The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
PROFESSORS, TEACHERS AND
STATE EDUCATORS BEGIN TO
ASSEMBLE TODAY
FOR ASSOCIATION MEETING.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT SEC
TION BEGINS THE WORK WITH
A SESSION TONIGHT.
GENERAL RECEPTION ARRANGED.
Federation of Clubs to
Give 1t.

The Minnesota Educational associa-
| ton holds the boards for the next four
| days. The several branches of the as
ISOLATION will not get down to work
until tomorrow, but today the teachers
will begin to arrive and there are 6
number Of preliminary meetings SEIZED
uled for today.
The county superintendent section
which will meet in the senate chamber
of the capitol, holds it's first session to-
! night. The programme for tonight is
Informal reception
Presidents Address-"Some Things That
Are and Some Things That Ought to Be-
Supt. George w. Scherer
Round Table Talk - Records, How and
What to Keep supt @. A. Boston. Assist
ant State Superintendent c. W. G. Hyde.
Compulsory Attendance Flora j.
Frost, Supt. D. Robertson.
| The general discussions Of the super
| intendents are along the line of subjects
| pertaining to rural schools, how to
build them, some of the problems OF
| the present, etc.
The general meetings of the associa-
ton will be held in the audience room
Of the Central Presbyterian church
Exchange and Cedar streets. The first
session will be held tomorrow morning
at $50 o'clock, the programme for the
opening session being:
Prayer-Rev. Andrew B. Meldrum. D: D..
pastor Central Presbyterian church, st. Paul.
Address Of the president.
1.-The School Library"-President L. G.
Lord, Moorhead.
Discussion Principal c. L. Sawyer, Mime
apolis; Prof. c. F. Koehler. Mankato.
Music by chorus Of pupils from the pub
lie schools of St Paul, under the direction OF
C.. H. Congdon. st. Paul.
1.-THE Duty of the State to Its Youth Who
Are Drifting Beyond the Good Influences OF
Society,""
a. "a General summary"-sec H. H.
b. what Is Done for Them in the Kinder
garten? '-Miss Katherine E. Hancke. st.
Paul.
c. What Is Done for Them In Our School
System ?"-Supt R. E. Denfeld. Duluth.
d. general discussion by the association,
led by Supt. V. G. Curtis, St. Paul.
The high school section meets in the
house of representatives. Its first ses-
sion will open tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. the programme being:
Presidents Address" Environment an I'm
portant Factor in Education" Lafayette
Bliss. Waseca.
Discussion-'Place of Art in Secondary Ed
ucation," Jessie Spencer. Mankato.
Frank T. Wilson, Saltwater.
Discussion - Literature and Character"
Katherine Gill, Moorhead normal school.
Wednesday afternoon a number Of
round table sessions are arranged for,
to include: English round table, Latin
round table, history and civics round
table and science round table.
The first session of the elementary
section, which meets in the audience
loom of the Central Presbyterian
church. is scheduled for 2:30 tomorrow
afternoon.
The Child Study association meets at
the same hour in the school room of
the Central Presbyterian church.
Wednesday afternoon there will be a
joint meeting of the child study and
elementary section.
The college section meets in Room 16,
Central high school building, at 2:30
tomorrow afternoon. The programme:
Opening Address-By the president, Prof
L. H. Batchelder, of Hamline university.
Paper-"Place and Value of Examinations
in College Education" Prof. George Hunt
ington of Carleton college.
Discussion-Prof. w. w. Folwell, Of the
state university.
The graded schools section convenes
in Room 10, Central High school, to-
morrow afternoon, and the music sec
ton meets at the same time in the as
sembly hall of the Central High school
building.
Tuesday evening the Minnesota
Academy of Natural Sciences has a
meeting in the hall of the hou-e Of
representatives, when DR.. H. T. Eddy
of the University of Minnesota, will
deliver an address on Recent Conclu-
sicns Respecting Sirius, the Sun and
Their Congeners."
All the city and village superintend-
ents are requested to meet in the par
lCrs of the Windsor hotel on Monday,
Dec. 81, at 4:30 and also at o'clock p.
m. This is an important call and full
attendance at this meeting is urged
upon the superintendent of the state.
There will be a reunion Of the grad
yates of the st. Cloud normal school on
Tuesday evening, Dec. %, from to 10
o'clock, in the parlors of the Windsor
hotel.
The Twin City Carleton club will have
a reunion and banquet on Tuesday
evening, Dec. 20, at the Commercial
club.
On Wednesday evening Of this week
the general officers and club presidents
of the State Federation of Clubs will
give a reception in the parlors of the
Central Presbyterian church to the
state association of teachers. They will
he assisted by the regents of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
and cordially invite all members of the
federated clubs to be present The ad-
dress of welcome will be made by Miss
Evans, and the response by Prof. San
ford, of the state university. Follow
ing this will be few remarks by DR..
Bissell on Mothers Clubs" and the
concluding address by Bishop Gilbert.
Miss Hopes Mandolin orchestra will
give several numbers.