Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-13
A GOING.
Eighteenth Annual Convention of y.
ID. Teachers MT HRnktOn.

-'SbsSsutu AnuuaI convention Oh y.
ID. Teachers mt Nankton.
n eighteenth annual session OF the
south Dakota Educational association,
10 be held at Yankton, Dec. 26 to IS, Is
'ne n matter of general interest in
educational circles over the state at
present. There are in the n~eighborhood
OK a thousand teachers in the state,
members of the association, and most
or them intend to be present at the
session this year.
The work OF the meeting has been
very Judiciously arranged, and viii be
unaer the direction of the best educa-
onabie ability obtainable. Five gen
eral departments have been provided
LOT. as follows: City and town super
vision department. OF primary and kim
dergarten Instruction, department OF
colleges and high schools and the de-
partment of common schools. In the
hrst of these divisions some OF the
leading high school superintendent Of
the state will read papers and lead gem
erai discussions. Among those who
VIII participate are: G.. III. Grace OF
Miller; j. II. Hotley, Mound City; l..
=. Waller. Bookings; j. r. Byers,
Parker; r. B. McClennan. Madison;
T. q. Quigley, Mitchell. The business
session VIII be held Friday morning,
Dec. 2S.
The depa rtment Of county supervis-
ion is under the direction of A. n.
Barnard of WATERFOWL. The opening
session will be held on Wednesday
morning. At the afternoon session,
Needed Changes In Our School Laws
VIII be discussed by Supt. C. b. Fon-
cannon Of Mcpherson county. Others
on the programme for this session are
the superintendent Of Kingsbury,
Hamlin, Potter, Turner, Lake, Grant
and Hutchinson counties.
Meetings of the department OF pri-
mary and kindergarten instruction will
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. ~Sloirecker. 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. B. II. Pickerel of
Pierre and President Heston, of the
State Agricultural college at Brook
ings. State SUP. f. E. Collins. M. 1.
Turner of Mitchell; J. NJ. Teesdale of
Clear Lake, and w. r. Davis of Clark
will also take up interesting topics. At
the Friday session, science and self
government in the high school will be
discussed by III. E. French Of Elk
Point; s. A. Emery, Redfeld; f. G.
Grubbs, Lead: George A. Clark, Yank-
ton.
Among the subjects taken up in the
| department of common schools, n on
THE Foreign Children in Our Country
Schools" by o. o. Vognil of Irene. and
one on Suggestive Experiments for
Common Schools by Prof. III. B. Mat
thews of Bookings college, will be ex-
tremely practical.
The afternoons and evenings will be
| given over TO general sessions, and will
be filled full of good things.