The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-30

Miss Fanny Giles, county superintend-
ent of Mower county, received 107
votes out Of 1853: c. E. Payne of Stew
artville received bare maierity-s2
votes out of 1853. Guy 3. Maxwell,
corresponding secretary, holds over.
The principal business of the after
noon session was the adoption of the
ing for more complete training in COM
mon branches in the high schools.
A Lively Symposium.
Yesterday afternoon the symposium
on "The Present-Day Educational Sit
uation and Tendencies was intro
duced by Superintendent E. M. Phil
that it was based on an editorial in
T h G Journal which had been wide
ly read and commented on. He ad-
judged the questions asked Of educators
fair and courteous, demanding reply
IN IN KIM The main 1nt as states
the educator of today in harmonious
the commercial and industrial tenden-
cies of the age?' He based his an
swer on conditions in the secondary
schools, the college of the common peo-
pie. He found the study of modern
languages of little practical or edu-
catlonal advantage, and advised giving
four years Of them, where required
mating them entirely He believed Eng
lish destined to become the language
of international trade, if not of diplo-
macy, and worthy Of a growing place
in the education of the future. He be-
heved that manual training and COM
mercial courses have come to stay, and
rightly, but he would not make them
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inary value.
Mrs. j. A. Crosby made plea for
" the practical first, the decorative and
elective' afterward. She favored
broader knowledge of civics and manual
training.
hr The fhaEge aHganst Hgi;1 + the nt4 scho9l system
crowfing the pupils minds, making
thoroness impossible. He thou ght more
pupils could be kept in school if the
training was more thoro in fundamen-
tails and more practical. He said EPub-
lie education should be carried forward
in manner to reach the greatest num-
ber and to elevate the average.'
Fads as Sugar Coating.
Pr. Alice Mott approved educational
frills and ornaments, but only as the
sugar-cOatlng for less attractive sub
n stantla Ehat things She thought it pEeb
for the superiority of public over pri-
vate schools. She found public school
pupils ell-behaved, but knowing little
when graduated; in this respect they
are inferior to private school pupils. In
the language of a pupil they can neith-
er "geog, arith, or gram The defects
Of the schools are intellectual; their
merits ethical. Too large classes was
given as the chief reason for this con-
dition.
Superintendent Paul Ahles Of
Stearns county spoke on the necessities
of educational changes to meet the
needs Of the rural populations. He re-
garded it as feasible and desirable to
the public schools. The time for inten-
sive farming has come, and people must
be taught how to do it SUCCESSFULLY.
The movement in favor Of separate
training school for girls was presented
in addresses by judge Edwin A. Jag
gard and Mrs. G. G.. Higbee, and a reso-
luton indorsing the movement was
passed. Judge Jaggard spoke on the
general subject Of women criminals,
finding no pronounced physical criminal
type. Mrs. Higbee made plea for
the training school plan of the Mime
sofa Federation of Women s clubs. f., $685..