Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-18
STATE EDUCATION.


The annual Meeting of tae ttatc Teach srs'
As:ociation opcms an Minneapolis on
WedAesdaD .Eccn5n0, Dec. 26--P01oers
Read and Toyfes Dtscusses-St': dents
Educational Eachi6if-- Gen. John Eaton,
U. S. Coms,niSSioner Of Education, Col. II.
". Parker, Formerly Of Quincy, Mass,
ard o her Prominent Educators WS:E 4dt-
tend aud Take Part ar the Eosercfscs.
The next annual session Of the Mime
sota Educational association. opens in this
city on Wednesday evening, December %,
and continue during the two following
days. The day sessions will be held il the
hail of the Minneapolis High school, and
the evening sessions in some Of the
churches of the city. The following pa
pers will be read ard discussed:
Review of Herbert Spencer's @Educs-
tion.''-Insiitaie conductor, S. S. Parr, ST.
Paul.
Moral Training-Miss Maria L. Sanford,
Of the university.
Professional reparation-Pte sident
Jerome Allen, of the st. Cloud Normal
school.
school Libraries-County Superintend-
ens T. L. Cook, Rochester.
Report CT the Delegate 70 the National
Educational sociation-Conhty SupeFin-
teGdent B. F. Wright. st. Paul.
State Teachers State Super
in;endent D. L. Kiebe, Minneapolis.
The following Interesting topics viii be
presented to the association in Avs minute
speeches il which the experience of teach
ers will be required instead of any thso-
ries they may entertnin or tho subjects:
Temperance teachinG in public schools.
Map drawing, modelling and moulding.
Recess or no recess.
The gruhe method in arithmetic,
Half day sessions for primary schools.
Making daily recitations.
Composition teaching.
| The executive committee Of the associa-
| ton has aimed TO give all the proceedings
q practical turn, and With this view there
| Will be givep class exercises in language
lessons, geography and other branches of
instruction taught il :he public schools.
| At the last meeting of the association held
IL ST. Paul considerable attention was
| given to the teaching Of language. At the
coming meeting an exhibit Of pupils WORK
| will be given in penmanship, cthography.
| epistolary forms and tho grammatical
! construction Of sentences, these being con-
| siGerad important elements of good e6u
cation.
The executive COM nittee u desirous Of
| ascsrt&ining the ability of pupils il
the reproduction OF ideas, and has there
fore requested The superintendent and
teachers 10 train them for p creaitabie ex
hibit in the art of mposition. The cop
mittee has submitted the folioEipg ques
ton to teaehers:
''Can yonr pupils listen TO short ex
tract of simple and interesting English
with closeness of attention and good gn
Outstanding of whes they hear; and car
they reproduce the IDEAS with fuluess ant
exactness, ia good handwriting, in wei
constructed sentence, with words correct
IL spelled, and with proper use of capiial
and punctuation?
For answer to the foregoing question
the coupty ard city perintendent
throughout the state have been provides
w,tu printed copies CT Two short extract;
one in letter form for children below n
fourth reader grsde and the other for al
higher grades. Each teacher will read tn
extract but once, carefully and distinctly
and then leave he pupils 20 reproduce th
substance in their own language. Fac
pupil shan be seated alone and shall fms
the work at one sitting.
The higher grades are required to chang
e piece OF poetry entitled, The Grave {
: the Greyhound" into prose. The follov
ing stsnzaa out of tNenty-four will give b
idea Of the task imposed on :hern:
TIE GRAVE OF THE GREYHOUND.
:. The epearmaa heard the bugle sound
And CHEEKY smiled the morn,
II AID many dog and many hound
OheY'd Leweilyn's horn.
, 2. Ard still no blew louder blast,
, And gave Iusiier cHeer,
'Gome Gelert, thou vert ae'er tie last
''Leweilyn's horn 10 hear.
son, where does faithful GeleTt roam,
2 ''fbe flower OF al his race?
so true, so brsye, Ia nb at hone,
+ "A lion N the chassI'
Among Zee eminent educators Who ri
attend this session Of the Minnesota STA
}, ! Teachers association may be named &c
3. John Eaton, United States commission
9 of educatiou, Washington, D. O and CO
= T. w. Parker, principal of the Cook coun
t normal school, ILL.,, and formerly OF Qni
n cy, Mass. The latter is the origin 4tor
3 the ''Quincy Method" of teaching, III wh;s
Charles Francis Adams and Other dist
guished eastern men took promipe
part. THIS session of the associate
> promises to be the most interesting 3
! held, and will be largely attended by Il
friends of popular education.