The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-28
HE METHODS OF EDUCATION.
hey and Other subjects Are Discussed
by the Professors Conferences.

by the Professors tonfereuce.
. The educational conference held at the
81 University. Of Washington appointed
i ommttee yesterday composed of SUPER
q 1tendent W. y. Heiney. of North Yakima:
i 'rinCipal p 4. Getz. Of Ellenshurg: Prin-
II ipal j. r. Sutton. of the Cheney normal
81 chool Prof w. A Barry. Of Pullman.
j lr Hamilton. OF the university. and Prin-
Y ipal Edwin Twitmyer. OF Seattle. 10 for
q uuiate a report Of the meeting TO be- given
% the state board Of education.
H The regular programme was then taken
. % and Prof. +. NJ. NcCully read a paper
IN What Should Be the Aim OF High
school Work o. we want our bovs 10
nave such an education that they may be
B ifle to think clearly" he said. "to possess
he ability 70 express their thoughts and
a act fearleSsly along the lines which clear
j linking dictates"
The paper was discussed by Mcssrs
}eckSolt. Edwards. barnard and others.
i Prof. Edwards took MP the Require
ments in Laboratory Science" He CON
i med himself chiefly 10 physics and chem
Stry. recommending that these subjects
be taken up IN an elementary manner in
he lower grades and showed how labora-
s tories might be cheaply equipped VIII
s am NJ Heiney followed with a paDer on
j he same subject and brought ont the fact
hat the specialists who prepare the sub
cots for the secondary schools expect too
= 1eavy laboratory work a preparation
or college.
; Prof IT Pattison spoke Of the amount Of
i vork done I'm the New Whatcom high
rhool and remarked that the teachers
here were trying 70 meet the require
nenfs 81 the colleges supported by the
fafe.
Prof Thomas Reeves made q plea for
4 he teaching Of foreign languages in high
hools saving that n properly taught
j 1ey Afforded as much discipline and prac-
i ioal good as study OF the ancient
4 Iassics.
r. " James. 81 Tacoma. read a PAPER
I ,n The High School a. Finishing
school p" in tlte a frs~nOon- The paper pre-
9 .ented careful examination Of the differ
-nf courses in the high school and showed
4 hat the amount 81 their requirements in
! attn Greek French. German, mathema-
4 Sos English history and science was suf-
frienr not only 70 give 2 good degree Of
g. hoiarship in those lines n study. but
| also an amount Of mental training hat is
fnval ua hle for the mind ~ the student
The uaper emphasized the importance Of
4 securing good and competent teachers in
an high schools. as tho success u 4 course
~ study depends wholly on those who
have II in hard AMI give tho instruction.
hut ~ claimed that with good Instructors
~ high school NAV be made one ~ the
ba.f finishing schools
T.rof Harrington naper urged that al
~ "a plane AMI solid geometry and plane
Il trigonornetry should he taught in tho Sec
i or.fs-v schools and should be made re-
!. 4r .-er9~nt for entrance 20 college. since
| fhaer branches constitute the practical
part ~ "A mathematical course.
Yrof S-aMord treated ~ tho same sub
ser FITS view was that the course ~
s-r,,f, shouf1 he made our % suit the cara-
~f-les ~ each rreu7hsr 81 the school and
those having no taste for mathematics