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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. MAT 13, 1922 SCHOOLS DEFECTIVE II TEACHING STUFF Reed College Dean of Men Pleads for Education. EVILS HELD DESTRUCTIVE Indifference and Neglect Branded One of Worst Scandals That Confront United States. TACOMA. Wash.. May 12. (Spe cial) "The teachers of American schools should be the finest body of Americans to be found anywhere, and if we really want good schools we shall have to pay for them," de clared Dr. E. O. Sisson, dean of men of Iieed college, Portland, 'n an ad dress fit the final session of the con vention of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher associa tions here this evening. Dr. Sission'e address was one of three to be given at this meeting, which concluded the formal programme of the 26th annual convention. "Three menacing weaknesses beset the teaching staff of the public schools of the United States." Dr. Sisson said: "Immaturity, and unpro fessionilism, the continual pirating of its best talent by less vital but more lucrative callings, and a shocking poverty of the male sex. The first two of these weaknesses are being steadily and hopefully mended; the third shows no signs of improvement, but rather grows worse. Ideals Barked I'p to Wall. "Until the people of the United States correct these evils, they should cease boasting of their devotion to their schools and instead confess humbly their indifference and neglect. Yet even at this moment, now that the elation of war spirit is abated, all ideals are backed up to the wall, and the schools most of all. While the war was on, nothing was too good for education, and most of the educators took heart and looked to a new era of Interest and generosity toward the cause. "There are two sovereign remedies for these weaknesses. The first is attention Tind genuine interest, the second flows from the first and is generous and effective support. So long as these are an intermittent epring, so long will inefficiency and waste mark the course of our national education. "There is one immediate and press ing positive demand. The public must come to place teaching upon the same plane of respect with law, medicine, engineering and the more responsible business positions. Ultimately, teach ing must stand above any of these." Tribute Paid to Teachers. Dr. Sission paid high tribute to the women in the teaching profession, but decried the lack of men instruc tors. "The actual damage in this thing," he said, "is in the fact that every normal boy needs the hand and voice of a man in his training; nor does the boy's need of a man as teacher wait until he enters high school. I begins rather about the fourth grade and probably is most urgent, u: fact, in the so-called grammar grades and "perhaps the first year of. -high tchools. "The people of the United States as a whole do not consider that profes sional training is needed for the task of teaching their children, but are willing to trust them to amateurs. Half of the teaching staff of the pub lic schools have had no pvotessional preparation. It is safe to say that many thousands of children receive all their schooling from children slightly older than themselves. At least 2.000,000 pupils are being taught by so-called teachers, 17, 18 or 19 years old. "Teachers must become more com pc tent, better equipped, more deeply and highly experienced; thy must rise to at least equal standing in the public esteem with the lawyers and physicians. If the great United States of America is to hold its course of progress and rise to its ever-widening destiny it must pay the price of this greatness. The uplift of J he teach ing profession is the most immediate and imperative duty to those great ends." Other Addresses Given, Edmond S. Meaney, professor of history at the University of Washing ton, gave an address on "Washing ton, the Evergreen State," and Ralph Swetmun of the Washington Educa tional association, and the Washing ton state branch of the Parent-Teacher associat ion, spoke on "Co-operation Between State Parent -Teacher Associations and State Teacher As sociations. " This morning's session of the con vention was taken up with reports of state presidents, a conference on Par ent-Teacher councils, led by Mr Victor Malstrom of Tacoma, and a conference of state presidents, led by Mrs. C. Arthur Varney of Yakima. This afternoon the entire body of , delegates attended, as honor guests, the Stadium day events, where they witnessed IB. 000 Tacoma school chil dren in a. programme of games and exercises. 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LARABEE SUICIDE AT DAUGHTER'S HOME. Caldwell, Idaho, Resident Shoots Self During Visit at La Grande; Other Attempts Reported. LA GRANDE. Or., May 12. (Spe cial.) Mrs. A. B. Larabee of Caldwell, Idaho, because she was despondent over ill health, shot herself in the left breast this morning, dying sev eral minutes later. Mrs. Larabee was. visiting here at the home of her dauKhter. Mrs. G. W. Ruple. This! was her third attempt at suicide re cently, it was said. Mrs. Larabee retired Thursday night, apparently slightly despondent.) Her daughter and the latter's baby j slept in a room in another part of . the house. Mrs. Larabee had gone into a room adjoining her bedroom, had opened a trunk and had taken out a.45-caliber automatic pistol. As it was empty, she had placed one cartridge in the chamber, pulling the trigger as she leaned over the trunk. A trail of; blood showed that the wounded woman walked back into her bed room, where she collapsed. On another occasion recently, while visiting at the home of another daughter, Mrs. Asa Toney, of Haines, Or., she attempted to end her life by slashiner her wrists. Mrs. Toney then interceded in time to save her mother. On another recent occasion Mrs. Lara bee was reported to have tried to end her life by taking Iodine. There will be no inquest, according to Coroner Bohnenkamp. Mrs. Larabee is sur vived by her husband, four children. a brother and her mother. All ex cept Mrs. Ruple and Mrs. Toney re side in Idaho. ONLY ONE ROAD CLOSED Grays Harbor Development Work Does Not Hamper Traffic. MONTESANO, Wash., May 12. (Special.) The only road in Grays Harbor county tnat actually is closed to travel, although work if being done In many localities, is tn e north s'de road between Malone and Porter and between Porter and Oakville. The south side road is open, so if ere is no interruption of traffic and no towns are completely cut off. The whole district between Malone and Oakville will be made a good graveled road. The bluffs along which the road has always run are being cut down and the sharp curves straightened out. COOKS, WAITERS STRIKE Olympia Restaurant Workers Want $2 a Week Rise. OLYMPIA, Wash.. May 12. (Spe cial.) The union cooks and waiters walked out of Olympia restaurants at midnight last night in an attempt to enforce a straight $2 a week rise, which would return the union scale to the figures of 1921. About 20 per sons walked out in eight eating places, while five other restaurants signed up to pay the higher scale. The walkout came on the eve of cir cus day, but the resultant crowds at noon and night were handled with out difficulty. Proprietors .report an ample supply of emergency help to care for their business and say they will operate on an "open-shop" basis hereafter. The walkout followed expiration of a four months' agreement signed last winter, whereby scales were fixed at ?28 for cooks $22 for waiters, $16 for waitresses and ?19 for dishwashers. Increase of $2 a week for each classi fication is sought by the union. Bank Robber Jury Still Out. Ij "VATTT1WA Wocli Mn-d 19 A Fr- being out all night, jurors in the case oi Liie unee men, jonn iviorrison, is. Jj. Porter and John Burke, charge-d with attempting to rob the White Bluffs to the Benton county superior court that they were unable to agree. Judge Truax ordered the jurors back to re- further instructions. Sheriff Rolph more usual finger marks as the basis for his identification of the trio. State Music Convention Ended. WALLA W (Special.) St journed this days' session year at Bellin of the Univer ulty was re visitors had afterwards v mobile rule t ALLA, Wash.. May 12. ate music teachers ad afternoon after a three They will meet next Sham. 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