St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-03
The County superintendents.

The convention of the county super
lntendentS which met in the senate
chamber at o'clock was well attended,
ana over sixty county superintendent
were on hand. Supt. Alvin Braley, of
Wlnona, opened the meeting with the
customary annual address. in which he
urged that the state furnish free school
books. and that the superintendent
work for competition in the furnishing
OF school books when the Merrill con
tract expires. Prof. Braley strongly de- 1
nounced all efforts to introduce religion
INTO the public schools. Among the
superintendent present and taking
part III the tlye7minute talks were:
Aitkin county c. P. DeLaittre; Anoka A.
y. Clinch; Becker, F. B. Chaplin; Benton. A.
q. hasner; Big Stone, W. Il. Brown Blue
Earth, d. w. Parker; Carver, &. A. Taylor;
GE5al liR, wa 0; (; Saunders; Chisago, V; D.
Zee: G ,ttonwood,. Agnes E. Safely; Crow
Wing, &; Fl. Davis; Dakota, C. L. Green
ougn;, Dodge, "A. N. Sperry; Douglas,
Geddes; Fillmore, Emma F. Allen;
Goodhue, E. A. Engstrom; Grant. j. A. Abra-
hanson; Hennepin, II. b. Mcconnell; Hous-
ton, F. W. Moves; Hubbard. E. W. Halves;
JACKSON. l.. T. hammers; Kanabec, Tena
Olson; Kandlyohi, j. S. Andrews; Kittson,
S: G. Swenson; Lac qui Parle. A. P Cooper:
Lincoln, c: ". Sites; Lyon, w. r. Edwards;
Mcleod. L. P. Harrington: Marshall, j. R.
Finney; Martin, ". a. Mcdonald; Meeker.
r. Mckay; Mile Laos, Olive p Barker; Nor
rison, j. Fl. Sea; Mower C. d. Belden;
Murray N A. G. Lamport; .Nicollet, W.
q. Gresham; Mobiles, A. Campbell;
Olmsted, j. Ii. Chapman; Otter Tail, Il. A.
blcGtord; Pine, j. IL. Hay; Pipestone c. j.
Crandall; Polk. Thomas Casey: Pope, Iyer j.
Lee; Ramsey, II. G. Blake; Redwood. ). j.
Race; Renville Eric Ericsson; Rice S. b.
Wilson; Rock Fl. H. WEIGH: st. Louis, W. II.
Stultz; Scott, W. F. Witt: Sibley. c. A. Rob
rer; Stearns, l.. j. Rocholl; Steel. E. G. Adj
ans; stevens, W. G: BicknelI: Swift, P S.
Mary G. Cauley; Wlbasha, P. f. Ryan; Wa
dena, Il. Lowell Waseca. j. B. Dye; Wash
lng,on, j. q. Macintosh; Wilkiu. D. Nc
Cauley; Winona, Alvin Braley: Yellow Med
iclne l.. ). Chase.
AT THE EVENINGS SESSION
of the council of county superintendent
paper was read by Supt. I'll. q. Blake,
which provoked considerable discussion
among the Seventy-five superintendent
present as to the ACCESSIBILITY of the
union OF the association with the Edu-
cati0nat association. The chair was
taken by President Bealey, of the Su-
perintendents association. Supt. Chap
man, OF OlmStead county. disfavored the
union. He thought that at the present
time the city schools of the state were
Infinitely better provided for and main
tanned than the schools in the country
districts. He did not wish to see the
association lose its individuality and
consequently its power, by merging
with the educational association. Supt.
Erickson, of Granville county, made
motion for the admission OF the smaller
| organization as section of the larger.
The motion having been seconded was
| followed by still more discussion as to
Its appropriateness, inaSmuch as the
existing discussion was one simply for
the instruction of committees. Several
superintendent, including Messrs.
lngStrum. of GOodhue county, Wilson,
of Granville county, and Adams, of
Steele county, spoke on the matter.
The motion was eventually laid on the
table for future consideration.
Supt: E. G. Adams read paper on
examinations and Certificates" in
which he scored the present system of
conducting teachers examinations, and
objected to the stereotyped questions
| furnished by the state department. 10
candidates for certificates. He stated
| that teachers were being hired lust as
men were hired for labor on farms, and
| characterized the system as discredit-
| able. The speaker also took exceptions
to the use of valuable time in the tech
nlcal teaching of grammar and other
| studies to children in primary classes.
study to be begun when the high school
| was reached. Scholars at that age were
| able to appreciate the technicalities of
! a study which had been Greek to them
in the earlier stages of their education.
| Supt, Emma f. Allen followed support
| ing the last speaker, and making short
! address on similar topics.
A social gathering was held in the
| Senate chamber later in the evening.
| Quartette selections were given by
Messrs. Congdon, Childs, Donohue
and Nilsson, followed by others
| in solo and recitation. There are in
| all about 800 teachers and county
| superintendent Of the state now
in st. Paul. at 9 a. IN. this morning
| the subject of discussion will be: Free
| Textbooks and the State Textbook
Law" discussion, introduced by Supt.
L. p Harrington, followed by Supt. c.. j.
| Crandall. State Institutes and Normal,
| Training Scholarships. A. NJ. Sperry
and J. ii. Chapman. Compensation of,
! County Superintendents and Teachers"
-Supt. P. f. Ryan.