The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
EducatiOnists Differences
Diminishing, Panelists Find

Higher education, while recogniz-
ing the long distance yet to go, is
winning the struggle to provide the
quantity and quality of teachers
modern times demand.
That opinion was the total sub
stance of the views of three edu-
Gators speaking at the symposium
on teacher education concluding
LongWood Colleges 18th anniver-
sary celebration Tuesday in Jarman
nall
DR. Davis Y. Paschall, state sup
erintendent of public instruction,
moderated for the panelists who. in
turn, measured teacher education in
terms Of historical progress. its
shaping by the liberal arts colleges,
and its present position
Shortage To Disappear
DR.. William H. Cartwright, chair
man Of Duke University's Depart
ment of Education, in measuring
progress at present said that with
in another decade, with proper re-
cruitment programs, there will be
no teacher shortage"
He added 1--WE have produced
great numbers of new teachers dur
ing the past decade under real
handicaps We have had to obtain
| them from a generation whose
numbers were small to provide for
generation W h e number is
large We have had to do this at
the same time that we were raising
7 the standards of teacher education
and in competition with the de-
mands Of other occupations which
offered more status and higher pay.
AS the flood of war babies, now
beginning to graduate from high
school leaves the colleges, we shall
. not suffer from a shortage in
the number of applicants for teach
ing positions. Within another dec
AIDE, the problem Of locating po-
sltions for their graduates will
seem more pressing to institutions
for teacher education than will the
problem of recruiting students who
may become candidates for teach
ing positions.
Trends listed by DR.. Cartwright
as noteW WORTH were increased
teacher supply, better education for
teachers, in CT e a e quality of
teacher education, closer coopera-
ton between professional educators
and academic scholars, greater col
lege responsibility for the prepara-
ton of teachers. and more misery
ice education for teachers spon-
sored by the local school division.
Liberal Arts View
1.-THE liberal arts college has
played a major role in the prepa-
ration of teachers" DR.. William F.
Quillian, Jr, president Of Randolph
Macon Woman's College, said. The
teachers colleges over the nation
have never provided more than 20
per cent of the high school teachers
needed and today they provide less
tlidH % pei Cellt VI llic S1clllclIldl
teachers needed.
THE specific goals Of the liberal
arts colleges are broad knowledge,
the trained intelligence, wide
range of appropriations and a ma
ture and meaningful faith or phi
losophy Of life" Dr. Quillian said.
Here we have the most significant
and preaching contribution of the
liberal arts college to teacher edu-
cation Where else in our society is
it more important that there be
persons who can introduce their stu
dents to the world around them and
who, by acquainting their pupils
with the best that has been thought
and said, can enable them to Dor
row the best standards Of other
places and other times? - persons
who can nourish another's joy in
beauty and in noble action? per-
sons who can think clearly and thus
can stimulate in others the devel-
oment Of an independent and flexi-
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