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1903-] DOCUMI-NT No. 3. XXXIII
my recent biennial report to the Board of Directors of this college, in
regard to the May School, established here last spring:
"Realizing that the demand in this State for teachers with some
professional training had increased, and realizing also that there was
little corresponding increase in the length of the school term, or the
compensation offered to teachers, an experiment was made last spring
with the purpose of providing, during the month of May, at the
smallest possible cost, a brief course of professional training for
those women now engaged in teaching, who can not attend any col-lege
for a full year. Most of the public schools close before our May
School begins. Thirty teachers of the rural public schools matricu-lated
last year and received instruction under the direction of the
Professor of Pedagogy and others, with the opportunity of daily ob-servation
in the Practice and Observation School. So satisfactory
were the results of this experiment that I wish to enlarge the oppor-tunities
and largely increase the attendance of public school teachers
next spring. The teachers who would attend this May School are
older than the regular students of the college and there would not be
so much objection to their boarding in private families'ln the city for
the few weeks they are here. The matriculation fee is five dollars,
the usual matriculation fee for summer schools. I hope to secure
the usual summer school railroad rate of one fare for the round
trip.
"Many County Superintendents have indicated to me that they
would like for their teachers to attend this May School, put with the
small compensation allowed for teachers it is impossible for them to
pay much railroad fare, and those at a distance claim that they are
at a disadvantage as compared with the teachers living near Greens-boro.
"In order to meet this objection, I suggest that we agree to refund
to teachers all of their railroad fare above two or three dollars, thus
placing all of the public school teachers on an equal footing, so far as
the advantages of the school are concerned. Indeed, those who come
the longer distance, in that case, would have the advantage, because
of the travel, which is a good means of education, and, when teach-ers
can afford it, is worth all that a railroad ticket costs. I know of
no way by which a person who has not traveled very much could
secure for $3.00 so much education as by traveling one hundred miles
on a railroad.
"I believe that the five-dollar matriculation fees will furnish
enough money to refund the above proportion of the railroad fare.
If we secure the railroad rates, we would not be required to refund
anything to those teachers who live within sixty miles of Greensboro.
We would refund only about $2.00 to each of those who come from
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| Full Text | 1903-] DOCUMI-NT No. 3. XXXIII my recent biennial report to the Board of Directors of this college, in regard to the May School, established here last spring: "Realizing that the demand in this State for teachers with some professional training had increased, and realizing also that there was little corresponding increase in the length of the school term, or the compensation offered to teachers, an experiment was made last spring with the purpose of providing, during the month of May, at the smallest possible cost, a brief course of professional training for those women now engaged in teaching, who can not attend any col-lege for a full year. Most of the public schools close before our May School begins. Thirty teachers of the rural public schools matricu-lated last year and received instruction under the direction of the Professor of Pedagogy and others, with the opportunity of daily ob-servation in the Practice and Observation School. So satisfactory were the results of this experiment that I wish to enlarge the oppor-tunities and largely increase the attendance of public school teachers next spring. The teachers who would attend this May School are older than the regular students of the college and there would not be so much objection to their boarding in private families'ln the city for the few weeks they are here. The matriculation fee is five dollars, the usual matriculation fee for summer schools. I hope to secure the usual summer school railroad rate of one fare for the round trip. "Many County Superintendents have indicated to me that they would like for their teachers to attend this May School, put with the small compensation allowed for teachers it is impossible for them to pay much railroad fare, and those at a distance claim that they are at a disadvantage as compared with the teachers living near Greens-boro. "In order to meet this objection, I suggest that we agree to refund to teachers all of their railroad fare above two or three dollars, thus placing all of the public school teachers on an equal footing, so far as the advantages of the school are concerned. Indeed, those who come the longer distance, in that case, would have the advantage, because of the travel, which is a good means of education, and, when teach-ers can afford it, is worth all that a railroad ticket costs. I know of no way by which a person who has not traveled very much could secure for $3.00 so much education as by traveling one hundred miles on a railroad. "I believe that the five-dollar matriculation fees will furnish enough money to refund the above proportion of the railroad fare. If we secure the railroad rates, we would not be required to refund anything to those teachers who live within sixty miles of Greensboro. We would refund only about $2.00 to each of those who come from 3 |
