TIIE NEBRASKAN
TIIKEK
scon DISCUSSES
Tl
IACHER TENURE ACT
High School Music Faculty
Associate Professor Sets
Forth Importance of
Legal Measure.
BY BOB MOSSHOLDER.
Consider yourself for the mo
ment a sincere, hard-working
school teacher. Perhaps more than
any other group, yours has been
responsible for training and de
veloping into upright citizens hun
dreds of boys and girls who have
come under your guidance and su
pervision. You have given willingly
of your time and energies year
after year using the best of your
abilities for the best interest of
the state and the country. Sudden
ly, through the unscrupulous
methods of a petty board of edu
cation, an organization dominated
in many communities by a group
of politically-minded individuals
short-sighted and with selfish in
terests, you find yourself dis
missed, your contract unsigned for
another year. What would you
think? What should the other cit
izens of the community think ?
One obvious answer to this prob
lem is protective teacher tenure
legislation, which, like other
forms of social legislation, is re
ceiving increased attention and
support in every state of the
union, including Nebraska. Rough
ly speaking, protective teacher
tenure laws are an application of
the civil service principle to teach
ers. They guarantee to teachers
who meet the requirements for
protection, ordinarily, the comple
tion of a trial period, permanent
jobs during satisfactory service
and good behavior.
Dr. C. W. Scott, associate pro
fessor of school administration at
the university, has been interested
for a number of years in the pro
tective teacher tenure movement.
Scott Discusses Problem.
In an article appearing in a re
cent issue of "School and Society,'
Dr. Scott says: "Logically sound
arguments can be made for pro
tective tenure on the grounds that
job security contributes to the de
velopment and maintenance of
mental health, an essential in
teaching, and also helps profes
sionalize teaching through stabi
lizing the teaching body and mak
ing the field more attractive."
Some individuals throughout the
country have claimed that the
teacher has the right to civil serv
Ice protection, pointing out that
the public school instructor, like
the government clerk, for instance,
Is a public servant and as such
deserves the protection of a state
or federal protective tenure law.
"But4" says Dr. Scott, "protec-
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Pictured above, is part of the faculty of the all-state high school
music course which closes this week with concerts this Thursday
and Friday. They are, from left to right, as follows; Top row, Ray
mond Reed, John Shildneck, George Howerton, and Forrest Buchtel;
middle row, Carl Steckelberg, Frances Morley, Vera Upton, Bettie
Zabriskie, and Howard Kirkpatrick; bottom row, Sylvia Cole Diers,
Lenore Burkett Van Kirk, Alma Wagner, and Mary Hall Thomas.
MILLS TEACHERS
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Phone B-3708 Lincoln, Nebr.
tive teacher tenure legislation Is
an incomplete application of the
civil service principle because it
neglects merit as the basis for
service while it emphasizes protec
tion to a greater extent.
Nebraska legislators, realizing
the -necessity for increased se
curity for teachers, passed a con
tinuing contract law at their last
session. This measure provides
that a teacher's contract shall be
automatically renewed for the en
suing school year unless the board
of education by April 1 of each
year either offers the teacher a
new contract or by a majority
vote of the board votes to termi
nate the contract at its expiration.
New Law Some Aid.
Since the law does not require
boards to have and specify sound
educational reasons for terminat
ing contracts, it may be thought
of mainly as a psychological de
terrent to dismissal. Dr. bcott
sees in it a step in the right direc
tion and believes that the contin
uing contract provision is as far
as Nebraska should go at the pres
ent time.
The University educator is now
conducting a nationwide survey to
discover the attitude of school
superintendents toward the prob
lem of their own tenure or office
While the investigation is incom
plete, Dr. Scott has already found
that 33 out of 40 superintendents
in Nebraska, or 82 percent of the
total reporting believe they should
have indefinite tenure during sat
isfactory service and good be
havior. An explanation of this strong
opinion may be fourd in the re
sults of a study made by the office
of Prof. R. D. Moritz, director of
the University's Teacher Place
ment Bureau, during the summer
of 1936 to determine the serious-
ness of the tenure problem of Ne-
nraska school superintenacnis.
This study showed that 4.334 sup
erintendents had been employed
by 436 school systems in the pre
ceding 25 years. The average per
school system had been about 10
different school heads, or a differ
ent executive every two and one
hnlf . years. Such a tremendous
loss of efficiency would not be tol
erated in any modern day business.
High School Band,'
Orchestra, Chorus
Present Recitals
MISS SHAW LECTURES
FINGER
PIIING
(Continued from Page 1.)
Maiden, Philip James; The Three KinRS,
Wilian; The Old Woman and the Peddler,
arranged by Miss. Klnscella; English folk
tune; Out ot tne Hiience, tjnrm jemima.
Vance Lclnlnger, accompanist.
The chorus will sing these
songs in three groups. The first
group consists of songs of the
16-17th centuries, the second,
group from the 17-18th centuries
and the third group from the 19th
and 20th centuries.
Mr. Howerton of Hiram college
conducted the chorus this year for
the fifth time. The chorus sec
tional rehearsals have been under
the supervision of Sylvia Cole
Diers. There are 90 members in
the chorus.
The concerts this year will be
broadcast over station KFOR for
the benefit of those unable to at
tend in person. Thursday night's
program will be broadcast at 7:30
and Friday night's program will be
broadcast at 8 o'clock.
Among those expected to attend
the concert from out of town are:
Mr. and Mrs. BartllnR. Nebraska City.
Mr. and Mrs. Tctsy Brodahl, Wahoo.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brooks, Osceola.
Mrs. Chapman, Aurora.
Mr. and rs. A. C. Carlson, Klgln.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Clearmon, Mlnden.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Dale, Ord.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. DePue, Clearwater.
Mr. und Mrs. KkbrrK. Holdrece.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. ciramly, Wayne.
Mrs. J. H. Grosvenor, Aurora.
Dr. and Mrs. U. S. Harrison, Nellgh.
Herminn Joekel, Talmage.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones, Minden
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Larson, Sl,:i'-.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F.. Loeffler, Yutan.
r. and Mrs. C. Miller, Rising City.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Nelson. Scotia.
Miss Marguerite Peterson, Holdrece.
r. aMnd Mrs. O. A. Schlischmas, Kdgar.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Skoda, nnvid City.
Mr. and Mis. A. L. Tramp, North
riaue
Mrs. F. L. Vopeltanz, Ord.
Mr. and Mrs. I). K. Wlndle, Wvmore.
Mrs. Otto Wolf, KdRar.
Mr. and Mrs. O.eMzlincer, Burr.
Mrs. (logins, Aurora.
Mrs. H. S. Tennant, Stanton.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, Columbus.
Mr. Juday, Ashland.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Swartz. Potter.
Mr. and Mrs. KraJIck, Scrlbnrr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hadley, Columbus.
Mrs. Kankhauser. Humboldt.
Relatives from 28 towns in Ne
braska will attend the concerts be-
sido numerous Lincoln relatives
and friends.
New Phase of Art Interests
Teachers, Psychologists,
Artists
By George Kimball.
Of importance to teachers, psy
chologists and artists alike are the
findings of Miss Ruth Faison Shaw
which she revealed in two lecture
demonstrations on finger painting
Wednesday in Morrill hall.
Miss Shaw, a teacher of inter
national reputation, demonstrated
this new phase of art instruction
which she has developed for the
purpose of providing a means for
children's unhampered self expres
sion. By this method, she has dis
covered that children not yet able
to express themselves in words
often give startling demonstra
tions of their thoughts thru finger
painting. To quote Miss Shaw,
'"Finger painting gives color and
form to thoughts for which chil
dren often know no words."
Since her introduction of finger
painting in an experimental school
in Rome, her method has attracted
wide attention from psychologists
who see in it an extraordinarily
effective means of studying chil
dren's personalities. Artists from
various fields have also become in
terested in this new art, since it
does away with brushes, crayon,
chalk, and other tools which re
quire skilful handling and leaves
only the bare hands and fingers.
MOVIE DIRECTORY
STUART
Ends Friday, Bob Burns,
Martha Raye in "Mountain
Music." Starts Saturday:
"Another Dawn," with Kay
Francis, Errol Flynn.
LINCOLN
Ends Thursday, "Kid Gala
had," with Bette Davis, Ed
ward G. Robinson. Starts
Friday, Miriam Hopkins, Joel
McCrea In "Woman Chases
Man."
ORPHEUM
Will Rogers in "David
Harum" and Edward Everett
Horton in "Oh Doctor."
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CAPITOL BEACK
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BUGS ABUNDANT
THIS YEAR SAYS
AG PROFESSOR
It's a great yenr for bugs
especially the kind that prey on
iarm crops, according to Prof.
Myron II. Swenk, chairman of the
department of entomology at the
college of agriculture. Altho offi
cial figures for the month of June
were not yet available, it was in
dicated that insect pests have been
particularly abundant on Nebraska
farms this year.
Great anxiety among farmers
over the insect problem was evi
dent from the unusually large
amount of correspondence and
phone conversation on the subject.
Prof. Swenk estimated that 20 to
40 letters per day had been re
ceived and that approximately 650
telephone calls dealing with the
insect problem had come into his
office during the past month.
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struments. These persons will be
paid upon a fee basis.
Under the newly adopted plan,
the music teachers lose their vari
ous academic titles and are known
as "teachers of music." The only
exceptions to this ruling are Direc
tor Kirkpatrick and Miss Kins
cella, who will have the rank of
professor. Mrs. Will Owen Jones
was given an emeritus standing,
The following teachers were re
tained on a salary basis and are
full time unless indicated:
Wilbur Chcnoweth. organ, piano.
Mrs. Maude F. ttutzmer, voice.
Earnest Harrison, piano.
Miss Hazel Kinscolln, piano (part).
Miss Marguerite Klinkcr, piano.
Mrs. Lillian Polley, voice.
Raymond Reed, clarlwt, sax.
Herbert fVhmldt. piano.
John Shildneck, trumpet, trombone 'part)
Carl FteckeiberR, Violin.
Wm. O. Temper: Voice.
Mis? Alma Wanner, voice.
Kmanucl Wishnow, violin.
Miss Betty, Zabriskie, cello (part).
The following teachers were re
tained on a percentage basis with
out faculty standing:
Francos Morley, tlute.
Mark Pierce, bass and tuba.
Luther Andrews, French horn.
Paul Flcbcrstein. bassoon-oboe.
Marjorie SManafelt, harp.
The board authorized the operat
ing superintendent to prepare
plans and specifications for a cen
tral heating plant and building at
the Nebraska School of Agricul
ture at Curtis and to advertise for
bids. An appropriation of $25,000
was made by the last legislature
for this purpose.
From the numeros lists and cat
alogues of all kinds on display in
the show case in the main hallway
of the library, teachers should find
a means of selecting books for
every kind of pupil and for every
ubject.
Among the most comprehensive
of the catalogues on display is one
entitled "Realms of Gold in Chil
dren's Books" and its supplement,
"Five Years of Children's Books,"
compiled by Bertha E. Mahony and
Elinoro Whitney.
More advanced literature is sug
gested in "Books to Read in Upper
Grades," by Clare McPhee, and
"1,000 Books for the Senior High
School Library," published by the
American Library association. For
those who wish to keep in constant
touch with new material, the as
sociation also publishes a monthly
magazine entitled "The Booklist."
The exhibit has been arranged
by Miss Clara L. Craig, reference
librarian, to show the various
sorces from which help may be ob
tained. Among these sources are
the state services such as the pub
lic library commission, the depart
ment of public instruction, and
normal college libraries; local li
braries; federal deparments such
as the U. S. office of education;
national associations including
A. S. A., the National Education
association, and the Child Study
association; books and magazines
containing selected lists, and pub
lishers catalogues.
Prof. Clark E. Mickev, chair
man of the department of civil
engineering, announced that Sun
day is visitor's day at the univer
sity's summer surveying camp
which is located northeast of Ash
land on highway No. 6 in the Na
tional Guard camp on the west
bank of the Platte river.
A
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Teachers Agency
Many fine positions re
ported daily for well
qualified teachers.
302 Kresg-e Bldg.
LINCOLN, NEB.
Dr. Arthur F. Jenness of the
psychology department and Har
old Dahrae, former graduate stu
dent, are authors of an article en
titled "A Study of Direct Sugges
tibility and Social Introversion As
Related To Auditory Threshold and
to Reaction Time During Reverie."
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