The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-26
FEAST OF REASON
Teachers to Thrive On Live
Topics atAAState Meeting.
Interesting Program and Several No.
tabl, Persons Will Deliver Ad-
dresses on Educational
Subjects.

Never were the prospectus lor sue
cessful meeting of the Minnesota Edu-
cational association as bright as they
are this year. Teachers from all over
the state have promised to attend,
and arrangements are being made to
entertain large number.
The Ryan hotel has been selected as
the headquarters for the delegates for
the three days of the session and the
annual social will be held in the par
lors of the hotel on the opening night
of the meeting Wednesday evening,
Dec. 81. The parlors. dining. rooms
and Hobbies, all of which will be given
over to the teachers that evening,
will be deliberately decorated. Many
prominent men of the city, including
Gov. Van SAINT and Senator Moses Il.
Clapp willssmske addresses. President
Northrop of the state university will
also speak.
The program of the general associs-
ton and those of the various special
sections will be better than ever this
year. David Starr Jordan, the famous
president of Leland Stanford univer-
sity, and Prof. D. r. Augsburg, the
"Paci6c Slope Chalk Talker, are two
of the principal speakers who have
been secured to make addresses during
the convention. President Jordan
will deliver two addresses. Thursday
evening, Jan. 1, he will speak, on
1.-THE Demand of the Twentieth Cen
tury for Effectiveness in Education.
and on Friday afternoon he will speak
! at the Central Presbyterian church or
"Agassis. -
Prof. Augsburg will speak three
times. Besides these two prominenl
educators, there are many others.
prominent in state educational circles
and specialists in their line of work.
who will appear on the program.
The programs will not only be Of
interest to the graded teachers bu
the ungraded teachers also. The work
along special lines also opens excellen
opportunities for those interested tt
make the convention profitable
Among the others who are to speak a
the general sessions of the meetin.
are DR.. d. L. Kiehle on tNon-residen
Professional Study for Teachers - DIR
| w. E. Phelps, who will discuss "Hov
to Provide for LivingAfter theWage
Earning Period Has Passed" ant
Supt J. K. McBroom, who will tall
on ''How to Save the Teacher. -
Meetings for work along specia
lines of school work will be held IL
the high school, the grade school, tn
elementary, the music, the associate
school boards, the college and tn
business and child study sections
Each department is under an able So
perintendent, and excellent program
have been arranged.
Every teacher in the state has beel
invited to attend the meeting, and
Is expected that many new member
will be added this year. The entrauc
fee is 81, and besides becoming
member of the association every per
son joining is entitled to one of III
reports of the convention, which vii
contain the discussions at the meet
ing.
1t should be borne in mind by tn
teachers that this year the association
meets at the close of the Christina
vacation and not at the beginning
as heretofore.
One of the features of the meetin
will be the singing of Ellsworth
Minnesota state song by Madam Cleon
Daniels Bergren. This will be render
ed on Thursday afternoon.