Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-07-07
THE STATE TEACHERS MEETING.
The Annual Meeting of the MARYLAND State
Teachers Association at Bay Ridge.

Teachers Association nj bay Ridge.
The annual meeting Of the State Teach.
ers' Association will be held this year 1T
Bay Ridge, commencing tomorrow. July
6th, and continuing for three days.
The COMMITTEES who have made all the
preliminary arrangements are John Z.
McCahan, assistant superintendent of
public schools, Baltimore; Prof julius
G. Miller, Baitiqore; James A. Deffen-
baugh, Westminster; Mary Rouskuip.
Hagerstown; NJ M Rob inson. Frederick.
The Bay Ridge hotel has been secured
for the exclusive use of the teachers dur
ing the meeting. The intellectual treat
prepared for the members will be very
enjoyable, aud the social features will be
none the less so.
The convention viii be opened with an
address OF welcome by John G. Bannon.
school examiner, Anne Arundel county.
Response will be made by Prof. M. A.
Newell, of Baltimore, and an address will
be delivered by William III. Dashiell.
president OF the State Teachers Associa-
ton.
Prof. Henry A. Wise, of Baltimore.
will read the first paper on The Teach
Ing OF Elementary Science In the Public
Schools" The paper will be discussed
by Prof. William Ii. Zimmerman, OF the
Agricultural College; John F. Arthur and
A. NJ. Ebaugh. Of Baltimore. aud ID. q.
Weimer. of Cumberland.
In the afternoon, President Thos. Fell,
Of st. Johns College, will read q paper
on the study of English in our public
schools, and discussion will follow by
r. A. Wilmer. of Hagerstown, Wilbur
+. Smith and II. b. Gwynn, OF Baltimore,
and the Rev. John Squier, of Cecil county.
The papers for Wednesday are on The
Seven Gifts of Froebel." by Prof. Samuel
j. Fort, of Ellicott City.
After the paper has bean read. Miss
White and Miss Beatty. of Baltimore will
demonstrate portions of the system with
q class OF fifteen children. Manual train
ing In the public Schools" by Prof. John
ID. Ford. of Baltimore, aud The Small
Attendance In Our Public Schools. Whose
the Fault" by F. III. Perry, of New
burg
On Thursday the papers will be The
Art of Questioning" by Prof f. ID. Muir
daugh, OF Easton; Lesson on Words,
by the Rev Jas. w. Reese. of the West
ern Mary land College; the Reading Cir
cle," by Mrs Charlotte Newell, of Balti-
more, and 1.-The State In Relation to Edu-
cation" by William d. Avis, Of Middle
town, Nd.
After the reading of each paper and
the discussion Of the same by those as
sig ned, the subject will be placed before
the Association for general discussing. A
business meeting will then be held at
which the election of officers for the en-
suing year will take place.
The Committee has prepared the fol-
lowing subjects for voluntary discussion
| to be presented to the Association by the
President whenever circumstances will
permit: Purposes and Character Of
Normal Schools THE relation OF Su-
perintendent to Teachers and Pupils. !"
How to teach Composition to begin
ners. /" The Teachers greatest hindran-
ces and their remedies, THE relation Of
Theory to Skill, (" "The Teachers work
outside the School Room" "Our Public
School System. its strength and its weak
ness, "What can the School do TO pro.
mote patriotism?" "Who Is the success
full Teacherf" Higher education Of
Girls" Condition and needs of our
School system" Music In the Schools,
els teaching professionf" Raising the
standard of the rural School" School
Visitation" "Good results of Grading the
County Schools, What the County In
stitute should be, and should not be,
How can our Schools prepare our pu-
pills to become lsw-abiding citizens?"
The sessions of the Association will be
held Of the Dancing Pavilion each day,
from 1890 A. nj. TO 800 P. NJ, with q
abort intermissIon at noon. At s 90 r.
NJ, the members Will meet In the parlor
OF the Hotel. where they will be enter
taiRed with music and readings under
the direction of Prof j. G.. Wehage and
Miss Bessie G. Thompson, of the Ba IT.
more High School.