The record-union., 1899-07-13

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covered during the preceding 200.
Mrs Marie Kraus Boelte of New
YORK City presided in the kindergar-
ten department, and DIR. N. Murray
Butler presented a paper which at
tracted special attention. He applied
himself to an examination of some of
the failings of kindergarten methods,
pointing out some of the weaknesses
of the method, and Offering suggestions
for remedying the defects.
Mrs. NJ. Ruef Hoffer of Chicago read
a paper on THE Educational Use of
Music for Children Under Ten Years
of Age" and a character study in the
kindergarten was presented by Pro-
fessor t. P. Bailey, one of the faculty
of the University of California.
A suggestive paper on the subject,
do High Schools Prepare for College
and for Life in Accordance With the
Requirements of Both?" was read by
G. B. Morrison, Principal of the Man
ual Training High School at Kansas
City, in the department of secondary
education. He enunciated it as an
automatic truth that the objects of
life are happiness, contentment and
cation consists ~ thought and it's ex-
preston. He ventured to say that the
high schools fail to prepare for life
to the extent that they treat language
as anything else than a vehicle for
thought, drawing as anything but
sort of universal language, and math-
ematics as other than device for
measuring quantity. In the opinion
of the speaker the thought side in
the schools should be strengthened by
using fewer books and more labora-
tories; the expression side by the con-
stant practice of portraying daily ex-
periences by words, drawings and fig
ures. In brief, schools would be i'm
proved if they taught more labor and
less discussion of the question of Ia
Dor. AS it is, the tendency of much
of the training is toward non-produc-
tiveness, caste militarism, socialism,
politics and laziness.
Professor E. P. Cubberly of Stanford
University led the discussion that fol-
lowed the reading of the paper, and
then J. W. Crabtree, inspector of ac-
credited schools of the University of
Nebraska, dealt with the subject,
History and Geography Be Reviewed
in the High SCHOOL,"
A discussion took place in the de-
partment of normal schools based on
a report of the Committee on Normal
Schools, but which was confined large
ly to that part of the report dealing
with the training school. The discus
sion was opened by the presentation
of thoughtful thesis on the Com
parative Value Of Student Teaching
in Normal School Work" and the con-
clusion arrived at was that in compari-
son with other lines of work in a
normal school, practice teaching is ca
pable of ranking as the most valuable
course for the student.
DR.. Herman T. Lukens, head training
teacher of the Normal School at Cali
fornia, Pa, and DR.. J. w. Hall of
Greeley, Col, contributed at some
length on the points of interest brought
out.
Mrs. L. L. Wilson, Phi. D., head of
the department of biology in the Phil
delphia Normal School, spoke lucidly
and concisely on the Relation of the
Practice School to the Other Depart
that Aesop's fable of the belly and it's
members might be used to typify the
relationship which should exist be- |
tween the teacher in a normal school
and the grades in practice school. AS
a plan for overcoming the difficulties |
Mrs. Wilson suggested letting the nor
NAL school teacher, within bounds, di- |
rect the teaching of his own subject |
in the practice school, outlining the |
course, helping the grade teacher and |
helping the pupil teacher. The normal
school teacher ought to teach himself.
in order that he may know the limita
tions and that he may show others
the possibilities. If in addition to
this he holds faculty meetings with
the grade teachers, for the purpose of
instructing them, then the speaker
thought he has done his share toward
making the practice school the cor
relating center of all the normal school
work
A valuable paper on "Peculiarities
Of the Western Side of the Rockies"
was read by DR.. E. w. Hilgard, Uni
versity of California, in the depart
ment of higher education, and Pro-
fessor Charles w. Dabney. President
Of the University Of Tennessee, fol-
lowed with an address on 1.-The Prac-
ticability of a National University"
The discussion elected by this paper
was participated in by some of the
geles. President David Starr Jordan
Of Stanford University opened the de-
bate in his Enthusiastically interest
ing fashion. He is a firm believer in
and advocate of national institution
Of learning, and he pointed out in
lucid manner the advantages of such
an educational establishment.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler OF
Columbia University and other noted
educators made arguments on this
.opic.
j. C. McNeill of West Superior, Wis.,
to-day resigned as Treasurer of the
National Educational Association, af
ter having held the position for ten
years past. Avowed candidates for
he position are L. C. Greenlee OF
Denver and c. S. Pearse of Omaha.
Candidates for the Presidency are
L. d. Harvey of Madison, Wis; J. A.
superintendent. of Schools,
Los Angeles; Elmer E. Brown, Berke-
ey, Cal; c. M. Jordan, Minneapolis;
:. O. r. Carson Cincinnati
The contest between representatives
If the various cities for the location
If the next convention has narrowed
1own to three cities = Cincinnati,
Charleston and Montreal, Canada. So
ar Charleston appears to be the most
'avored place.
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