Omaha daily bee., 1891-12-28
EDUCATIONAL And MUSICAL.
1 Twas 0lpital City Preparing for a Week
of Actlve Work,
INTERESTING PROGRAM OF EVENTS.
Annual Meeting OF Teachers Assoo!-
ations-Prominent r. %iucators who
Will Re in Attendunce-Sub-
jeCts to BE Discussed.

in lowa's capital city, especially In educa-
tional ana musical circles. rhe last three
days OF the year will be devoted to the ali nual
meetings of the State Teachers association,
the Iowa Music Teachers association aad the
Iowa Academy of Sciences. Tho first named
organization has some 1870 or 100 members
and at least a thousand of them attend the
annual meetings. Included in the member
ship is every degree of educator, from the
state superintendent aud leading college
president, down through the ranks of coun-
try and city superintendent to the common,
everyday teacher. The body is too large and
unwieldly for effective work as a whole in
tho short time allotted to the meeting, hence
there are several departments all in SESSION in
different places at the same time, and each
discussing subjects peculiarly interesting to
itself. An elaborate program has been pre-
pared, and the following are the chief sub
iects to be discussed
EDUCATIONAL CoUNCGL,
How Shall We Diminish the Waste in
Our Present School System in Graded and
High School Work|" Prof. II. A. Hank
ness.
What Shall preceds the American Uni.
verify ~ Prof. A. N. Currier.
"Shall We Make Utilitarian knowledge,
or General Culture, the Objective Point in
EuuCdJlOn r.
THE Library-For the Teacher, For Pu-
pill, For the Public" Prin. f.. f.. Stratton.
GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
THE Home and School; How Far and For
What is Eacn Responsible in the Education of
the ChildH' On behalf of the school-Prof.
G. NJ Grumbling. Mt, Pleasant. On behalf
of the home-Supt. S. +. FieSter, Waverly.
Discussion participated in oy twenty lead
ing suseriutendents and principals.
THE Public School System aud General
Education" State Supt. Andrew 5. Draper,
LII. D., Albany, n. Y.
''rhe First Four Years of School Life"
Supt. A. w. Stuart, Ottumwa. Discussion
led by Prof. Cooper of Des Moines.
THE Iowa School Exhibit at the Column
bian Exhibition Prof. T.. II. Mcbride,
Iowa City. Discussion led by State Super
intendent Henry Sabin, Des Moines, and
President William r. King, Mt. Vernon.
COLLEGE y UNIVERSITY.
'"The Educational Value of the Study of
Science.' Prof. S. C.. Hainer, Anes. Dis
c~ussion, led by Prof. A. II. Conrad, Fair
field.
as There Need of a Reorganization of
Higher Education in America" President
George A. Gates. Grinueli. Discussion, led
By Prof. G. NJ. Grum6ling, Mount Pleasant.
SECONDARY DEPARTMENT.
"Should Instruction in the Normal School
be Exclusively Professionally Prof. w. o..
Riddle. Woodbine. Discussion, led by Prof.
j. II. Hirsch, Lemars
specialized Instruction IN the High
School" Miss Ida l.. Smell, Fort Dodge.
Discussion, led by Miss Helen Clute, Cedar
Falls.
EL]EMENTARY GRADED.
"a Continuous Course of Study" Superin-
tendeut A. w. Stuart, Ottumwa.
The Use and Abuse of Blank Books in
Our Graded Schools Principal Ella Malone,
Des Moines.
''What Can We Dc for Our Grammar
Schools" Superintendent r.. N. Coleman,
LemarS.
Educational Embellishments,n Principal
Walker De Witt, Carson.
'Additions ana Examinations Which VIII
Give Us an Ideal Graded School System"
Superintendent Clarence NJ. Bouteile, De-
corah.
PRIMARY SECTION.
"Hard Work in Primary School," Miss
Kate +. Palmer, Oskaloosa.
THE Individual in Primary Tea hing"
Mrs. E. G. Farrand, Davenport.
Literature for Primary Pupils Miss
Clara Banks, Knoxville.
oUNTY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
'Closer Relations of County Superinten-
deuts,' John Carr, Webster county; George
Phillips, Wapello county.
'Sone Needed School legislation w. j..
Baldwin, Johnson county. How to Obtain
It," T.. o. McLain, Jasper county.
1.-THE Columbian Exhibit" Superintendent
Henry Sabin.
CITY sUPERINrENDENrs V PRINCIPALS.
"Where Must We Look for Teachers for
Our Graded SchoolsI' uperintendcnt
superintendent j. r. Merrill, Cedar Rapids.
.'The Clerical Work of the Superinten-
dent" Principal VI, a. Reed, Woodblne.
Discussion, Superintendent Sherman Yates,
ida Grove.
pENMANsuIpA M W
IN...-. ~ H. NT... I-l,-.
tlon,' Miss Eta NJ. Budd, Indianola. Dis
c%usslon, G.. H.. Pierce, Keokuk; ID. w. Hoff,
Des Moines.
''Drawing in Public Schools; What it In
Guides and How it Should be Taught" Miss
G. Il. Foster. General discussion, led by
Miss Ida Il. BOYD, Sioux City.
The Iowa Music Teachers association will
also hold sessions for three days, and IL
is expected Will attract between 300 and
400 persons III regular attendance. The lead
ing teachers of the state will take part in
the program.
During the meetings several leading
writers will read papers on subjects of inter-
est to musicians. DIR. Woods hutchison, OF
Des Moines, whose recent articles in the
North American Review have attracted so
much favorable comment, will speak on THE
Physiology Of the Vocal Organs" Mr.. A..
Rommel, A.. G.. NJ, of Mount Pleasant, on
"Bach;' DIR. William Beurdshear, president
of the Iowa Agricultural college, on "Music
as u Il ACTOR IL lJlDtEdl EuuCdIlOu MI. L ~
Tuubs, of Bloomfield, on Modern Helps in
Developing Teaching and Modern Improve
meuts.n Five concerts will DO given. on
Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thursday even
ings aud Wednesday and Thursday after
Moons. Tuesday evening, Iowa talent;
Wednesday afternoon, George Ellsworth
Holmes. Of Chicago; Wednesday evening,
the Divide Musin company; Thursday after
noon, iowa talent; and Thursday evening.
the Philharmonic society, of Des Moines,
composed of u hundred voices. Altogether
il promises TO be one of the most notable
gatherings OF musicians ever held in the
state.
The sixth annual session of the Iowa
Academy OF Sciences will occupy two days
Tuesday and Wednesday, December 80 and
80. The following subjects will be presented
Systematic Zoology in Colleges" Prof.
c.. G. Nutting.
''Sowe Experiments for tho Purpose of
Determining the Active Principles Of Bread
Making" Miss Minnie Howe.
"Striation of Rocks by River Ice,' further
Notes on the great Central Plain of the
Mississippi, j. n. Todd.
"Bacteria of Milks,' with exhibitions OF
cultures. REPORT of Committe on STATE
Flora" chronological Notes" "Experi-
menLs in Prevention OF Corn Smut l.. III.
Pammel.
''rhe Action OF Disinfectants on Nutrient
Meats ''The Orthopterous Fauna of Iowa"