South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-30
PUPILS OF RURAL
SCHOOLS WILL BE
REGISTERED TODAY
New High School Students
Also 30 EnrOll-McBrien
Addresses Teachers.

Organization ard registration OF
pupils VIII take place iu the rural
schools OF 81 Joseph county this
morning while the students VINO
are entering high school for the first
time VIII also register No session
~ the Teachers institute VIII be
held but the school trustees VIII,
meet az 10 o'clock az which time
they will Toe address by Or. A /
iIau-Quest, professor or education
in the University Of Cincinnati and
director OF the. Cincinnati nign
schools and Prof w r Mcconnell
Of Miami University. oxford. ..
Organization meetings Of all the
teachers OF the city schools were
held Tuesday morning IN prepare
zion for registration. which will tai
place Thursday morning at 9 o'clOc..
Those who are registering In the
South Bend High school FOR the first
time, having come mere from out Of
The CITY. are asked 10 report al the
high school both Wednesday and
thursday mornings.
- NcBrien Gives Address.
DIR. NJ T. McBrien, director Of
rural education. Indiana state nor
NAL Terre Haute, gave his last ad-
dress before the institute at tho
general session Tuesday afternoon
his subject was An Hour With
Great Men"
Il cannot rememb Der the time"
ne said. when / did not know about
the oliver Chilled pow and the pro-
ducts OF the Studebaker Corp Now
j can come here and see the institu-
lions which have been established
by the divers and the Studebakers.
Indiana IS rich in such men-men
who have the qualities Of greatness "
An interesting survey of the work
Of the Junior Red Cross was giver.
by James T. Nicholson assistant
national director of the organization.
lie told Of the relief accomplished
IA Europe during the war and IF
the help contributed by the children
Of the public schools of America
through the Junior Red Cross lie
urged a continuation OF the work in
time of peace, a program which
will carry out the slogan Citizen
q ship Through Uuselfish Service"
Leads Community Singing.
Community singing, lead by Miss
Ellie Harmon. opened the session
and Miss Josephine Decker gave a
vocal selection.
An interesting discussion Of the
responsibilities resting on the rural
school teacher was given by DR.. Nc
Brien at the meeting of the rural
school session Tuesday morning. The
. responsibility of keeping Of attend
ance rests largely on the teacher.
he said, stating that in Indiana the
attendance was 94.5 percent perfect,
a record that compares well with
the general average.
I'VE must get our patrons TO real
ize," he continued. "that education
Is the chief defense of a nation, and
II they neglect sending their children
10 school every day that is possible,
they are just as much slaCkers as
those soldiers who failed 90 do their
duty in time OF war The teachers
can do much toward creating a pub
Tic sentiment against needless alb
Sence from school
The responsibility Of the teacher
as vocational counsellor was also
uWeiL upon ny III. WV tfA 4fiAf
so many OF the pupils Of the pub
lie schools are sent through school
in the same manner as cattle are
sent through a packing house. They
are herded together, put through
various prescribed processes. and
turned out-canned And some OF
them are pretty thoroughly canned.
No attention Is given the individual
needs or talents OF a chlld-he is
n rubber stamp product Our
teachers can do much 20 correct this
evil-not so much as vocational
guides. but as vocational counsel
lore. You have an opportunity 10
know the children in your classes
and TO help them in decisions that
may turn the current Of their lives
either in the right or the wrong di-
rection
The Improvement of rural schools
>tbrouEh standardization was also
&advocated by DIT NcBrien who sug-
gested FREQUENT meetings Of par
e1ts. pupils. and teachers for a dis
question OF the needs OF the schools
and ways OF bringing IL up 90 the
ideal.
Or. ". r Mcconnell viii sneak
m The Letter and Spirit ~ Teach
ing" at the general session this att
ernOon