Show EDUCATOR SHOULD TAKE PRIDE IN PROFESSION President of Montana Ur U U. US U'S Urges r es F Fellows ellos to Hold Head Up Both Doth salaries and profession proCession standards standards stand stand- ards arde must 1 be 0 raised In order to attract at attract nt- nt tract high l h trade grade men and women Into the tho school school teaching profession proCession said Mid Edward 0 O. O SIsson president of ot the University r. r of ot Montana at the General Jeneral Gen Jen- eral er-al sessions meeting of oC the tho teachers teachers' teachers teachers' teach teach- ers ers' convention convention held this afternoon in the tho Tabernacle Less dignity I Ilent Is lent Jent to men and women omen to tho teaching teaching teach teach- ing profession b by tho profession It Itself It- It Itself self than In practically any other line he ho said Mid The Tile lawyer the physician the engineer er nil all speak with authority ore are re listened to with deference and nd their advice generous generously paid for tor Is 18 closely followed Their professional l reflects favorably unon the I general regard in which they are held Men of oC all AU walks of or life lice acknowledge ack ack- now their expertness The They themselves take pride and deep sat sat- In claiming connection with their own own n personalities r are enhanced and dignified thereby Knock Own G Game With the tho profession of ot teaching a avery avery very cry different slate state of ot affairs has existed We Ie have hae too often oCton felt elt flattered flattered flat flat- d when mistaken for tor lawyers lawers or doctors doctora or e even tra traveling salesmen men We Ve have apologized for Cor or at least explained our occupation Ho How often has a poll of ot a n. schoolmasters' schoolmasters club shown that 90 per cent of ot Its ita mem meny- mem-I mem bers bera did not choose teaching but drifted or were somehow forced Into U Jl Study of the probable causes rouses of oCI this thin Condition and also of ot the actual actu actuary status of or other professions suggests certain lines of ot procedure and advance advance ad ad- vance ance EX Expertness Needed First education must become more and amI more a to profession and ind the educator more an expert Guesswork Guesswork Guess Guess- work ork and happy happ chance or too often unhappy chance have tong rong ruled Inthe in inthe the theory and practice of ot education Now tho the beginnings of ot a truo true profession profession pro pro- are ana laid and the members members mem mem- bers bera of ot the profession may profit b by this fact if It they are arc willing to P pay 1 the price of ot their preparation and continuous study study just Just like tho the medIcal medical med med- ical or technical expert Some things In education we now know not by UIS easy cacy assumption but b by rigid Inv Investigation gation gatien and strictly scientific pro proceed proceed- eed- eed ure I I Technique and Genius Fo For the fuller operation of or this upward trend in the profession it Is evident e that two Iwo things are needed ed first the true truo technique of ot education must continue to advance through te research and practical constructive genius this Is as ns It were tho development devet- devet o of educational engineering covering the whole nerd held from the physiology and psychology or the In Individual In- In child child to tho largest problems problems lems of or i hool finance and operation Se Second nd the body of ot administrators as III a group must become more and more fully trained d and expert In this technique Que This Is in tn my Judgment the deepest and most comprehensive force In the uplift of ot the tho profession and so 10 In the ta task k of or keeping first first- class m men n In la It Jt It Must Aw Awaken ken People e. e With this must go the the- tiller fuller awakening of ot the people in general to the absolutely crucial Importance of ot the educators educator's work The teacher is at nt present too much bound to neutrality oh all an questions about which his follow citi citizens zens ens nr erg ara not completely unanimous He ma may utter Titter no opinions on arl any subject concerning which it Is It worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while to have hae opinions Jib Ills official function is a straitjacket cramping his ma manhood hood an and p Ilert- Ilert It 11 Is easier eaGler to diagnose th than n to pre pre- except In every general terms terme that that his personality lIty must bo be en enhanced en- en even at the cost of ot official convenience In fn the lore lorg run we shall have hac petter otter teachers by this method meth meth- od ti because became s. s completer men and Americans Finally llY the educator himself mua muse hold p Lp hIs Ills head hend and look his fellow fellowmen fellowmen men nun squarely in the eye and make no excuses o or apologies I |