Educators Stress Various Positions Open in Teaching

Three educators last night stressed the high demand for teachers and administrators in educational institutions of all kinds at the last in a series of conferences.

Judson T. Shaplin '42, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Education, served as moderator for the discussion between Dean Bundy; William G. Saltonstall '28, Principal of Phillips Exeter Academy; and James E. Allen Jr., Commissioner of Education for the State of New York.

Bundy said that individuals who seek careers in higher education must feel that some particular field of knowledge is important enough to commit their lives to it. Such attachment to one's field, Bundy said, is more essential in forming a good teacher than intellectual brilliance, successful handling of students, or long formal training in the field.

Allen, representing public schools, said that the public school teacher is gradually gaining more opportunity to do research as well as teaching. "Educators are becoming increasingly important as leaders of their communities, helping to form state and national, as well as local policies," he said.