education
"Know the truth and the truth shall make you free.Education is merely seeking, finding and learning to apply the truth.”
-Education Speech given by Mrs. Hobby, courtesy of Rice University Woodson Research Center, Late 1940's.
-Education Speech given by Mrs. Hobby, courtesy of Rice University Woodson Research Center, Late 1940's.
Hobby saw flaws in the education of children. She saw the school environment was overcrowded and had a lack of teachers. She wanted student numbers in classrooms limited to an appropriate size. Mrs. Hobby utilized her leadership role to encourage people to be teachers, sought proper pay and addressed the burdens they encounter. Mrs. Hobby worked to clarify the school board's role which was to provide opportunities for the education and learning abilities of children. Her motivation in education achieved her legacy.
conference on education
“Boards of Education alone cannot resolve these problems - -and the others - - that confront Americans' education. It remains, essentially the job of the individual citizen to interest himself in his local community and to make sure that school budgets are sufficient and that schools are getting the best money for values they are spending.”
-National School Board Association Speech given by Mrs. Hobby; February, 13 1954.
-National School Board Association Speech given by Mrs. Hobby; February, 13 1954.
“The fact that our enemies use their educational system to imprison instead of to liberate the minds of men should not make us afraid to reexamine our own educational system to see how well it is forwarding the cause of freedom”
-National School Board Association Speech given by Mrs. Hobby; February, 13 1954.
-National School Board Association Speech given by Mrs. Hobby; February, 13 1954.
Press Conference of Education by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, February 10, 1955
military as education
"Since for the young man military service has become a necessity, the challenge is to stern necessity into recognized opportunity. Parents have much the same relationship with the new teacher, the armed forces, as with their children's civilian teachers. They must understand the objectives of the training programs and learn the variety of opportunities that are available to their sons." -Mrs. Hobby for Military Service as and Education for U.S. Youth, N.Y. Harold Tribune, October 20,1948. |
Newspaper article written on October 20, 1948, , courtesy of the Woodson Research Center.
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"It is the principle of freedom with which we must arm our young men and young women. They must have not merely military skills and techniques, but a clear understanding of their duties as citizens in today's world. Not our own people's welfare alone, but the whole tradition of the free and inquiring mind is at stake here. Our government has taken a step along a bold and venturesome course in attempting to develop the citizen-soldier."
-Mrs. Hobby for Military Service as and Education for U.S. Youth, N.Y. Harold Tribune,
October 20, 1948.
-Mrs. Hobby for Military Service as and Education for U.S. Youth, N.Y. Harold Tribune,
October 20, 1948.
Newspaper Article written on October 24, 1948,
Mrs. Hobby Tells How Education Is Imparted by Armed Services , courtesy of Woodson Research Center. |
"The out-moded tradition that a man goes into service to become solely a fighting soldier must be abandoned. the active co-operation of all educational and religious groups will be needed to produce the citizen-soldier...It is the principle of freedom with which we must arm our young men and young women. They must have not merely military skills and techniques but a clear understanding of their duties as citizens in today's world." -Mrs. Hobby Tells How Education Is Imparted by Armed Services, N.Y. Herald Tribune, October 24, 1948. |
"It is plain enough that the military forces must begin taking a great many more young men by selective service, or it must adopt universal military training. There must [be] a strong permanent force, or trained men must be available from civilian life. Either of these alternatives is a challenge to our armed forces."
-Mrs. Hobby Tells How Education Is Imparted by Armed Services,
N.Y. Harold Tribune, October 24, 1948.
-Mrs. Hobby Tells How Education Is Imparted by Armed Services,
N.Y. Harold Tribune, October 24, 1948.
building of schools
"School construction, however, is keeping abreast of the rising tide of enrollment and mounting obsolescence. These classrooms should be available in September 1955. During the past 5 years, new school construction $7 billion provided for over 6-3/4 million pupils, reducing the classroom deficit only by a little."
-Press Conference of Education by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, February 10, 1955.
-Press Conference of Education by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, February 10, 1955.
"The Administration's proposals for school house construction would put $7 billion of Federal, State, local and private funds to work during the next three years. This would build approximately 200,000 classrooms, enough to accommodate nearly 6 million pupils of the 29 million currently enrolled in elementary and secondary schools. This would be in addition to all school construction undertaken without any Federal Participation."
-Press Conference of Education by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, February 10, 1955.
-Press Conference of Education by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, February 10, 1955.