Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-15

Of the rural sections and OF the coun-
try at large.
High Schools
Let the new high school law be
enlarged and enforced until every
capable and deserving y~oungster,
everywhere in Texas shall enjoy high
school advantages free or charge to
him.
Junior Colleges
This class OF schools is the latest
to arrive on the field a. a separate
self conscious group.
They answer several questions.
/. What Is the best education 70
offer a man that can SO 70 college
two years only?
2. What can be done to save a
large per rent Of capable college
students, who fall out Of the large
universities and colleges during the
first two years. before they get con-
troll Of themselves in the college
world7
3. What can be done to reduce the
crowded conditions OF the senior coll
lege campuses without educational
loss to the state?
4. Can not this enormous crop OF
immature college men and women,
now crowded into colleges, be pro-
vided for more cheaply, and in q bet
ter way In smaller Rroupsf
5. How can each locality increase
the number Of college students from
It's young people who will not or
can not go away from home TO
SCHOOL,
The municipal Junior College is the
proposed answer TO each Of these
questions. The attitude OF that part
Of the intelligent public that IL in
terested IN education II OF e~ncoura-
cement toward these schools. as aca-
demic institutions. They should have
generous treatment at the hands OF
the state department Of education as
20 college rating. where they are at
tended hy sufficient numbers az coll
lege students In cities Of sufficient
wealth 70 sustain them adequately
They. ms n group, are yet in the
period of experimentation. In the
main. they are making good-doubt-
less they will find a permanent place
for themselves in the system. They
doubtless have rome 70 stay.
Senior Colleges
Texas row has on its hands one
University with its branches Of law
and medicine; four technical schools
Of senior rank, eight teachers col
leges Of senior rank, and two junior
colleges, in all fifteen schools Of
higher learning requiring this BIZ
ennial period appropriations Of over
sixteen millions Of dollars. Everyone
Of these state schools believes that
the appropriation il not sufficient TO
enable il to DO the work well which
it is expected to do.
Add TO these state schools the very
great number OF most excellent de-
nominlticnal universities and col
ieges. and we find ground for the be-
lief that the people Of Texas have
about ell the colleges they can pay
for or use to the best advantage.
In these days Of rapid transit" by
many modes, a hundred miles or so,
make little difference il selection Of
. college. A vast majority Of pre-
pared college students are within five
or six hours ride from q college OF
adequate facilities for a good educa-
ton. and very many OF these students
can take a choice Of several colleges
az about the same cost Of ~transporta-
tion and Of necessary college expense.
am suggesting that we have about
reached the saturation point. May /
not say. as a school man and a citizen
without incurring your displeasurc,
that those we now have should be
supported fairly we'll and allowed 70
grow before others are projected.
Teachers Colleges
The Teachers College. next 20 the
Dental College II the latest one Ia
come into service. In the good old
days" the barber wss the surgeon and
the blacksmith was the dentist. In
those days same old days n person
that could read or write and cipher a
little, taught the schools. A little
later medical colleges and dental col
leges and teachers colleges were
evolved. In these days, students 20
TO medical colleges 70 learn TO prac-
tice medicine and q dental colleges
10 learn 20 practice dentistry. but
people who desire TO teach school do
not always 60 20 Teachers Colleges,
but ~esort 20 the old emergency me
thods Of acquiring a certificate OBJ
tanned from schools whose business
j. 20 train people for other lines OF
life. using the instruction IN teaching
as a mere incident, a means Of adver-
tisingi
There Is q saying that the Doctors
bury their mistakes; the lawyers
hang theirs or send them 70 the peni-