San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-08
FERENCE: Of
CH00L s AIM
TELLS
Is Pupils Should Be
\ Taught to Live and
4 Aspire.
EYING 1T HERE
cues Too Much Time
Eiven to Elementary
4 Instruction. |
GY1NG 1T HERE

I'VE must teach our children to
and to aspire but this can not
kpne by the simple process of teach
{reading. writing and arithmetic.
Jeremiah Rhodes. superintendent
he San Antonio public schools,
Tuesday morning in speaking
he San Antonio Sectional Confer
on Public Education which is
FIRING the second day of its two day
ION in the auditorium of Main
|nue high school.
n. Rhodes made the statement in
ping the point that five years is
That should be devoted to elemen-
teaching and that students in the
p. seventh and eighth grades Of
junior high schools are entering
spring time of life and should be
lining leaders and to think FOR
lhselves.
Erhe junior high school properly is
rec grade institution. DR.. Rhodes
4 Because a school must have
Eiduality to be a success and with
'grade schools you would have no
4 individuality or spirit because it
lid have no time to develop.
Stress OH Instruction.
THE difference in schools of the
re will be in the teaching and
Il comes to the child. We are try
an experiment in the San Antonio
Ior high schools that the teachers
he state ought to see. They should
5e to San Antonio and look it over.
4 millions of dollars nave been put
Equipment in the new San Antonio
I0ls but a great deal more stress
|eing put on the instruction.
|. w. Evans, chief high school
ervisor, was in charge of the
sday morning session and spoke
running school systems on n bust
ion that high school teaching costs
ion that high chool teaching costs
land that high school teachers will
! to teach more pupils per class
The elementary teachers fewer i'll
|r to strike a balance.
Il. ]. zoe of the
|wnsvillc public schools spoke on
organization and work of the sum-
schools and told of the problems
encountered in his own section of
state. Summer schools" he said.
build be able to help failures in the
lar sessions, help bright pupils to
'e four year course in three years
to round out the credits of such
ils, who come from other states
schools that are not organized
b the same principles as those in
hs."
Tells of Summer Work.
|r. zoe said that he did not believe
new subjects could be thoroughly
sht in a II weeks summer school
/ the exception of half year
|se. He expressed himself as be-
emphatically in favor of having
same standard of teaching, the
e regulations and the same records
summer schools as in the regular
|ol year. Mr.. zoe said that there is
existing notion prevalent among
school students that they can
|e subject more easily in sum
school and also more easily in
e summer schools than in others.
this reason Mr.. zee. urged a
of all summer schools.
Ialter ID. Cooking. director of
or education in San Antonio,
e an extensive talk on junior high
,ol standards. He took up in turn
Idards of organization. standards
standards of Classification.
dards of teaching personnel and
dards of instruction.
r. George Il. Carrie. director of
educational survey being made of
as, was introduced by Mr.. Evans
he made short talk in which he
ined briefly the work already ac-
plished.
he Tuesday morning session adj
ned at noon and convened again
o'clock with l.. ID. Borden. chief
l. school supervisor. in charge of
discussion on state aid.
he San Antonio conference is the
, of four being held in. different
$ of the state for all school Off
, and others interested in the adj
of schools.
NJ. n. Mars. state superinten-
of education. is in charge of all
conferences. The others will be
at NacogdocheS from Thursday.
il 10. through. Friday. April IL:
yleburne from Monday. April II
ugh Tuesday. April 10: and Mt
nford from Thursday. April II
ugh Friday. Anril Is.