The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
for the CO. operation Of work and

| tO Lne cooperation OF Work anu
play. 81
He referred to the life of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who he declared
a great advocate Of play.
agree with the talk made by Charles
X. Mayer, in which the president
OF the Civic and Commerce asso-
citation dwelt largely on the voca-
tional training schooling which he
declared was more vital to the youth
of the country than many of the
subjects being taught in the schools
OF today. ! q
Il don't agree with Mr.. Mayer
when. he states that everyone should
do an honest piece of work. 1t seems
that Mr.. Mayer Is not very strong
for higher education. II he thinks q
minister, "a physician a dentist, a
lawyer, and teacher Is non pro-
ductiVe then he rs wrong"
Teaching Is Hard Work
President Waldo stated that there
was no profession In which the
work was harder and more trying
than the teaching profession. He
cited numerous cases showing
the productivity Of teachers work,
giving illustrations to show that the
work of a teacher brought produc.
Etivity to humanity. 80 -.
He gradually worked up to his
main. sbject by illustrating the case
OF Frank Burr, who not only chang
ed the system Of the Hanover, Mich,
schools but revolutionized the en-.
tire community and the surrounding
territory by his method OF teach
IN faIlin0 fHA Ia Y.0a hnAv of
teachers what they must do to reach
1.-The goal he set for them, Ito have a
trained teacher for every child" Mr..
Waldo dealt largely on the five
points which he declared was necI
essary to secure the greatest need
| for Minnesota education.
81 want to tell you teachers that
you ate vastly more productive as a
teacher than II you were to do some
other kind Of work. Because you
are teachers, / don't want you to &c
away from here with the idea that
you, are \ not productive in your
| work"
| Iowa Man Speaks.
DR.. Ernest Horn, head Of the Goa
| lege of Education at the University
of Iowa, was the fourth speaker or
this mornings program. His tain
dealt with remedies to be used fol
the correction of a students faults
in grasping that which text books
were meant to teach.
Remedial methods have beer
worked out by expert educators, he
declared. so that at the present time
guarantee could be given that q
a higher efficiency than the average
adult
I'VE now know how to improve a
student in reading, better than q
doctor can cure q patient inflicted
with a disease. During recent tests
at the state University ofsIows, We
found freshmen who were not sue
cessful because they could moi
grasp what they read any better
than a.. grade student" ~ y =
DR.. Horn declared that the educa
tors of the country were at work to-
day/on prevention methods for stu
dents becoming deficient in failing
to grasp the significance or wnal
they had read in the stndy of books
He stated that the prevention meth
DDS to be used would eliminate the
condition where students would ne
cessarily have to be taken off alone
and remedial work applied.
| That these remedial methods
would have to be started In the
grades, so that when a student wen,
higher in school he would be able
to grasp more fully the subject ne
| read, was the message brought tc
the large gathering of teachers who
| heard him speak,
The session this morning was pre-
sided over by superintendent Clark
w. Brown of Albert Lea, president
Of the association. The session this
afternoon opened at the auditorium
of the Mankato Teachers college al
President, Brown called the at
tention OF the teachers to the auto .
| mobile tour planned for this after
noon and to the address to be given
by President Waldo this evening at
the Lincoln school auditorium.