¢ FORT HAYS KANSAS STATE COLLEGE
Hays, Kansas
Jenuary 1, 1945

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College Teachers of Education; State of Kensas

I am enclosing a list of all the teachers who work in the verious
eollegés, teaching courses in education in this state. You will readily
understand that we are a group of considerable size, and my Opinion is
that we ought to have much more influence than'we have had in the past,
end it should be collectively asserted. ‘e hold the most strategic
teaching positions in the whole of our school systems As chairman of
the Kansas Association of Teachers of Education, I am tremendously
interested in seeing to it that we perfect en organization which will
have a continuity of purpose, and through our organization as a minority
group wield the influence that we should on our education program.

We, as you know, have had an organization for a number of years and
we hold a meeting on Thursday afternoon at the time of the council of
administration. I am of the opinion that these meetings have been of
worth to us as a group, but entirely too few of us attend these meetings
end our group has not been well organized.

We are planning what I hope to be a very helpful program for this
meeting at Emporia on Thursday afternoon, February 1, 1945. Ye pla&m to
have three committee reports: one, a committee on organization, which
I hope willmake proposals for a permanent ond strong organization;
second, a committee report on the gosls or purposes of teacher education
in our various colleges, in other words, a statement of the philosophy
of teacher education; and third, a discussion of some of the criteria
which we may use in the selection of the prospective teachers when the
time comes to make the use of such criteria possible. I sincerely hope
that you will begin to make your plans to attend this meeting.

In addition to the regular meeting, we are elso plenning e break-
fast meeting on Friday morning, February 2. I will send you a card
later end ask you to indicate whether or not you plen to attend this
breakfast meeting.

Let me as chairman of your group urge you to be present at these
two meetings in order that we as a group may work together in formulating
more effective plans for the education program in this state.

Sincerely yours,

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Ira 0. Scott, Chairman
Kensas Association of Teachers of Education
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