Telegram-herald., 1890-07-09
THE TEACHERS MEET
an Army OF Educators Gathers at
Ct. Paul
TIE GREAT COsYESTIOs OPENED.
ksiiS $4,000 People Attend the i@isa-l
sessiea as Rses F@rk-FFsstdeat t~a-
ssld "a the Holm- several Ad-
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Az ngNENSE 6ArHEKTSG-
ST. PAUL. July s-No more beautiful
OF Impressive spsc1aels las eSva
witnessed Ia the e0uatgy for nAlt
= century thaa that NniSh ~4s
presented az Rice PARK in this city
this afternoon when $4,000 men and
women bowed their heads N the open
air aud ander burning saR Whlle Rev.
w. M D4wiey. Of the Weodlawn Park
Baptist Church, invoked the Divine
blessing upon the sessions OF the Ma
tionsl educational convention about 20
begin Ia this city.
ID. ID. Merrill, chairman OF the ST.
Paul executive committee, called the
great assem- blage 10 order, and intro
daced De- Canheld. OF Lawrence. Kan,
president OF the National Educa-
tional Association, then assumed
the post OF president of the
day. He made brief speech thanking
the authorities of ST. Paul for the re-
eeption Of the menb bers OF the associa-
ton and for the ample arrangements
which had been made for the aeeommo-
eation Of the sessions of the conven-
tiOn.
President Canfeld then introduced his
Excellency William K. Merriam, Gov
ernor OF Minnesota, who read short,
happy speech of welcome aud was
heartily cheered. tie was followed by
Professor ID. l. Kiehle, Superi IA te ndent
OF Public Instruction OF Minnesota, no
made the formal address Of welcome.
Other addresses OF welcome were
made by Mayor Robert A. Smith, Pres-
ident Cyrus Northrope, OF the univer-
sity OF Minnesota; President Irwin
Shepard, OF the Minnesota State normal
school; Professor l. {. Lord, OF the
State teachers association, and Pres
ident J. w. Strong, Of Carleton college.
When the thousands Of visitors had
been most heartily welcomed the
bands played Dixie" and the
star Spangled Banner" Then followed
the three-minuto responses from the
president secretary and treasurer for the
association; DR.. Harris. FOR the Ma
tion; DR. Ira G. Hoitt for the Pacific
coast; President II. B- Sprague, of Da-
kota, for the Northwest; President Z.
Louis Soldan, ST Louis normal school.
for the Mississippi and Missouri val
leys; w. L. Sheldon, Boston, for New
England; c. w. Bardeen, Syracuse, n.
Y, for the North Atlantic States;
Prof. w. r. Thigpen, Savannah, for tho
South Atlantic States; Prof. j. w. John
son, University of Mississippi, for ths
Gulf States; State Superintendent
Frank NJ. Smith, Tennessee, for the
Central Southern States. and John Han
cock. Ohio, for the Central Northern
States.
AT the conclusion of the speech max
ing the great gathering joined with the
instrumental music and sang the Ma
tional anthem, after which the assem-
blage dispersed.
One of the most interesting features
connected with the gathering is the ex-
hibtions OF practical appliances for the
training of pupils in manual culture
and the results therefrom. This
department is Immediately under
the superintende OF Charles
A. Bennett, of the manual training
school Of ST. Paul who is actively and
efficiently assisted by Miss Ida Nc
Loughlin, also OF this city. The gen.
erous responses to the invitation to send
forward exhibits mas necessitatcd tho
division of the exhibit. SO that in order
to accommodate it all it has been To-
Gated in the manual training school.
the high school and the Armory build
ings.
AS whole the exhibition is thor
oughly educational. Itcomprises many
excellent specimens OF various arts and
handicrafts, all the work OF pupils in
the public schools throughout the
United States. There are specimens of
carpenter work, wood turning and carv-
ing, blacksmith and tinsmith work, iron
and steel turning, pattern aking and
other branches Of industry In the in
dustrial art department, in which some
OF the wood-turning and carving
might be placed, are specimens
% molding in clay and cast
ing in plaster, iree-hand and me-
chanical drawing, color work, crayon,
brush and pencil sketchings, architect
ural designs and plans for buildings, de-
signs for wall paper and other branches
ment OF wOmen's work there are exbib-
its Of plain aud fancy sewing, dress
making. millinery. cooking, etc. Tho
exhibition of kindergarten work is full
OF interest II is principally from La
Porte. Ind; Chicago. H.; Louisville,
Ky; Springfield. Mass; Milwaukee,
Wis; Sparta Wis; Des Moines, Ia; Du-
lnth. Mimi, and s. Paul. Mimi
In addition TO this interesting feature.
which comprises many novel methods
OF instruction, paper work. etc. is
an exhibit OF general public school
work in drawing from La Porte. Ind,
and Winona, MINI; drawing. PEN
manship and manual training
from Duluth. MINI: drawing. penmsu-
ship, manual training. clay modelling,
design geography and science work from
saltwater. MINI, and drawing. manual
training, color and kindergarten work
from the Hillsdsle home school Of Wis
eonsin- There are also some fne dis
plays By book publishers
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