Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
MADISON. December y

MADISON, December II.
The semi-aDDual session OF the State
Teachers Association was called 10 or
der lii the senate chamber Of the capitol
at 1880 last evening, by President G.. f.
Vlebahn, of WATERFOWL In the absence
Of the regular secretary, Prof. G..
81. Reyes, Of River Falls.
was elected to that position.
Prof. G. z. Rowland, superintendent
of schools for Chicago, then delivered an
address on Memory in Schools, in which
he spoke Of memory as being the most
potent faculty Of the mind. J. W.
Stearns, president Of the Whitewater
Normal school, read report on Profess
si0nal Establishment on the Status of
the Teacher, which was followed by an
adjournment taken till Ga. NJ. to day.
70 .day the exercises were opened by
a prayer, which was made by Prof. ".
II. Chandler. This was followed by an
address which was delivered by Prof. c.
y. Gilbert, OF Oshkosh. TIE dis cuesi0n
which ensued was led by Prof. G.. Fl.
Keyes. Merits and Defects of Our
High Schools, was the subject
OF an address Ivy Prof. J. Fl.
Terry, of Mineral Point, which preceded
an animated discussion, IN which Super
inteDdent Albert Hardy, Of La Crosse,
and Prof. @. E. WisweIl, OF Sank City.
took pant. The morning exercises
closed with report Oh Moral Education
by Prof. J. @. Emery, of Fort Atkinson.
The discussion which followed was led
by President John B4ac0m, of the State
University.
MADISON, December %.
At the State Teachers meetlngyester-
day afternoon. Prot. J. II. Cummings.
Of Sparta, read an interesting paper on
a few Of the psychological laws diere-
garded III teaching. Prof. Alex. Kerr,
of Madison, followed with re-
port on moral education, and
the same was inteligently discussed
by President G. Salabee, Of the Oshkosh
Normal School. Prof. A. r. Sprague.
of Racine, read a paper On "What Modi-
fcations Of the Public School Course do
the Times Demand ?" after which a brief
recess was taken. Upon reassembling
Superintendent j. Nagel, Of Manitowoc.
opened The discussion Of methods of cx-
ercising school supervision. Further
consideration was given 1t by Prof n.
@. TWining, of Monroe. In the evening
DR.. Walter Kempster, of the North
ern Insane Hospital, read an
exceedingly interesting ppaer on
"Why Brains Wear Out. To-day
Prof. F. W. Cooley. Of Stevens
Point, read paper on 1.-THE Scholar
Who Thinks" and r. W. Burton, of
GAINESVILLE, rendered report on "Indus-
trial Education," the consideration OF
which was deferred till the regular an
nual meeting next summer. Superin-
tendent ". B. Powell, OF Aurora, Ill,
spoke upon the subject, IS Methods of
Language Teaching; following which
was discussion. The association then
adjourned. This afternoon will be de-
voted to the uperintendents' convention.
SCIENCE AND ART.
MADISON, December q.
The thirteenth regular annual meeting
of the Wisconsin Academy OF Sciences,
Arts and Letters, opened in tue aericul-
tural rooms OF the capitol last evening
at 1870 o'clock and was devoted exciu-
sivelv to business. The minutes OF last
meetiog were read by the secretary,
Prof. E. 4. Birge, and the treasurer.
Hon. S. D. Hastings, presented his re-
port which was referred 10. a committee
consisting of Messra. S J. Lamb,
T. G.. Chamberlain, E. P. Hoy and J.
D. Butler. The secretary made brief
report, after which the president, Prof.
r. D. Irving, stated the results of the
efforts made by a committee to procure
a permanent room. The librarian, Rev.
A. o. Wright, referred to the printed
report IN Vol. v of the transac-
lions. He then made a report as
chairman of the publication committee,
After discussion upon the best method
of publishing the transactions, commit
tee OF Messrs. r. d. Irving, z. r. Hoy,
". T. Allen ond A. O. Wright WAS ap-
pointed to present a plan for publica
ton. The proposition to abolish the
department of arts was lost.
The following were appointed a corn-
mittee on nominations: Messrs. Hoy,
Peckham and Allen. Mr.. S. w Will
aid. Of Depere, was elected a member.
The report of the auditing committee
was presented, accepted and adopted,
after which the meeting then adjourned
till $50 this morning, when the follow
ing programme was carried out: Paper
on Who Built the Mounds ? by DIR. ?.
r. Hoy, of Racine; paper on Who Made
the Copper Tools =? by DR.. ?. h. Hoy.
of Racine; paper on The Mounds, by
DR.. Day, of Milwaukee.
MADISON, December %.
Papers were read yesterday afternoon
and evening as follows: "Greek Re
igion, Prof. J. Emerson, Beloit; " Por-
traits of Columbus" J. D. Butler, LII.
D., Madison; ''List of Fungi collected
in Wisconsin, :" VIM. Trelease, Madison;
Insanity" A. o. Wright, A. NJ, Mad
ison; "Our Knowledge of Stellar No
tioD," prepared by Prof. t. a. Stafford,
Wiiliamstown. Mass, but read in the
absence of the author by secretary, E.
A. Birge; 1.-THE Unity of Moral Ideas,
Rev. @. Caverno, Lombard, Ill. This
morning Prof. J. E. Davis, of
Madison, read paper on 1.-The
Effect of Local Attraction on the
Plumb Line and Sea Level
Captain john Nader, Madison, on
Z" Time and Tide" Prof. j. J. Elmen-
don, Racine, on Mature and Free