Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-07
FORMER COCHISE SCHOOL HEAD
OFFICIATES AT STATE COLLEGE

IEJA0f1 Ef6e ONJl<ILGLSG Vt loSSNeNL' -
April 6.-Nearly $50 courses will be
offered at the ten weeks summer
school of the Northern Arizona
Teachers college, was the announce
ment made today by President Grady
Gammage.
The summer school is being div!d
ed into tFro sections this year for
the Benefit of those teachers now
teaching in the state who can only
attend for five weeks. In this way,
it was emohatically emphasized by
President Gammage, school people
may take work for five weeks 70
earn sufficient credits for the re-
newal of their teaching certificates.
Special arrangements are also being
made to permit all those students
who so desire to attend the iopt
Indian snake dance, which will be
held sometime in August at the vii
lage- of Walpi, on the First Mesa,
10C miles northeast Of here.
The first half of the summer school
will begin June 20 and continue &c
July o. Registration for the sec
ond half will start on Saturday, July
%. Glasses, however, for the second
quarter, will not take up until Mon
day, July 25 and continue to August
26.
Thirty-one educational courses head
the list in the aggregate number Of
courses being offered in any one
department, with physical education,
commerce, industrial arts, music and
English, a close second.
With the enrichment of the cur
riculum in education comes the ans
rouncement Of an increase in the
teaching personnel. Miss Minnie
Lintz, head of the department OF
education, and dean of women of
the college, will have, in addition
to the regular faculty members of
the college here to assist her, men
and women of national reputation.
listed among whom are the follow
education; DR. Dorothy W. Seago
psychology; DR.. Rufus B. Won
Kliensmid, president, University of
Southern California; DR.. George
willard Frasier president, Colorado
Teachers college, Greeley; Dean II.
A. Cross, Phoenix junior college; ira
d. Payne, director of training school,
Tempe State Teachers college; c.
B. Shrepel principal, Jerome high
school; j @. Thomas, superintendent
city schools, Flagstaff.
DR.. L. A. Adams, professor of
zoology University of Illinois, is be-
ing brought here to teach in this
department of science
Dean T. . Bellwood, head of tne
department of commerce of the col
lege here, will offer for the first
time special seminar courses. These
courses, the dean pointed out are
particularly designed Tor teachers of
commercial education Professor
Waldo B. Christy or Tempe State
T Teachers' college has been engaged
to assist Dean Bellwood. In addt
tion there will be two other IN
structors in the department.
/ w. E. Downing head of the de-
paItment Of voice, fine arts school,
University OF Kansas, who has stud
led under such famous men as Wat
kin Mills III London; Jean Dc
Reszke, Oscar Seagle in Paris, and
also under some of Americas fore,
most artists, has been engaged for
the summer session. DR.. Downing
was here last year at the summer
school and during his five week $
stay attracted many Arizona ana
New Mexico pupils who otherwise
would have been put to great ex-
rense and time to secure the serv-
ices of such eminent instruction,
President Cammage pointed out in
Ibis announcement.
OF particular Importance to mem.
hers of boards of trustees, school
superintendent and principa Of
high schools in the state, is the
announcement of the courses to b.
offered in physical education. Listed
as important among them are edu
cation and medical gymnastics, first
aid and prevention of diseases amons
school children, playground and pag-
cantry work, aesthetic and folk
dancing, educational hygiene, etc.
With the recent law passed by
the eighth legislature, making 1t
mandatory for physical education to
he taught in all the grades of the
public schools and secondary schools,
with the exception of the state uni-
yersity, comes the statement that
the college here will graduate q
class in physical education at the
end of the summer session. This
class, Mr.. Jassuppe, physical director
stated will be small as most of the
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