The Texas Standard, Volume 30, Number 1, January-February 1956 Page: 2
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TEXAS STANDARD
Vol. 30 January-February No. I
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
A. Tennyson Miller, Port Arthur....President
William M. Batts, Crockett 2nd V-Pres.
W. L. D. Johnson, Jr., Houston....3rd V-Pres.
Mrs. Lurline Hauler, Dickinson....4th V-Pres.
Louis T. Morgan, Mart 5th V-Pres.
Chas. B. Redd, Denton 6th V-Pres.
Leslie J. White, Austin Exec. Secretary
Mrs. Hazel Harvey Peace,
Fort Worth Secretary-Treasurer
Mrs. M. O. Sledge,
Houston Asst. Sec.-Treas.
Miss Mabel Kilpatrick, Houston....Dept. Sec.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Nanie Belle Aycox, Chairman..Houston
T. C. Calhoun Austin
E. K. Downing Odessa
Thomas J. Downs Gilmer
E. A. Greer El Campo
J. S. Henry Waco
Dorothy M. Ingram Port Arthur
A. W. Jackson Rosenberg
C. Emerson Jackson Wichita Falls
F. R. Pierson Beaumont
O. A. Rowe Jasper
R. W. Stafford Abilene
H. L. Walton Dallas
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
R. W. Hilliard Edward M. Carroll
Miss N. R. Cobb
Leslie J. White, Editor
Hazel Harvey Peace. Associate Editor
The TEXAS STANDARD is published bi-monthly
(except July-August) September to June by the
Teachers State Association of Texas, 1191 Nava-
sota Street, Austin, Texas. Entered as second
class matter May 17, 1945, at the post office ?t
Fort Worth, Texas, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Re-entered at Austin, Texas, October 20, 1953.
Membership dues of $5.00 in the Teachers
State Association of Texas entitle members to
receive the TEXAS STANDARD bi-monthly, ex-
cept July-August, for one year. Subscr:i}tion price
to non-members $1.50.
Material published in this magazine does not
necessarily reflect the views of the editors or the
policy of the Teachers State Association of Texas.
1191 Navasota Street
Austin, Texas
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
From Your Editor 2
Vital Issues in the Education of the Negro 3-1
Message from the President 5
Counseling in Education 6
Dallas Independent School District Provides
Opportunities for Teacher Growth 7-10
East Texas Area to Improve Reading Level 1 I
Dates to Plan For 11
The New Teacher Retirement Program 12-13
A Job Well Done 14
Speech Problems of Elementary School
Children 15-16
The White House Conference 17
What About Strings 18
Your NEA 19
Making Brotherhood a Reality 20
Candidates for First Vice-President 22
Candidates for Secretary-Treasurer 23
School Law 24
Honor Schools 26-27
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AN IMPORTANT DEADLINE . . .
Midnight January 31 is the deadline for the payment of poll taxes, a necessity for
those who wish to become qualified voters in Texas for 1956.
At every opportunity leaders in our organization have urged teachers to qualify
and vote as a matter of civic responsibility. Those who qualify this year, and we hope
every teacher does, will have ample opportunity to use their poll tax receipts.
In the State field voters will elect a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general,
commissioner of agriculture, land commissioner, treasurer, two Supreme Court jus-
tices, and one member of the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Primary elections for both Democrats and Republicans will be held on July 28,
with runoff elections on August 25.
The general elections on November 6 will have special significance for teachers.
In addition to the privilege of voting for a President and Vice-president of the
United States, teachers will be particularly interested in the passage of S. J. R. 5, a
constitutional amendment which will provide a greatly improved teacher retirement
system for Texas. The answer to what the passage of this amendment means to
teachers can be seen by a study of the questions and answers on page 12 of this
issue of the TEXAS STANDARD.
Many teachers have pledged to work for the passage of S. J. R. 5 by getting at
least ten persons who are not teachers, to vote for the Amendment on November 6.
Our first task is to be sure that we, the eligible members of our family, and our
neighbors have qualified to vote by the payment of poll taxes.
Remember that this must be done before the January 31 deadline.
WE MUST CONTINUE TO GROW . . .
The professional growth of teachers in service is an important factor in the devel-
opment of our educational system. A constantly changing society requires that this
growth be a continuous process. Regardless of the quality or the amount of pre-
service training, teachers will find it necessary to cope with problems for which they
need, additional information, new approaches, and new methods. Moreover, more
effective ways of doing things are always being discovered.
Many school systems see that their teachers are provided with opportunities for
professional growth. Frequently however, both the stimulus and the opportunity for
improvement have come from other sources. Sometimes local professional organiza-
tions become the strong moving force. More often the desire of the individual to
become a better teacher is the determining factor. In any case, programs designed to
improve the professional understanding of teachers contribute to the overall improve-
ment of education.
In this, and future issues of the STANDARD, we will present descriptive stories
of in-service education programs now being conducted in various communities. Re-
ports from Dallas, Tyler, and the East Texas School Men's Club are featured in this
issue. We hope that others will be as generous in making known what is being done
to help members of our organization to become better teachers and more effective
leaders of youth.
TEXAS STANDARD
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White, Leslie J. The Texas Standard, Volume 30, Number 1, January-February 1956, periodical, January 1956; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193781/m1/2/?q=%22White%2C%20Leslie%20J.%22: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Prairie View A&M University.