The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-13
IDEAS OF THE TEACHERS
Many Papers Read on a Variety
of Subjects.
UP-TO-DATE EDUCATION
Cincinnati, Charleston and Montreal, Cam
didates for the Convention Next
Year-The Odds Appear to Be in
Charleston's Favor.

! Los Angeles, Cal, July 12.-In the
general session of the National Edu-
| cational association to-day, Prof. ]. H.
| Hinemann of Pine Bluff, Ark, repre-
senting the Southern Educational as
ISOLATION, delivered an address upon
| the education status in the South
which aroused great attention.
"Quo Vadimus" was the reminiscent
title of a paper read by Mrs. Helen
Grenfelt. state superintendent of pub
lie instruction of Colorado
THE Average Scholarship of the
Average Pupil was the topic dealt
with by Prof. F. Ritzler, superintend-
ent of schools at Portland, Ore. He
drew attention to the necessity for ar
ranging the course of study to suit the
peculiar needs of each child. syS-
tenn whereby the child can have one
class teacher, but at the same time be
allowed to take studies in other grades
for which his ability fits him, was
strongly advocated,
Prof. W. S. Monroe of Winfield,
Mass, read paper on "Fatisue
| Among Children" in which he pointed
out many of the promoting causes and
| suggested the remedy.
| Howard j. Rogers, director of educa-
ton and social economy and United
States commissioner TO the Paris eX-
| position, spoke on the UNITED States
Exhibit at Paris"
The paper that aroused widest COM
ment at the evening session of the con-
vention was the one read by. Prof. Ell
mer E. Brown of the University of Cali
fornia upon the subject of Art in Edu-
cation"
Other papers were read by Hon. L.
D. Harvey, superintendent of public
instruction of Wisconsin, on "Funda-
mentals in Teaching" by Frank Rig
Ter, superintendent of schools, Port
land, Ore, on THE Average Scholar
ship of the Average Pupil" by F. w.
Parker, principal Of the normal school,
Chicago, on The Education of the
Citizen" and by c. B. Gilbert, super
intendent of schools, Newark, N. j.,
on The Manifest Destiny of Popular
Education"
The department of child study was
enlivened by a comprehensive address
| by President w. S. Monroe, Westfield,
Mass, on the topic Status of Child
| Study in Europe"
Miss G. NJ Edmund. principal of the
| training school at Lowell, Mass, also
| contributed a paper on Child Study
| in Normal and Training Schools in
which she contended that psychol--
ogy, biology, physiological psychology
and child study have contributed more
| new truths bearing on education dur
| ing the last rs years than We're dis
covered during the preceding 200.
Mrs. Marie Kraus-Boelte of New
| York city presided In the kindergar-
| ten and Mr. Miller presented a paper
| which attracted special attention. He
| applied himself to an examination of a
few failings of kindergarten methods,
1 pointing out some of the weaknesses
of the method and offering sugges-
| tons for remedying the defects.
Mrs. M. r. Hofer of Chicago read a
/ paper on the Educational Use of Mu-
/ sic for Children Under the Age of
| Seven Years. and a character study
in the kindergarten was presented by
Prof. It. B. Bailey, one of the faculty
of the University of California.
A suggestive paper on the subject
do Our High Schools Prepare for
| College and for Life in Accordance
| With the Requirements of Both?" was
| read by G. B. Morrison, principal of
the medical training high school, Kan
/ sas City, department of secondary cd
| ucaton. In the opinion OF the speaker
the thought side in the schools should
be strengthened by using fewer books
| and more laboratories; the. expression
| side by the constant practice Of ICr-
traying daily experiences by words,
drawings and figures.
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 for the University of
| Nebraska, dealt with the subject,
| Should Arithmetic, English Grammar,
| History and Geography Be Reviewed in
| the High SCHOOL,
A discussion took place in the depart
ment of normal schools. based on
report of the committee on normal
| schools. but which was confined largely
| to that part Of the report dealing with
the training schools. DIR. II. T. Lukens
| head training teacher of the normal
school of California, Pa, and DIR. ]. w
| Hall, Greeley, Colo, contributed at some
length on points of interest brought
out. Mrs. l. c. Wilson, p. II. D., head
of the department of biology in the
! Philadelphia normal schools, spoke on