The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-20

o'olock-Cisy Hall.
Devotional exsroisss conducted By Prof.
John N. SswaiL Bangor seminary.
sipE,ns wv Mrs W A; Melon p ~, Ssn s;ss
Hon. Arthur Chaplin Of faneor.
Address Of Welcome In behalf OF the
School Department,
Daniel Arthur Robinson, n. d., Presf-
dent Of the school Board.
The Educational Work Of the Womsns
Clubs, Mrs FIorencs Collins Porter.
Presidents Of the state Federation OF
What Nsst Hun. ". w. S.ssson, State
Superintendent Of Public Schools.
THURSDAY FORENOON.
AZ s.so, High School Building, Harlow
Street, Room A.
Grade TX from Union square school win
send girls chorus TO show some exht-
pition work In music. The convention
h invited. Departmental work Will
follow directly In the fame building.
DEPARTMENT OF sUPERIsTEND-
ENCE.
Room q. High School Building. Harlow
Street.
supt l. q. Phillips. Lewiston, Presi.
dent
q SHOW Can Teaehsrs' Meetings be
Made Most Helpful Supt. Mary s.
IL the Looal Training School Advantage
Gus to City School Systemf Supt. A.
T.. Waag, Auburn.
What should Be Approved and What
Disnpprsved In the Ranking Systemf
Supt. .. NJ. Lord, Portland.
What Notifications Ara Needed In the
course of Study for Common schooisf
state Supt. Stetson.
How Many .drades Are Best for a
Roomf How Many Divisions Are Best
for GrLdss Supt. n. 3. Brick. bei-
fast.
The above subjects are to be opened by
of eacn will follow from the floor.
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Room b. High School Building. Harlow
street.
Prin. Charles Il. Fish, Brunswick high
School, President.
/ Q. 30 Science In Secondary Schools. Prof.
franklin q. Robinson, Bowdoin Col
loge.
discussion opened by Prin. Q. W. Mars
ton. Skowhegan High School.
Physica BIOGRAPHY In Secondary Schools
\. h. Damon. Science DEBT. Bangor
High School.
Disuu ssion ,pened by Prin. Il. II. Pratt
Ellsworth High School,
Civics In Secondary Schools, Prin. ID.
I. Hathorn, Wilton Academy.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT..
Room ID, High School Building. Harlow
Street.
dent
0. AUTHORIZATION Of High and Grammar
School Work, Prin. u. II. Libby, Jor-
dan High School, Lewiston.
Composition. Miss Helen l.. lew, Super
visor Of Drawing, Lewiston.
Reading In Grammar Schools. Miss Dora
b. Moody. Lewiston.
English Grammar. Prin. W. j. Cortheli,
State Normal School, Gorham.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT AND KIN
DERGARTEN.
Room A. High School.
Miss ANN MacSkimmon' Bangor, Presi-
dent.
0. 5O-Number In Primary Grade. Miss
Olive n. Lyford, Model teacher in
Lewiston Training School.
Uss of Pictures In Primary School Work,
Miss Amy Rachel Whittier. Supervisor
Of Drawing, bangor.
The Pho sito Element In Reading, X. j.
CondoI Superintendent of scaools,
Everett, Mass. The Use Of Kindergar-
ten Occupations as Rslnted to Primary
Work, Miss Mary L. Stewart, Boston.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
2t0. City Hall.
TheAppointment of Committees and
Business.
The Appeal OF Nature Study to the In
weri aye, Miss Mary NaoSkimmon.
Principal Of the Pierce School, Brook
line, Mass.
Snbjsot to be announced, Prin. George G.
burlington, Pennington State Normal
school.
some Physical and Moral Considers. lions
In Education. Grace n. kimball, III.
D.. Of Vassar College.
THURSDAY EVENING.
The teachers of Bangor win tender a
reception to the Maine State Pedagogical
society. All visiting teachers are cor
daily invited TO be present. The recsp-
ton will be In City hall from 8. 30 to II
o'clock.
FRIDAY FORENOON.
-9CO-City Hall.
RURAL SCHOOLS.
State Supt. W. W. Stetson. Presld en- t.
Cooperation of Parents, Mrs. n. l..
Curtis, Brownyille.
Uses of Text Books. Mira. II. W. G..
WiggiD, Levant.
The Mission OF the Rural School. Prin.
W. j. Corthell, 6orhan.
Union of Towns for the Purpose Of Pro-
viding Better Supervision of Schools,
Supt. J. Alvah futile, Boothbny Har-
Tor.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
2.S0- City Hall.
Music by the High School Orchestra,
bangor. Ia Bonheurperdue, L Giliet.
COL La Cinquintsine, Gabriel Marie.
Announcements. Reports Of Commit
tees. Other Business
Testing OF the Sight Of School Children
DIR. James A. Spalding, Portland. Me.
| Suppls msntary ideals, Rev. L. L. St
John Superintendent of Schools, East
port, Me.
very Day Problems In School Work.
Joseph g. Edgerly, Superintendent OF
Schools, Fitchpurg. Mass.
FRIDAY EVENING.
o'olock.-City Hall.
Music-vioiin Solo. Miss Mary Weston
accompanied by Miss Isabel Weston.
Nature Study In the Schools. Margaret