Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-01-11
THEY WELD THE ROD
TEACHERS or WISCONSIN MEET
IN MILWAUKEE.
Session Is Attended by Six Hundred
Pedagogues from All Parts of the
State-An Excellent Program Pre-
sented-OfficersA Are Chosen.

The twenty-seventh annual meeting or
| the Wisconsin Teachers Association op-
| ened .on Wednesday, at the Grand Ave
| nue. Congregational Church in MllWau-
| kee, with 600 teachers in attendance.
| Prof M. V. O'Shea discussed Art and
It's Relations to Schools and Society.
| He took strong ground in favor or nav
| ing the artistic nature of children de-
veloped in the schools. M. S. Frawley
of Eau Claire delivered an address on
| the value of manual training in the
| schools. Dr. HI. w. Delafield Of the Chi
| cago Manual Training School read pa
| per along the same lines. He pointed
out that the hand could not be trained
without educating the brain. The features
| Of Thursdays session were the election OF
| officers and the address of Prof. Graham
| Taylor of Chicago. Prof. Taylor's adj
| dress was somewhat sensational and
dealt with the teaching of the young IN
| the public schools to understand what
should be the fundamental principles OF
| this Government. He was particularly
severe in his arraignment of the method
| of government in American cities and he
pointed out that the teaching of lndlyld-
ualism must end in anarchy if not check
| ed in time In the course Of his adj
dress Mr.. Taylor said:
| "America's cities are the worst govern
ed in the world, and apparently run on
| the principle to get all you can. Nothing
is done for the public. But the public
has the right that it be given returns
and this demand is rumbling through ey-
cry large city in the land, and unless it's
cry is heard some day there will be an
answer of which the Haymarket riots
were mere warming"
Prof. Taylor urged all teachers to real
ize their responsibility in this matter and
to try to bring up their pupils with the
idea of making of them good citizens.
Charles X. Adams, president of the
University of Wisconsin, as chairman of
| the committee named to investigate
whether the eight years. work being done
| by the grades can be accomplished In
shorter time, presented the committees
report This advocates more study
rather than more learning; push forward
the bright pupils ahead of the dull ones;
substitute linguistic studies for the frllls
of the common school course; but do not
shorten the course" Principal Arthur
Burch of the Milwaukee South Side high
school, discussing the report, said that
English, German and either French or
Latin might be added to the grammar
! course with profit. 'But the introduction
Of other languages will dissipate the eff
| fort of the grade pupil, and will turn him
aside from the great purpose of that ed
ucation,'' he said 'The study of Eng
| lish seems to me to be decidedly the study
which is our best instrument IN forming
the American pupil to American uses.
In other respects Principal Burch COM
mended the report.
| President w. III. Elson of Superior de-
livered his annual address, advocating
the necessity for stimulating and ut1liz-
| ing individual purpose in school work.
Papers on various subjects were read by
| George p. Brown, editor of School and
Home Education; Mrs. F. III. Fowler OF
| La Crosse, Sarah A. Haste Of Superior,
NJ E. Ruel of Baraboo, Ethel Milliman
Of Racine, Anna G. Lloyd Of Racine, Al
bert III. Sanford of Stevens Point. Arnold
Tompkins of the Illinois State normal
university addressed the convention ON
| 1.-The Religion of Education
The following officers were elected:
President, w. N. Parker, Madison; first
vice-president, H. A Whipple, Baraboo;
second vice-president, Mae e. Schretzer,
Madison; third vice-president, M. III.
Jackson, Hudson; secretary, j. w.
| BOyne, milwaukee; treasurer, d. ID. DoI-
| dent, Marshfeld Executive committee
w. H Elson, Superior; w. Ell. Schultz,
Sheboygan; w. II. Griffith, Wilmot.
The City superintendent and Super
| yising Principals Association began it's
sessions Tuesday morning. Several pa
pers were presented during the day bear
| ing on the question of the Improvement
Of the grade schools, with which the
| members of the association have to do.
In the evening the association had ban
quet at the Plankinton.