The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-08
TEACHERS MEET.
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED IN SEES
SION.
The Fifth Semi-Annual 1eeting OF
the Southern Minnesota Teachers
Association Convenes at the High
School.-Names of Some of Those
Present. Afternoons Pro-
gram.-Address by Supt. Jordan,
of Minneapolis, Tonight.
FRIDAYS MEETING.

FRIDAYS MEETING.
The fifth semi-annual meeting of
the Southern Minnesota Teachers
association convened in this city this
afternoon at o'clock at the High
school. A large number of strangers
were in the city this forenoon and WIS.,
tied the Normal and High schools, OBJ
serving the work in the different
class rooms.
At the opening of the session this
afternoon the attendance was fully
two hundred, and the convention
promises to be the most successful
yet held. Among the prominent ed
ucators present we're: State Superin-
tendent Pendergast of ST. Paul, City
superintendent G. M. Jordan of Mime
apolis, Supt. E. George OF St. Peter,
Supt. Budlong of Rochester, Chas. A.
Guthrie of Luverne, Geo. A. Frank
lin of Faribault, O. f. Morgan of
Waterville, and p P. Kennedy of
Fairmont.
The meeting was called to order by
President e. George, of ST. Peter,
with Prof. G. f. Koehler, of this city,
secretary-treasurer. 1t was intended
tocarry out the program as published.
This evening Supt. Chas. M. Jordan,
of the Minneapolis schools, will give
an address, and Miss Holt, the new
Normal music teacher, will give a
musical selection. This will be at the
Normal.
The convention will conclude to-
morrow forenoon.
Large delegations are present from
St. Peter, New Ulm, Worthington,
ST. James, Jackson, Blue Earth City,
Wells, and elsewhere.
The following are among those
present: Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Kings
ley, Miss Hill, Miss Huney, Water
vile; Miss DeKay, Redwing; o. f.
Morgan, Waterville: Geo. A. Frank
lin, Faribault; r. S. Cross, Monte
cello; c. M. Jordan, Minneapolis; F.
S. Budlong, Rochester; Miss Rose A.
Bateman, Miss Mary Humiston, Miss
Lily Gardner, Miss Julia Kennedy,
Miss Julia Hyland, Miss Kathrine
Martin, Edgar L. Porter, Worthing-
ton; Miss Edna Wellington, Miss
Cora Smith, Miss Nora Schofeld, Miss
Carrie Jones, Miss Sara Jones, Miss
Henrietta G.. Fox, Miss Bertha Brad
ford, Aug. n. Farmer, Window; Miss
Myrtle Mowbray, Miss Marie Stelyer,
Miss Maud Sanborn, Miss Nell Pinney,
Miss Alice Turrittin, M. H. Manuel,
Nettie Anderson, Amelia Anderson,
A. NJ. Minin, ST. James; 9. George
and wife, St. Peter: Mr.. and Mrs. G..
E. Hult, r. w. Manuel, Wells: Miss
r. G. Stegner, Miss A. Benson, Nor
ristown; P. P. Kennedy, Fairmont;
May Day, Blanche Hensel, Jackson.
SATURDAYS MEETING.
The Southern Minnesota Teachers
Association completed it's work this
noon and adjourned until the first
part of next March, when the annual
meeting will be held in this city.
At the business session yesterday
afternoon the secretary made his re-
port of the last meeting, and COM
mittee on resolutions was appointed
with P. P. Kennedy, of Fairmont.
chairman.
The following program was carried
out:
ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT..
Reading in the Primary Grades, Miss
Ida B. Earhardt, Mankato Normal
school, and Mrs. S. E. Ware, Owa-
tonna.
Reading in the intermediate Grades,
G. E. Guthrie, Luverne, and Miss
Augusta Schellbach, Mankato.
Reading in the Grammar Grades,
Prof. A. W. Rankin, Minneapolis, in
spector of graded schools.
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Composition, Miss L. Blanchard, St,
Peter.
Discussion, Supt's. w. G. Hess,
Sleepy Eye, and A. G. Tibbetts, James
vile.
The Proper Use of Note Books, f.
L. Holtz, Mankato.
Discussion, Supt's, G. A. Franklin,
Faribault, and Mr.. Edgar Bedford,
Mankato.
Last evening Supt. Chas. M. Jordan,
of Minneapolis, gave an able address
in Normal hall. He spoke of the
wonders and possibility of usefulness
of children if properly educated, and
of injuries if improperly educated,
and said that the future of the child
depended wholly upon the education
received at home and in the school.
He believed that education would
overcome the natural propensities
due to heredity.