The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-05
PROGRAMME 8F COMING MEETING
OF THE SKATE TEACHERS,
ASSOCIATION.
MANY PAPERS OF INTEREST
WILL BE READ BY MINNESOTA Ed
UCAFORs ON SPECIAL
T0PICS.
IT SHOULD BE PROFITABLE,
If the Subjects and the Names As
signed Are Any Criterion to
Judge By.

| Secretary j. D. Bond Of the Mime
sofa Educational association, yester-
! day received from the printer the first
copies of the annual programme of the
Z Minnesota Educational association
which will hold it's thirth-fourth ses-
sion during the latter days of this
month The programme is as follows:
/ Audience room, Plymouth church, Wabasha
/ street and Summit avenue, st. Paul.. 10
! o'clock a. M, Tuesday, Wednesday and
I lm,i Dec: %. 80 and 81, 1896.
me average. Alice ]. Mott, Faribault; (b)
The Best Method With the Slow and De-
T nclent Pupll,| George A. Stanton, Sank Cen
Desirable for Those Below the Average?'' J.
"A: Cranston. Elk River; Id General Library
DlscusionnO Library Economy Part
OF the College Curriculum" Miss Lettie NJ
crafts, assistant librarian, state university
~ The Relation of the Public Library TO
the schools, DR. James R. Hosnler, librarian
OF Minneapolis public library; 90 Mime
sofa School Libraries, State Superintendent
+ W. w. Pendergast Discussion led by Dr. D.
L. ahiehie, state university. Eight O'Clock,
annual address, subject Some Educational
Problems" Prof. John M. Coulter Unjyer-
sity of Chicago.
NV, Wednesday, 10 O'Clock A. Ma ITO
jects in the Course Of study supt. j. l..
thatcher Little Falls; (b) 1.-The Logical and
Emotlonal Ground for Dividing Elementary
| knowledge Into School Subjects Edgar I,
1 Porter. Worthington; (c)s The School: View
OF subjects as Contrasted With the Ordinary
| View, Supt. H. C.. Merrill, Hutchinson;
| Waite A. Shoemaker
| Wednesday Evening to 12-Reception to
members of the association and invited guests
at hotel headquarters (Windsor hoteD
I4ursday, 10 a. m-(a) What Can Be Done
schools, Mrs: Jennie C. Crays, member of
school board; Minneapolis; (b) General Dis
Gussion OF Popular School Management, >
Rev: s. G. Smith; st. Paul; (c) Legislation
Needed to Improve Popular School Manage
ment, Gustave Seholle, member of school
board. st. Paul.
lngs will be finished with general dis
cusslon by Lafayette Bliss, of Waseca,
and George F. Kenaston of Mankato.
The high school council will open its
! meeting Tuesday afternoon. with the
report of the chairman of the music
committee, G. B. Alton. inspector Of
high schools. Superintendent S. S.
Parr, OF the Union school at St. Cloud.
VIII report for the committee which
was appointed to secure a closer re-
lation between the high school. and the
university. Committees will be APP
/ pointed, and VIM. S. Mack, a member
OF the Aurora, ILL.,. board of education.
will read a paper on the relation of
sohool boards to the pupils, which win
/ be discussed by j. /. Donohue. of ST.
Cloud, and c. w. G. Hyde, of the
state department of public instruction.
MISS Mary q. Donovan, of Saltwater.
| will discuss examinations and the
paper will be discussed by Supt Is. IA.
Ford, of Owatonna, and Supt. z. N.
| Vaughn of Anoka IN
4 Wednesday afternoon will be devoted
to. Joint, sessions with the county sup
er1ntendents. A. E. Engstrom, of
/ Goodhue county, will read g. paper or
normal training in the high school, and
j. A. Tormey, of Winona, will discuss
the junction of the high school, w. w.
Nandewaker and J. H. Lewis, of
Becker and Dakota counties, will re-
spectively lead the discussion Presi-
/ dent Cyrus Northrop, of the Ituiver>
sity, will then address the meeting.
ThurSday afternoon Prof Conway
/ Mcmillan, of the university, will adj
dress the meeting on the place and
! method Of biological work in the high
schooi. Z. A. Caswell, Of Fergus Falls.
ana a. J: Woolman, of Duluth, lead
ing the discussion. A. W. Rankin will
discuss the advisability of rearrane-
ing tne curriculum SO that the graded
School course should be shortened 10
SIX years and the high school course
iengthened to six years. John NJ Greer.
OF minneapolis. and F. j. Bomberger,
OF Zumbrota, will open this discussion
The graded school section will omen
tuesday afternoon. with a round table
presided over by George E. Butler. OF
Bird Island.
{. A. Pachin, of Caledonia, will omen
discussion on by what the promotion
OF pupils should be determined. and w
w. smith, of Melrose, will open the dis
cussion Of the paper
wednesday afternoon there will be a
discussion as to mixed grades in the
grammar department, the discussion on
whlch VIII be opened by ]. B. Babcock
OF Cokato, and the duties Of a graded
school principal will be considered by
A. w. Rankin, inspector Of state high
schools Thursday afternoon George
W. peterson, Of Osakis, will open a dis
cusslon on the advisability of written
tests in composition and reading in the
hfth to seventh grades inclusive.
The county superintendent section
will be entertained Monday night BY
the address of the president, J. w. OF
son, Of Albert Lea. /. 1. Bergen viii
read paper on how to interest patrons
and school officers in education. which
Will be discussed by Gertrude c. Ellis
and 0. M. Haugan. X w. Buell. viii
consider what legislation to ask for anc
how to get it.
Tuesday afternoon the programme
will be:
How Can the Home and Social Life
of the Farm Better Prepare the Risine
Generation for Agricultural Lffe?"
4hAoo L eALlIlIC LdpildIn Will ASK
Should Educational Qualifications BY
the County Superintendency be Re
| qu1red by LAW and the Term Of Office
Extended2' "Wednesday afternoon tht
high school and county superinten
dents sections will meet In joint ses
sion and listen to q discussion of Nor
NAL Instruction in High Schools The
county superintendent views present
ed by Supt. A. E. Engstrom and Supt
M w Vandewater.
Thursday afternoons programme is
$50 DEMONSTRATING Schools Supt e.
A. Nelson; discussion-Ella Patterson, supt
Gunnar Nauman; state Aid to Rura
Schools Supt. ]. III. Chapman; discussion
Inspector A. w. Rankin Supt. J. NJ. Danke-
yordt; reports of committees; election OF
officers; miscellaneous business.
The music section meets Tuesday
afternoon in the parlors of Windsor
hotel, with papers as follows:
Music in Rural Schools" T. B. McKelvy
county superintendent Lakeville; Music in
Rural Schools as Viewed by Rural School
Boards" s. ]. Race, county superintendent
Redwood Falls; discussion.
The music section will meet in the
afternoon in Plymouth church, with a
paper on the song element in public
| school music by Miss Caroline v.
| Smith, of the normal school at Winona,
| Illustrated by Miss Barbara A Russell
of La Crosse. A. w. Rankin will re-
port on the condition of music studies
In Minnesota graded schools, and Miss
NJ Eta Grannis, of Rochester will
read a paper on voice culture in con-
nection with sigh tsinging. In the
| afternoon George H. Normington,
choirmaster of Gethsemane Episcopal
church, Minneapolis, will give a few