Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-24

Ec8Q Ou W 0Ab SuoAkCD uE0 N0CSoe
sary in High and Grammar School
Courses and in Their Relation to
Make Such Extension of the High
School Course Possible?" was given
BY Supt. C. NJ. Bardwell, Aurora. No
longer Q question, it must be done.
This paper WAS discussed BY Princi-
pal Alfred Bayliss. of Streator. not
question of whether the extension 10
neeessary-ths extension 10 actually
taking place; We can't stop it il We
would. The high school Of today 10
the college Of yesterday. Unless We
stop progressing the change will
take place. A general discussion
then followed.
The third topic. .'Csn the Equiss-
lent of the First Two Years of Gel
lege Work in Science AID Mathe.
matics be Done in the High SCHOOL,"
was ably handled BY w. n. Chown-
ing, of the Rock Island High school,
who FIRST stated that he would regis.
ter . protest against the whole sub
ject, believing that it would be pref
cradle to attain the result otherwise
this by 10}-mouths' school
throughout. Mr.. Che wings paper
was unusually fine and was highly
complimented, rejecting great credit
upon the Rock Island High school.
Miss Morse, who was to discuss
Mr.. Chowning's paper. being absent
and the time limited, the next topic
WAS taken up. "Cau the Equivalent
OF the First Two Years Of College
Work in Language and History be
Done in the High SCHOOL," by Miss
Lille johnson, of Princeton. Her
paper was extremely interesting and
bright snd carefully prepared. and
beautifully delivered. Supt Eber-
sole. of Fulton, opened the discus
sion on this paper.
Section work In Gsnsral.
The other sections were assigned
to work in their respective depart
ments as follows:
First and second grades, High
school assembly room, Supt. Is. F.
Hendricks, Savanna. chairman; fret
and second year number work, Supt.
E. 8. Hady, Lanark; Mrs. &. G.
Young, Rock Island; discussion led
by F. H. Hall, Waukegan. The
teaching of little children to read,
Miss Bertha M. Ladd, Dixon; Miss
Anna Durr, Sterling.
Third aud fourth grades, school
building 4. room 8, Mrs. &. B. Har-
rington, Prime aton, shsirmau; read
ing, method Of presentation, Miss X.
+. Walden, Princeton; reading in
correlation. with literature, Miss
Mary L. Richardson. Nsponset; with
history, Miss Lora H. Clark. Priuca-
ton; expression in reading, Miss Lot
tie E. jones, Danv,lle; reading in
correlation with all other studies, f.
H. Hall. Waukegan; general discus
sion, WV. Writ, Peru; A. W. Hus-
sey, Geneseo.
Fifth and sixth grades. mathemat-
les room. High school building, Miss
Kate Cleverdon, Joliet, chairman
nature study, for it's own
sake, number in nature study.
Edward F. Worst, Austin; oral and
written language work furnished by
nature study; are these sufficient for
these grades? Miss Miriam Besley,
Waukegan; does natu'e study in
clude all of geography? Miss Alice
Rigden, Ottawa; literature and his
tory to be used in connection with
nature study. Is this sufficient for
these grades? Does nature study
form basis for drawing and color
work?
Seventh and eighth grades. build
ing 4, room ., L. C. Daughtsry,
Book Island, chairman; nature
studies from observation. botany.
Principal ". D. Wells, Davenport;
zoology. H. D. Thompson, Molin.
mineralogy and geology. Prof. A. j.
Udden. Augustana college.
Music. Mrs. Mary P. Gale, Aurora.
chairman; boys in line, Edith M.
Rork, Streator; music in rural
schools; difficulties in the way; hsw
can we help them? G. W. Weeks,
Ottawa; discussion, is it possible
and expedient to have the course in
music for the eight grades. as def.
nitely outlined Is any other subject,
and to hold the grade teachers re.
spouSioiS iOI tu0 WOIk leiu Ous AO1
the grader Should music count to.
ward graduation? Disciplinary value
OF the study of harmony.
! Board of Ed.sstion.
Board of education, building 4
room IA. c. B. Marshall, Roc ISL
and. chairman; the relation which
the board should sustain to the pa.
irons. M. Evelyn Strong; discussion
Henry OFT. Geneseo. Mrs. Mary E.
Eatriken. Moline, Mrs. Norah Ham
ilton. Rock Island. P. 0. Silver
Freeport; shall we furnish free text
books and supplies? Discussion,
Frank Cook. Geneseo, H. A. Aims
worth. Moline. H. W. Cooper, Mo-
line, w. c. Hayward, Moline.
These committees we're an nounced
Nominatioas-County Supt. Hof
man. Ottawa; Supt. 4. G. Young
Rock Island; Miss NJ. Besler. Wauke'
gan; County Supt. n. Luther, Gene
SEQ; s. M. BridgmAu. Rockford.
! Resolutions = A M. Bayliss
Streator; W. T. Cox. Moline; AIMS