St. Paul daily globe., 1890-01-19
REACHING A FOCUS.
Bringing Ends Together for the
Great Teachers Gather

Bringing Ends Together for the
Great Teachers Gather NJ.
The committee on membership and
attendance. met in the office of State
superintendent d. l.. Kiehle, yester day
morning. There were present D. l..
Kiehle. chairman; S. S. Parr, r. E.
Z Denfield, irwin Shepard, L.C. Lord and
81 Sherin, secretary.
S NnaTman Kiehle read circular
which he had prepared to send to
county superintendents of Min
neSOta, which was approved. S. s. Parr
was elected corresponding secretary
with view to working up attendance
from the various states. The commit
tee on letter heads reported having sent
out $1,000 letter heads. s. &. Farms
worth, principal of the Cleveland school,
ST Paul, was present and inquired with
reference to the plan proposed to secure
membership among the teachers of this
city. MessrS. Kiehle, Shepard and
prepare special blank to be used in
ST Paul, Minneapolis and Saltwater to
secure members among the teachers.
1t was decided to be the sense of this
committee that the principals be re-
queSted to aid in securing members in
these cities. ID. d. Merrill, chairman
OF the st. Paul executive committee,
was present during the session of this
committee. The matter of having a
representative of this committee pres
ent at the meeting of state superintend-
ents at New York city, February. was
referred to the chairman with the un-
derstanding that he would either go
himself or appoint a substitute. The
al tn fha oL3,
cials OF the New York State Teachers
association and American Institute to
postpone their meeting next July if
possible, so as not to conflict
with the II. E. A. convention at
st. Paul. Mr.. Parr was asked to pre-
pare a plan for reaching the different
states, and assist in working up attend
ance and to present such plan to the
members of this committee for approval.
Mr.. Shepard, of the subcommittee on
state headquarters. reported that moth
ing had been done yet. and l.. &. Lord,
president State Teachers association.
and the three department presidents of
the state association were appointed q
committee on state headquarters 10 Sc
cure such headquarters, have them
properly decorated. raise q guaranty
fund to meet the expenses of same, and
see that visitors are properly received at
such headquarters during tn session of
the convention next July. On motion,
the committee adjourned to meet Feb.
l, 1890, at 10 a. m.
The committee on hotels and enter
tainment met at the secretary's Office,
at p. m. There were present L.. j.
Dobner, chairman: G. f. Marvin,
George Thompson. p. T. Kavanagh and
ID. ID. Merrill. chairman st. Paul exec
utlye committee anu vice chairman OF
the same committe; S. She rim, seere-
tary. Cyrus G. De Coster was elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the eiec-
ton of Thomas Cochran. Mrs. D. III.
Moon, Mrs. j. F. Hoyt, Miss Walker.
principal Lincoln school; Miss Minnie
Darrah, principal Hendricks school,
and Mrs. Il. K. Evans, Hamline, We're
elected members of the committee. On
motion Albert Harrison was nominated
secretary of the entertainment commit
tee; and Mr.. Merrill, chairman of the
executive committee, being present and
concurring, the appointment was made
for one month at salary of $75 per
month.
William M. Beardshear, state man
ager y. Z. A. for Iowa, was present,