Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-19
Prot. StOnier in
Speech Endorses
Training Lenders
BY vIoLETTE G.. CAMPBELL

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his morning with full attendance
iespite the inclement weather. The
entertainment features of the pro
.ram, provided by pupils of the Cal
ipatria, Holtville and Imperial
schools, were up to the high mark
hat has been set by other schools
II their contributions to the arts-
ie and most pieasurable features of
| The sessions.
Miss Katherine Mclaughlin adj
lressed the Institute IS the first
| speaker of the day Her lecture was
/ devoted to a discussion of the
teaching of reading in the public
| schools.
| 1.-The teacher who succeeds in
c h ng Ter children how
% read and implants in their minds
and hearts love of reading, has
given to them the key to the uni
verse, = she said. The speaker
| pleaded for more books in the pub
lie school, books ready at hand and
! With appeal to the pupil S desire to
| read.
"The Challenge 10 Present Day
Preachers was the subject of ono
Of the finest, most practical lee
lures of the sessions. Prof. H. c.
Stonier of U. S. c. substituting
| for F. II. Boren, who was unavoid-
ably prevented from attendance.
was the speaker
| He sid that The next great move
mcnt in education will be the train
ing of boys and girls for political
leadership. The American govern
ment is today the most backward
activi.y of any human endeavor, he
declared. This is due, in the speak
cr S Judgment, TO lack of leadership
all along the line. A survey has
shown that the average school
training of the average public of
fetal, in Il very large sense, ended
with the lower primary grades with
so great a number employed in the
administration of government, the
need of higher and more efficient
leadership is appareEe, he said. The
task of the public schools sis to
lprepare this leadership, if demoera
! cy is to survive in America. "Too
many people think of government
las the great prohibitor, despised
tax gathered, instead Of as IA pro-
itector and conserver cf human life
and liberty
| DR.. ,Stonier Appeals
y DR.. Stonier made an earnest ap-
peal to the teacher to strive to
keep abreast with himself or her
self The greatest question is not
"what are you getting out of life,
neither is it What are you giving
it is what are you keeping that will
ennoble and build up your own life
and usefulness?'' The teacher mus-
lake care of her health, first of
all. Graduation from a school or
university is but the beginning and
he who is satisfied to stop with
that, soon becomes stale and fails
in the end.
DR.. Stonier would not admit ia
the universities students who have
not at some time during the pub
'ic school course proven their ability
to earn their support either in
whole or in part. He would require
evidence of ability to work before
graduation from the university and
would Withhold the comforting CT
university degrees after graduation
fer one year, or until the young
man or young woman had proven
capable of doing something con
structive, something worth while t,
the world.
DR.. L. w. Chubb, dean of the
Ohio university, thrilled his au
dience yesterday afternoon in al
address on Religion and Poetry.
Religion is an instinct, the long
ing of mankind for the infinite
Poetry is the fullest spirit of al
knowledge. MeE have always had
a religion of some sort and out OF
great religions have come great poe
. rq. Theology is a man-made sci
, ence and changes often in its con
cepts. God is unchanging and poe
try of the best expresses the in
finite.
t General Sessions Close Today
Miss Katherine Mclaughlin who
followed DR.. Chubb, gave mos
comprehensive outline of the pro
posed state course of study, whicl
she elassed as the second of th,
forward movement in education. Th'
: three movements ranking in edua
! Importance are administration
, which is to cover the field of ad
t Iministration and supervision, eurri
e euhm reconsi suction which is il
lprocess, and scientific analysts o
I, ,Ime'thods. e.
II The general sessions will clos
4 tonight. Tomorrow, the Institut
: will resolve itself into sections AM
: discussions bearing upon class roor
work will take the place of tn
lectures.
gI Dir, Stonier addressed the institut
i as whole again this afternoon.
|
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