The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-11-06
FREEMAN is PRESIDENT
Elected to Highest Office Of Southern
Minnesota Teachers Assn.
Place of Next iSeeting Left in Hands
of Executive Committee.
Able Lecture Lest Evening, Followed
by Reception.
County Superintendent Freeman Gives
Advice to Teachers.
From Fridays Daily.


The seventeenth meeting of the South
ern Minnesota Teachers association con
cluded its sessions this noon and adjourn
ed. The meeting was a great success
and the attendance was greater than evel
before, some three hundred teachers be
ing present.
At the business session this forenoon
the annual election of officers was had
resulting as follows: President, County
Superintendent w. E. Freeman of Man.
kato; vice president, Superintendent j
A. Mcconnell of Winnebago City; secre-
tary and treasurer, Miss Alma Wagon of
Mankato; executive committee, Superin-
tendent A. NJ. Locker of Window, Coun-
ty Superintendent j. A. Larson of Wa
SEGA, and Dr.. j. P. Uhler of Gustavus
Adolphus college, st. Peter.
A discussion was had on the question
of whether to meet in Mankato every
year OF to meet in other towns in south
ern Minnesota. 1t was voted to leave
the matter of selecting the place of hold
ing the next meeting in the hands of the
executive committee.
Superintendent P. P. Kennedy of Fair
mont extended an invitation to the as
ISOLATION to hold the next meeting there,
in case it is decided to make any change
All of the meetings have thus far been
held in this city, because of the better
facilities and the central location as re-
CARDS railroads.
The session yesterday afternoon was
opened with a pleasing selection by the
eighth grade chorus from the city schools.
Prof Geo. F. James of the university
of Minnesota read a paper on ''The Edu-
School" He favored manual training for
the various reasons with which the pub
lie is familiar. The paper was favorably
discussed by Superintendent j. M. Nc
Connell of Winnebago City and A. j.
Jones of Redwood Falls.
The normal glee club sang "The Water
Lily" and Lullaby" in happy manner.
Mrs. Margaret Blair of the state agri-
cultural school presented paper on
"Sewing in the Public Schools" She ad-
vocated this for the girls, for the same
reasons that manual training is favored
for the boys. 1t held their attention to
their school work, and at the same time
was something practical. The discussion
was led by Mrs. Lola Keatley of st.
Peter.
practical Nature Study in Graded and
Rural Schools" was the subject of pa
per by Superintendent j. E. Gilman of
Faribault county, and it was discussed
by Superintendent D. R. Savage of Cot
tonwood Both favored the idea that the
subject of the paper indicates.
While the main convention was in ses-
sion, the rural school section was having
an interesting meeting, led by County |
Superintendent S. j. Race of Redwood |
Falls. This was conference for school
officers, teachers and county superinten- |
dents, and two general subjects were dis |
eussed informally, school Libraries"
and "The Present System of Heating
and Ventilating Rural Schools" 1t was !
thought that better system than those
in vogue for heating and ventilating j
!
should be adopted, anu several plans were
suggested.
The meeting last evening was largely |
attended, the large hall being well filled.
The philharmonic orchestra was pres !
ent under the leadership of j. E. Seidle, !