The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-29
PROGRESS MADE
BY EDUCATORS
LARGER ATTENDANCE AND COM
PLETE PROGRAMS FEATURE.
James J. Hill Addressed the Convention
This Afternoon ON the "Present Day
Educational Situation and Tendon
cies''-Committee of Nine Reports
Results Consideration Of the Morey
Resolution.
Yesterdays proceedings Of the Mime
sofa Educational association will be
found on Page s.

Yesterdays proceedings OF Cne M1nne-
sofa Educational association will be
found Page 5.
The second day of the Minnesota
Educational association went off with
comparative smoothness and the sec
largely attended. The, graded school
section gave up it's meeting as a desire
was manifested by it's members to hear
DR.. Henderson 8 address before the
joint meeting of the rural schools and
county superintendent sections.
Nearly all the sections tried to double
up the programs that should have been
given yesterday afternoon with those
scheduled for this morning. l..
The first representative meeting OF
the convention was the general session
a series of short and pertinent adj
dresses on '4The Present Day Educa-
tional Situation and Tendencies,' by
James j.. Hill, Superintendent E. M.
Phillips, Albert Lea; Mrs, J. A. Crosby,
Minneapolis; DR.. Alice Mott, Fart
bault; j. L., Washburn, Duluth, and Su-
perintendent Paul Ahles, Stearns coun-
ty: Judge E.. A. :Jaggard of St.. Paul
gave q paper on "Female Criminals and
Separate Training School for Girls.'
.-s. DR.. Manley Speaks Tonight.
Tonight DR.. Frederick Manley Of
Cambridge, Mass, will give the princi-
pal address of the convention, on "Lan-
guage, Literature and Life. - The clos
ing general session and finish of the
convention will be held tomorrow after
noon, The program will be English and
literature.
The proposal for a new method of
election made yesterday afternoon was
| Il a. o4o
It goes into effect at once and the
primary balloting is going on today,
the Judges being =. G. Pickett, waseca;
/ G. F. Howard, Rochester, and Mrs
Hattie S. Fuller, Albert Lea. 1t is be.
lieved that this method will not only
result in better and more satisfactory
choice Of officers, but will stimulate
interest in the association by giving the
members feeling of responsibility.
>. Child Labor Laws. ..
The report of the committee or
changes in the child labor laws was
and adopted, It calls for provisions tt
keep all children in school until thu
age Of IA, and for permitting children
from IA to l6 to work only under care
fully administered restrictions, putin,
the parents under oath regarding al
statements made to secure permits
Permits should be granted for only 81,
months at time. 1t was the sense O
the committee that where parents ar
not able to send their children to schoo
until "A years Of age, the the sta state shoul.
tnnates until they are able to care TO
themselves. @ 49,.
The high school council was notife
by President Northrop that, if it dc
sired the elimination Of solid geometr
and the first part of the higher alge
bra from university entrance require
ments, the faculty would grant the re
quest. Superint F. J. Sperry 0
Anoka, whose topic was f'High Schoe
, It's Limitations, found by investigs
tion that there seems to be quite ger
eral demand for more emphasis on maj
tiers with which pupils have to do t
day. He believed it necessary to max
the commercial training general, nc
; technical. .....
The largest section meeting was th
joint session Of the rural schools. Cou1
ty Superintendent DR.. C. R. Hende
, son Of the University Of Chicag
SPOKE on he Gift Of OF
and urged them to take an exalte
view Of their opportunities and to plae
a higher estimate on their service. D
!, D. L. Kiehle spoke on The Power {
Personality in Education w. T. Wi
g iams, county superintendent Of Ira
: erse county, made an argument in favt
t Of making high school diplomas equiv
] lent to second grade certificates. B.
;, Shaver opposed this, as 70 per ce,
t Of the Hennepin examines, most
: whom are high school graduates, ia
to secure certificates "a
The Morey Resolution.
The committee Of nine, appointed
: consider the Morey resolution relati'
to the requirements of state hil
schools receiving state aid, present'
j. their report this afternoon. They a
e proved the resolution with the except,
h Of the third section where min
'. changes were made as to the studies
= the curriculum necessary for admissi
! of graduating students to the colegia
g. department Of the University Of Mi
"a nesota.
"a In this connection, the commit
r dwelt at length upon the necessity t
y. a thoro course of study ands comprehe
q sion of the English language. The Ii
n itations and necessities of the small
"a high schools are carefully consider
ar1 and by the careful handling and placi
d. of the courses of study, all schools G
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