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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1927)
High Principal Talks of Work At Local School Experimental Methods Said to Be Very Beneficial Teaching E x c e ptionally Well Done “There are a great many differ ences between the University high school and other high schools of the state,” declared R. U. Moore, prin cipal, yesterday. Previous to his coming here, Mr. Moore was prin cipal of Salem high. “In the first place, the school is organized for a different purpose,” he pointed out. “Here there are two distinct purposes—the training of teachers, and the developing and working out of new methods that are best suited to a particular line of work. There is the element of experimentation, and although other schools in the state may work along this line, they are not called upon to do so or to develop teachers. “The school is much smaller than Salem high, only about one-fifth the size, so that there is more chance for the development of individual initiative, and also more chance for individual attention. Students here seem to display a great deal of in terest and initiative in their work, although that does not mean that there was a lack of this at Salem, for it was very noticeable there, as well. More Select Group “Although we do not aim to make it bo, it seems to be true that Uni versity high is composed of a more select group than the average high school,” said Mr. Moore, and gavo as a reason for this, the fact that applications were necessary for ad mittance and that it was only in the cases whore parents showed suf ficient interest in their children that these applications were made, and accordingly a higher typo of family is represented. Applications for admittance as far ahead as 1930 and 1932 have boon filed with others dating in the nearer future, accord ing to Mr. Moore. System Declared Good Concerning a common objection to the pedagogy of practice teachers, Mr.. Moore said that there is more to he gained than lost from the sys tem. “Tho practice teachers have a •close aquaintance with the depart ments which they represent, and their work is fresh and up to date. There is a constant exchange of new ideas, and they are carefully super vised by the heads of their depart ments. If they are weak as- teach ers they are let out, and they have to make good to get their credit and recommendations. In another A Special Price of $5 To University stu dents on a new I type i | Klaxon I Horn i jBrakel & White i AUTO ELECTRICIANS school if a weak teacher is em ployed, she must be kept in charge of the students for a whole year.” Campus Has Little Effect Mr. Moore finds little effect of University atmosphere on the stu dents of University high when he compares them with those of Salem high. He says that all students of high school age arc more or less sophisticated already, and that un derneath this there is a genuine un derstanding that is about the same everywhere. A considerable amount of friendly feeling is allowed be tween the students and faculty, and j the students arc willing to cooper I ate with the practice teaching sys | tern. Has Student Government 1 ‘‘University high has a system of j student government similar to that I of Salem high, and most high (schools,” explained Mr. Moore. “The j school is, however, divided into the lower division, the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, and the upper, the tenth, eleventh, ans twelfth. For the most part high school students are loathe to take upon themselves the judgment of each other; so that, although a certain amount of self-government exists, matters of discipline are left to the faculty ad viser. All student government to be thoroughly organized and suc cessful must be worked out gradual ly, and must be backed by a faculty adviser, whom the students will understand and trust.” Committee (Continued from page onr) that its idea is basic in the Can adian, English, and Continental divi sions of students into “pass” and “honors” groups. In this country too, it has been the governing prin ciple in the reform of higher educa tion generally. Several leading Am erican universities do follow at the present day honors plans of some kind. Northwestern University permits students who have shown marked capacities to do independent work in their major course and exempts them from regular class attendance and term examinations. A compre hensive examination is given at the end of the senior year. At Smith a somewhat similar plan is used. A student may read for honors if her average work to the end of the sophomore year has been “B”, or exceptional. She is given examinations over the final two years, and a thesis is required at At Swnrtlnnore about fifty juniors the completion of the course. and seniors read for honors. Work is done in major and minor courses as well as in a special problem which the student himself chooses. There is no compulsory lecture at tendance; and no examinations are given until the end of the two-year period, when a very comprehensive and difficult examination is given. In President Lowell’s annual re port to the Harvard regents, 1923 24, he says: “It is interesting to ob i serve the progress recently made in this country by the idea of sub stituting for a degree based wholly on credits in courses a degree to be obtained by personal study in a chosen field, under individual guid ance and tested by a general exam ination. From the use commonly made of it the latter is often termed an honor course.” Yale and Harvard Reformed Plans I At Harvard the tutorial system includes a comprehensive examina tion plan. The system is extended to any department which may wish to use it, and it is widely employed. Provision is made in the junior and | senior years for work done indiv I idually under tutors and tested by I comprehensive examinations as a substitute for some of the regular courses. Professor Burbank in his discussion of the tutorial system at Harvard admits that the most dif j ficult problem arises from the impos sibility of applying the tutor system to all students, as had been the ideal a few years before. Individual in struction is expensive, and if any thing is to be done it is our opinion that the start must be made with a small group of students, who have shown themselves especially capable in lower division courses. It seems to be the general prac tice that where a scheme for pro viding for exceptional students ex ists it has certain very .(definite characteristics. First, only the high est grade students are permitted to do independent work for honors. 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A very interesting arrangement has been proposed by President Little of Michigan, which provides that a student shall be given a de gree or diploma after he has com pleted the two underclass years. This is as far as some students in tend to go with their education, and some such suggestion seems emin ently practical. A statement recently released by the Yale school of law announces an extension of an honors plan in that institution. The announcement says in part: ^ “The first Honors Course in any law school was introduced this fall at the Yale School of Law, and plans have been made for extending this work. Under this plan, the better men in the third year are allowed to do independent work, in dividually and in small groups, free from the regular routine of the classroom.” Says President James Howland Angell, of the Yale School of Law: “The present program means a de parture from the traditional idea of American law schools, some kind of education for all who come, and the adoption of a policy of giving a bet ter kind of education to those most capable of profiting by it.” The several summaries of already operating plans and their aims in dicate the general direction of the reform which this committee is ad vocating for the University of Ore gon. A proposed plan of funda mental particulars which it is be lieved might be found practical is to follow in the final division of this report. THE INDEPENDENT UNDER GRADUATE COMMITTEE I Student Registration Expected to Be Over 3000 Spring Term The entry of 179 new students at j the beginning of the winter term j brought the total campus registra tion so far this year to 2993 and by i June this figure will be well over 13000, it is expected. There were The Danger Signal Is PAINFUL VISION The better care you can give your eyes, the better service they will give you. When they pain you or feel strained, it’s a sign that something is wrong with them. You must get dependable eye service, for we can give perfect satisfaction. *Dl. SfismtanWlfloodu OPTOMETRIST V, EYESIGHT SPECIALIST ••I WILLAMETTE ST EUGENE. OREGON 305 students who failed to return for the winter term. With 233 students in the medical school at Portland, 2412 enrolled in extension courses at Portland and Salem, and 1639 taking correspon dence study courses added to those on the campus in Eugene, the total enrollment in the University for the fall and winter terms is 7277. For the year 1925-26, the total enrollment for the three terms and the summer sessions reached a total of 11,037. In view of the large num ber who have already entered this year, registration officials are look ing for a total that will be quite a bit larger than that of last year. RUTH-ROBERTSON POWDER CO. Paints and Building Supplies 44 East 7th St. Phone 924 New Show Today Wednesday, Thursday Sally Is lovable laughable careless Care-free. Laugh and cry with Sally. a 'Presents i Sftusr^«h*sffiawsi Added Attraction CAROL MARWIN Presented in 2nd of the Melody Series “Songs of Scotland’’ Matinee Today 2 P. M. 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