The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-12-05
TEACHERS TO COME
State Educational Association Will Con-
Vene Here December 29- Lasts
Three Days.
Interesting Program Has Been Arranged
for the Various Departments
Many Coming.
Omaha hodiCS We're Badly Defeated in
Thanksgiving Foot Ball Game by
Mitchell.
STATE TEACHERS COMING
State Educational Association Will
Meet Here Last Three Days
Of December.
STATE TEACHERS COMING

Association, which convenes in this
city, December 20 to Janaury 1. 1903,
inclusive, have now been completed.
The association will have head
quarters at the Mitchell hotel, and
will hold the meetings Of the general
association in the M. E. Church.
The esassociation is divided into five
departments as follows: County
Superintendent department, Grad
ed and Common School department,
High School and College department.,
Primary and Kindergarten depart
ment, and the department. of city
and town supervision.
Each department. holds its own
separate program each forenoon, and
all unite and hold a general associa-
tion meeting each afternoon and
night.
On Monday evening Dec. 2, Mayor
Geo. A. Sllsby of this city will de-
liver the address of welcome at 8 90
O'Clock. Following this will be re-
sponse by President 81. K. Warren,
of Yankton college. DR.. J. w. Hes
ton, Of Brookings college, president
of the association, will, then deliver
the address of the evening.
On Tuesday evening, Dec. 80, DR..
Thomas E. Green, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, one Of the most magnetic
orators in the west, will address
the meeting on his great theme
entitled LEFT Handed Men," DR..
Green lectures before several state
associations this year, coming direct
from the Indiana association to the
South Dakota one.
| New Years Eve it Is expected
| that a Shakespearean play will be
lgiven in the opera house by the
Sanford Dodge Co. All members OF
the association will be admitted
free; the town people will be charged
a regular fee to help cover expenses.
All other meetings and lectures are
free to everybody.
After the conclusion of this pro-
gram, the association will resolve
itself into an informal meeting, and
watch the Old Year out and the
New Year in. The members Of the
association will return to their re-
spective homes, New Years day.
The sessions of the different de.
partments will be held in the High
School building, except the county
superintendent's department., which
will convene in the court house
The leading educators Of the state
will appear on the various programs
each day. The rural schools vii
be the paramount idea that will b.
discussed in all departments.
o. W. Coursey, through whose in
fluence the association was brough
to Mitchell, has been untiring in hi
preparation of program that woul'
be credit to the city and the organ
ization. 1t is certainly the duty o
our citizens to respond to whatso
ever he may ask to make it success
He has appointed the following com
mittees;
Reception and Entertainment
Supt. r. j. Quigley, chairman
Prof. G. A. Fry, secretary, Prof. 7
+. Graham, Mrs. N. L. Dawson.
Misses Corwin and. Nobis, and G. {
Bras.
Badges and Colors: c.. C. Bras
Prof. f. H. HOff and Miss Sar
Scallin.
Finance: A. e. Hitchcock, chail
man: N. L. Dawson, Secretary an
treasurer; Misses Cora Miner. Car
Nobis and Alice Saul.
Ushers Prof. L. a. Stout, Mrs.
E. Vermilyea, Miss Pearl jackson
and Walter Seaman.
This will be rare treat for all (
the citizens of Mitchell as well {
the teachers and they should a
make preparations to attend, as a
of the leading educational topics no
before the teaching world will
discussed in full. Reduced rat'
] have been secured on all roads and
large crowd is sure to be presen