Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-10
ALL WISH TO ATTEND
Rock Island Teachers May Go to
the Rockford Convention
in a Body.
CONSENT OF BOARD TO BE ASKED
Interesting Program for Three Days
Meet of Northern AssO-
citation.

Supt. Ii. b. Hayden reports that ar
rangements for the Northern Illinois
Teachers association convention are
rapidly approaching completion.
The teachers of both Rock Island
and Moline are taking an active in
terest in this meeting and it is eN-
pected that there will be large dele
cations in attendance from both cit
les Nearly all of the Rock Island
teachers have expressed the desire to
attend, and Supt. Hayden will present
the matter to the board of education
at its regular meeting next Tuesday
and ask that the teachers be permit
ted to attend. AS this is the first
time in several years that the teach
ers have made n general request for
the privilege it is expected that the
board will grant them the necessary
leave of absence.
The officers of the Northern Hi
nois Teachers association are: Pres
ident, Royal I. Morgan, Wheaton;
vice president, III. y. Hollister, Ster
ling; secretary, S. f. ParsOn. DeKalb:
treasurer, \. w. Hussey. Geneseo;
Rochelle. Executive committee, Her
bert B. Hayden, Rock Island; Jenni"
w. Clute, Kankakee; John j. Allison.
Joliet.
The general subject of the Rock.
ford meeting is to be Ethics and the
School me program follows, the
convention to be held Oct. 1925:
Thursday. 3 N. MISREPRESENTATION Church.
Ethics and the School" Presenta-
ton from the theoretical side. DIR.
George +. Vincent, University of Chi
cago.
Practical treatment of the topic
from the school side, including the
question, what characteristics i'm
Children Need Special Attention.
Supt. w. Ii. Hatch, Oak Park.
General discussion.
Friday. a. m-CentennIaI NJ. T. ChurcL.
Cooperation of School and Home.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Hefferan, Chicago, rep
resenting the Illinois Congress of
aIothers.
THE School as a Social Center"
Miss Ida Mighell, principal of Bryant
school, Chicago; State Supt. Alfred
Bayliss; Supt. J. X. Stableton, Bloom
ington.
THE Problem of the Delinquent
Boy" Judge Richard S. Tuthill, Chi
cago, followed by opportunity for
questions and answers.
General discussion. Announcement
of committees.
Friday. p m.-CongregatiOnal Church
Mol
lie Morrell.
Prayer-Rev. p. II. Snyder, Rock
ford.
Address of welcome-Mayor Amasa
Hutchins, Rockford.
Response and words of greeting
County Supt. Royal T. Morgan, Wheat
on, president.
Music-Solo. Mrs. Maude +. Boil
man, Rockford.
Lecture-"Ihe Responsibility of the
Public School for Social Ethics.
DR.. Graham Taylor, Chicago Com
mons.
Saturday. a. m.-ConEreEational Church.
Music.
Discussion of printed papers.
(a) THE Schools Attitude Toward
the DlSSdIiSHtu Iupll- iOi. A@uthS'
E. Hatch, Northern Illinois Normal
school, DeKalb. General discussion
opened by August Maue, principal
Eastern Avenue school, Joliet.
OBJ ''The Citizens Attitude To-
ward the Delinquent Pupil" Rev. Viii
bur F. Atchison, Joliet. General dis
cussion opened by Hon. i. l.. Morri-
son, Rockford.
Report of committees. Business.
Note.-AIl section meetings con-
vene Friday at p. IN.
Primary SectIon-Congregatio Church
Miss Elizabeth Egan, Rock Island
chairman.
What Can We Put Into Child-lifs
to Prevent Delinquency?
THE Spirit of Industry and Knowl-
edge" Mrs. Gudrun Thorne Thorn
sen. School of Education. Chicago.
1.-The Spirit of Obedience" Miss
Sidney Fristoe, Moline.
1.-The Art Spirit" Miss Phoebe
Gardner, Aurora.
1.-The Mother Spirit" Miss Clara
Woltmann, Rock Island.
General discussion, led by Mrs.
Laura Collar, Industrial School for
Girls, Geneva.
Intermediate Congregational Church
Miss Emma U. Ellis, Elgin, chair
man.
THE Problem of Truancy." Miss
Minnie Whitman, principal William
Beye school, Oak Park. Discussion,
Miss Ida NJ. Patterson, Rockford.
''The Pupil who is too Old for His
Grade" Miss Anna l.. Smith, princi-
pal Woodland school, Joliet; Supt
Charles w. Groves, Dixon. General
discussion.
'Is There an Incorrigible Pupil%'
Supt. J. n. Adee, Sycamore; Miss
Lucy Magee, Geneseo.
Grammar School section-HIgh school.
Principal o. f. Barbour, Rockford,