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Discussion of Dean Mumford's Paper

University of Wyoming

Abstract

I have been wondering if a more descriptive title to Dean Mumford's paper would be "How the Teacher Can Become Important in Teaching," rather than "The Importance of the Teacher in Teaching." From a personal standpoint the remarks I shall make are something of a valediction after nearly twenty years of teaching effort. Twenty years is not a long period of service, compared with that of some others in this assembly, but one who is about to retire from a profession may, perhaps, retrospect with greater clarity, and be able to summarize his impressions with more exactitude than is one who pauses in his daily effort only sufficiently long to survey the past in terms of the immediate future.

That the teacher is an all-important adjunct to the teaching process, is obvious. That his individual success in the past has been more dependent upon chance than upon special training for the job, seems likely. That too little is being done to correct this situation, is undeniable.