Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-05
OTTUMWAN TO LEAD
IOWA STATE TEACHERS Assocl
ALTON TO MEET IN DIES
MONIES.
Miss Eta BardwelI, Assistant Princi-
pal and Teacher of the Sciences to
Conduct Round Table at Coming
Session, December 20 to 81.

Miss Eta Bardwell, assistant prln-
cipal and teacher of the sciences at
the Ottumwa high school, is to conduct
a round table at a. M, December
80, at the coming session of the Iowa
State Teachers association which
meets in Des Moines Monday to Thurs
day inclusive, December % to 81.
1t is expected that this will be the
largest and most important meeting In
the history of the association. A num-
Der of the Ottumwa and Wapello coun-
ty teachers are expected to be in at
tendance.
Field and Laboratory Work in 10
ology" will be the topic Of the round
table to be conducted by Miss Bard
well on the second day of the session.
A program replete with round tables
and departments has been issued and
to accommodate the many divisions
the Commercial Exchange has secured
for the occasion the Auditorium, Y M.
C. A. and all of the down town Des
Moines churches.
State Educational Council.
Monday evening at Des Moines the
state educational council, of which
State Superintendent e. G. Barrett is
chairman and Prof. M. f. Arey of Ce
dar Falls secretary, will hold it's an
nual business meeting at the Slavery
| hotel.
| On Tuesday evening F. NJ. Witter
of Muscatine, president of the associa
ton, will deliver his annual address
and Professor Benjamin Terry, OF the
University of Chicago will speak or
''The Christian Element in Modern Civ
ilization".
The program is replete with inter
estin.5 lectures for teachers and those
| interested in school work. Some of the
best talent in the country has been Sc
/ cured.
Social Features Planned.
! At the coming meeting the socia
/ features have been carefully planned
and promise excellent entertainment
4 On Wednesday evening a concert will
be given at Plymouth Congregations
4 church by Mrs. Genevieve Clark Viii
I son, soprano; Charles Sindlinger, ten
or; Jan Van Ordt, violin, and Arthur
! Durham, organ Following this ther'
4 will be reunions of the various college:
\ represented by the teachers.
i Actual work with the teachers viii
begin Wednesday. State Superintend
ent Barrett will deliver his annual ad
dress and will be followed by Pres
dent A. B. Storms of the Iowa Ayr
cultural college On the subject
Some Present Day Ideals in Educa
tion," Professor Nathaniel Butler G
the University of Chicago will SPEAK
Round Tables.
/ In the afternoon the teachers will G
to their various round tables. TIL
principals and superintendent, mol
NAL and secondary teachers, colleg
and university professors and count
superintendent will have program
of their own. Round tables will be al
ranged for mathematics teacher!
high school teachers. grammar and IL
termediate teachers, county superb
tendents, drawing teachers, Englis
teachers, science teachers, must
teachers Latin teachers and kindega
ten teachers.
Every round table has an abunt
!, ance of discussion mapped out for i
The addresses will be made mostly b
Iowa talent. The afternoon wit
the music teachers promises to be on
of interest, as they have interspese
their talks with vocal selections.
The programs have just been con
pleted and will be issued at once.