The Herald
D. E. ST1TT, Editor.
Entered a leeond-cUu matter September 1. 1908,
at the poet office at Monmouth, Oregon, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
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FRIDAY, DEC. 3, 1909.
NORMAL SCHOOLS AGAIN
There seems to be quite an
awakening of citizens in various
parts of the state as to the im
portance of the Normal School
and its usefulness to rural dis
tricts. Below we give a clipping
from the Oregouian, showing
the attitude of Superintendent
of Public Instruction J. H. Ack
erman on this important quest
ion with some added comments
Declaring that laws must be
placed on the statute books of
the state requiring every teacher
in every district school to have a
thorough training before she
starts her work in the school,
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion J. H. Ackerman, before the
county school officers' convention
in session here today, came out
flatly in favor of normal schools.
'"You must get together and c:o
beiore the Legislature and de
mand that normal schools be es
tablished or let the Legislators
know the reason why," was one
of his statements.
"We have normals now, but
the training is given for the city
children at the expense of the
children of the county. Every
district school is a normal school.
You send the inexperienced young
girl out into the country and
when she secures training she
goes to the city. The child of
the city is given his education
with the bill footed by the child
of the rural district. "
Over 100 school officers from
all over Marion county were in
attendance. Among the speak
ers were C. L. Starr, who spoke
on the history of school officers'
conventions, bein? founder of
the plan, and Professor E. D.
Ressler, of the Oregon Agricul
tural College, who spoke on "In
dustrial Education;" J. M. Poor
man, of Woodburn, who spoke
on "The Responsibilities of the
School Director."
The position taken by Super
intendent -Ackerman and so
heartily endorsed by the chair
men of the several boards of di
rectors of Marion county, at a
meeting at Salem, November 27,
speaks volumes for the Normal
schools of the state. After his
long years of close study of the
various school questions, and all
his manifest interest in the wel
fare of the public school system
of our fctate; his indefatigable
labors to strengthen and broad
en the work of the public, and
especially, the rural schools and
his efforts to stimulate the de
velopment, and increase the
efficiency of the high schools;
after all the careful legislation
that has been done effecting the
public schools, and in which he
is or was most largely instrumen
tal, it would seem that none can
doubt the advisability of the
course he so strongly recom
mends. As so plainly set fourth there,
the Normal school lies, or aught
to lie closest to the heart of the
friends of the public and rural
sc hools. Having the money and
the inducement incident to city
life, the cities will secure good
teachers, and always at the ex
pense of the rural schools; and
it is only by use of the Normal
school that the rural school can
get the best trained teachers.
The experience of al the
states have proved this beyond
any perad venture for they all,
save and except Oregon, main
tain Normal training, and we
believe that Oregon, with her
vast possibilities, will soon again
give aid to her Normal schools.
A simple statement of the case
is this: She must have teach
ers; the better trained they are,
the better service will they
render; some one must train
them; either the State, the Prot
estants or the Catholics. Sup-
enntendent Ackerman sees
clearly the situation, let us fol
low his. wise counsel. x.
In the article we published
last week from the Valley Re
cord, there is no reflection of
character nor purpose so far as
we can see, upon Prof. E. D.
Ressler, who was formerly at
the head of the Normal school
here, neither was any intended
upon the part of the Herald, nor
do we attach blame to the O. A.
C. as the management of that
institution is looking after in
terests of their school and town,
and likewise Prof. Ressler must
be loyal to those whom he
serves, besides there is no inti
mation that he wishes to see the
Normal school leave its old loca
tion, but the purpose of the
Herald is to inform citizens of
this section that they may be
alive to their own interests.
Other sections look after their
interests, and if we wish to
profit we must be alive and ac
tive as to ours.
"Saul hath slain his thous
ands, but David his ten thous
ands," The above was an ut
terance of joy by the Israelite
songsters when they went to
meet the returning victors, but
there is a contrast, today in
American amusements that re
minds us of the above quotation.
The season's football victims,
according to a late report, num
bers o9 killed, 22 fatally injured,
and some 21(5 injured in various
degrees, so that we can now say:
"The prize righting ring has its
victims, but football kills its
scores.
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