The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-03
NEWS OF TIE STATE.
Minnesota State Educational Asso.
citation.

NEWS OF TIE STATE.
Minnesota State Educational Asso.
ciatiOn.
A large number OF school superintend.
ents. principle and teachers from all part.
of Minnesota assembled in MinBeapt Ii,
last week to attend the eight annual con
vention If the Minnesota L iucat;onsl As.
ISOLATION. At the opening of the m eeting>
Prof B. F: Knerr o. Minneapolis presided.
Addresses were delivered by Few. Dr.. Sam
pie, Bishop Foss, and Hon. T. w. Bickne]l
Of Boston, president OF the National T. ,uc -
ti1nal a:s q Superintendent B. F
m aetng of the National Education /
association at Saratoga Springs
last July. Prof. Cook, superintendent Of
schools Of OlMsted county, read . paper
upon the evil ef1ec OF the vicious litsra.ure
published aud circulated among the Chill
drea such as the Days Doines. Prof
Niles of O.msted county moved that .
committee of three be appointed to act as q
medium of commune .tioa between teach.
ers desiring stu atious and principals and
school officers desiring teachers. Adopted,
and the COM mittee vas made up Of s .rford
Niles of Rochester, D. L. Kiehle OF Mime
apolis and c. W. Smith Of Minneapolis.
Miss Maria L. Sanford, ofthe State Univer-
sity, read pa. or on moral training, max
Ing an elaborate and eloquent plea for tn.
inclusion of methods of the tr.iniag OF
something beside the memory and the in
the disposition, the will, cultivat,ng habits
of neatness and orde as we'll Is entertain
ing the higher realm of morals. State su-
perinte ndent Kiehle followed Mise Sanford,
speaking to the same point.
There vas long debate on Herbert Spen.
GERS educ alton, pro and con, resulting in
the adoption of . resolution. That this
convention indorse the action of the ins,i.
tute conductors in recommending Herbert
spencsr's Education, aud that the matter Of
emitting any Injurious doctrine contained
in the work may safely be lett 10 the iuGg.
ment OF the teachers using the ssmc.''
President Allen moved. as the sense OF the
teachers, that some measures should be
taken to establish a professional stand nd
for teachers under the authority oflaw. The
necessity for this is tie fact that graduates OF
normal schools have NO higher standing in
fact than a teacher in the third GRADE Of the
common schools. o. motion. q commit.
tee OF three was appointed to aid the
state superintendent in securing such Fec
ognition as is above contem plat>d from the
STATE legislature.
TIE president announced President Allen.
St. Cloud; Profs. Wright OF Meeker aud
Tanner of Owatonna, rs the committee I'm.
der the +. solution of President Allen.
Superintendent: Wrightof Meeker offered
. aesoiutlon providing that the future meet
ings Ut the teachers association shall here
after be held at the state capitol ut st. Paul.
Prof. Gray of st. CT 'ud expressed hts
opinion that it would be better for he as
sOciation to me ct at S.. Paul, and the pres-
i'd MT decided ST. Paul as the next place of
meeting under the constitution.
Prot. Wright OF st. Paul. from the com
mittee on nomination of officers, submitted
the following list:
Pr<slden IT. J. Grey, St. Cloud.
Vice Plesident-Mrs. w. Jenuess.
Secrerary-Mrs. f r. Shepard,
Correspondent secretary-B. NJ. Reynolds.
Treasurer-W. FL. S. dels.
Nearly every train south, says the
Croobston Chronicle, is loaded with Man.
it0bians on their way oack to the flesh. pots
OF Ontario. On the 18th six coaches
filed with these repentant Canadians passed
south on their way to their old honea. A
considerable portion of them were turning
their backs forever on Manitoba. The north
ern ports of Minnesota and Dakota are filling
up with Canadians.
Thomas Cullyford, proprietor of the Ho.
tel st. Louis, and Miss Minnie Culver,
daughter of the late Mayor J. 3. Culver,
will be married from the residence of W.
mediately for the south for trip lasting
over two months.
Burglars entered the store of Rice g. Man.
ming. at Wilmar, and took q small amount
of currency.
c. 8. White has bought the Fish Bros. &
Hall mill at Oneota, the pric. being about
$4,000.
Henry r 'tjos4, of Wykoff, was killed by
being thrown from wagon by runaway
team.
Articles OF incorporation Of the Buckeye
Publishing company have zen filed vi tn
the secretary of state. The general nature
OF the business is the printing and publish
ing, buying and selling of books, copyright
newspapers, or other periodicals or publica-
tione. Principal place of business, Mime
apolis, the corporation to continue thirty
years from Jan. 1, 1884. Amount of capital
stock, 600, divided into 1000 shares o,
$50 each; limit of Indebtedness, SIC, 900.
The tncorporatOrs are Alfred g. Wilcox.
Minneapolis; William NJ. Liegett, Marys-
vl,l., Ohio; Henry D. Wood, D .yton, Ohio
who also compose the first board of direc-
tors.
The state medical examiner board.
which has been in session at the state uni
versity In Minneapolis closed the % h. It
consists OF Drs. G. N. dewitt of Rsd Wing,
franklin Staples Of Winons, D. W. q and o
81. Paul, Willard Of Saltwater; end w. e.
Leonard Of Minneapolis, ell OF whom were
present. DR.. Hewitt Is chairman, and DR..
Millard secretary OF the board. A large
number Of diplomas were passed on, but the
exact number cannot be ascertained until
the records shalt have bsen carefully com.
piled. It IL sure. however, that nearly oil
the physicians IL the state have passed be-
fore the board, and its lsbors are practically
completed. During this session seventeen
candidates Who had no dipl .mas were q.
amfned, and 1t il thought that about two
thirds of them will be passed. The unfor-