Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-07-03

ment and csrnet echo. The lecture
by Prof. G w Deane, superintend-
ent of the Sioux City schools,on the
subject, 1.-THE Teacher in Finance,
could hardly be surpassed in schol-
arly thought and %eloqnence. The
session concluded with 1.-THE Shu-
bert Serenade," a cornet solo, most
skillfully executed by Mr.. Lufkin.
THURSDAY MORNING.
The meeting was called to order
and the devotional exercises were
conducted Ivy Rev. A T Lyman,con-
sisting of a scripture lesson from
the 18th Psalm and prayer. The
association was then treated to a
we'll received piano duet by Misses
May Miller and Julia Freeman. On
motion the regular program was
verged from and the business dis
posed Of and the election Of officers
taken up. On motion the enrolling
committee was asked to read the
names of all actual members. Profs.
r E Collins and O ] Smith were APP
pointed t~ellers. Prof. A w Rich
having received the highest number
Of votes cast, he was, on motion,
unanimously declared elected presi-
dent for the ensuing year. On mo
ton the report Of the committee ON
nominations was called for which
was submitted by the chairman,
Supt. ] S Shoup, in the following
| Words:
Your Committee on Nominations
respectfully submit the following re-
port: Nom. for Vice-Pres, IL ]
Whipple, of Sioux Falls; Nom. for
Sec. ,Chas. Kahl,of Vermillion; Nom.
for Treas, Miss Dora Hawk, of ELK
Point.
On motion the report of the CON-
mittee was accepted and the nomi-
nees unanimously elected. An in
vitation TO hold the next annual
meeting at LeMars was, on motion,
accepted. The regular order Of the
program was taken up at this time
and Miss Belle Conrow Of Vermillion
readan interesting paperon,"TheVal-
ue of theIdeal to Observation-Disclosures
er." A spirited discussion was en-
gagged in by Profs. Mannix, Kimmel
and Mishler, the point at issue be-
ing, whether or not there is properly
an ideal that is not based OIL
the real.
The paper by Miss Bovee not be-
ing present, it was, on motion, taken
as the desire of the assertion, that
Miss B NJ Melon, Supt. of primary
school ofSioux City, be asked to
read a paper OH, physical Culture
in the Primary Grades" which she
did, and it was an able paper.
The persons, on the program who
had been assigned papers, being ab.
sent, a recess of fifteen minutes was
taken to allow the various depart
ments to elect officers. The follow
ing is the result:
On motion Supt. J S Shoup, Of
Sioux City, was elected president
and supt. I A sheehan, of Elk
Point, secretary Of the superiptend-
ents' department. On motion Prof.
Mishler, Of Orange City, was elected
president and Miss Mary B Ants
del, of vermillion, secretary of the
Graded School department.
The association was called 10 Or
der at the expiration ofthe recess
and the papers called for as they
appear in the program. The first
one on hand was that prepared by
Prof. N Spencer on, "The Art Of
Questioning" which was read by
Miss Dora Hawk, the author being
absent. The subject was ably dis
cussed by S%upt.Shoup who brought
out many excellent points.
On motion the association adj
journed until 2 p. m.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session was opened
with but few present, but an excel
lent paper was read by Prof. NJ NJ
Mishler on the topic, school Ex-
hibits." On motion the discussion
of this paper was ordered dispensed
with for want of time. Supt. N NJ
Hill then read a paper on, "Scientif-
ic Temperance Instruction" prepar-
ed by Mrs. L B Kniss Of LuVerne,
which had been left over since We'd
nesday morning. The paper was
discussed by Profs. Collins, Missiles,
Kimmel, Hill and Shoup.
The musical program was then
concluded with an excellent piano
solo by Miss Grace Lyman. The
committee on finance reported a bal.
ancs on hand in the treasury of
1910. The committee on resolu-i
tons presented the following resolu-
lions, which were unanimously
adopted: