The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
n. E. A. PROGRAMS.
Some of the Special Programs A .
Already Prepared.
ART AND MANUAL TRAINING
Meetings of These Departments Will
BE Held In University Chapel
r. . Plans for Music.

: The completed program of the National
Educational association will not be in
the hands of the secretary until the MIDI
die CT next week, but the departments OF
art education and manual training have
completed their programs, which nave
been issued jointly, and they are now out
in a handsome folder Of rougn brown
cardboard with the letters IN. e. A." en-
bossed in gold on the front leaf. All
meetings of both departments will be held
in the university chapel and they will
alternate. On Thursday afternoon there
will be a joint session at which the prin-
cipal address will be given by Ernest F.
Fenellossa, a distinguished art critic.
formerly curator Of the Boston Museum.
His topic will be "Art Education In Re-
lation to Manual Training"
Tae joint session will be followed by an
official visit to the Walker art gallery.
Another feature of special interest to
these departments will be the exhibition
of work of the manual training, drawing
and primary industrial departments of the
Minneapolis schools. In the main this is
the exhibition shown in May at the West
ern Drawing Teachers association. j.
c. Barton will assist in installing the ex-
hibits AMI will decorate the East high
school, where they will be placed.
Miss Bonnie Snow, chairman of the art
education section, said that 1t was
probable that a department reception
would be arranged, although this has not
been definitely settled.
Physical Culture Drills.
Mrs. Louise Preece Of the physical edu-
cation section Is very busy arranging
drills and exercises for the sessions Of
that section Wednesday and Thursday
evenings at the Exposition auditorium.
Danz's band Of fifteen pieces and the
har WILL nrnvfda
music for these exercises. Mrs. Preece
Is herself drilling class of ninety teach
ers; Misses Norris and Witchie are In
charge of a class Of boys from the North
hig1 SCI ool; and Mr.. Painter is training
Il class of boys front the Adams.
Miss Helen Trask has rather the most
arduous task OF any Of the department
chairmen, for she has not only to arrange
for the two meetings of her department.,
but to provide music for the general ses-
sions and all Of the eighteen sectional
meetings. In carrying out this part OF
her duties che sent circular to all of the
leading musicians Of the city, asking their
cooperation in supplying the needed
music. Although the meetings will be at
a time of the year when many musicians
will be away she has been able to get
sixty of the best known musicians to
promise their service and the assignments
to meetings are now being made. r ~
It was not possible to keep many Of
the school musical organizations together,
but of them the North high chorus, the
Adams chorus and the North high girls
glee cub will sing, also the following
school pupils, Inez Davis, Clara Thomp-
son, Eleanor Nesbit and Eugene Paulle,
and Walter Stenvig will play the violin.
Several Of the, school numbers will be Civ
en- at the meetings Of the music section
Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
, -. N. E. A. Snapshots.
Franklin W.. Barrows of Buffalo, N. Y,
president of the department Of scientific in
struction, will be unable to be present at
the convention, although he has, prepared
the program for the department. The de-
partment meetings will be presided over by
the vice president W.. H.. Norton, Mount
Vernon, Iowa. r.. .-...-.. -.sa1 =. -,
E. E. Allen. vice. president OF the depart
ment Of special education, and down on 1.-The
program. to speak on the special work OF
teahcing the blind, will not be present. He
is superintendent of the Pennsylvania 1nsti-
tuition for the Blind at Overbrook. :. pc,
Among the musical organizations that will
furnish an agreeable variation of the pro-
grams will be school. band of ty-four
Indians from South Dakota, and girls man
doin club of eleven pieces from the same
school. These organizations will arrive on
July 6, and will be heard at the meetings of
the Indian department and at other sessions
Of the convention. A concert for Monday
evening at the exposition building, with. the
Indian musicians as the chief attraction, has
been suggested. ...- -. -
b A party Of fifteen from Philadelphia has
been assigned to quarters in Stanley Hall.
The house has been offered for the occasion,
and others will find themselves very agree
ably situated there. Rooms continue to come
in, but there is need for Still more. ,~'S,2
The general headquarters at the courthouse
will be opened July 5, so that everything may
be ready for the rush and early arrivals
promptly cared for. T. .'' - -