Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-03-16
CONCLAVE OF PEDAGOGUES
Large Attendance Expected at Meet
ing of Southeastern Wisconsin
Teachers Associatien

OF a large association holding valuable
deliberations are brought to the very
doors Of Dodge and jefferson county
teachers, and indications are that the
meeting of the Southeastern Wiscon-
sin Teachers association to be held
here Friday and Saturday, April l and
2, will be attended not only by an
immense gathering from cities and
villages of Southern Wisconsin, but
that there will be great meeting of
district school teachers. Superintend-
ents Flavin and HELEN are thorouoh-
ly alive to the value of such a meeting
and are bringing the matter before
their teachers wherever possible. Rock
county will send a large delegation,
Columbia county will be we'll repre-
sented, and other counties promise to
send gOOdly number of teachers.
The afternoon of Saturday is given
up largely to the discussion of country
school problems, as will be seen by
consulting the program below.
Friday forenoon's session should not
be missed by one teacher who can at
tend, and parents and others inter-
ested in children are planning to be
present.
The evening program Friday is
popular throughout. Watertown will
furnish the music and we all know
what that means. The discourse by
Fred Z. Eastman will be a most inter-
esting pedagogical lecture. and his
entire audience, young and Old will
enjoy it.
The forthcoming meeting is import
ant to progressive teachers not only
because of the unusual excellence of
the program, but also because the reg
ular annual meeting last spring was
postponed on account of the National
Educational association, which met at
Milwaukee in July.
Watertown people are doing all in
their power to make the meeting a
success. Lady teachers will be enter
tanned free in Watertown homes, if
names are sent to Prof. G.. F. Viebahn,
chairman of local committee, at least
one week in advance of meeting. This
is not mere formal invitation; it is
expected that all ladies who are plan
ming to attend will send in their
names. Those teachers who never
attend meetings of their associations
seldom exert a strODg influence in
their school communities.
Reduced railroad and hotel rates
have been promised. In order to Sc
cure the one and one third fare reduced
rate, one must buy full rate ticket
to WatertoWn and take receipt from
the agent who sells the ticket. Then
membership in the association will Sc
cure him or her a trip home at one
third fare
It is hoped that where vacations do
not occur at this time school boards
will allow their schools to close on
Friday to permit teachers to attend.
Following is the program in full:
FRIDAY FORENOON SESSION.
Opens 80 o'clock.
(a) DR.. NJ. V. OShea.(The Results of Child
Study and its Immediate Problems.
(b5 Prof. W. h. CheeYer.-What the Institute
Conductor can do for Child Study in the
Institute.
(c) Miss NJ B. Huff.-What Child Study can
do for the Student Teacher.
(d) Mrs. John G. Conway. = The Parents
View of Child Study
(e) Superintendent Emma G. Underwood
The County Superintendent's View of
Child Study for the Rural School
Teacher
(f} Elnora Cuddeback Fulcomer-The Work
of the Wisconsin Child Study Society.
General discussion.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
Opens at o'clock.
TIE association will meet in sections on Fri
GdV afternoon. as follows:
"a. High School Section.-Leader, Allen B.
Leader, Kate O. MaVity.
(c) Primary Section.-Leader Ella N. Allen.
HIGH SCHOOL SECTION.
The following subjects will be presented by
short papers followed by discussion. The per-
son named first upon the program will present
the paper; the one named second will open the
discussion. It is hoped that the principals
and teachers present will enter heartily into
the discussion, telling briefly what is being
done in their schools along the lines under
discussion.
Library Reading as an Element of English in
the High School.
Principal W. J. Hammill.
Mae E. Schneider.
High School Graduating Exercises.
Principal II. G.. Buell..
Superintendent H. l.. Terry.
Laboratory Work for Physics.
Principal James T. Healey
Principal j. Fl. Hutchinson.
Method in American History.
Margaret Stiles.
Are we Neglecting Discipline in the High
School? Principal Fl. n Parker
Advantages of Keeping in Close Touch with
the Normal Schools and with the State
University. Principal r. E. Loveland.
Principal W. III. Goodall.
The Study of Cryptogram in the High School.
Principal H. A. Adrian.
Professor G.. r. Barnes.
The Attitude of the Administration Toward
Athletics. Principal II. A. Whipple.
Three twenty-five minute papers will be pre-
serted, and fifteen minutes allowed after each
for discussion. Those expecting to attend are
requested to make a study of the topics so that
they may take part in the general discussion.
1. School Hygiene During the Periods of Ply
ssical Development Represented in These
lGradeS.-ProfeSSOr John [, Jegi, Of.Milwau-
kee normal school. DiscussiOnled by Miss
Clara L. Hallowes, of the Whitewater high
school.
2. The Stages of Ethical DEVELOPMENT Found
in These Grades and Their Treatment
Professor M. v O'Shea, of Wisconsin uni
versity. Discussion led by Principal Robt
J.. Clark of Oshkosh.
8. The Value and Management of School Libra
ries in These Grales.-Miss L. E. Stearns
librarian of State Library commission Dis
cussion led by Mary L. McCutchan, princi-
pal grammar department, Whitewater
model school.
PRIMARY SECTION
Subject-Sense Training.
(a) Margaret Connolly = Sense Training
Discussion opened by Grace Peterson