The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-01
WORK FOR TEACHERS
READING CIRCLE BOARD SELECTS
COURSE OF STUDY
FOR 1902
THOUSANDS WILL TAKE IT
Eleventh Year of Circle Work Re-
gins AuspiciOusIy, With Teach
ers Enthusiastic to Com
tinue study.

The board of managers for the Min
nesota Teachers Reading Circle met yes
terday afternoon at the Windsor hotel
to elect officers and select the books for
the ensuing year. The board organized
with the following officers: Supt T. c.
Wollan, Genwood, Pope county, presi.
dent; Supt. A T. Park, Duluth, vice pres
ident; Supt. G. NJ. Cesander, Winthrop
Sibley county, secretary; Supt. l.. "
WILDER, Winora, treasurer. Supt. Hugh
Leonard, of Wabasha county, and Supt
Matilda n Ochs, of Carver county, the
other members of the board, were also
present.
Publishers had submitted large num-
Der Of books for the reading course Sc
lections, and the board, after careful
consideration, selected Government in
State and Nation" by James and San
ford, and The Art of Teaching" by
Prof. Emerson e. White. These two
books will constitute the circle work
this coming year.
At the present time the Reading circle
work is being taken by between 1905
and 5000 teachers, mostly in the rural
schools of the state.
This begins the eleventh year of the
Reading circle work in Minnesota, and
1t is now permanent feature of the
state educational system. 1t is now
ISCOSHlA60 ny equity Sup6Ilu ana
principals as an essential feature of the
teachers training.
The rule of the board has been to
adopt two books to constitute the
course of reading for each year; one of
a professional, or peda gogical nature,
and the other of a literary or historical
character, or along some other general
culture line
The teachers of the state have taken
Of
great enthusiasm, and it has been a great
help to the teachers, and Of great bene-
fit to the state, because of the better
preparation it has given these teachers.
The value of 5000 teachers of the state
reading along the same lines at the same
time can not be overestmated. The work
is not at all arbitrary. 1t is in charge
of the county superintendent in the
various counties and is arranged by
them so as to best conform to the stu
alton in the county. In many counties
the Teachers County association takes
hold of the work, and programmes OF
the monthly meetings are made up Of
topics from the books being studied
The state encourages the work by bas-
ing the professional test questions in
the teachers examinations upon the
books used during the year by the cir
Gle,
Inc circle mas dtTdHSeu 10 puDlSn edcn
month III school education an outline
of study for the assistance of the
teachers who take the work, together
with test questions.
The officers of the association say that
the work is growing in popularity with
the teachers from year to year. and
that it is having q most beneficial in
fiuence.
The following is G. list Of the books by
years which have been used on the read
ing circle course of study from it's be-
ginning to the present time
1892, Hewitts Pedagogy" Barnes
General History" 1898, 1.-THE School
master in Literature" Berard,s History
OF England" 1884, Whites School Man
agement." Gregory political Economy"
1895. Whites Elements of Pedagogy"
''Schoolmaster in Comedy and Satire
1886. Hinsdale's American Government"
Krohns Psychology 1897. elementary