The times., 1898-07-11
PROGRAM FOR TODAY.
Educators VIII Meet Morning, Aft
ern0On and Evening.

4
ing and evening exercises at the Ma
| tional Theater and the Grand Opera
| House.. nearly a dozen different depart
ments will be in session throughout the
| city in the afternoon.
The following is the program for the
day:
9:15 a. m.-New National Theater-Pre-
siding President William II. H. Beadle,
| vice-president for South Dakota.
/ Prayer-Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn, Mount
| Pleasant Congregational Church.
Address go minutes)-"The Education
| and Culture Value Derived from the
| Study of Higher Mathema tics'-Prof
| w b. Smith, Tulane University, New
| Orleans. La.
Music
Discussion (l0-minute speeches without
manuscripD-(a) The Constants in Math-
| ematics,' Edward Brooks, superintendent
| public schools, Philadelphia, Pa; OBJ
| els the Science of Mathematics Qualita-
| tive as Well as Quantative?' Frank H.
! Hail. superintendent State Institution for
| the Blind, Jacksonville, H.; (c) THE
| Practical Value of the Study of Mental
| Arithmetic" A. S. Downing, supervisor
| Teachers Institute and Training Glasses,
| state department of public instruction,
| Albanys.N, Y,
/ General discussion Commute speeches..
| s:l5 a. m.-Grand Opera House-Presid-
| ing. President L. d. Harvey. vice-presi-
| dent for Wisconsin.
Prayer-Rev. Samuel II. Greene, Cal
| vary Baptist Church
Address go minutes)-"Socia1 Basis of
| Conscience" Josiah Royce. Har-
| ward University, Cambridge, Mass.
Music.
Discussion Commute speeches without
| manuseriDn-(al Henry r. Sanford. State
| Institute conductor, Penn Yam, n. Y; (b)
| H. T.. Kratz. superintendent of public
schools, Sioux City, Ia.
General discussion Commute speeches).
3 p. m.--The Educational Press Asso-
citation of America-Mt Vernon M. e.
Church, corner Ninth and K Streets
northwest.
Paper, Should Educationa Journals
Express Opinions on Political Questions?"
&C. ". Barsdeen, editor School Bulletin,
Syracuse n. Y.
Discussion-W. A Bell, editor Indiana
School Journal: o. T., Corson. editor Ohio
Educational Monthly; George p. Brown.
editor Public School Journal A. n. Raub
editor Educational News Philadelphia; G.
Z. HENDERSON, editor The Canadian Teach
er, Toronto, Canada: y. c. Schaeffer
editor Pennsylvania School Journal Har-
risburg, Pa; J. w. Stearns. editor Wis
consin Journal of Education: general dis
Subjects for informal discusslon-"R Rules
Governing Discontinuances of Subscrip-
| tions 10 pc led by NJ. A Cassidy, editor
The Southern School, Lexington, Ky:
Commissions TO Subscription Agents" 10
be led by George e. Bemis, editor Teach
| ers World. New York: "Commiss 'ons to
Advertising Agents" TO be led by William
G. Smith, editor School Education Min
neapolis Mimi.
Miscellaneous business
3 D. m.-Dspartment of Elementary Ed
ueation-Sessions in First Congregation
al Church. Tenth and Streets north
west
Presidents address-W. n. Hailmann.
Washington. D c.
Value Of the Hand in the Acquisition
OF knowledge and Expression of
Thought'-Miss Mary f. Hall. supervisor
OF primary work. Milwaukee. Wis.
Discussion led By Superintendent George
Griffith. Utica y. Y
Play as a Means of IGeaIizing and Ex-
tending the Child's Experiences Miss
Allie NJ. Felker. critic teacher, State Nor
NAL School, San Jose. Cal
Discussion-Afiss E. V Brown, Normal
School Washington, D. c.
BusinesS-Appointmen of committees
3 p m.-Higher NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
Columbian University Hail. Fifteenth and
II Streets northwest.
joint, session of departments of second
ary and higher education
Are there studies that, as constants
| should be pursued I'm some measure in
every course in the secondary schools
and in the freshman anG sophomore years
OF the college? II so, what are these con-
| stants. and what should be the minimum
requirement in each in these six years?
go mlnutes.) Dr. James NJ. Green State
Normal School, Trenton, ~ J.
Discussion 40 minutes)-Prof. Frank
4. Thilly University of Missouri Columbia
: Mo-; Dr. George E MacLean, chancel-
, Ior of University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Neb
The Better Preparation of Instructors
for Secondary Schools go minutes
Prof. NJ V. O'Shea. University of Wis
: consin. Madison, Wis
Discussion 10 minutes)-Prof Walter
B, Jacobs, High School Providence. r. T.
p Mart observation-disclosures in
Luther Place Memorial Church. Four
teenth and n Streets northwest
The Function OF Art in the Education
of the American Citizen'-WiIIiam ord
way Partridge sculptor Milton Mass.
discussion by John S. Clark Boston.
Mass, and E. c. Messer artist Washing
ton D. c.
The Province of Art in the High
SchooT'-Miss Roda E. Selleck High
School. Indianapolis Ind
Discussion by J. S. Ankeney, super
visor Of drawings. Carthage Mo
Business-Election of officers, etc.
p. m.-Department of Manual and In
dustrial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in Masonic
Hall, Ninth and F Streets northwest.
Presidents address.
Education for the Industrial Classes
Prof. j. L. Snyder, Michigan Agricultural
College, Lansing. Mich.
Discussion-Led by Superintendent e
Mackey, Reading. Pa.
Domestic Science as a Synthetic Study
for Girls-Mrs Ellen H. Richards Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
Mass.
} Discussion-Led by Miss Perla C. Bow
man, Ohio State University.
Manual Training in horticulture
Prof. VIM. r. Lazenby, University OF
Ohio, Columbus Ohio.
Discussion-Led by President Geo. T
Farchid, State Agricultural College
Manhattan. Kan.
Observation-Disclosures of committees.
p m.-Department of Physical Educa-
tion-Sessions in Universalist Church
Thirteenth and L Streets northwest
Influence of School Life on Curvature
of the Spine'-Dr r. TAFT Mckenzie
McGill University Montreal. Canada.
play in Physical Education'-G. W
. Johnson, superintendent of public schools
Andover. Mass.
or Discussion opened by DR.. G. w Fitz
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
d, Business-Election of officers etc.
3 p. m,-Department of Library-Ses
sions in Wesley Chapel Fifth and I
Streets northwest
Report of committee on relations o
- public libraries to public schools by tht