The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-08
Afternoon Session.

Nine department meetings in connec-
ton With the National Educational as
ISOLATION were held this afternoon
Among the most important was the
kindergarten melting. the study being
Child Study"
John G. Dewey, OF the University of
Chicago read the first paper, The
kindergarten and Child Study" which
was listened to with great interest.
Miss Bertha Payne. an associate OF
Jane Adams in the Hull House work.
answered the question, Has the Child
dergarten?' decidedly in the affirma
tive.
DR. Jenny g. Morrill,, kindergarten
supervisor of the New York public
schools. had for theme Methods of
Child Study in the Kindergarten"
The meeting Of the education of the
deaf attracted much attention.
Miss Jeane Colborn talked interest
edly on Ten Minutes with Pencil and
Crayon."
Miss Deversaux Clark. superintend-
ent CT the Michigan school for the deaf,
gave a practical talk on Fourth Year
in Language Work
Professor Edmund Lyon, state in
speotor of the New York school for the
QS3I. spoke on comparative TESTS III
Schools for the Deaf"
a w. Jones, of Cleveland, gave a
plea for the Higher Education Of the
Deaf in our Institutions" and there
was a paper by &. II. Carter, of New
York
The National Hobart society had an
interesting session. John Dewey, of the
University of Chicago, spoke on the
Ethical Principles Underlying Ednca-
ton
Charles DeGarmo delivered an adj
dress on tine Social Aspects of Moral
Education
ss4The session of the normal school de-
Esaftuent was taken uD with dis
cussion OF the report of the committee
appointed last year to report the con-
Sroi. mana cement, maintenance,
courses of study, etc, of normal
schools.
The meeting of the art department
was a most interesting session.
Papers were read by Mark NJ. May
cock, president of the de1aTtmerc;
Harriet Cecil Magee, of the Oshkosh
STATE normal school; d. r. Augsberg,
supervisor of drawing in Salt Lake
City. and G. r. Rice. state teachers
institute instructor in drawing at AL
banv. n. Y.
In the department of business educa-
ton a number of very good papers
were read and discussed.
4 most interesting session was that
Of the natural science department.. The
chief discussions were On physical ge-
ogIaphy, laboratory work and physics.
The famous Committee of Tennes-
see" gave their report this morning.
ne report was enc of the best raoers
given during the convention and the
decision arrived at was contained in
this sentence:
Courses of study should be so elect
i've as to give all pupils. under wise
direction, a choice of work, and so
elastic that one may pass from a study
which initiates against mental growth
TO one which his organs of asS5mila-
ton ard appropriation readily respond
as easily and philoscDhicaily as he
oranges from a harmful to a whole
some diet
Much interest was evidenced in the
paper and the thought of the meeting
seemed to be that colleges and hirn
must be made to meet.
Nearly 5000 people attended the ses-'
sion of the National Educational asso-
citation meeting in the Exposition build
ing tonight. The greater part of the
was devoted to music. Mrs.
Jane Adams Hullhouse. Chicago. de-
livered an address on Foreign Born
Pupils in Primary Schools
Bishop John B. Vincent. of Chautau-
qua. spoke on Tom and His Teacher
He pictured Tom as the average boy
and said he should be taught to think
and TO observe accurately taught TO
earn his own living and be indeoen-
dent.