The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-29
THIRTY-FOURTTT ANNUAL, SESSION
OF MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OPENS.
MEET IN VARIOUS PLACES.
PROGRAMME Of THE DIFFERENT
MEETINGS SCHEDULED TO
TAKE PLACE.
Committee Appointed q Year Ago
VIII Report Progress at This
Time.

The thirty-fourth annual session Of
the Minnesota Educational association
will be opened this morning in the Ply
mouth church on Wabasha street, and
judging from the influx of educators
last night the attendance will overtop
that or any previous gathering of the
learned pepole in Minnesota Secre-
tary Bond has been busily engaged for
the past fortnight compiling and pub
fishing the programme for the meeting,
and yesterday it was given out. 1t
shows that nothing has been left I'M
done to make the meeting Of more than
ordinary interest to teachers, and a
great list of papers will be read and
discussed in the different sections of
the general association. President S.
s. Parr, Of St. Cloud, will open the
general session, which will probably
last from 10 o'clock until noon, after
which the high school council. the
graded school, the county superintend-
ents, the music section the college sec
ton, the elementary section and the
Child Study association will hold sep
arate meetings in different parts of
the city. Perhaps after the general ses-
sion in the morning the teachers are
looking forward with much interest to
the annual address, which will be de-
hVered by Prof. John NJ. CouIters, of
the Chicago university, who will speak
ON Some Educational Problems
There will be the usual lot of papers
on topics close to the hearts Of the
teachers and professors, and they will
be read and discussed.
the county superintendent who held
an informal session last night, will. be-
fore they get through, take steps in the
direction of, what they consider, needed
legislation for the rural schools.
tomorrow there will be a reception,
followed by a literary musical pro-
gramme, at the Windsor hotel.
The programme for today in full is as
follows:
GENERAL MEETINGS.
Audience Room, Plymouth Church. corner
Wabasha street and Summit Avenue, st,
Paul-10 o'cock a. NJ
1 "a The Str Stratum in School Below the
Best Method With the Slow and Deficient
PUPIL, George A. Stanton, Sank Center (c)
IN IN how Far Are Special Schools Desirable
for Those Below the Average" j. A Grams
ton, Elk River; Cd General Library Discus
sion; o. Library Economy as a. Part of
the College Curriculum" Miss Lettie M.
Crafts, assistant librarian state university:
~ The Relation of the Public Library to
the Schools DR.. James r. Hosmer librarian
Mime MlnneapoIs public library; 81 Minnesota
w. Pendergast; discussion led by Dr. d. L,
h1ehle, state university.
Evening, 8 O'clock-Annual Address-Sub-
Ject Some Educational Problems Prof
John M. Coulter, University of Chicago.
Afternoon O'Clock, Hall of Representa-
tIves-Report of the Science Committee
George B. Alton, state inspector of high
schools.
Report of the Committee Appointed to
Consider Closer Relation Between the High
st. Cloud.
Appointment of committees
Paper-.A Boards Relation to the Pupil"
William S. Mack, member of the board Of
education, Aurora, Ill.
Discussion-J. 1. Donohue Esq, member
of the board of education, ST. Cloud; c. w.
G. Hyde assistant state superintendent.
Paper Examinations" Miss Mary E.
Donovan teacher Of the German language
and English literature, high school, Still
water.
Discussion-Supt L. H. Ford, Owatonna:
Supt 2. N. Vaughn. Anoka.
GRADED SCHOOLS.
Afternoon, 2 to 8 o'clock, Room 16, State
Capitol-Round Table discussions, George E.
Butler Bird Island, presiding. ION What
Principle Should the Promotion of Pupils
from Grade to Grade Be Determined? Who
Should Make the Determinations" Discussion
opened by c. A. Pachin, Caledonia. 1.-THE
Duties and Powers Of the Local Examining
Board" Discussion opened by w. w. Smith
Melrose.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS
Oficers-President, ]. w. Olsen, Albert Lea:
vice president w, N, BORDER, Long Prairie;
1. I. Bergen, Mountain Lake.
Afternoon, 2:30 o'clock-"How Can the
Home and Social Life of the Farm Better
tural Life?" o. G. Gregg, superintendent
State Farmers institute. Should Education
al Qualifications for the County Superintend-
ency Be Required by Law and the Term of
Office Extended?" Supt Fannie Lapham.
Joint session with music section in senate
chamber. Rural school music.
MUSIC SECTION.
Afternoon, Parlors Of Windsor Hotel-2:3O,
shake hands; 3:15, presidents address; dis
cussiOn suggestions contained in same
With county superintendent in senate cham
ber-4:OO, Music in Rural Schools" T. B.
Mckelvy, county superintendent, Lakeville.
Music in Rural Schools Viewed by Rural
School Boards" S. ]. Race. county superin-
tendent, Redwood Falls. Discussion.
COLLEGE SECTION.
President-Dean Horace Goodhue, Carleton
college.
Vice President-Prof ]. P. UhIer, Gustavus
Secretary and Treasurer-Prof HI. L. Os-
born, Hamine university.
Afternoon, O'Clock, Chapel Of Plymouth
Church
Presidents tAddress-Prof. Horace Goodhue,
Carleton college.
Address = college Administration: The
Province Of the President, the Faculty and
the Trustees" President Cyrus Northrup
University Of Minnesota.
Discussion.
(a) ''The Province of the President'-Presi-
dent George II. Bridgeman, Hamline uni
versity.
(b) 1.-THE Province Of the Faculty''-Presi-
dent NJ. Waldstrom, Gustavus Adolphus col
lege.
(c) 1.-THE Province of the Trustees'-HarIan
w. Page, trustee Carleton college.
General discussion.
Appointment of committees.
Social hour.
ELEMENTARY SECTION IN CENTRAL
HIGH SCHOOL HALL.
Afternoon, 2:3O O'clock
Subject" Elementary Geography"
Paper" Latitude and Longtude-Sugges-