Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-03
Southeastern Iowa Teachers AS
ISOLATION to Convene in Burlington
ARE ON THE PROGRAM
Principal E. c. Peirce of the High
School and Mrs. Frances Clark, SUI
pervisor of Music in ottumwa
Schools to Deliver Addresses.

Frances E. Clark, supervisor of music
in h Ottumwa schools, will talk on
music, at the ninth annual convention
of the Southeastern Iowa Teachers
association to be held at Burlington
April 2, 8, and 4. The meeting prom
ises to be n of great interest and
1000 delegates are expected to be
present. An unusually fine program
has been provided, not only in the
subjects but the persons to present
these subjects are most proficient in
their special lines.
Thursdays Sessions.
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
there will be the following round ta-
bles:
college and High School"-Prof.
Eugene G. PIERCE, Ottumwa, leader.
Grammar Grade"-Supt. Louis T.
Hill, Morning Sun, leader.
Primary and Observation-Disclosures
Anna j. Gage, Keokuk, leader.
Music-Mrs. Frances E. Clark, OF
tumwa, leader.
County Observation-Disclosures. R.
G. Barrett, state superintendent, pre-
siding.
Thursday night the association will
be addressed by Hon. Nathan c..
~Schaeffer, state superintendent of
Pennsylvania. Those who heard him
in Des Moines during the holidays
were greatly pleased with his address.
He canes to Burlington with a diff
ferent lecture, Does Education Pay?"
Friday Morning.
Friday morning Hon. r. C. Barrett
will address the association; John Nc.
Donald, editor of the Western School
Journal, Topeka, Kansas, well known
among the educators of the United
States. will give one of his character
istic lectures; President Daniel F.
Bradley of Iowa college, will address
the teachers on the subject, 'The
Higher Ideals of Education; Hon. A.
p. Winthrop, Boston, editor of the New
England Journal of Education, will adj
dress the association at this time on
the subject, New Standards in Geo.
graphy," and again at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon on the subject, American
Poets, Old and New"
Friday Afternoon and Evening".
Friday afternoon the following sec
ton meetings will take place:
superintendent and Principals
lSupt. W. F. Chevalier, Muscatine,
leader.
High School'-Principal o. E. Dix
on, Oskaloosa, leader.
Grammar and Intermediate"-Supt.
]. F. Riggs, S%igourney, leader.
Primary and Kindergarten"-Mrs.
A. o. Sheriff, Davenport, leader.
County Superintendents'- Supt.
Howard A. Matthews, Burlington,
leader.
Rural scnools'-Prof. G. w. Wal
tiers, Cedar Falls, leader.
Friday there will be two addresses,
one by Hon. Howard Rogers, st. Lou
is, on "The Influence of Educational
Exhibitions upon Education Mr..
Rogers has charge of the educational
exhibits at the worlds fair in st. Lou
is, 1904. He was the representative
from this country at Paris a few years
ago on the same subject. He will give
valuable suggestions as to how to
make an exhibit and the benefits to
be derived from it. The second ad.
dress will be given by President John
". Cook of the state normal school
at De Kalb, Ill. Prof. Cook is recog.
nized as one of the leaders among ed
ucators of the United States.
Saturday Morning.
Saturday forenoon will be devoted
to the subject of Character Building
in the public schools. This will in.
clude the much vexed question of how
to manage pupils, how to prevent
them from forming injurious habits,
and how to induce them to grow to
strong, useful and reliable citizens.
More teachers fail to train for good
citizenship than in any other subject
and because of this they are regarded
by their patrons as failures in govern.
ment. 1t is hoped that the half day
devoted to this one subject will empha.
size it's Importance and be helpful to
teachers who are ambitious to be sue.
cessful in this phase of public school
education. Ahe forenoon program will
be closed by an address on The AID.
descent Period and Character Build
ing from one who never fails to elicit
the interest and excite the admiration
of every one who hears him, President
Homer II. Seerly of the state normal
school.
This program contains two state
superintendent, two presidents o
state normals, two editors of school
journals, a college president and an
expert on educational exhibits. be
sides an array of the best mind and
heart of the educators of southeastern
Iowa.