The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

State Association Holds a Successful
Meeting at Lincoln.


The State Teachers Association held the
most successful meeting in the history of
the organization at Lincoln last week.
The total enrolment on the third day was
1850, by far the largest ever registered at
any previous meeting.
Only business Of routine ma ture was
transacted on the first day, Monday, Dee.
q, and the session was short. The pro-
gam included special committee reports on
.'Coun try Schools" Normal Schools"
Colleges" sLegislation' und other
topics. A large number of teachers spent
their unOccnpied time visiting the uniyer-
sity, state house and other public institu-
tons. At the Office of the state superin-
tendent there was an interesting exhibit
consisting of some the work sent by the
high schools of the state to the Worlds
Fair and afterwards returned TO the state
superintendent. These samples of high
school work are tackled on the walls of the
office to serve as suggestions to the teach
ers when they begin TO prepare exhibits
for the Transmissippi Exposition.
new feature of the association was the
meeting of members of school boards,
which will be made a permanent feature.
At the meeting Tuesday, Dec. %, about
twenty school boards were represented.
Mr.. Travis of Plattsmouth presided and
there was much discussion of the subjects
which were handled IN papers.
The meeting of the Nebraska society for
child study was one of the most interesting
of the afternoon and the papers aroused
much interest in this branch of primary
education.
The Association of W0men's Clubs held
its first educational meeting in Delian hall
at the State University during the after
noon. What Can a WOman's Club Do
for the schools! was ably discussed
along all lines.
a new auxiliary society to the State
Teachers Association is that of teachers Of
science. The first meeting was held Tues
day afternoon the call being issued by
PrOfs. Bessey and Ward. Prof. George f..
Condra was elected president.
The meeting of the teachers of literature
and English was attended by about
seventy-fiye persons. Prof. Sherman of
the university gave a brief address. Re-
ports of progress were made by Superin-
tendents W. III. Skinner of Nebraska City,
A. A. Bead of Crete and others. A dis
cussion of plans and methods followed.
The question of holding an educational
congress at Omaha this year received much
attention and the opinion was unanimous
in favor of the idea. At the Oliver Thea
ter meeting Oh Wednesday,, December 20,
a resolution was offered and adopted with
out a dissenting vote vOicing their approval
of the congress, and a copy of the resOlu-
tiOn was ordered sent to the secretary of
the committee having the project in
charge.
President Crabtree announced that Com
missioner Harris would not be present,
and IN request Prof. Bcattie read his paper
on normal schools" Judge NJ. 3. Reese,
dean of the college of law Of the Uuiver-
sity of Nebraska, spoke on Fright En-
phasis of Education" Mrs. Medora D..
Nickoll of Beatrice spoke On the Relation
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union to Education" f. n. Brown OF
Hastings, chairman of the executive COM
mittee, read his report. The association
now has about 81, 400 bearing interest. The
afternoon was given over to sectional
meetings, teachers Lividing up and attend
ing the section most interesting them.
The meeting at the Oliver theater in the
evening was largely attended. ChanceI-
lor George E.. MacLean delivered an adj
dress on THE Next Stage in the Educa-
tional Development Of Nebraska" which
had many features of interest to his au-
ditOrs.
Officers were elected as follows on
Thursday, Dec. 50:
PRESIDENT. f. Saylor, Lincoln.
Secretary-Miss Stella Spohn, Madison.
Treasurer. w. Dalzell, Lincoln.
Members of Educational Council-W. K.
Fowler, Blair; j. NJ. McHugh, Plattsmouth.
Among the important recommendations
made by the general council were admis-
sion to the association of members of
school boards and woman's clubs of the
state; also action looking to a higher
standard of education as a requisite to OBJ
tanning degrees from colleges and univer-
stiles and making more plain the distinc-
ton between degrees Of the two institu-
tons.