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Page Two THE TAR; HEEL Thursday, November 18, 1926 t2e Car )ttl Leading Southern College , Tbi Weekly Newspaper Member of North Carolina Collegiate Press Association PrMinhed three times every week of the college year, and is the official newspaper of the Publications Un ion of the University of North Caro lina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscrip tion price, $2.00 local and $3.00 out of town, lor tne college year. Offices in the basement ' of " Alumni Building. Telephone ua. J. T. Madry ... . Editor F. F. Simon .... Business Manager 3. F. Editorial Department Managing Editors Ashby . .Tuesday Issue Byron White..... L. H. McPherson.. ..Thursday Issue ..Saturday Issue D. D. Carroll. Assistant Editor J. R. Bobbitt, JtAssignpient Editor Staff J. H. Anderson W. P. Perry J. M. Block J. P.JPretlow J. E. Coggins T. M. Reece Wott r.rawit TV T Spiwell : J. R. DeJournette S. B. Shephard, Jr, E. J. Jt.vans t J. Janonan D. S. Gardner P.-L. Smith Glen P. Holder ,W. S. Spearman T. W. Johnson W. H. 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Thursday, November" 'i8,. 1926 THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION This, the third of a series of edi torals on the different divisions of the University, is composed of the find ings of several students in the school of Education. Since we are not in that school we cannot vouch for all that is said, but we are relying, on the sincerity of the contributors. 'V The Education Schools throughout the country, one of . which we have here, are an outgrowth of the'nn satisfiable need for more teachers and teachers who understand their sub jects, their pupils, and : the art of teaching. That, we should roughly call the primary and chief reason for their existence. The freshman class that winters" at the University each year loudly proclaims thd inefficiency of a large percentage of the state secondary schools. The schools lack efficient organization; ,they, in the majority of cases lack teachers with the training, ability, and personality to put their stuff across to the pupils; they lack the proper classification of pupils, brighter ones being held back by the dullards or by a dunderheaded teacher, and no allowance being made for sex; adolescence, or maturity. Y A newer and more efficient educa tional system for the public schools is the goal of the School of Educa tion. Psychology and sociology are beginning to have their influence up on the methods of teaching. The needs and makeup of, the pupil, the family, the community, and the state are actually being ' considered.- Pu pils who cannot continue their edu cation past the high school are be ing taught, wherever possible, sub jects that should help them later on in life, socially and economically. Those who will doubtless go to col lege are given a curriculum which will prepare them more for college and less for life. Thus it is that in dividual needs bring their influence to bear upon the educational system. , Under the pressure of the chronic criticism of the School of Education, there seems to arise the question as to whether 'or not the School has been a success. Many people who think it a failure and who are fami lar with the poorness of instruction given by some high school teachers are Teady and willing to heap the blame for this inefficient instruction upon the School of Education.' Yet these same people never offer the least bit of constructive criticism, nor do they once consider the factors which have a large influence on the School of Education. The question as to whether ' the School of Education has been a suc cess must be answered in the affirma tive when it is considered from the viewpoint of -its faculty and its cur riculum. - A glance at the catalogue is enought to convince any person, if there is anything . in a name, that most of the professors of the Edu cational School are as capable as can be secured. They are men who have had intensive training in the leading universities of America; they are men of personality and sympathy. They are men of experience and are able to give an interesting lecture without sticking too closely to the textbook. One contributor said, "One can hardly get his degree, A. B., in Edu cation on any less knowledge that he can get one from the Liberal Arts College or any one of several other Dean's prides which dot the Hill. A possesser of the Education degree can be as well educated as a holder of the Liberal Arts degree, the only dif f erence being that : the former does not carry the "social" significance that the latter does. 'And about all either gives a man is something with which her can . entertain himself af ter the- six o'clock whistle blows. The faculty of the Education school is, when compared to those of theother schools,above par. , Each professor is a specialist in his field. The majority have personality and ability.... And, if. one really intends to make teaching his profession, the courses are worth whileji but ' one taking the course . for crips, a de gree, or to pass the' time away will find the whole outfit to be griping. The two best courses in the school from an under-graduate point of view,, which are Education 1 and 20, are ruined by their teacher. They are courses in physocology and contain real values for every college man. The professor uses high school meth ods, talks like he was telling bed time stories to a bunch of kindergarten tots, has no personality, and assigns lessons as though he thought bis course was the first and only course student was taking. - -"But if I were making the cur riculum of the School of Education I would radically change the abomi nation unto the God of Knowlege, known officially as Education 1 and Education 20. These courses in them selves are not BaObad, but. there is too much of " them . for ; the average undergraduate who takes any 'part in extra-curriculum activities to do in a quarter. "If one came to the University to study alone; never, taking any part in athletics of any kind, never de bating or taking any part in the work of the various publications; - Never having any outside or self-help work to do; then me mightpossibly do all the work "Doc" Jordan expects in those two conglomerations ' of noth ing. "But anyone who has ever had either or both of the courses will admit that it is a human impossibility to do every little bit .of work that is assigned. Perhaps a few more than half of the many who register for the two courses (under compulsion) pass them. Still the chances are, if those students who passed the cours es were active in anything except their courses, that they eased by and did only a small portion of the work assigned. That is so, because the assignments in outside reading and other work are made with the seeming idea that the particular education course is the only one the students are taking. Dr. Jordan never con siders that his course is one of three or four that the students may be taking, and, just personally, I would not do as much work on all of my courses as he asks on one of his. . "At the other end of the ladder take Education-29, beloved of every graduate of the School of Education. That course in itself is not worth a tinker's damn in-the subject matter included in it but the privilege of sitting under "Billy" Noble for twelve weeks is worth three years of sleeping on Education 1 or 20. .1 count that twelve weeks under Marcus Cicero Stevens Noble one of the rare priv ileges of my four years in the Uni versity." , " -. ' Other courses over in Peabody oc casionally have their values for the embryo teachers. Education- 61, 52, 41, and some of the others give the future teachers a theory by which to go, which may benefit them much in spite of the necessity of changing the theory to meet the conditions in the separate schools they may go in to after graduation. " Dean Walker is described as being a very able man and very interesting so long as he talks about something other than the text. ,; His courses, while of value to teachers, had only a passing interest, and hardly did .him i A . . i justice, as a lecturer on a course which in itself contained a few ele ments of interest, as English or His tory, he would be a real find. It is rather bad, however, that his increas ing duties and responsibilities as Dean have compelled him to practically give up teaching. One writer says the Education School has never got com pletely divorced, from the Department of Psychology, One room on the sec ond floor of Peabody proudly bears the sign indicating that it contains the Library of the School of Educa tion, but on entering, one sees that the Education School Library mere ly serves as an ante-chamber to the Psychology Library in the next room. The most that can be found there is some bound volumes of the High School Journal, Dr. Jordan's publica tion, and a few other magazines; of educational interest It seems that the School has' been built too closely after the Teachers College of ColumbiaJJniversity. Thorn- dyke, the patron-saint of all educa tors, is .worshipped here as much as elsewhere. A selected group of text book writers, most of them from Col umbia, furnish two-thirds of the ma terial studied. For some courses, the' text book which, will serve as the basis of the course is given in the catalogue. In many cases, the instructor knows the page on which this selected group begins to write on a topic and he la able to give the assigned reading with out referring to notes. The same texts, evidently, have been used for years without change. If Thorndyke, Watson, Colvin, Inglis, Rugg, Starch, and W. F. Book were excluded from the Education School, the instructors would be at -a loss to knowwhere to assign' a lesson. The lectures, when given, are : a digest and . rehash of these writers. . ' - One of the most commendable things that the Education School has ever done was to srive the' University two of her most capable presidents j '; The late Edward Kidder Graham and President Harry Woodburn Chase both taught courses in education at times in their careers. The destructive influence of out side interference which knows little or nothing about what it is doing el Hill High School Board, have work ed out a plan which provides an op portunity for the students in the School of Education to perform a cer tain amount of teaching under super vision. Beginning next year the reg ulation that all students enrolled in the School of Education must do the required amount of teaching under supervision will go into effect. This should go a long way towards raising the teaching efficiency of the students who graduate in the School of Edu cation. ": , Another weakness of the Educa tion School, and one which there has been but little attempt to strengthen, is the type of student in that school. Many who enter this school do not intend to teach more than the num ber of years required to obtain free tuition. Their interest is not for bet tering the public schools of the state. Their attitude towards teaching is one of indifference, often aversive. Thy just float along in the School of Education hoping to graduate, after which they think they can manage to survive the scandal and hard labor of teaching for a period of two years. What does the School of Education heed with such people? What can it do with them? It can attempt to give them the knowledge, attitude, ideas, and skill-' necessary, lor successful teaching, but it cannot make teach' ers of them' unless their interest is in teaching. A seemingly good suggestion is for the School of Education to make an examination' of its ranks and eject and refuse admission to-students who do, not wish to enter the profession of public school work with sincerity, ' AS TO EASTER HOLIDAYS School. Some years ago the State Legislature, when it happened to be in a charitable frame of mind, passed a law providing that all students who promised to teach school in North Carolina for two years after gradua tion should be exempted from the pay ment of tuition. Ever since, the Edu cation School has ; been handicapped each year by a large number of stu dents who care nothing about edu cation, but take, a course op two to evade tuition payment; Probably a- bout' fifty per cent of the enrollment is of this variety. ' Students who so enroll are bored to death by every thing said on class and continually avow that they are not going to study the stuff, but are merely taking the course to get credit for it (which has been so far comparatively easy). The instructors, . who might otherwise be interesting, are forced to assume a war-like, prep-school attitude toward the classes on account of this element and the value of the courses is ser iously impaired. It would be a great thing if every boy who comes here could be exempted from tuition; in fact, a tuition charge in a State in stitution is a questionable thing any way. But since the prospects are not for total exemption, we see no "reason on earth why boys studying education should - be a favored class, and we doubt seriously whether people lured into a profession ' by such material reasons can ever reach their greatst prificiency in it j Easter holidays though somewhat in the hazy future; are' now being dis cussed by the members of the com- mitte of Equalization of quarters. The discussion of , the so-called evils pf i the calender position of the holi is noblv illustrated in the Eduwitinny8' which , makes them come at a seemingly awtwaru uoie in uic spring quarter has broken-out anew just prior to the meeting of the com mittee. , .,--. In the past, the week's holidays in the first few weeks, or at the mid dle of, the spring quarter given for Easter, has been blamed for the short comings in scholastic endeavor of the students. It so happens that the week of April 16-25 has been set aside for Easter, or spring, holidays for this year. This means thajt . after the spring "quarter has progressed four weeks, a break of seven days length will occur in the quarter's work. With this statement is set forth the argu ments of those who favor a change in the time of the holidays. Those who would change the holi' days are in favor of giving a week's vacation immediately after the close of the winter quarter. ' . In this, case, the spring quarter would get under way after the week's vacation ' and would run to the end without furthur The winter quartes Is eleven weeks in length, and four weeks later Eas in- length, and four wek's later Eas- tr or. spring vacation begins. This means that -for 15 -weeks the student must go without even a one-day holi day, then he receives a wek, and re turns, . the spring . term ending five and a half weeks later. It is obvious that the distribution of the period of rest is not balanced. On top of this, it is held that the holidays, com- In France and Germany teaching is a respected and well paid profes sion. . Here, teachers are not given proper respect. They are also under paid. The present tendency in this state appears to be toward hetter pay and a raising of the general public regard for teachers. ' In this the Edu cational schools of the colleges are playing a great part by sending out more capable teachers who have the ability to demand not only respect but also better pay. Another advantage that the Edu cation school offers is this: many students enter college undecided upon what they shall follow after gradu ation. The school gives them a good all-round education and offers them tw years for teaching out their free tuition in which time they have an opportunity to "find" themselves. The Sehool of Education has not been as successful as it could possi bly be. Until recently there was scarcely any equipment with which the school could work. The students went to class, listened to the lecture. did or perhaps did not pay any atten tion to the problems of teaching be cause they knew they could get a degree without it, took the required number of courses and graduated. When theyjbegan teaching, many of them found trouble because of hav ing had all theory and no practice. But during the month of May, 1926, l he General Education Board of New York granted an appropriation of $75,000 for a five-year period for the purpose of enabling the School of Education to improve its facilities for the training of high school teach ers." The officials of the School of Education, cooperating with the Chap- jing four weeks after " the beginning ' m .. - .... - of the spring session, will break in too much on the spring's work. Mid terms will either have to come the week before or right after-Easter. It is hard enough with the budding "of the trees, the coming if the indigenous and indolent malady of spring to bear up when "a young man's fancy light ly turns . . . . . ", and get off the quart er's work in an appreciable manner. With the week's hiatus to distract one, many a vactionist's fair aspect is blackened by the cold, cruel state ment of his midterm report. On the other hand those who favor having the holidays as they now come during Easter feel that they had ra ther have the , week while those stu dnts attending other institutions, which give Easter holidays, will be at home. N. C. C. W. is the only other institution in the state, so far as we know, that parallels Carolina with holidays at Easter - of any length. Moreover, the period of . Lent, which occurs after the close of the winter quarter, may conflict with the dances of a spring vacation at the time. Some of the religious beliefs restrict such 'Socials during Lent The Easter holidays for this year have been arranged for the week of April 16-25, as stated above, but it is understood that they can be chang ed if the student body favors such ac tion. The committee will meet within the next two weeks and it desires Blue Cheviot Topcoats in latest styles at S. BERMAN'S for only $22.50 to learn the opinions of the student body at large, and of the members of the German Club and Episcopalians, especially. ,4 , : ; j The Tar Heel extends an invita tion to the students to express their opinions through its Open Forum column. : Anyone who wishes to take the matter up with the members of the committee in person may do so by calling on Professors Hibbard, Chairman, . Braune, - Walker, Wilson T., J., and Patterson, who compose the committee. Carroll Endorses Booster Movement Of the North Carolinians Incorporated To Advertise State to the Nation. In a letter to the chairman of the organization committee, of th'e North Carolinians iflcorpr orated, Dr. D. D- Carroll dean of the commerce school endorsed a program to advertise North Car olina's advantages throughout the nation.' His endorsement of the program is well-timed with the announcement that a state wide meeting of the North Car olinians, Inc. will be held , in Ra leigh on November 22.- .'. Dean, Carroll's letter sets forth the necessity for unified plan ning and close consideration ' of the program. His letter in part : j "I wish to endorse most heart-1 ily the movement for , sane scientific advertising of the op-; portunities . which . North Caro lina : ; affords for enterprising people. - It is not necessary to put on high pressure, exagger ated statements in order to con vince thoughtful people. of the wisdom of locating or investing here. It is, however, very jiec-. essary that some organization should be developed, for unifyingJ the thinking and planning of the people in this connection. North Carolinians incorporated as I un derstand it has been set up for this purpose." , - . Dr. Carroll further states in his letter that he will attend the meeting of this organization in November, and that he will make a strong effort to assure good re sults from the move. . teliiit f a iiilr::' a - --.v:-WvX-:-:-:v .-.-.-:: -"'71' " 1 V i W '-k jtVnt m JOSIAII , H. PENNIMAN President Penniman, University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the prin cipal address to the 'alumni. '" Theta Phi- announces the pledging of Kermit Alspaugh of Taylorsville and William Mit chell, of Woodrow. "When Frank first got Jnar- ried he used to fight continual ly with his wife. .Wonder. what cured hyn?" "His wife." Go. Tedh Yellow Jacket. Chapel Hill School Asks for $5 Contributions ' The music department of the High School has mailed out let ters to one hundred people in Chapel Hill, asking for contribu tions of five dollars to a fund which will be used by the band and orehestra. In accord with the class work Which is now being done to teach groups of students the use of piano," clarinet, violin and cor net a larger number of instru ments are neede'd as property of the - school.' Professor Sides, principal, says that some talent ed students who are unable to own instruments may contribute their part to the band and or chestra if the school owns part of the instruments". The ' NEW STUDENT Is hailed In current Literature . And press As the pulse Of an awakening Student body ' "As a most significant phenomenon-there-is - -a publication, THE NEW STUDENT, which is devoted to telling the goings on of various new undergradu- , ate movements." New York World. 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