The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-08

iioceedlngs before the opening session
o. tne western Drawing. Teachers asso-
f ~. convention in. Plymouth church
tnls morning were Unexpectedly brief
owing to the absence of the president
MRS. Jean New. Mellor Of Chicago and II
MISS Lillian S. Cushman, who was down
On the program for paper on "Clav
Modellng In the Public Schools Miss
~ eastman IS teacher in the Dewey school
OF the university of Chicago Mrs. MeIlor
VINO was to have read the presidents an,
nual ADDRESS, did not arrive in time. and
Inc vice president, Miss Abigail Dean ~
Rock Island. Ill, presided. =
-. Drawing In: Normal scbool.
Miss Wilhelmina seegmiller, supervisor
OF drawing in the public schools ~ IN ~
ola9apoils, reported for the committee
on drawing IN normal schools. The renort
was Volumlnous affair, formulated from
Information received by the Countries
~, n e. parts or the associations terri
lo Ky summed up it amounted to this:
drawing Is not satisfactorily taught in
most OF the state normal schools. +his =, ~
~ ul1ncult to secure competent drawing
teacners Tor the public schools at the salaries
PAID and the pupils suffer from incomnetent
INSTRUCTION. The committee recommends +b.+
normal schools include drawing in the suh3
,eets required for entrance, and that exam
tnaeions IN drawing be given all applicants
~ iurther recommends that the report he
prllteo IN pamphlet form and sent to nor
nai SCHOOLS and educators generally and tina
d copy De sent to William T. Harris com
missioner OF education at WASHINGTON. with
request that a; synopsis: be included in his
next annual report. Normal graduates are
usually incompetent to teach drawing: while
10 eaidrles onered are too small to attract
= more competent instructors -. ;. 1+.I
rennrf 'Ua ho
yer to come before the session. IT was
adopted. - 90
The Formal Welcomes .-
- rev: Dr. S. Montgomery, pastor owes
stey Metnodlst church, made the opening
prayer; and two choruses Of school chi1e
dren, one boys churus and the other
maze up OF prettily gowned girls from the
horace Mann school, contributed musical
selectlons. There were two addresses az
welcome, DR.. T. F. Quinby, president of
the Minneapolis board Of education, and
~. q: M:.Jordan, superintendent Of the
minneapolis schools, being the speakers
Dr. Quinby gracefully welcomed the
delegates, called their attention to the
th1ngs they should, see in the twin cities
and made a. witty denial, of the popular
error regarding friction between Mime
apolis and St. Paul. =. Superintendent ..Jor-
dan spoke of the progress made within
VIZ Ae@Se
and said he was glad the days of the three
Rs, and that other R which stood for
Rot" had passed forever. Some people,
he said, declared drawing in the schools
to be fad; but he thought that neither
drawing nor physical culture is SO much
fad as is mathematics. fad, he said,
was something that was not approved by
the person applying the term.
Miss Bonnie Snow, who has charge Of
drawing in the. Minneapolis schools, rose
to correct an error. She said the gavel
presented to the association had been
made not by scholars in the manual train
ing department. of the Central high school
but by the instructor. She then advised
delegates in the convention not to leave
town without visiting Robert Koehler's
studio; and also named several studios
and galleries which, she said, would well
repay visit. - :: - >','.--.'- .....
The Exhibits Viewed.
This afternoon was spent by the dele
gates In visiting the exhibits Of drawing
and Industrial work done by school chill
dren and displayed in the Central high
and Madison schools, the former being
given up to work from outside schools.
The exhibits are most complete and Of
remarkably high character. Among the.
best shown by schools from outside Min