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times will make it necessary for
public schools, and more particu
larly the elementary grades, to ac
quire more materials and equip
ment," she declared. "And it is
only in this way that a fuller com
prehension of society can be gained
by school children."
Miss Cusack's talk was followed
by an address given by Dr. Marvin
S. Pittman, on the "Supervisory
Program Applied to the Field of
Reading." His talk concluded the
conference sessions. Mrs. Aioerca
Ballance presided.
The morning session was opened
with an address given by Miss
Alice Sowers, -"ho stressed the
extreme importance of parents
teaching boys and girls at home,
and not leaving all the correction
up to teachers.
"Many parents waste the first
six years of their children's life
by failing to start their education
at home," stated Miss Sowers.
"Everything is left up to the school
teachers In the way of instruction.
Much could be done if parents
would start a child's education
When they are very young. In this
way many of the evils which crop
ut in the grades and high school
nay be easily rectified."
Dr. P. GL Johnson, of the uni
versity teachers college, pointed
ut in his address, "The Natural
Sciences and Social Life in Rural
Communities," that the natural
sciences have devised an exact
method of thinking "applied with
the proper caution will solve moat
of our social problems."
He made a plea for not only "a
mentAl balance but a proper ma
nipulation of the methods by
which we can solve the problems
which arise in society." The nat
ural sciences are the basic sciences
and an understanding of them is
necessary before the social
sciences can be dealt with, accord-
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The concluding address of the
morning session was given
M. S. Pittman, Michigan State
Normal College, who outlined a
supervisory program for the rural
schools of Nebraska. It was Dr.
iPttman's contention that there
should be a centralization of serv
ice so as to serve every part of
the state adequately, since educa
tion is a state function.
riiT- oriiimtirmal service were
truly democratic, the remote rural
areas of the state wouia De serveu
as efficiently as are the crowded
b no c Th best teachers would
be provided for the most difficult
situations. The strongest oupci
visors would be assigned to the
mnat tiaaHv sections. Democracy
of service must become our ideal,
our motto, our definite educational
program," stated Dr. Pittman.
T.itinf the reauisites for a state
wide educational plan in this state,
Dr. Pittman pointed out mat sucn
a nvstem must be statewide in
the entire machinery of edu
cation must be more effectively
organized and co-ordinated, the
educational needs ot tne times
must be more definitely defined
and more clearly and more gen
erally understood, the American
educational army must be as mo
bile as the American military
army, and that the supervisory
personnel must be a rare combin
ation of enlightment and sympa
thy.
Other essentials necessary, ac
cording to Dr. Pittman, is school
supervision composed of one part
educational guidance and two parts
human engineering, the necessity
for abolishment of small county
and city units, and a larger in
vestment of money in education.
"We would all agree that the
trend of education," stated Dr.
Pittman, "is rapidly and strongly
toward centralization both in mat
ters of authority and of financial
support."
The morning session was pre
sided over by Miss Chloe Bald-
ridge, head of rural education in
this state.
A short conference luncheon was
held at the Y. W. C. A. with Mis
Eav B. Shuman, of the university,
presiding. Speaker for the occa
sion was H. L. Cushiner. assistant
superintendent of public instruc
tion, who briefly described some
nsnects of federal aid for state ed
ucational systems. Nearly 100
teachers were present.
Dr. Marvin S. Pittman, Michi
gan State Normal Colleee. oredict-
ed that in the future high schools
wouia "not De so smaii nor so nu
merous as in the past," in the
onenine address of the Wednesday
afternoon session.
Basing his prediction on several
factors, Dr. Pittman declared that
our p-reatlv improved facilities for
transportation, the greater effi
ciency of the larger scnooi, tne ten
dency for education to become less
and less a local function, and the
natural result of state and national
support of our educational system
should ultimately influence our
public schools in the direction of
increased size and fewer numbers.
"The high schools of the future
will be more highly standardized
but, at the same time, will be bet
ter adapted to meet the local edu
cational needs," stated Dr. Pitt
man. "The public is recognizing
the principle of organization and
standardization. They will soon
recognize that the small educa
tional unit is expensive."
The public scnooi system or tne
future, as visualized by Dr. Pitt
man, will be similar to post offices,
chain stores, and others, built
along standardized patterns to fill
well defined needs. "We are learn
ing what size of educational plant
is most efficient for various situa
tions. Efficiency will become the
controlling principle of our organ
ization and service will become the
ideal of effort."
Dr. Pittman also advanced the
theory that the future curriculums
of high schools will be built around
the social sciences as the controll
ing center.
It was his opinion that egogra
phy, history, political science, eco
nomics and sociology would be the
five major phases of the system of
social sciences to be used in the
high schools of the future. "The
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Problems oi Instruction Gather More
Around Social Aspects Says Burnett
Ovtr ISO nersons attended the
All University dinner held last
Thursday eveniiur. in the Student
Activities Building on the College
of Agriculture campus.
Chancellor E. A. Burnett intro
duced Mr. Charles A. Bowers, who
was in charge of the panel discus
sion, the main feature of the eve
ning, the subject of which was
"Significant Changes in the Social
Science Curricula for the New
Day."
"Problems or instruction gainer
more and more arouna social
aspects," stated the chancellor.
Mr. Bowers introduced tne eignt
members of the panel jury, who
were Dr. Helen Mcintosh, of the
Teachers college at Grand Rapids,
Mich.; Dr. Burton or tne university
of Chicago; Dr. Marvin s. ntiraan,
recently of YDsilanti. and now of
the Teachers college at Atlanta,
Ga.; Dr. Edgar Wesley or tne uni
versity of Minnesota, and the fol
lowing members of the faculty of
the University of Nebraska; Dean
C. H. Oldfather, or tne tjouege oi
Arts and Sciences, and professor
of history, Dr. George H. Sellers of
the department of history and Dr.
W. H. Morton, principal of the
Teachers college high school and
director of teacher training.
Mr. Bowers explained tnat tnere
would be two requisites for the
evening's program; first, tnat
there would be no fixed discussion,
and second, that the audience ana
guests would be urged to partici
nato "We will discuss onlv those
changes which seem to affect
teacher training ana metnoas vi
teaching," he said.
Social sciences take in the entire
range of human history, thus em
bracing the traditions ana aisci
pline concerned with man and so
ciety, according to Mr. Bowers.
"We hope to stress fundamentals.
We must think of the new day in
terms of the immediate future."
The main questions asked by Mr.
Bowers during the course of the
discussion were, "What are some
of the good common elements of
the present social science program
on the elementary school level?
the junior high school level ? the
senior high school level?"
"One of the best methods is
teaching social studies by way of
problems. We should teach chil
dren through centers of interest,"
said Dr. Mcintosh, in speaking for
the elementary school. She illu
strated her point by means of the
ordinary multiplication tables,
where the various phases could be
introduced just as the child saw
the need for them.
Dr. Burton said, "We must con-
school of the future must run con
currently two creat educational
programs, one to prepare people
to earn a livennooa ana tne oiner
to prepare them to live a socially
helpful leisure life."
In concluding his address Dr.
Pittman declared that "because of
the number of pupils in attendance
and because of the nature of the
work to be done there will be a
larger number of teachers in the
faculties of the future." He at
tributed to this prediction the pros
pect of high schools increasing the
number of services they offer
young boys and girls.
Dr. Pittman's address was fol
lowed by a talk given by Miss Al
ice Sowers. Miss Sowers discussed
"What the Schools Can Do to
Make Parent Educations More
Helpful to the Schools." Supt. M.
C. Lefler. Lincoln, presided.
Following- Miss Sowers' address
the conference adjourned until
6:30 p. m. when a comerence ain
ner was held at the student activi
ty huiidine- on the Colleee of Ag
riculture campus. Included in the
program were Dr. Helen MCintosn,
Dean C. H. Oldfather of the uni
versity. Dr. W. H. Burton. Dr. J.
E. Sellers, history professor at the
university, ur. J. i: penning, neau
of the political science department
at the university, Dr. Edgar Wes
ley, Dr. Marvin S. Pittman, and
Supt, W. H. Morton of Teachers
College high school, all of whom
will participate in a panel discus
sion directed by C. A. Bowers, sec
retary of the Nebraska sstaie
Teachers association. The subject
chosen for discussion, "Significant
Changes in tne social science our
ricula for the New Day." i ne ain
ner was sponsored by the Univer
sity Teachers college.
The Wednesday morning session
was opened by an address given
by Dr. Edgar Wesley, who de
clared that high schools and ele
mentary schools should increase
their content of social sciences.
"Teach children geography so
that they may know about the na
ture of the physical world that sur
rounds them," sattcd Dr. Wefiey,
"and teach them the uvea uw ms
tory of famous men in our national
history. F.r these two social sci
sider the child himself. There are
certain things children must learn.
Subjects must be reorganized. In
discussing current problems of for
eign affairs, for instance, it is fu
tile to begin with magazines. The
child must first have a back
ground. He must know what
makes men migrate into new coun
tries. We must select methods
whereby a child can master his
subjects."
Several of the jury members
agreed that the child must do this
work on the level of his own in
terests.
rr. Weslev stated, in sneaking
of the problems of the junior high
school, tnat tne main prouicm
should be the method of teaching.
rir MeTntosh added that the
method of teaching should be in
terms of the level or. which the
child is thinking.
According to ur. Morton, me
hnv or e-irl has his own problem.
All children do not have the same
ideas. He said that it would be a
bad day for America when we try
to regulate the entire social order.
Dr. Senning pointed out that we
are oscillating between extremes,
but that there was a need of
changing emphasis in subject mat
ter. He said that social studies
are not new at all. They are here
and have been here for many
years. He said that social stuaies
are not new at al. They are nere
and have been here for many
years. Some of the subjects are
just going by different names, "We
want to laDei everytning. me
main problem of today is, how
ever, that we should have teachers
properly trained in the subject
matter they are to teach. Then
we won't have to worry about the
method of teaching. We should
also have plenty of subject matter
at hand for the teacher's use."
Dr. Oldfather added that our
problem is to see that we send out
people from colleges with enough
knowledge of things of the social
order so that they can speak with
authority. Then, according to Dr.
Sellers, we must give students
general principles, the influence of
which will be felt in the years to
come.
Mr. Oliver H. Bimson, assist
ant superintendent of the Lincoln
schools, was in charge of the musi
cal program that immediately fol
lowed the dinner. Miss Eunice
Bingham, accompanied by Miss
Margaret Baker, gave several
solos, which included "Meditation"
from Thais, by Massenet, and
"Londonderry Air," arranged by
Fritz Kreisler.
ences are the basic elements nec
essary to successful foundations in
the social scviencea."
If teachers follow this method,
according to Dr. Wesley, students
may gain a clearer conception of
their relation to the society in
which they live, and the relation of
the future of men ana women to
our society.
"But merely teaching the social
sciences to young men and women
is not enouerh." he declared.
"Teachers must do more than hand
out books to children and expect
them to absorb the social sciences.
The studv must be supervised, and
more important, the study must be
shown in the light ot tne suDject
to the students themselves."
Dr. Helen Mcintosh, Grand Rap
ids, Mich, followed Dr. Wesley's
address with a discussion of "Fun
damental Methods in Teaching the
Social Sciences in the Elementary
School." She stressed the point
that students must be taught to
think for themselves, if anv value
is t be gained from revising cur
riculums to meet the aemanas oi
the new social era.
"Children beine- taueht are not
passive listeners, but rather are
they active thinkers," Dr. Mcin
tosh stated. She suggested that
teachres set ud problems, give
them materials with which to solve
the problems, and stress the rela
tion of the book to the experiences
of the school children.
"Teach school children to think.'
she declared, "rather than merely
reflecting the thoughts of the
teachers and the textbooks. It is
only in this manner than school
systems may rationalize education
with the actualities pi everyaay
life."
Concluding the xnornin gsession,
Dr. William H. Burton, University
of Chicago, made a detailed outline
of the most effective methods of
supervising social sciences in ele
mentary schools. Dr. Burton drew
his speech from an extensive study
which b Just recently completed.
The survey was conducted in Chi
cago, where 20,000 school children
were examined for their knowledge
of the social sciences, and specifi
caHy, political science, economics,
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Courtesy ot Lincoln Journal.
NELS A. BENGSTON.
Who is leaving July 5 for Col
umbia university where he will
have charge of two geography
courses during that school's sum
mer session.
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and socioloby.
The results of the survey, wnicn
he used as the text of his address,
revealed that school children have
an excellent foundation for fur
ther development and teaching in
the social sciences. In sociology
the results showed that the school
children knew most about bootleg
gers, alimony, juvenile court, bail,
and the jury. In political science
they knew about the mayor, elec
tions, pollin gplaces, ballots, taxes
and insurance. In economics, the
test showed that the school chil
dren knew most about banks, de
posits, rent, bankruptcy, pioneer,
quarantine and sanitary regula
tions. "From these tests," Dr. Burton
stated, "we have an excellent base
from which to start to teach them
more about our society."
The speaker also stated that
these tests exploded the age old
myth that school children are too
young to study the social sciences,
and that public school systems
should accept the challenge of the
new social order by teaching not
only high school students, but
grade school children more about
the society in which they live.
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