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Questions Arise in California Concerning Hew Teacher Requirements
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By ROBERT FAIRBANKS
United Press International
Sacramento, Calif. - (ITD -The
California State Board of
Education attracted a fair
amount of national publicity
Jast May when it adopted a
new set of regulations aimed
at enforcing higher academic
standards on prospective
teachers.
: Specifically, the board drew
"a bead on "education majors,''
.the young men and women
who take "how ' to teach"
courses in college rather than
; majoring in the academic sub
ject they will teach. These
.students, the board said, were
Vno longer eligible to teach in
'the nation's largest public
school system.
- When the regulations be
.come effective next January,
-the state will grant a teach
ing credential (license to
'teach) oniy to students who
Iiave completed a four-year
. college course crammed with
; liberal arts training and with
a major or minor in an aca
,"demic subject, such as mathe
rmatics, English, Science or
r History.
I Courses Still Required
t Education courses are still
required, but board members
1 cut their number and con
fined them to a fifth year of
study.
Reform - minded citizens
hailed the board's action.
Board members themselves,
under President Thomas Bra
den, a newspaper publisher,
relaxed with the feeling of
having completed a job well
done. But lately, a slight sense
of unease has crept upon sev
eral members of the board.
How, they wonder, can
they assure themselves that
California colleges, which
train about two-thirds of the
19,000 new teachers hired an
nually, will abide by the new
regulations?
According to their reason
ing, a college with an adminis
tration friendly to professors
of education could simply re
number education courses un
der a new heading that would
make them appear to be in
the realm of "academic" or
"liberal arts."
Has Nothing to Fear
A spokesman for the state
college system, the largest
bloc of colleges in the state
denied that the board had any
thing to fear. He said that if.
for instance, the professors of
education attempted to put a
"how to teach arithmetic"
course under the general
heading of "mathematics," the
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mathematics professors would
rise in arms to prevent it.
While the uneasy board
members hope that the spokes
man is correct, they neverthe
less note that professors of
education form an important
group within the 17-school col
lege system, if only because
the schools were founded orig
inally as teacher training in
stitutions. Furthermore, a ma
jority of the 17 state college
presidents hold graduate de
grees in the field of education
and might therefore be sym
pathetic to it.
But board members base
their apprehensions less on
present circumstances than on
performance in the past. Dur
ing the three-year battle that
preceded adoption of the new
regulations, professors of edu
cation and professonal educa
tion groups fought them every
inch of the way.
"There is no reason to be
lieve the situation is chang
ed," said one board member.
Now, three months after
adoption of the new regula
tions, Prof. James W. Neil,
chairman of the education di
vision at Sacramento State
PET TALK
By M. I. L
ANIMAL DOCTORS
The Oregon Veterinary
Medical Association will meet
in Medford next month and
will observe the 100th anni
versary of their profession.
On June 9, 1863, forty
veterinary surgeons from sev
en states met at the Astor
House in New York City.
From this gathering of pio
neers in the advancement of
veterinary science was born
The American Veterinary
Medical Association.
The role of veterinary medi
cine in the care and protec
tion of domestic animals dates
back 4,000 years. Many vet
erinarians have dedicated
their lives to the control of
disease and the lessening of
suffering in the animal king
dom. There is a close alliance
between the veterinary pro
fession and the humane move
ment, with the opportunity
open to veterinarians every
where to set an example of
compassion and kindness.
Perhaps few persons look
upon the veterinarian as an
educator, but through the
years he has been a great in
fluence on the hearts and
minds of those with whom he
has come in contact. His
knowledge of animals, his
kindness to and consideration
of them, and skill in handling
even the most difficult have
all had an incalculable influ
ence on humanity.
His devotion to a life s work
among those unable to speak
for themselves has set an
example which is a great
contribution to humane education.
Voice Your Criticism
We are appealing to all
young viewers of television
programs to call to their par
ents' attention any acts of
cruelty that they see per
formed on their favorite tele
vision programs. If the pro
gram is sponsored by the same
company each time it is
shown, then it would be also
advisable to contact the spon
sor and advise him that you
are displeased with the con
tent of the shows being
viewed.
The American Humane As
sociation, 896 Pennsylvania
St., Denver, Colo., asks that
they be notified of any act of
cruelty, especially wilfull
poisoning of any animal, with
information leading to arrest
and conviction.
Questionnaires Will
Accompany Checks
Portland - Dependent par
ents of deceased veterans re
ceiving service - connected
death compensation payments
from the Veterans Adminis
tration will receive a special
income and assets question
naire with their monthly
checks on or about Aug. 31,
according to R. J. Novotny,
manager of the Portland VA
regional office.
At the same time, veterans
who are receiving additional
service - connected disability
compensation because of a de
pendent parent or parents will
also receive a questionnaire,
Novotny said.
At the time parents
were placed on the compensa
tion rolls, they were definite
ly determined to be depend
ent. The purpose of the ques
tionnaire is to establish the
fact that they have continued
to be dependent and are still
eligible for payment.
Recipients of the question
naire are expected to return
them before Oct. 31. Novotny
advises recipients that ail
questionnaires must be re
turned by the deadline date.
Since the questionnaire
cards will be handled by ma
chinery, recipients are re
quested not to fold, cut, mu
tilate or trim them in any
way. ,
College, called the regulations
"a mistake" and said tht the
schools "will pay for it."
Neil declared himself "an
educationist and proud of it."
He said that he and his fel
lows believed that the mis
take came not with the new
liberal arts and academic re
quirements but with the de
crease in professional educa
tion requirements.
Neil was most unhappy
about the new regulations for
elementary teachers, in which
the board worked its most
radical innovations. Under
the old rules, a prospective
elementary teacher needed
only a four-year college de
gree with 24 units of profes
sional education. Under the
new system, he or she will
need four years filled with
liberal arts and academic sub
jects plus a fifth year with iO
units of professional educa
tion. The cut from 24 to 20 units
of professional education may
not seem radical, and it is not.
However, most of the state
colleges were requiring their
prospective elementary teach
ers to take anywhere up to
45 units of profssional educa
tion during their first four
years. But now, because of the
new requirements, there is no
room for this.
Now Have Fifth Year
Thus, the professional edu
cators now have only the fifth
year in which to work. And,
according to Neil, they do not
believe it is enough.
Neil also criticized the
board for another provision
of the new regulations that
bar all but persons who have
majored in academic subjects
from higher positions in the
public school system.
"We want fair employment
and fair housing." he said
"but these new credentials ex
clude business administration,
home economics, physical edu
cation, professional education
and agriculture.
"This is discriminatory;
there is no evidence that per
sons who mRjor In academic
subjects are better educated."
However, the 16-member
accreditation committee, com
posed of representatives from
the schools and the State De
partment of Education, works
slowly. At the outset, it will
be up to the colleges to over
see themselves.
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