Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-04
81 ATE NEWS OONDEN SEQ.
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cIaJion. 81
IL large number OF school superintend-
ents, principals and teachers from all parts
Of Mionesota assembled in Minneapolis
last week to attend THIS eight annual con-
vention If the Minnesota e Irrational As.
sociation. At the opening of the meetings
Prof. B. +. Knerr O Minneapolis presided.
Addresses were delivered b. Few. DE- Sam
pie, Bishop Foss, and Hon. e. w. Bicknell
OF Boston president OF tue National e iuca-
tionaI association. Superintendent B. F
Wright OF 81. Paul gavs an account OF the
seting Of the National aea.aa. Eiue aal9a
last July. Prof. Cook, superintendent Of
schools OF Olmsted county, read 8 paper
upon the evil efec OF ths vicious literature
published and circulated among the chill.
drea. such as the Days Doings. Prof
Niles OF @ ,nsted county moved that a
committee of three be appointed to act as a
medium of communic ztion bet Ieen teach
ers desiring situations and. principals and
school officer desiring teachers. Adopted,
and the COMMITTEE was made mp Of S .nford
Niles of Rochester, d. L. Kiehle Of Mime
apolis and c. W. Smith Of Minneapolis.
sity, read pa OF on moral training, max
ing an elaborate and eloquent plea for the
inclusion of methods Of toe training OF
something beside the memory aud the in
tellectual. faculties. educating the feeling,
the disposition the will cultivatlng habits
of neatness and orde rs we'll as entertain
ing the higher realm Of morals. State SUI
perintendent Kiehle followed Miss Sanford,
speaking to the same point.
There vas along debate on Herbert Spen:
GERS educ ATion,s pro and con, resulting IN
the adoption Of resolution, ""Ihat this
convention iudorse the action of the insti-
tute con uctors in recommending Herbert
Spencer's Education, aud that the matter 81
emitting any Injurious doctrine contained
in the work may safely be-. lett to the judg.
ment OF the teachers uaiag the same"
President Alien moved, as The sense OF the
teachers, that some measures should be
taken to establish a Professional standard
tor teachers under the authority OF law. The
necessity for this is the factel hat graduates o.
normal schools nave ne mig Ter standing in
fact than teacher in the third grade Of thu
common schools. O., motion, a commit
tee of three Was appointed to aid the
state Superintendent ia securing such rec
ognition az is aboyss contemplatsd from the
state ]egjs allure.
The president announced President Allen
St. Cloud; Frofs. Wright OF Mesker and
Tanner OF 0watonua, as the committee I'M
der the rtst,luuon OF President Allen.
SupesintendeptSWrj right of Meeker~ Offered
q association providing that the future meet
ings OF the fteacners' association shall here
after be hsld ut the state capitol at ST.. Paul
Prof. Gray of ST. CT 'ud expressed his
opinion that it would be better for he as
aociation to nleet at 8. Paul, and the pres
ident decided ST. Pau, as the uext place O.
meeting under the constitution.
Prof. Wright OF ST. Paul, from the com
mittee on nomination of officers, submitted
the following Gsl:
Preslden T. J Grey, St. Cloud.
Vice idens-Mrs.s w. Jennes
Secrera1y--Mrs, E e. shes ard. :.
Correspon dattt ssorefary-B H. Reynolds
Treasurer RI 81 de,s.