The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-10-12
TEACHERS TO MEET
Annual Gathering Of Teachers Of
the State in Milwaukee to be
of Unusual Interest
NOTED SPEAKERS COMING

The work of preparing the program
for the convention of the Wisconsin
Teachers association to be held in
Milwaukee December ~, % and % is
now well under way by the superin-
tendents of the different sections.
It is proposed to make this years
convention the most interesting one
in the history of the organization.
President c. E. McLenegan, through
an unusual press of other duties and
the call to the deathbed Of his brother
in Beloit, has been unable to give
the program as much attention as he
intended, but Miss Catherine Will
1iams, the secretary, is cooperating
with the heads of the different depart
ments to complete the program with
out further delay.
What probably will prove to be the
pedagogues this year are the ques-l
tions of teachers wages and of rural
schools. The reports of committees
appointed a year ago to study these
matters will be made. Prof. A. III.
H. Sage of Oshkosh will submit the
report on pension and Wages" and
John M. True of Baraboo will report
on methods Of bene6ting the rural
schools. A plan to have the state
provide free transportation of pupils
from one school district to an adioin-
ing one so the schools can be CONSOLE
dated and increased in efficiency, was
presented to the legislature last
winter.
Prof. S. H. Clark of Chicago uni
versity will be one of the speakers,
and his subject will be some phase
of literature. Supt. A. N. Kennedy,
of Batavia, N. Y, will explain the So
called Batavia System" of which he
is the originator, which consists Of
having two teachers in each class
room, one to have charge of the classes
while the other oversees the "busy
work" and maintains order and dis
cip1ine. The address will be discussed
under the leadership of Prof. Hender-
son of the Normal school.
w. L. Tom1ins, of Chicago, will
demonstrate his address on "The Eff
feet of Song Upon Life,' with chorus
singing by class of 200 school child
rem. Supt. Alfred Bayliss, Of Illinois,
will read paper on IA Square Deal
for the Country School.
One of the interesting aad perhaps
amusing portions of the program will
be discussion between a Milwaukee
editor, not yet chosen, and school
man on "The Effect of the Funny
Page on the Mind of the Child" The
pedagogue will take the position that
the comic section of the Sunday uews-
paper has anything but an elevating
and beneficial effect upon the child,
while the newspaper man will be ex-
pected to defend the institution which
has grown to such magnitude in the
past few years.
| Supt. Carroll G. Pearse of the Mil
YANKEE school board will be on the
program for paper, the subject of
which has not as yet been assigned.
| The board Of directors of the asso-
citation have under consideration a
plan whereby the elections are to be
conducted along the primary election
principle adopted by this state. It IS
proposed to have'a number of booths
in which the members, after proving
their qualifications, can vote on the
first day to nominate officers. On the
second day the two or three receiving
the highest number of votes for each
Office will be voted on, and If no cleo
ton results, third vote can be taken
on the last day of the convention.
The headquarters of the convention
will be at the Plankinton house, Mil
waukee, as usual, and the main pro-
lgram will be carried out at the David
son theatre, while the different Sec
tons will meet IN various places
Iabout the city.