for their
work without the expense, of going
to the cities where such supplies are
kept in stock.
On Tuesday morning, DR.. Bryan,
commissioner of education for Idaho
spoke on Nation, state and local
responsibility in education" dealing
with tax problems and the weak
spots in the use Of tax money. He
showed that according to census re-
turns there is high rate of Hitter
acy in the United States, but that it
is in spots such as the black south,
the foreign elements in the cities
and foreign elements in sparsely
settled regions
Miss Ethel Redfield, state superin-
tendent for Idaho gave an address
on the Future Of education in
Idaho" She showed that it is diff
ficult and important to keep up the
standard of school work in the fast
growing school population, and that
the new high schools in all the diff
ferent conditions thruout the state,
has made one of the hardest prob
lens to finance and to operate.
On Tuesday afternoon at the
junior high school there was meet
ing Of superintendent and princi-
pals to discuss legislative matters
for the schools, and greatest interest
conferred around matter Of equaliz-
ing the distribution or apportion-
ment of taxes to keep down the
variation between the rich districts
and the poor districts. Some dis
tricts have but little population, but
large wealth to tax, such as long
lines Of railroad and telegraph and
telephone lines or rich mines, and
in these districts the people vote
special taxes when they want to, and
in many instances lavish money on