The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-15
IOWA TEACHERS
Program Planned for State AS
ISOLATION Meeting.


December 20, II and 20, is now complete
ed, and in strength, is fully up to the
traditions of the association.
The committee has secured from out
side the state Harper, Hills, Speer,
Council, and Miss Blood, of Chicago,
names that guarantee program that
ought to bring to this meeting school
officers and teachers from every nook
and corner of the state. But this is not
all. The committee has the hearty CO.
operation of Iowa's representative edit
Gators in every department of education
al work representative of the association.
Hence it naturally follows that the
programs of the various round tables,
departments and sections, as well as the
general program, touch upon every
phase of educational work, from the
kindergarten to the university, from the
school teacher to the school director.
Here all the educational forces of the
state ought to be brought into harmon
ious relations and unified.
The program is now in the hands Of
the printer and will soon be ready for
distribution to the teachers of the state.
Tuesday evening. Dec. IS, at the or
binary of the Slavery, the annual bust
ness meeting of the Educational Council
will be held.
Wednesday morning, at O'Clock,
there will be sessions of the Educational
Council, Woman's Round Table, Greek
Teachers Round Table and Latin Teach
ers Round Table.
Wednesday afternoon at 2 80 o'clock,
the Iowa Child Study society," the con-
vention of conductors and normal insti-
k,,t ,,,e ~ +t,a
tables will, hold their sessions.
Among the many topics of interest that
come up for consideration at the We'd
nesday afternoon sessions, it might be
we'll to speak specially of DR.. Patrick's
interesting presentation of the methods
and apparatus used in the testing of
children in sight, hearing, physical con-
dition, etc before the round table of the
Child Study Society. The Reading and
Physical Training round table are hap
Ply to announce that Miss Mary A. Blood,
principal of the Columbia School of Or
atory will be present and conduct ia
bic talk on The Study of Expression
as the Means of Character Building"
And so, if STace and time permitted,
special points of attraction might be
mentioned in the program Of each round
table
The first session of the general asso-
citation will be held at the new auditor
ium Wednesday evening, at $50 o'clock,
at which time the president of the asso-
citation, Principal w. ~, Klddell, will
make an address. There will also be
an address by President Harper, of Chi
cago University. Subject: The Trend
of Popular Education" Following this
session there will be a reception to the
teachers at the Slavery, under the direc-
ton of Supt Sheakley, chairman of the
| local committee. Be there and meet
President Harper.
Thursday morning the second session
of the general association will be held in
the new Auditorium. Papers will be
presented by Supt. D. NJ. Kelly, of Ce-
dar Falls; Supt. S. H. Sheakley, OF Des
MONIES, and Supt. w. W. Speer of
| Chicago. Supt Speer was formerly an
Iowa teacher and feels at home among
Iowa teachers. He has made for him
| self an enviable reputation as teacher
and superintendent. His methods of
teaching arithmetic have made for him
! a national reputation. He will talk to
/ the association on this subject. Every
body will want to hear Supt. Speer
whether endorsing his theories and
methods or not.
Thursday afternoon Will be given over
to the programs of the several depart
ments and sections A study of the
programs will show that the trainers
thereof are alive to the vital pedagogical
! problems of the day. And teachers who
participate in the discussion of these
{ problems will be helped to keep abreast
I OF The best educational thought of the
! day.
Thursday evening the association will
have the privilege of listening to a lee
ture by Or. Hills, of Brooklyn. DR..
Hills is another Iowa boy who has
worked his way up into the highest rank
as a preacher and an orator. His sub
ject is The Mechanic Arts and the Re-
demption Of Society through Tools and
Machinery"
Following the lecture there will be
reunion of the colleges of the Iowa
State Association at places which will
be designated in the printed program.
Friday morning and afternoon there
will be sessions of the general associa-
ton. In the morning there will be ad-
dresses or papers by President r. c.
Hughes, of Tabor. subject, Iowa
Schools" President Seerley, of the
State Normal school, subject, Etiquette
of the Profession" Miss Blood, princi-
pal Of the Columbia School of Oratory,
subject, Reading" and r. c. Barrett,
superintendent of public instruction.
In the afternoon there will be a half
hour of short talks on the kindergarten
by popular educators; an address by
President Mclean, of the State Univer-
sity, subject, THE Iowa Educational
Creed and Deed" an address by w. H.
Council, president of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college, Normal, Ala.
Subject, Negro Religion and Charac-
ter: No Apology"
A special effort has been made to make
the program Of Friday afternoon as
strong as that of any session of the as
ISOLATION. Those who fail to hear it will
miss some of the best things of the meet
ing. Make your arrangements to sly
through to the end of this session of the
/. S. T. A.
Fewer papers have been assigned to
each session of the association this year
than usual in order to give more time
Tor general discussion than has been the
custom heretofore. II is hoped that this
will bring about greater freedom and
spontaneity of discussion than has been
possible with crowded program.
Made Young Again,
Zone of Dr. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me in
my teens again." writes d. III. Turner |