St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-28
TRAIN The YOUNG IDEA.
AHRUiL MEETING OF THE STATE
EDUcA FIOH1L ASSOCIATE NJ
MANY PEDAGoGUEs ATTEND.

The Session Opened With an adj
dress of Welcome by A. T.
Ankeny, of the Board of Edu-
cation-Response by President
Denfield, of Duluth-The Ora.
torical Contest Last Night.
The annual meeting of the Minnesota
Educational association convened at the
Central High school yesterday after
noon, the attendance of teachers from
all sections of the state being large,
while the proceedings were conducted
with the utmost spirit and enthusiasm.
Among the notable educators present
were: State Superintendent Pendergast
and eX-Superintendent Kiehle: PreSi-
dent Irwin Shepard aud Prof. b. II.
Davis, of the Winona normal school;
President Soaring, of the Mankato nor
NAL; Superintendent g. F. KenaSton,
OF the Mankato public schools; Prof.
Merrill Hutchinson; Prof. b. /. Hatha-
way. of Brainerd; l.. Bliss, of Hender-
son; Z. V. Hubbard, of Waseca
The meeting was called to order at
p. m. by President R. E. Denfeld. OF
Duluth. The following committees being
appointed:
Enrollment-J. N. Greer. S. A. Farms
worth, F. Ii. Lindsey, b. T. Hathaway.
Ella Patterson.
Nominations-E. E. Lockorby, l.. c.
Lord, f. Lapham, E. E. Mcintyre, ID. l..
KiehIe.
Resolutions-B. T. Davis. F. a. Weld.
Gertrude Ellis, Mr.. Mott, G. L. Sawyer
and William Moore.
Auditing Committee-F. V. Hubbard,
X ToElNr M II IN
s. A. Chatterman.
n. E. A. Committee-A. E. Engstrom,
W. W. Pendergast, j. t. Mcintosh, Ii.
Goodhue, l.. Bliss.
The address of welcome followed by
A. L. Ankeny, president of the board
of education, who spoke as follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen of the Teach
ers' Association of Minnesota: AS pres
ident of the board of education. and on
behalf of that body, l tender you a
most hearty welcome to our city. The
circumstances of this meeting are singu-
lar in several effects. We find today at
least three agencies appearing in a
totally new role. First is, of course,
yourselves. This is almost the first
time Ill your history as an association
that you have assembled in MiIEeapo-
lis. Pious though you have been IN
your devOtlonS and diligent in your pur-
suits of religious knowledge, you never
seemed to get beyond the Epistles
of st. Paul. The Revelations of
Minneapolis you have never fully
reached. l sincerely trust that since
you have started further onward you
will find in these revelations all the
glories of New Jerusalem, a city
whose walls are jasper, whose streets
are OF shining gold and where every
body knows everything that is worthy
OF being known, or thinks he does. In
the country town liz pennsylvania
where l was brought up one butcher
furnished all the fresh meat. A we'll
known gentleman, who was not given
to early rising, generally got to the
butchers late in the morning when all
the best cuts had been taken. One
turn over new leaf, and long before
daylight he was first on the ground.
The butcher was astonished, and cried
out: Good morning, good morning.
The other times you were last behind,
this time you are first before" AS
consequence the butcher sent his pur-
chaser away happy. So. too, if the
other times you have been "last be-
hind" you are certainly first BEFORE"
and Minneapolis, as a reward, tenders
you not only her choicest cuts, but one
tuhCll nun ECdlCSb W lllC DUll6.
He concluded his address by compli-
menting the body on its fine personnel,
and, i'll the absence of Mayor EustiS, the
delegates were extended the freedom of
the city.
President Denfeld. of the association,
made an interesting response, after
which +. Il. Wilson gave an illustrated
lecture on The Value of the Worlds
Fair Educational Exhibit" This was
followed with an address by G. G. Van
Lilin OH THE Good Results Arising
from the Pedagogical Seminary at the
Fair"
DECLAMATORY CONTEST.
The declamatorY contest between
members or the state high schools took
place at the Hennepin Avenue NJ. E.
church last night. There were fourteen
speakers, seven young men and seven
young ladies. Owing to the great
length of three or four of the rec
iLatlons, it was after II o'clock
when the last speaker finished. The
Judges then retired and added up their
marks. Twenty minutes later the de-
cisions were announced. The first
honor for the best declaimer among the
young men was conferred upon Robert
Hale, of the st. Paul high school. The
second honor was awarded to Ora p.
Hand, OF the Minneapolis high school.
The situation was reversed when it
came to the young ladies, Miss Clara j.
Holt, of Minneapolis, winning the first
honor, and Miss Emma Freyer, of st.
Paul, getting the second place. The
selections spoken by the winners were
as follows: Robert Hale. "Last Days
of Pompeii;" Ora Z. Hand, How tie
Old Horse Won the Bet;" Miss Clara l.
Holt, The First Settlers Story;" Miss
Emma Freyer, The Monks Magnif-
cat"
The other contestants represented
Maukato, Fergus Falls, Owatonna,
Anoka, Rochester. Faribault, st. Cloud
and Pine Island.
The judges for the young men were:
President Irwin Shepard, W. c. Rice,
.. B. Lewis; referee, Prof. Louis Gal
braith. And those for the young ladies':
W. +. Webster. r. E. Denfeld, Miss
Sarah Sprague; referee, Linnell, Garlic
ton college.
Both Good Men.
The name of Ed Whitaker, the we'll
known railroad man. of ST. Paul, is
prominently mentioned in connection
with the position of general passenger