Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-31
TEACHERS COME IN DROvES
Attendance at Southwest Iowa Convention
Breaks Record.
PROFESSOR COOLEY DEFENDS THE FAOS
Says They Are the Answer of the
Common chooIs to Changed Com
ditions of society and Are
Here to stay.

ing Of the Southwestern Iowa Teachers as
ISOLATION would be the largest attended in
the history Of the association, seems likely
to be fulfilled. From early morning the
incoming trains each brought their quota
OF visiting teachers and the enrolling and
other committees in the Grand hotel were
kept busy the entire day. AS a rule the
first days attendance is light and y%ester-
days beats the record. The arrivals on
the early morning trains today are expected
to bring the out-of-town enrolment up to
the 400 mark.
Among the prominent educators who ar
rived yesterday we're: Prof. E. @. Cooley,
superintendent OF the schools of Chicago;
State superintendent Barrett OF Des Molnes,
President II. II. Seerley OF the Iowa State
Normal school, Prof. Thomas Nicholson of
Cornell college, superintendent w. l. Crane
Of the Marshalltown city schools, Prof.
Thomas acBrid OF the Iowa State univer-
sity, Prof. Clay Slinker Of the West High
school at Des Molnes, DR.. John Gordon of
Tabor college, Charles Sheldon of Simpson
college, Indianola, Miss Hattie A. Phillips,
supervisor Of kindergartens, Des Moines.
President d. f. Bradley of Grinnell college,
Miss Florence Holbrook, Miss Clara Mitch
ell. Prof. Frank Darling, DR.. NJ. V. o'shea
and DR.. George Vincent. all from Chicago,
are expected to reach this city this morn
ing.
The feature Of the opening session last
evening in the auditorium Of the High
school building was the address Of Super
intendent z. G. Cooley of the Chicago
schools. His subject was THE Significance
Of Some Recent Additions in School Pro-
grams and was a defense of the introduce
tion into the public schools OF the So
called 'fads'-drawing, music, bookkeep-
H. .aa -
and natural sciences. Prof. Cooley took the
position that the teaching Of these branches
was essential to modern progress and that
as the conditions. social and economic,
change, so must the schools of the coun>
try change with them. He said:
Defense of Fads.
1t seems clear to me that we owe the
enrichment of our school program to two
things: We are trying to bring our school
needs OF the world outside and we are also
recognizing the necessity Of utilizing inn
neglected in formal school education. This
has led to the introduction of subjects that
appeal to a different sort Of interest and
of the classics and the three RS. We
are training powers that are of another and
are worth as much TO the world as the in
tellectual or rece ptive powers. In doing this
cratic, more truly common schools in the
good sense of the word: A school that
recognizes and cultivates the power to read
Virgil and refuses TO recognize and Guilt
vate the power to construct, to do, is not a
common school, whatever else 1t may be.
In a recent book Jane Adams says: We
are gradually requiring of the educator that
he shall free the powers of each man and
the democratic idea demands OF the school
that it shall give the child's own expert
to direct his own activities and to adjust
them to those or other people MY con-
tention Is that many OF the recent addiuons
conscious or unconscious recogniuons of
this new idea; the democratic ideal which
requires that education Mt for social life.
Social needs, as well as. the complete
utilizing and training Of the impulses Of
studies. The modern elementary school is
trying to meet and satisfy this demand by
the Introduction OF the so-called fads. The
fundamental relation between the changing
institutions of society and the education
tba educationai program inevitable. II was
impossible and always will be impossible
a to fix finally such a thing as a school pro
gram, The school Is and always has been
one Of the changing, progressing institu-
lions of society.
0 of a large number of subjects to the ele-
mentary school programs,, We have seen
garten, music, bookkeeping. manual train
l ing and natural sciences. These changes
p nsre of ao' the Sem so-s % A practicafi Business Sn sss
o man, but in spite OF his protests the addi-
lions go on.
In opening the association the president.
. Superintendent F. Z. Palmer OF Villisca,
made a short address, in which he spoke OF
the value OF education TO the country at
large. He emphasized the Importance OF
the upbuilding of the character OF the
q pupil by the teacher, which he said was to
4 be more desired than the mere Installing OF
book learning,
President Charles Shelton Of Simpson coll
y lege, Indianola, invoked the Divine bless
ing and several pleasing musical selections
were given by Miss Lucille Porterield and
the Laurel quartet. consisting OF Messrs,
: Pryor. Lewis. Boutwell, and zorbaugh.
Program for Today.
I This morning President Bradley OF Grin
nell college will address the association or
The High Calling of the Teacher" after
which will be held the conference meetings
at which informal discussions of subjects
OF interest to the teachers will be had, tn,
discussions being led as follows:
Methods-PTesident II, IL. sserlsy, State
Child study-Dr. NJ. V, o'shea. Madison
Wis.
County superintendents and Rural schoor
Teaehers-state Superintendent r.. c. Bar
L~atin-PrOf. Thomas Nicholson, Cornell
Engish-superintendent W. l. Crane,
'seienee~Prof Thomas MacBride, UnIvsr,
Commercial Department 2Prof. Clay
Slinker, West High school,, Des Moines.
Principals of Graded Schoos-Miss Flor,
ence Holbrook, Chicago.
Geography-Prof. Frank Darling, Chicago
Normal school.
United States HistoFy-Dr, John Gordon
Tabor college, Tabor
Primary Teachers-Miss Clara Mitchell
primary supervisor of constructive Worl
school of education, Chicago university.
Kindergartens-Miss Hattie A. Phillips
supervisor OF kindergartens Des Moines.
D~rawing-Mrs. Emma ingalls,, supervisor
OF drawing. Council Bluffs.
Mustc-Miss NJ. Lucille Porterheld, super
visor of music, Council Bluns.
The program for the afternoon and even
ing sessions today follow,
AFTERNOON.
2OO-Music. Vocal SolO-Selected .........
Miss May Caldwell.
Address-"MethOds I'm Teaching Geo
Prof. Frank Darling. Chicago Normal
School.
Music. Vocal Du~et-Selected ............
Miss Porterheld and MIR. Haverstock.
Address-"Methods In Teaching English
Miss Florence Holbrook. Principal Forest
Vile School. Chicago,
i0O-R-ception 20 visiting teachers an,