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INTENDENT ACKERMAN TELLS OE
EDUCATIONAL TENDENCIES IN OREGON
An interesting account of the con
dition and progress of education in
Oregon was given by State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction J. H.
Ackerman, at this morning's session
of the Inland Empire Teachers' asso
ciation. The subject under discus
sion was educational tendencies and
Prof. Ackerman had been preceded by
representatives from Washington,
Idaho and Montana.
He spoke in part as follows:
The existing organization of public
education In Oregon is the result of a
long evolutionary progress reaching
back to the date of the legal estab
lishment of our school system. It
has been adapted at this point and
that to existing needs as public in
terest in education has waxed and
waned. It contains some adaptations
to needs which no longer exist, and
new adaptations to existing needs are
slowly being made, both through leg
islative progress and through changes
in the work of the school room.
I will attempt no historical study
of this progress of evolution, but will
confine myself to mentioning some of
the existing results of the progress.
In any statement of progress it is
difficult to separate means from ends
actual items of progress believed -by
the speaker to be progressive. In an
effort dealing with such highly com
plex sociological problems as does the
public school system, becomes almost
impossible to say with assurance just
what gains have been made in the
ultimate purpose of the system, name
ly; the making of good citizenship. If
however, we set out to accomplish
results without public school system,
we are at least bound to scrutinize its
parts and see whether they are work
ing as contemplated. For instance, If
we find that a large proportion of pu
pils are attending school, a larger
proportion remaining in school and a
larger proportion entering and grad
uating from the high school, then we
know that the public school system is
at least leaving its mark upon larg
er proportion of our prospective citi
zens. Attendance at Schools.
The first question which naturally
occurs is. How large a percentage of
the total number of children of school
age are going to school? The statutes
of Oregon do not constitute any range
of ages as "school age," unless the
census requirements "between the
ages of four and twenty" constitutes
such a school age. Under the former
system of reporting attendance, the
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returns were not at all reliable, but
under the present arrangement, al
though far from being strictly reli
able, the returns are a vast improve
ment on those previously made. From
these reports it is safe to conclude
that at least 94 per cent of all chil
dren in the state between the ages of
four and twenty are or have been
r- gularly enrolled in some education
al institution, either public or pri
vate. Altogether the attendance rec
ord of our schools is one in which we
may take a genuine and well found
ed pride. Few Items speak better for
that purpose which is, if not funda
mental, at least of prjmary import
ance, for there can be no expectation
of efficient schooling, no matter how
excellent the teaching, unless attend
ance is regular.
Why Children "Drop Out"
A matter which has been raised to
great prominence in educational cir
cles has been the extent to which
children drop out of school. It has
been pointed out many times that
comparatively few children ever set
beyond the, lower grades, and the
question has been raised. Is not our
whole American system seriously, if
not fatally, defective?
I'nquestlonably, a smaller propor
tion of children pass completely
through the system than we could
wish. It is not fair, however, to con
sider the subject from data at hand
during any one year. Rather viewed
from the consideration of many years
so as to find the trend, would seem
to be the only just method. It is, for
instance, a dispiriting thing to find
that the number of pupils who reach
high school is only a small per cent
of -those who might have done so,
but a very encouraging thing is to
find that the enrollment In American
secondary schools has Increased ISO
per cent, while the population has
been Increasing 20 per cent In the
nation at large, between 1890 and
1900, this ratio or increase held true,
giving evidence that a constantly
larger proportion of pupils were pass
ing through the entire course from
primary to college.
Length of Year Gauges Progress.
The length of the school year fur
nishes in practice a rough gauge by
which to report progress. True, it Is
often argued that a school of twenty
weeks with a good teacher Is better
than one of forty weeks with a poor
teacher. The argument would be
sound if tHere were in practice so
great a difference in available teach
ers. Under existing conditions about
the same grade of teachers will be
found In a given district, whether
the Bchool year Is twenty weeks in
length or forty weeks. This being
the case, the longer school year is to
be taken as evidence of better school
ing for the children, particularly as
better teachers and Improved teach
ing are usually found In practice to
go hand In hand with the longer year.
The Hawley bill, passed by the last
legislature, in which provision Is made
for a minimum term of six months'
school in every school district tells the
story nt progress In this direction.
In turning to seek the causes of the
general and steady Improvement along
the lines of attendance and lengthen
ed schooling, it is natural to refer to
legislative enactments which are cal
culated to produce these results. The
moBt Important among these have
been:
Legislative Enactments.
1. The revision of the school code,
which code has served both as a uni
fying and a stimulating force through
out the past ten years with a con
stantly widening activity.
X. The adoption of the uniform
course of study. The Inevitable ef
fect of this In encouraging attend
ance and regularity and lengthening
the term of years during which the
individual could attend school is too
obvious to require comment.
3. The high school net has not only
been effective both In the notable In
crease of the proportion of children
availing themselves of high school
education, and in the stimulation of
the organization of many new high
schools, but also of exciting schools
to better adapt themselves to the
needs of the Immediate constituency.
4. The ten cent library law and
the organization' of the Oregon library
commission have been potent factors
in improving both attendance and
regularity.
5. The compulsory attendance law
may be viewed as the final act in
putting us in full command of our
problem of attendance, so that the
same may now be looked upon as
practically solved.
All these" causes working together
have probably afforded such a stimu
lus to the quality of school room
work as to make a force for better
ment, much beqond the aggregate of
their individual effects.
Work of Teiwher and Pupil.
In estimating the work of pupil
and teacher upon the studies and ex
ercises of the school room, It Is Impos
sible to arrive at any such definite
conclusions as those presented rela
tive to attendance and regularity. In
the first place, in the absence of any
regular inspecting system, the su
perintendent of public Instruction
can only draw Inferences from the
character of the work In such schools
as he has seen, believing the latter to
be typical of their classes. In the
second place, it is difficult to speak
with assurance of progress for the
reason that what knowledge Is of
most worth to one generation fts apt
to be all unknown to preceding gen
erations. '
Tt Is often stated that our schools
are inferior to the schools of former
days, because the children do not
know so much. The statement Is
worthless In any case, because no liv
ing person has access to data which
would Justify any such positive gen
eralizations, either one way or the
other. The school masters and the
governing boards who preceded us,
left scarcely a scrap from which we
can learn what they taught, or what
or how thoroughly the pupils learned.
Comparisons Not Equal.
Analysis of the assertion to which
reference has Just been made usually
discloses that the person making the
statement has a conception of useful
knowledge 'entirely different from
that which guides the modern teach
er, and furthermore he Is almost al
ways found to be comparing intellec
tual giants of the past generation with
the average nupll of today. For In
stance, he asserts that his son knows
no geography because the latter can
not compete with his father In giving
the names of the capltalu of' all the
states or a list of the capes on the
coast of Africa. It may fce. If asked
to compete with his son as to the
knowledge of why and 'wherefore of
wind and water supply, of great pop
ulation centers, of trade "routes, etc.,
he would at once Teply that they did
not teach such stuff when he went to
s hool. Which knowledge Is of the
most worth?
Again, the father is proud of his
accuracy as a speller, provided he Is
not put to the test, and af his past
ability to parse English sentences at
the drop of the handkerchief. He
avers that the son Is poorly schooled,
because he cannot do what the father
thinks he can. But the hoy loves
good reading, knows a host of the
great names of literature, enn enjoy
something else than the newspaper,
and can express himself In tolerably
good English.
And so on with arithmetic where
the father is likely right with his
tory, which father committed to mem
ory, with the study of the human
body, which father "never had." Again
which knowledge Is. of most worth?
Idle Assertions.
And so it Is ldl. to assert thrt in
quality the best scihoofls of the states
are either better or worse as a class
than they were last year, or the last
decade., or . the last generation. No
body knows. '
What is their condition today is to
some extent another question. Even
upon this point we can do little than
guess our way along, for lack of ade
quate. Impartial, scientific Inspection
of all local systems.
In connection with other duties, I
have visited school rooms observing
the conditions of buildings, outhouses,
school rooms, and sanltaries, the at
titude and spirit of the children, the
subjects taught, the methods of the
teacher and in a large number of In
stances I have tested the children's at
tainments. These schools have rang
ed from what seem to me to have been
the best, to what seems the worst
school I have ever seen. The schools
were of all types, city, village and ru
ral, graded and ungraded, supervised
and unsupervised, under normal
graduates, and under pesons Ignorant
not only of teaching but of the sub
jects taught.
School Districts Classified.
I should divide the districts repre
sented, as to the excellence of school
work, Into two classes. The first
class would contain all those schools
In which an effort seems to be made
by the teacher to stimulate "pupils' to
think with, or course, varying de
grees of success. The second class
would include those schools in which
the teacher appears to have no con
ception whatever of his or her office,
merely mills for grinding out memor
ized recitations, schools in which If
the pupil grows at all in power to
think he does so in spite of the school
rather than with the help of the
school. The remark of one teacher
as I left the school Is significant of
the attitude of these teachers as a
class. She said, "They would be all
right If they would get down to
study." It seemed not to have occur
red to her that It was in any way a
part of her duty to make, them "get
down to study."
Of course a dividing line cannot be
drawn so that it can be said that
schools of the first class all occur in
certain districts and schools of the
second class In certain other districts.
Schools of the second class may be
dismissed from further discussion,
for, as to schoolroom work, there Is
little In them worthy of the name of
teaching or study.
of this class Is most universally good.
I have been profoundly impressed in
districts of this class with the ex
treme scarcity of evidence of turbu
lence among the pupils, and of con
foniions, fretful dispositions among
the teachers. -The wellnigh univer
sal rule seems to have been good will
between pupil and teachers. In this
connection, It Is Interesting and siB
nificant to note the disappearing hos
tility of children to schools. Wherea"
a generation ago the boy who was
fond of school wink was a sort of
monstrosity, today ihere seems to he
very little pronounced dislike to
school. All this must make for an in
creased ability of the neighbors of the
future to get on well together.
Subjects such as history and geog
raphy, particularly, I found to be
taught with a constantly Increasing
emphasis upon an understanding of
the facts presented as distinguished
from mere memory of such facts. Vast
Improvement still needs to be in this
direction, but in this better class of
districts Improvement seems to be
steady.
Importance of Reading.
In most of the districts of the first
mentioned class reading Is taught In
such a way as to give the pupil pow
ed to read the thought , from the
printed page, a rare accomplishment
with adults This once done, It be
comes increasingly easy, especially in
a state so bountifully supplied with
literary books, to arm the pupil with
the love of good reading, one of his
best future safeguards. This Is the
aim of the state and the record of
children's use of the literary books,
shows that it is taking effect..
Again, to a greater or less extent
music and drawing are being made
parts of the regular round of work
in these schools. The broadening and
refining influence of these studies Is
well known and the effect can hard
ly fall to be a pronounced uplift to
the public taste In the next genera
tion. The character of the school build
ings and school rooms is constantly
Improving. The new buildings are
almost uniformly erected with an eye
to architectural beauty as well as hy
gienic excellence, with a commend
able degree of success. The Interiors
of the school rooms are usually dec
orated by the teachers themselves or
by the pupils, with results often crude
It Is true, but a marked Improve
ment over the squalid neglect for
merly so widely prevalent and still so
prevalent In districts of the other
class. A tasteful school room can
hardly fail to exercise upon the home
of the future and In the direction of
enhanced sweetness and refinement
in the character of the coming gener
ation. School Management Good.
The school management of districts
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"A Stubborn Cinderella."
Mr Mort H. Singer, with the aid of
the successful authors, Messrs.
Hough. Adams and Howard, has pro
duced numerous successful musical
comedies at his beautiful Princess
theater, Chicago, notably "The Prince
of Tonight," "The Golden -Girl,"
"Honeymoon Trail," "The Goddess of
Liberty," etc., etc., but the greatest
of all was his musical show, "A
Stubborn Cinderella," In 'which Mr.
Homer B. Mason Is the bright, partic
ular star and which will be seen at
the Oregon theater on Tuesday, March
29.
This clever play had a run of over
one year In Chicago, continuing on Its
merry way a year ago last summer
after the torrid weather compelled
the closing of the doors of every the
ater in the city. Last summer It du
plicated Its Chicago experience In
Boston.
"A Stubborn Cinderella" Is woven
around the fairy tale, and In the sec
ond act is Introduced a dream minu
et that Is the feature of the play. A
short scenario of the play follows:
Lady Leslie la the daughter of a
Scotch earl and Is traveling under
espionage In America. Very Innocent
of the ways of the world, she falls In
with the hoys and girls of Columbus
College, meets "Mac" who Is the life,
and in fact the "whole works" of the
college, and, deluded Into the belief
that he is a great sculptor, falls In
love with him, unknown to her guard
Ian. The "sculptor" travels with the
party and, in a beautiful scene In the
second act. he weaves the Cinderella
spell over her. In the firelight Lady
Leslie sees the minuet. Her sweet
heart leads her through It, only to
disappear. "But my prince enme
hack" Is her dream. And then fol
lows the awakening. In the last act
Lady Leslie Is to pledge her hand to
her royni suitor. Grand Duke Bovls
of Russia, by drinking from the loving
cup, but she turns from It impulsive
ly and gives her hand to her poor
suitor. The scenic effects are mag
nificent and novel. The second act
set on the Mexican border Is worthy
of Belaseo. The hotel natatorlum
scene in the third act is an orange
symphony. The local management
gives every assurance that the same
big production seen at the Princess
theater, Chicago, will be shown here
in Its entirety, requiring three bag
gage cars to transport all its scenery
and effects.
The seat sale opens Monday, March
29.
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NOTICE OP PROPOSED IMl'ROVB
MENT OP JANE STREET BE
TWEEN BLUFF STREET AND
AND HIGH STREET BY BUILD
ING SIDEWALKS THEREON.
Notice Is hereby given that at a
regular meeting of the common coun
cil of the city of Pendleton, held
March IS. 1909, the following reso
lution was unaulmously adopted, vis.:
Be It resolved, by the common
council of the city of Pendleton that
It Is expedient to Improve, and It Is
hereby rroposed to improve Jans
street In the city of Pendleton from
the south line of Bluff street to the
north line of High street, by con
structing sidewalks and crosswalks
along the west line thereof, such Im
provement to be made In accordance
with the ordinances of the city of
Pendleton, and the cost of making the
same to be charge and lien upon the
lots and parts of lots and parcels of
land in front of which such Improve
ments shall be made, as pro-vlded by
the charter of the city of Pendleten,
and the owners of lots, parts of lota
and parcels of fand fronting upon said
streets where such Improvement shall
be made shall be liable for the pay
ment of the portions of such Im
provements In front of their respec
tive lots, parts of lots and parcels of
land.
And be It further resolved, that the
recorder of the city of Pendleton
shall cause a copy of this resolution
to be published In the East Oregonlan
for a period of ten days, and all per
sons Interested In said Improvement
will govern themselves accordingly.
Dated this 17th day of March, lilt.
THOS. FITZ GERALD,
City Recorder.
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