The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-13

associa TONS convention today. The
Instruction and Improvement of Teach
ers Now at Work in the Schools was
the general subject of discussion.
Professor Arvin Olin. of the State
university, Lawrence, Kan, read a
paper on The Teachers Institute
which. he said, to the teacher was
what the newspaper IS to the ordinary
scholar.
Teachers Classes.
Professor Earl Barnes, of Stanford
university. Cal, followed with a paper
on Teachers Classes" Mr.. Barnes
said in substance:
What work is actually being done to-
day in teachers classes in America?
Who should lead the teachers class.
the superintendent, special teachers in
the department, or outside lecturers or
teachers? Should the subject matter
be academic, i. e, science, literature, or
art or should it be professional? If
professional what place should be
given to the history of education, to-
educational classes to the question of
school organization, mana cement. or
methods, TO classroom experimental
ton?
In method is it best to take up a
generalization and work out applica-
tionS to classroom conditions, or is it
best to gather up details and work out
generIliza lions?
How can zefe practical details OF
time. work, pay for The instructor, etc.
be arranged?
Conclusions-The difficulties in teach
ers come largely from the following
conditions: The teachers in any school
department have very different degrees
of ability and training, and different
ranges of interest. thus making it diff
11cult to adjust the work to the needs
of the class. Good leaders are not
always available, and with d poor
leader under the partly compulsory
conditions of attendance that will al
ways prevail, a great deal of time is
often wasted, and the meetings often
degenerate into petty debating socie-
ties. The rewards and punishments
almost unavOidably connected with
such a class, in the way of position
and advancement, often lead to over
work, dissatisfaction and petty jeaI-
Ousies. Teachers classes. if properly
conducted, may lead to the following
advantages:
They enable the superintendent to-
detect genius. draw it out and use il to
advantage. They introduce the student
spirit into the teachers work; this
spirit alone can give strength and
pOrtunlty TO free discussions. and for
the development of the spirit of give
and take, SO necessary in a school de-
partment. They give unity and pur-
pose to the work of the school Depart
ment.
The Reading Circle" was treated by
l. II. Jones, of Cleveland. 0.
The papers were discussed by Mrs. A.
J. Peavey. state SHnerintendent Of
Colorado; James NJ. Green. Of Trenton
n. J.; y. c. Shaeffer, state superintSn-
dent. Pennsylvania. and John r. Kirk,
state superintendent. Missouri.
Colonel Francis W. Parker, of Chi
cago. closed the discussion on the
training of teachers by paying an elo-
quent tribute to ". II. Maxwell, of
Brooklyn, the author and promoter of
the bill recently signed by Governor
Morton, of New York, after being three
times rejected by the assembly of that
state This bill provides that after
1897 every teacher il the public schools
of the Empire state must have at least
one years professional training The
enactment also endows the state super
intendent with power to designate the
high schools from which the teachers
shall be drawn.
Election of officers.
The election of officers for the var
ious sections resulted as follows:
Higher observation-disclosures II. Baker,
president Colorado State university,
president; DR.. A. A. Lipscomb. Univer-
sity of mississippi. vice-Dresident; Jo-
seph Swain, president University of
Indiana, secretary
Business-Frank Goodman, Nash
VILE Tenn, president; ID. ". Springer,
Ann Arbor, Mich. first viee-president;
". A. Woodworth. Denver second
e-president; c. II. Pierce, Evans
vile, Ind, third vice-president; j. w
War;, Moline. H.. secretary.
Kindergarten-AIiS Anlalie HOfer,
Chicago, president; Mrs. Susan H Har-
riman, Providence. vice president; Miss
w T. Caldwell, Denver. secretary.
Secondary Education-E- l. Harris.
Cincinnati, president; F. L. Bliss, De
troit, vice-preSident; G.. H. Tnurber,
Hamilton. N. Y. secretary.
Music-C. H. .Congdon. St Paul, pres
ident; D. c. Hayden, Quincy, Ill, vice
president; Miss Lynn W. Hawn, East
Saginaw, Mich, secretary
Manual and Industrial-C. H Keyes.
Pasadena, Cal, president; ". H. Ma
gruder, Mississippi agricultural college.
vice-president; Mrs. Abbey L. Marriott,
Providence, R. J., secretary
Natural Science-CharleS E. ResSey,
University of Nebraska, president; ".
s Jackman, Chicago, vice-president;
Charles S. Palmer. Boulder, Colo, sec
rotary and treasurer.
Art Observation-Disclosures Walter
S. Goodenough, Brooklyn. n. Y; vice
president, Mathilda, z. Riley. st. Louis.
Normal Education-John W. Cook.
Normal, ILL.,, president; George R. Klee-
barger, California, vice-president; A
G. Boyden. Massachusetts, secretary
4 new department of physical train
ing was added to the association and
the following officers elected: Presi-
dent Miss Anna Morris supervisor
physical training. public schools. Cleve-
land o vice-nresident. E. E. Harmana