The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01

4 D. NJ. DdVlS OF 1OS AnSeieS, uiecuSolo1A
led by George L. Leslie of San Fran
cisco; "Child's Attitude Toward Law
and Discipline" Charles c. ]. Bennett
4 of San Jose.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC-sU-
/ PREME COURT ROOM.
1 Thursday, December 2Sth, . a. M
Mrs. Juliet Powell Rice, President;
Miss Estelle Carpenter, Secretary,
Voices in Spiritual Education" DR.. r.
B. Dresslar of Berkeley; "Monotones,
i Miss Grace E. Barnard of Oakland;
THE Songs to Be Taught Children and
Where They Can Be Obtained" Estelle
Carpenter of San Francisco; Practical
Methods in Teaching Music to Chill
dren,'' Miss Ida M. Fisher of Alameda;
Music as a Means of Ear and Brain
Culture DR.. E. D. Starbuck of Stan
ford University; 1.-The Effect of Differ
ent Songs (music) on Children, ta)
What kind of music do children want?
/ CD What kind do they need? by Mrs.
Juliet P. Rice Of Santa Barbara.
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL ADMIN
ISTRATION = SUPREME COURT
ROOM
Wednesday, December 9th. 3 a. m.-
H. M. Bland, President; R. A. Lee, Sec
rotary: Defects in Our Present System
of Examinations, Promotions and
Course of Study" ]. O'Connor; Lack
of Desirable Uniformity Thomas j.
Kirk, Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton; "The Work of a Few Typical
States Toward Greater Uniformity and
Usefulness" DR.. E. E. Brown, Califor-
mia University; Efforts Toward Great
er Unity Between All Glasses of
Schools, Particularly Rural Schools. "
A. E. Shumate of San Jose: POS
sible Accrediting of Schools, In
terchanging Certificates of Promotion
Between All Grades M. E. Daley Of
San Jose Normal School.
DEPARTMENT OF, KINDERGAR-
TENS-SENATE CHAMBER.
Wednesday, December 21th-9 a. NJ
Mrs. P. w. Dohrmann, President Gifts
and Occupations: Their Educational
Value Considered From Practical Elk
perience''; Which Ought We to Drop
and What Other Material Would We
Substitute, and Why?" papers not to
exceed ten minutes) Mrs. Caroline
Frear Burk, San Francisco; Mrs. Fran
ces Bracken Gould, Oakland; Mrs.
Clara M. McQuade, Chico. Discussion
Miss Kate F. Banning, San Fran
cisco; Miss Grace Barnard, Oakland;
Miss Price, Sacramento; Miss Anna
Stovall San Francisco; Miss Obarr,
Sacramento; Miss Ledyard, Los An
geles. Character and Instincts, DR.. c..
G.. Van Lew, Chico.
DEPARTMENT OF NATURE STUDY
SUPREME COURT ROOM
Friday, December 29th-9 a. m.-Pro-
fessor o. P. Jenkins of Stanford Uni
versity, President; Miss Alice NJ. Gates,
Secretary. What Can the Normal
Schools Do for the Teaching of Nature
Study?" G. L. Leslie, San Francisco
State Normal; THE Use of Minerals in
Nature Study" Gllustrated), Superin-
tendent Edward Hyatt of Riverside
County; 1.-THE Earth's Surface in Ma
ture Study" Gllustrated), H. w. Fair
banks. Berkeley; Insect Life in Nature
Study Gllustrated), Miss Bertha Chap
man, Santa Barbara; PLANT Life in Ma
ture Study" Qllustrated), DR.. w. ]. v.
Osterhout, Botanical Department, Uni
Iversity of California Exhibit of appli-
ance and materials for nature study.
Committee, Miss E. B. McFadden of
Oakland, Miss McCracken of Oakland
| Edward Hughes of Stockton.
| All of those who have matters of in
terest to exhibit that show the practical
work of nature study will add great
value to the meeting. Contributions
and loans will be properly credited. For
instructions for sending apply to one
of the above committee.
Outline course in Nature Study, DR.. 0.
P Jenkins, Stanford University.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH-AS-
SEMBLY CHAMBER.
Wednesday, December 27th-9 a. m.
C C. Hughes, President. Subject,
Training in Oral and Written Ex-
preston" In Primary Grades-Miss
Stowen, San Francisco Normal. Dis
cussion-Professor T. L. Heaton, Uni
versity of California; Madam Pechin,
Cooper Primary School, San Francisco;
Mrs. Clara NJ. Partridge, Berkeley; Miss
E. Louise Smythe, San Rafael; Miss
Jessie A. Ryan, Stockton.
In Grammar Grades. F. E. Perhan,
Stockton. Discussion-Miss Eleanor
Brooks Pearson, Palo Alto; Miss Sus-
anna Cory, Fresno; Mrs. A. T. Greene,
Salinas: Miss Mary Meyrick, Palo Alto;
Miss Anna c.. Weeks, Sacramento; A.
H. SuzaIlo, Principal Longfellow School,
Alameda.
A study of the subject in the San Ra-
fael schools presented by Miss Belle
C. Brown; Superintendent E. M. Cox,
Santa Rosa; Superintendent ]. A. Han
cock, Santa Barbara; c. P. Nelson,
Alameda; Professor T. L. Heaton, Berk
eley.
DEPARTMENT OF THE CALIFOR-
MA ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS
OF HISTORY-SENAT CHAMBER.
Thursday, December %, 1S99-Rich
ard D. Faulkner, President; Mrs. R. v.
| Winterburn, Secretary.
Discussion of 1.-The Study of History
in Schools-Report to the American
Historical Association by the Commit
tee Of Seven
8 a. m.-"Continuity of Historical
Study and the Relation of History to
Other Subjects Miss Jennie Eliza
beth Weir, University of Nevada; Miss
Marion Adams, Santa Barbara High
School.
9:45 a. m-"Four Years Course" E.
NJ Cox, City Superintendent, Santa
Rosa
10 a. m.-'Ancient History; It's Place
and Purpose" DR.. Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, President University Cali
fornia.
1920 a. m-"Methods of Instruction"
Professor George Elliott Howard, Lee
land Stanford Junior University; Pro-
fessor E. /. Miller, State Normal School,
Chico: Frank B. Wootten, Lodi High
! School