Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
HBE CONIVG.
First Annual Meeting of Inland
Empire Teachers Association.
To Meet In Pullman Thursday Fri
day and Saturday Of Next Week.

day and Saturday Of Next Week.
Pullman will next week be called up
on to entertain the largestand most rep
resentative body of teachers ever gath
cred together in the northwest.
.eAt eight o'clock Thursday evening
March oath the first annual meeting of
the Inland Empire Teachers Associ-
alton. comprising the educators of Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana,
will be convened in .he agricultural coll
ege chapel, and the work of the session
will be commenced. Many prominent
names are found on the program, and
the days will be filled with profit to the
many who will be in attendance.
Thursnrv evening President Bryan, of
the agricultural college, will deliver an
address of welcome TO the visitors, and
responses will he made by Prof. Nc
Curdy, of the U. OF l., for Idaho; by
Prof. Royal, OF the Oregon state normal,
for Oregon, and by y. Bemiss, superin-
tendent of the Spokane city schools for
this state. V. FL Hopson, superintend-
ent OF Spokane county, will speak on
the "Origin and Aims of the Inland EN-
pire Teachers Association The inaug-
ural address, and musical selections by
Mrs. Harvey and Miss Snodgrass are al
so on the program. for this evening. An
informal reception will be given to the
visiting teachers, at Stevens hall, at
the close of the program, to which all
arc cordially invited.
Friday msrning, at nine O'CLOCK, the
real work OF the session will conn eEce.
During the day Mrs. S. f. Archer, of
Spokane, will speak on English work
in the Schools;" Prof. Bratton, of Walla
Walla, on ,.The Rsttrn frem NstGiee,"
Prof. Matthews. Moscow, THE TttEs-
ures OF Teaching &c. O. Knepp2r, edi-
tor of the Iuland Journal of Education,
"Sense Perceptions" James Phillips,
superintendent of Whitman county,
"Grading the Country Schools" Miss
Nellie Darby, Moscow, "The True Means
of mental Development" f. j. Browne,
state superintendent OF schools, The
Ethics OF Life :" q. S. Bond, superintend-
cnt of WaIla Walla county, "Opportuni-
ties and Responsibilities OF the County
Superintendent" ;" Miss Anna Corll, Lew
iston Normal, "Psychology in the Pri-
mary Grades;" f. A. Skies, Collax,
"Practical and Impractical Geographic"
Pres. Gault, U. of L., Secondary Schools
in the Pacific Northwest" Open dis
cussons will follow the reading of each
paper OF the day. In the evening Pres.
Craig, of the Montana University, vii!
deliver the annual lecture, his subject
being Higher Education" Miss Deane
Smith. of the Pullman public schools,
will read criticism on James Whit
comb Riley. A recitation by Miss Henry,
OF Moscow; music by the Lewiston nor
NAL quartette and solos by Mrs. Win
dus and Prof. Darrow will also be on the
evenings program.
Saturday Mrs. Virginia Hayward, OF
the Spokane kindergarten Association.
will read paper on "Ihe Educational
Value OF Play :" Editor Brintnall, of the
Northwest Journal OF Education, "Some
Discrepancies :" Prof. Piper, Pullman,
"Nature Study in the Public Schools"
HI. Cobbs, Genesee, "The Perfect De-
velopment of the Child" Prof. Getz,
Ellensburg, Couture of the Will;' d.
Bemiss. 1.-THE PHYSICAL as Factor in
Education" and DR., John, Indiana, on
college Ethics" The reports OF vari-
Gus committees, and the work OF pernla-
nent organization, will follow.
Saturday evening DIR. John p. D. John,
formerly presidentof DePauw University
Indiana, will lecture on THE Worth OF
Man" DR.. John is a lecturer OF national
reputation, and the association is most
fortunate in securing him. Admission
to this lecture will be 80 cts. seats re-
served without extra charge.
The railroads have made rate OF one
and one-fifth fare to all attending the
meeting, and the local hotels have made
liberal concessions in the way of rates.
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