The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-12-13
A GOING.
Eighteenth Annual Convention OF 8.
ID. Teachers Mt

ID. Teachers mt YanktOn.
The eighteenth annual session of the
South Dakota Educational association.
TO he held at Yankton, Dec. rs to %. is
the one matter of general interest in
educational circles over the state at
present. There are in the ~neighborhood
OF a thousand teachers in the state,
mber OF the association, and most
or them intend to be present at the
session this year.
The work of the meeting has been
very iudiciously arranged, and will be
under the direction of the best educa,
tionable ability obtainable. Five gen.
eral departments have been provided
Tor, as follows: City and town super
vision department of primary and kin
dergarten Instruction. department of
colleges and high schools and the de-
partment of common schools. In the
first of these divisions some of the
leading high school superintendent of
the state will read papers and lead gen.
eral discussions. Among those who
viii participate are: G.. H.. Grace Of
Miller; j. II. Hotley, Mound City: L.
j. Waller. Brookings: j. r. Byers,
Parker; j. Il. McClennan, Madison:
r G. Quigley, Mitchell. The business
session VIII be held Friday morning.
Dec. 23.
The department of county s~upervis-
ion is under the direction of A. IA.
Bamard OF Watertovn. The opening
session VIII he held on Wednesday
morning. At the afternoon session.
Needed Changes In Our School Laws
will be discussed by Supt. c. b. Fon-
cannon Of Mcpherson county. Others
on the programme for this session are
the superintendent of K~hgsbury,
Hamlin, Potter, Turner. Lake, Grant
and Hutchinson counties.
Meetings of the department of pri-
mary and kindergarten instruction win
be held on Thursday and Friday morn
ings. Besides those actively engaged
in kindergarten work in the state,
many of the most prominent educators
will take part. Prominent among those
having subjects on Thursday are:
Mrs. Lille S. Cooper of Elk Point:
Mrs. Florence w. S~loirecke-. Vermill-
ion; Miss Nellie Collins Of the Madison,
State Normal school. Miss Amy A.
White Of Sioux City will begin the
Friday session with an article on "Ev-
eryday Child Study,'q' and during the
same session, Educational Influences
of the Home, School and Street" will
be discussed by Mrs. NJ. w. Lawton of
Yankton. Miss L. E. Morse of Fland-
reau and George A. Clark of Yankton.
Manual training will receive much
attention in the department Of colleges
and high schools. In the first session.
Thursday morning, this subject, as 1t
may be applied in high schools, will be
discussed by c.. 3. H. Pfckerel or
Pierre and President Heston, of the
State Agricultural college at Brook
ings. State Sup. f. E. Collins, M. /.
Turner of Mitchell; j. NJ. Teesdale OF
Clear Lake, and w. r. Dawn of Clark
will also take up interesting topics. AT
the Friday session, science and self
government in the high school will be
discussed by H. E.. French of Elk
Point: S. A. Emery, Redfeld; E. G.
Grubbs, Lead; George A. Clark, Yank
on.
Among the subjects taken up in the
department of common schools, n on
1.-THE Foreign Children In III Country
Schools" by o. o. Vognil of Irene, and
one on Suggestive Experiments for
Common Schools" by Prof. H. B. Mat
thews Of Brookings college, will be ex-
tremely practical.
The afternoons and evenings will be
given over to general sessions, and VIII
be filled full Of good things.