Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-16
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
The Twenty-First Annual Meeting at
ShepherdstOwn.

The Twenty-First Annual Meeting at
shepherdstOwn.
The following programme mas Deen
arranged for the twenty-first annual
meeting of the West Virginia Educa-
tiopal Association at ShepherdstoWn,
July l, 2, 8, and 5:
TUESDAY, JULY 2.
Reading of the official minutes.
Educational History of the Eastern
Pan Handicapped by DR.. Joseph
McAIurran, of Shepherdstown.
Vocal Music in the Public Schools
Discussed by Mrs. Worth Fleming,
of Fairmont and Mrs. NJ. K. Butler,
of Shepherdstown.
Under Our Present Laws How Can
Our Country and Village Schools be
Made More Efficient?
The Relation of Our Colleges and Uni
versities to the Advancement OF Our
Civilization-Paper by Rev. b. W..
Hutchinson, of BuckhannOn. Dis
cussion by DR.. P. B. Reynolds, OF
Morgantown; Dr. Thee. l.. Gardner
of Salem; DR.. Robert w. Douthat,
of BarbOursville.
How can We Teach so that our Pupils
will Maintain an Interest IN
Branches Pursued After They go
Out of School General Discussion.
What West Virginia is Doing for the
Education and Improvement OF the
Colored PeOple-Dr. n. c. Bracket,
of Harper's Ferry
A Uniform Course of Study for the
High Schools of the State-Necesslty
for it-How Should it be Secured
and What Should it be?-Discus-
sion by High School Principals.
Can the Country and Village Schools
he Successfully and PrOfitably Grad
ed?-Paper. by Miss r. Helen Bates,
of Middleway, w. Va.
EVENING.
Address of Welcome, by Hon. Geo. Nj.
Beethoven, of Shepherdstown-
Responses-L. J. COrbly, of the Clarks-
burg Public Schools, for the First
Congressional District; w. P. Camp
bell. Principal Keyser Schools, for
Second Congressional District; John
D. Sweeney, Principal Of Concord
Nomal School, for Third Congress
sional District; James NJ. Lee, OF the
Huntington City Schools, for the
Fourth Congressional District.
Impromptu Addresses-Prof. A. L..
Wade. of Morgantown; w. H. An
derson, of the Wheeling City
Schools; w. NJ. Straus, Of the Park
ersburg City Schools; A. B. Carman,
of the Martinsburg City Schools,
and others.
WEDNESDAY,, 9 A. NJ, JULY 3.
How to Manage Truants and lncorrl-
gibles-Paper, by +. A. Riggs, Prin-
ciDal of Benwood Public Schools
Discussion.
English Literature in the Schools OIL
west Virginia-TO What Extent can
If he Introduced Paper or Lecture,
bv Robert A. Armstrong, Professor
of English Literature in the West
Virginia University.
Is a Compulsory Education Law Frac-
teal in West Nirginia?-Paper, by
Frank L. Burdette, Principal OF the
Weston Schools. General Discus
sion.
Free Textbooks in West Virginia
Paper. by D. T. Williams, Principal
Noundsyille Public Schools. General
Discussion.
What Should be Added to the Essen
tial Branches of the Elementary
Course Of Study to Meet the indus
trial Needs of Different Localities!
PaDer. by Thomas c. Miller, Profess
sor of Pedagogics, West Virginia
University.
How Should Normal School Students
Acquire Methods of Teaching :
General Discussion.
Necessity of Every Teacher Making
himself Acquainted With the De-
velopment and Growth of Child
Tife-Paper. by w. o. Mills, OF the
Normal and Classical Academy,
Buckhannou. Discussion.
The instruction and Improvement or
Teachers Now at Work in the
Scbools-(a) by Teachers Instl-
tutes: % by Teachers Glasses; (c) by
Teachers Reading Circles. General
Discussion.
A Code of Ethics for Teachers-rapeI'
c. J. c. Bennett, OF the conference
Seminary. Buckhannon.
The Use of Supplementary Reading IN
orr Schools-General Discussion.
EVENING. S O'CLOCK.
Address. by DR.. ]. A. Quarles, Profess
sor of Moral Philosophy, Washing
ton and Lee University, Lexington
Virginia.
THURSDAY, JULY 4.
The Duty and Opportunity Of the
schools in Promoting Patriotism
and Good Citizenship-Lecture by
w. NJ. Foulke, Principal Davis Hlgh
School, Piedmont.
THE Study of American History as
Training for Good Citizenship-Lec-
trra bv w. NJ. Suaus. Superintend-
emf of City Schools, Parkersburg.
what Group of Studies, Literature
and History or Natural and Physi-
caI Science are Best Suited for
training the Moral Nature of Chill
dren and Young People?-General
Discussion.
No Our Public Schools Meet the Re-
ouirements of the Age? II not, why
Dof9 General Discussion.
The Debt the Educational World owes
Irs Denominational Colleges-Paper,
or Address. by President Hugh Nc
Diarmid. of Bethany College. Gen
eral Discussion.
Presentation of subjects for discussion
NV members of the Association.