OKLAHOMA. OKLAHOMA CITY. Several newspapers are campaigning to obtain the Democratic nomination for govfor President Stratton D. ernor Brooks of Oklahoma State University, former head of the Boston public schools. The state primaries will be held next August and President Brooks has told friends he wishes nothing done at present about his candidacy, as he wishes to devote his entire energy to the problem of food conservation in the state. Governor Robert Williams, Ly Oklahoma statute, cannot succeed himself. The governor Washington to obtain the appointIment of Mr. Brooks as state food administrator. He has repeatedly spoken of him as one of the most capable men in the state. TEXAS. went to SAN ANTONIO. Military training is to be introduced into the Do You Want Your Pupils to See the places and objects they study about? Do you want them to visit fields, factories and workshops and see the processes described in their textbooks? 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The Warsaw High School has established twelvemonths agricultural course which will be added to the courses heretofore Special artaught in that school. rangements have been made by which, during the winter months, there will be lectures and laboratory work and during the summer the members of the class will be required to do practical work on farms. A home-making course for girls has been added to the high school as well. The course in agriculture will be open to all young men in the district between the ages of fourteen and twenty-five years. ILLINOIS. SPRINGFIELD. In a letter to teachers and pupils on their relation to the war, State Superintendent F. G. Blair says: "Now that the autocracies and democracies of the earth are gripped in a life and death struggle, our Republic looks to its schools for encouragement and support. Will these schools help 10,000, TEACHERS WANTED FOR GOVERNMENT POSITIONS Civil Service examinations are now being held every Tuesday in all the principal cities of the United States. 10,000 Government positions are now open at Washington, D. C., to both men and women. Many of these positions do not require shorthand but typewriting only. Bookkeepers and clerks are also in great demand. The salaries paid range from $1,000 to $1,800 per year. The examinations are not difficult. Teachers can prepare in a very short time while teaching for these positions by taking typewriting, shorthand and typewriting, or bookkeeping by mail in the Home Study Department of Carnegie College. Why teach at from $400 to $500 per year? Our country now needs your services. Will you prepare to do your bit? This is your opportunity-there is no time for delay-write to us at once. We can furnish you with a typewriter. It will cost only a trifle to enroll with us. Let us send you our College Bulletin and "Free Tuition Plan." For application blanks for the Civil Service Examinations and full particulars, address CARNEGIE COLLEGE, Rogers, Ohio. TEACHERS' AGENCIES. tion in Boulder last summer, the scheme to establish a trust fund by which the sons and daughters THE FISK TEACHERS' AGENCIES of unionized laboring men Boston, Mass., 2-A Park Street New York, N. Y., 156 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa., 549 Union Arcade Birmingham, Ala., 809 Title Bldg. "We cannot, we must not mistake the issue. All our dreams of an ideal Republic, all our teachings concerning the freedom and brotherhood of man, all of our real achievements in real government by the people, all that civilization holds most sacred and dear, are at stake in this world conflict. Our government will find the teachers of our schools loyal and true. They know that the life of our Republic and the life of its schools are one, that both must stand or fall together. They know that the most serious purposes of our schools are to discover and teach the truth, to search and exalt the spiritual values of life, to establish and maintain the doctrine that right is the only real might, to verify the truth that the golden rule is the only rule of conduct for nations as well as for individuals. Therefore, in this titanic warfare, where the mad forces despotic militarism are threatening the very existence of these things we hold most dear, our nation can rely with confidence upo the loyal and vigorous support of its schools as it stands forth to halt the march of the destroyer. of "Surely the ideals and motives which moved our nation to this great act have been so clearly and so strongly stated by our Prestdent and by our Governor that the teachers and pupils in our schools will quickly see and keenly feel the righteousness of Our cause. Without seeking to engender hatred towards the people against whom we are fighting, how they fail to hate the cruel, brutal acts which have been committed against humanity and civilization? How can they fail to discover a new love for and a new faith in our government which, without hope of gain or glory, and with certainty of great loss and sacrifice accepted the ordeal of battle? can "Let teachers and pupils show their love and faith by deeds. Let our schoolrooms be made the nation's clearing houses for the distribution of information concerning its purposes and needs in this great crisis. Let the schoolhouses become the open forums for preaching loyalty to the ideals for which we are fighting. Let Junior Red Cross chapters be organized. Let the work of the manual training shops and domestic science Portland, Ore., 514 Journal Bldg. Berkeley, Cal., 2161 Shattuck Ave. Los Angeles, Cal., 533 Cit. Bk. Bldg. registration form free. classes be done for and sent to our soldiers in the trenches or children in the devastated countries. Let the drawing and the letter writing be directed to the trenches to cheer and inspire teachers and students who have left the schools and joined the colors. Let all understand that of the most immediate and practical ways in which they can assist the government is to do all in their power to supply it with needed funds by buying and urging others to buy Liberty bonds. Let teachers and pupils in all things stand by the government in its battle for democracy." one MICHIGAN. GRAND RAPIDS. Superintendent of Schools Greeson is to organize five noon classes to instruct foreigners in reading and writing English. These classes will be conducted in various factories. There are more than 2,000 foreigners in the city who can neither read nor write English. MINNESOTA. MINNEAPOLIS. The meaning of America will be taught to 400 Twin City grade school teachers one evening each week for the next sixteen weeks, Professor A. E. Jenks, depart ment of sociology, University of Minnesota, instructor in the course, announced. The course in Americanism is being offered by the general extension department of the university to members of the Grade Teachers' Associ tion of Minneapolis and the Teachers' Federation of St. Paul. Professor Jenks says: "There is a great need at present for a clear understanding of what the American nation actually means. Perhaps nowhere is this need greater than among those who will inculcate patriotic ideals into the minds of young Americans. Distinctively American characteristics will be presented in the course of the lectures. The origin, development, strength and weakness of these Americanisms will be illustrated by reference to history, literature and biography." SOUTHWESTERN STATES. be educated was given authoritative backing. Briefly, the plan is to raise such a fund either by assessment or the acceptance of gifts, bequests, etc., as will pay for about two-thirds of the expense of a college education for such students as may be selected by the board of control. The money is given as a loan without interest and it is used student. Local unions throughout the state nominate children of their members to receive the benefits and the board makes its choice as between them. The plan was worked out by a committee of which John R. Lawson, prominent official of the United Mine Workers, was chairman and W. C. Daily of this city was a member. upon its repayment to assist some other President Farrand of the University of Colorado appointed Dean F. R. B. Hellems of the university faculty; Harry B. Tedrow, United States district attorney, and Professor R. D. George, state geologist, to represent the institution. W. F. Hynes represents the railway brotherhoods of the state and the following members of the federation complete the board of management: John R. Lawson and Frank M. Sloan of Pueblo, Alice McCabe and James Duce of Denver and W. S. Walton of Cororado Springs. Mr. Walton formerly was vice-president of the state federation and recently retired as president of the Colorado Firemen's Association. The fact that Colorado is a pioneer in the movement probably will result in the scheme being handled with some delay. No large gifts have been received up to this time, but it is expected that at the federation convention will be made next year further arrangements to finance the plan. Already arrangements have been made for each local union affiliated with the federation to assess itself one dollar per member in order to give the board a working capital. Approximately $300 per year will pay all the necessary expenses of a student at the university, it has been learned, and most of the young people will be able to earn a considerable portion of the amount by individual effort. It is presupposed that each student will be able to provide by his own efforts at least one-third of the amount so that of in units twenty students the board will have to make an annual loan of from $3,500 to $4,000. President Wilson to School Officers to the COLORADO. COLORADO SPRINGS. A practical effort to place the advantages of higher education within the reach of the children of union workmen in the United States has been commenced by a co-opera"The war is bringing tion of the Colorado Federation minds of our people a new appreof Labor and the University of ciation of the problems of national Colorado. Incorporation papers life and a deeper understanding of have been filed for the Colorado the meaning and aims of democLabor Educational Association. racy. Matters which heretofore When the report of a committee on education was adopted at the annual convention of the federa have seemed commonplace and trivial are seen in a truer light. The urgent demand for the pro duction and proper distribution of food and other national resources has made us aware of the TEACHERS' AGENCIES attention of any teachers who desire positions during the secured for candidates during the in close dependence of individual on OCTOBER--NOVEMBER places which we have filled cover a field that invites the individual and nation on nation. year. Agriculture, physical training, matthe PLACES past two weeks. To many appliThe effort to keep up social and matics, grades, are represented cations by letter and telegram we have been obliged to answer "No suitable industrial organizations in spite candidates available." Teachers registering now for appointment at any FILLED. of the withdrawal of men for the time army has revealed the extent to which modern life has become complex and specialized. "These and other lessons of the war must be learned quickly if we intelligently and successfully be may still considered for some of these vacancies not yet THE SCHOOL BULLETIN TEACHERS AGENCY, C. W. BARDEEN, Manager 313-321 East Washington Street, Syracuse, New York OUR BOOKLET are intend our institutions. When The Albert Teachers' Agency "TEACHING AS A BUSINESS” we the war is over we must apply the wisdom which have acquired in purging and ennobling the life of the world. "In these vital tasks of acquiring a broader view of human possibilities the common school must have a large part. I urge that teachers and other school officers increase materially the time and attention devoted to instruction bearing directly on the problems of community and national life. 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The interest and insight thus gained is then applied by a plan for a thorough study of the pupil's own community. About 100 reproductions of upto-date photographs add vividness to the text. PAMPHLETS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THOSE OBSERVING CHILD LABOR DAY If you intend to observe Child Labor Day, write to the National Child Labor Committee, 105 East 22d No. 276-What shall we do for the children in time of war? 277-A war measure Children in farm work and school gardens. 278-Safeguarding childhood in peace and war. A speech by Owen R. Lovejoy. 267-Child Labor in your state-A study outline. Condensed facts on child labor in the United States. Con- THE FOLLOWING PAMPHLETS WILL BE SENT ONLY ON SPECIFIC REQUEST: No. 246 Street Workers. Illustrated. 264-Unregulated street trading-Based on a study of Detroit newsboys 272-Street trades regulation. Edward N. Clopper. CHILDREN IN FARM WORK No. 215 People who go to tomatoes. H. M. Bremer. A study of 400 families of cannery workers. 259-Child labor in the sugar-beet fields of Colorado. Edward N. Clopper and Lewis W. Hine. 274-Farm work and schools in Kentucky. E. N. Clopper. 279 The rural child labor problem. Speech by A. C. Monahan, specialist in rural school administration, 281-Causes of absence from rural schools in Oklahoma. Edward N. Clopper. MISCELLANEOUS No. 271-Enforcement of child labor laws. F. I. Taylor. 275-How one juvenile court helps to make child labor legislation effective. M. B. Ellis. 244 Vocational guidance and child labor. Owen R. Lovejoy. S. D. White. 260-Federal aid to elementary education. Speeches by P. P. Claxton and John Dewey. |