Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-25
STATE EDUCATORS MEETING
in RIVERSIDE HANDLES MANY
PROBLEMS OF MUCH INTEREST

removal of religious teaching Great
ed law to effect its banishment
from public instruction.
''supt. Wood indicated the need
for the spiritual guidance of youth
through the various Sunday Schools
and churches, along the example
set by New York in establishing.
through the various churches.
classes for the school children in
which spiritual training is received.
Similar methods are employed in
the schools of Gary, Ind.
Closely allied to this interest
displayed in spiritual advancement
was the high tension shown in dc.
bated and devious means offered
for the emphasis of civic and socio-
logical training in the schools.
Sociological Study Urged
Dean Rogers of the University
of California, advanced the idea
that so. many changes are taking
place in the social life of this coun-
try that there must be vital re-
adjustment of the educational pro-
gram in favor of sociological study.
American history is so linked
up with eivics, economics, sociolo-
gy, etc, he points out, that the
teaching of any, of those subjects
separately is waste of time.
Gin support of the educational
work in the public schools of the
present time, III. b. Wilson, educa-
tor and well known lecturer of
Berkeley, in an after dinner speech
contributed both enlightenment and
mirth in his able comparison of
past and modern educational ac-
Movements, bringing forth rep
resentative number of school tests
given 40 years ago and comparing
the results at that time with the
results of the present day.
Memory PLAYS Tricks
Memory is triekster,'' saws
DIR. Wilson, '.and dresses UP the
past-perhaps as a kindness to the
human race-in most enchanting
vesture. We only recall the best
things from what has gone before
and small glories are lent niagnifi-
cence through the prospective of
time.
He jovially related an instance
of going back home with great ec-
stasy to view the large room in
which he played when a boy and
finding Il oaly a nook-and coming
out with expectancy to find the
!. -great..ssteep hillside down which
he used to slide, to be only. a knoll
- .eTfe responsibility for the de-
parture of educational emphasis
from the fundamentals, it was in-
dicated, is condition for whica
the legislatures of the state. are
responsible. We have now legis.
lated into the program of our pub
lie schools some Is or 90 subjects or.
phases = to, be taught in the gram
marogradesf many. of which are the
offspring of enthusiasts or faddist
groups. 1rr &5 x. ss
''Through the cutting of office
forces, by pressure of reduced
school budget, teachers credentials
have been DELAYED in accreditation
with resultant shortage of teach
ers-service.
''The congestion of work in var
ious school offices, due to reduced
forces, with a corresponding lack
of expediency in the functioning Of
numerous school bodies received
serious attention.
Rural Work Emphasized
"Will c. Wood in addressing the
body of supervisors of rural schools
expressed the conviction that rural
supervision is the greatest move
that has been made for educational
advancement in the past 20 years,
other speakers amplifying his ex-
pressions.
approximately 100 rural super
visors were present.
"The visitation of the Cuclmon-
ga School by the conference body
shed color on advanced tendencies
toward individuality in child train
ing.
In this school, as in many other
noted schools of the present day,
| the word dicipline has given place
to the word influence and the child