Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-01-05
MICHIGAN MY MICHIGAN.
NEWS GATHERED FROM THE
TWO PENINSULAS.
State Teachers Association at Lansing
Chippewa County Mystery Uncovered.
Made Death DoubIy Sure.
Teachers Discuss Many Matters.

hhuJ NAhAhNESs
The meeting of the State Teachers
association was held at Lansing with
about 500 in attendance.
Prof. w. II. Cheever, of the Milwau-
kee State Normal school, read the presi-
dents address TO the teachers associa-
ton, and an informal reception was
rendered Gov. Rich. DIR. II. q. Boone,
principal OF the State Normal school
read paper upon General Culture as
an Element in Professional Training"
The discussion of DIR. Boone's able
paper was led by Prof. w. G. Sperry,
of Olivet, and was participated in by
several leading members of the asso
citation. Prof. III. ii. Beliield, of the
Chicago Normal Training school, read
an admirable paper on "Normal Train
ing" which was discussed by II. Il
Kimball, of Bay City, and others.
Prof. w. j. Beal, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, presided over a
meeting devoted TO college matters at
which Prof. Smith Burnham, of Albion,
read paper on The Place of Athlet-
les in Education" which called out a
discussion which continued for several
Ahouus. While the opinion was unan-
imous that athletics were beneficial,
YET the sentiment was equally as strong
that of late years football especially
was attended by too much brutality,
gambling, drunkenness and kindred
vices, which should be eliminated, or
the sport suppressed entirely. DIR.
Fislsc was chosen president of the col
lege section, and DR.. c. III. Quincy, of
Iillsdale, was made secretary,
Tho work of primary schools was
also under consideration. Papers were
read upon reading, history, literature
and nature as basis for unification of
work in the primary schools. The
principal speakers upon these subjects
were Miss Regina Z. Henlae, of the De-
trolt Training school; Miss Maud Ball.
of the State Normal school; Supt. j. w.
Smith. of Bay City; Miss Grace Good
rich and Miss Rose Barlow, of Detroit;
Miss Lathrop, of Grand Rapids, and
Miss Miller, of Saginaw. The primary
section elected Miss Louise Miller, OF
Saginaw, president, and Miss Margaret
Wise, of Ypsilanti. secretary.
Papers were read by DR.. =. f.. Wads-
worth, of the Michigan Mining school;
O. w. Hill, of Pentwater, advocating
the township system; Prof. Lyon, OF
Detroit, Vertical Writing" Hon. a.
s. Draper, of Cleveland, o., gave a
splendid address upon Teaching as Il
Profession"
Officers were elected as follows:
President. G. Il. Grawn, Traverse City;
ice-presidents, A. Lodeman, Npsilanti
and n. w. Richards, Greenville; secre-
tary, +. X. hathaway, hudson: treas
urer, +. l.. Evans, Jackson; executive
committee, i. A. Heiusdale, Ann
Arbor; Miss Florence Fox, Lansing; w.
A. Ellis, Detroit: members of the pu-
pills reading circle committee, c. o.
Hoyt, Lansing, and j. w. Simmons,
0woSso.
The resolutions adopted strongly in
dorsed the aggressiveness of the state
superintendent in matters pertaining
to teachers; approved the action of the
college section in taking steps toward
suppressing objectionable features OF
collegiate sports; recommended the
establishment of another Normal
school; extended the kindest wishes to
Prof. W. III. Cheever, the retiring
president, in his new field. The eX.
hibit of the work of the schools of the
state which were confined to kinder
gartcn work, language work and maps
and written work on geography, was
voted a success.
The county commissioners Of schools
listened to addresses by President Il.
Andrews. OF Barry and others. Ashley
Oapp, of Kalamazoo, was elected presi'
dent, d. M. Brown, of Big Rapids, vice
president. aud j. A. Cleary, of Paw
Paw, secretary and treasurer.