The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-04
THE EDUCATORS ADJOURN
CLOSING SESSION OF THE EDUCA-
'TIONAL CONVENTION.

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CLOSING SESSION OF THE EDUCA-
'TION Al CONVENTION.
Proceedings Of the Last Day of the
Successful MeetinS---J. A Mcintosh
of Warrington County Elected
Presitl emit.
Minneapolis, Dec. 3O.-The final ses-
son of the State Teachers association
opened in Central hail 1T , O'clock yes
1erday with the paper Of Prof. Max f.
Alletzhaueusser of st. Paul, en- "Hby-
k.tal Culture" The Professor ilnprovisul
class of gentlemen from the associa-
ton, and placing them ON the stlge, put
them through some of the exercises which
ne uses. The exercises We're greatly en-
joyed by all. The >plpc" expected from
Prof. Jordan on '1're2aration Of Ts:;th~
ers,' was not presented, for the reason
that the professor was called away from
the city. President Lord, of he Moor
head normal, read :he paper Of Frof.
Parr on "How to Better Enforce the
Compulsory Law" which, owing to the
absence of Prof. Parr, had gone over
from the last previous meeting. The
paper closed with recommendations in
the form of resolutions, which were &c
ferred to the committee on resolutions.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, j. q. Mcintosh, county superintend-
ent of Washington county; vice president,
Miss Gertrude G. Ellis, Austin; cor
responding secretary, S. A. Farnsworth,
St. Paul; secretary, Miss Emma T. Allen,
Rochester; treasurer, q. Vaughn, Anoka.
The association directed the appointment
of a committee of three on the state
publication of proceedings of the assoca-
ton, as declared for in the resolutions.
Retiring President Denfeld appointed
the various committees, as follows: On
state publication of proceedings, Messrs
Farnsworth, Buell. and Hubbard; natural
work, Messrs. Galbraith and Ashea Miss
Arnold and Messrs Ccott and Hayne;
compulsory legislation, Messrs Parr,
intendent Pendergast.
The various sections of the association,
in separate sessions, finished their work
yesterday, before the final meeting of the
general association.
The department of high schools elected
the following officers: President, W. ].
Schmidt, superintendent of schools at AL
bert Lea; vice president, Supt II. C.
Hess, of the Sleepy Eye schools; secre-
tary, Miss Dora Wells, principal of the
st. Cloud high school, The remainin:
numbers of the programme were intro
duced by Prof. S. A. Farnsworth of St.
Paul, ON the function of the high school
as preparatory school for fitting for
active practical life, and in the discus
sion which followed Professors Selleck of
Austin and Lohr Of Duluth participated.
"A resolution was adopted to propose to
the county superintendent to hold a
joint portion of the next session of the.
association to be devoted to the question
of how best to advance the common
schools in relation to the high. Prof. A.
j. Vandyke of Wabasha led in the pre-.
sentation of this subject. The round.
table conference was the concluding SUBJ.
Ject OF the session, Professors Edward S.
Adams of Rochester and +. V. Hub.
bsrd, bearing the leading parts
The department Of elementary educa--
ton resumed Its work with a paper by
Miss Mary Gilman of Minneapolis on.
Science as the Basis of Primary Read
ings,' which was followed by Miss Lizzie.
TAFT of Sank Center on "Literat ure az
the Basis Of Primary Reading" Dis
cussion followed both papers, that of
the former taking a wide range Follow
ing this Prof Maria L. Stanford of Min
neapolis discussed the mechanical Part
Of Reading in the intermediate, Grades"
and Miss Bertha Gould of Rochester pre-
serted a very attractive subject in
Glass in the Eighth Grade" The Of
ticers for the ensuing year were elected
at the close of the session as follows:
President, Miss Brooks, St. Paul: vice
pr resident, Miss Eeyes, Winona; secre-
tary, Miss Watkins, St. Cloud
The work of the department of music
opered with the subject of Emusic in the
hintersarten,'' presented by Antoinette
Choate of st. Paul, and the next num-
Der was "Plea for Music,'' by George
T. krlnbill of Red Wing. May Usher
Griffin of Mankato discussed "Aiusic for
Primary Grades" The concluding num-
Der was discussion of the question.
"What Part Shall the Artistic PLAY in
Iuhllc School Music:' Each If these
subjects brought out long and interesting
discussion. There was also a branching
ont INTO several other topics connected
with the general subject.