Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-08
TEACHERS PROGRAM
Southeastern Iowa Teachers Asso.
citation to be Held in Ottumwa.
NOTED EDUCATORS WILL Be PRESENT
Sessions Will be Held Thursday Even.
ing, Friday and Saturday, March
29.31-Headquarters at Y.
M. G. A. Building.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The program has been completed for
the Southeastern Iowa Teachers as
ISOLATION meeting which will convene
in this city March 29-31, and contains
manv features that will be of the
greatest interest to educators. Many
persons prominent in educational work
are on the program and will speak
from experience on the topics assigned
them. Music is pleasingly interspers-
ed in the program and altogether tits
one that will be helpful as well as en-
joyable.
The officers of the association are
Superintendent +. +. King, of Center
vile, president; Miss Elizabeth Felix
ner. Iowa City, secretary; Superin-
tendent o. w. Weyer, Keokuk, chair
| man of the executive committee; SUI
perintendent \. w. Stuart, Ottumwa,
chairman of the local committee, and
| Principal w. j.. Sampson, Burlington,
| railroad secretary. The chairmen of
| the local committees are: Z. G Pierce,
enrolment; Miss Emma Fielder, enter
| tainment; Prof. A. L. Stolebarger. re-
ception; Miss Laura c. George, school
! exhibit, and Mrs. Frances NJ. Clark, mu
| sic.
Richard c. Barrett, superintendent
of public instruction, has issued cir
cular requesting that all school boards
embraced in the district composing
this association grant the teachers per-
mission to attend this meeting without
loss of pay and it is thought that the
request coming from so high an auth
GRITTY will be granted
The headquarters of the association
will be at the Y. NJ. c. A. building and
the sessions will be held both in that
building and at the high school, Adj
Jams school and at the Grand opera
house. On Thursday evening the ses-
sion will be held at. the high school
building. as it will also Fri
day morning. Friday evening
it. will meet ait the Grand opera
house and Saturday morning at the
high school building again. The meet
ings of the several sections will be
held Friday afternoon at the high
school building. the Adams school bull
1 ding and at The Y. NJ. G. A. auditorium.
Programs.
Following is the program for Thurs
day evening, March 20, at the high
school:
i Music.
| Invocation.
/ Music.
! Address of Welcome-T. D. Foster.
i RESPONSE. d. Blakeslee, president
of Iowa Wesleyan University.
Il Music.
i Address, democracy and the Public
j School" w. French. Chicago.
Friday Morning.
4 This session will be held at the high
school building beginning at 8 O'clock
in the morning.
/ Music.
Invocation.
i Announcement of committees.
| Address, 1.-THE Future Policy of To-
4 wa as to the Training of Teachers
State Superintendent r. c. Barrett.
i Address, "The Essentials of Effective
Teaching"-Prof.C c. P. Colgrove. Cedar
Falls.
Discussons--R. H. Hardness, presi-
dent of Graceland college; Superinten-
dent L. j. ii. Beard. Newton.
4 Address, s'Art III the Public Schools
w. S. Mack, Chicago.
Address, "Alusic in the Public
Schools"-Mrs. Jessie l.. Gaynor, Chi
:. cago.
!. Cycle of Gaynor songs-First grade
;, pupils.
Discussion-NIissE Edith Brandt, Char
; iton; Prof A. f. Parsons, Creston.
General discussion.
Friday Evening.
The session Friday evening will be
held at the Grand opera house begin
ming at o'clock.
Music.
. Invocation.
! Music.
Il Address, sour Uncommon Schoo
FL System"-Pres. G. Il. Mclean, Stat,
u University.
Music.
e Saturday Morning.
s The Saturday morning session vii
0 be held in the high school building, be
:, ginning promptly at Q o'clock.
Il Music.
Invocation.
j Business meeting. Reports of com
g mittees.
I Address, ''The Educational Value o
e Science"-Prof. w. III. Norton, Rurl
g ington.
7. Discussion-Su D. a. Thornburs
Grinnell, and Principal w. ID. Wells
Davenport.
81 Paper, "1rhe Ratio Idea; How Ia
y PRACTICABLE" Miss Carrie Van Glider
: Knoxville
o Discussion Helen Elliott. Ottumwa
t, and Principal ". Speers. Genierville.
Ii ADDRESS, "The Relation OF the Puhli
e Library to the Public School Mis-
Cora II, Pittman, principal Care,
school, KeokulS.
$ Discussion +. Williams, superi1
: PENDENT Of schools, Fairfield s. ]