The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-30
SCHO0LMA' ANS MEET
First Meeting of Mile Laos County
Teachers Association Was a
Great Success.
An Attendance of Over Sixty Teach
ers and Meeting Was Inter-
eSting and Instructive.

The meeting of the Mile Laos
County Teachers association last
Saturday was the biggest thing in an
educational line that has ever been
held in Mile Laos county. The state
ment many seem as though bordering
on hyperbole but when the real leaven-
ing power of a meeting of teachers
such as was held last Saturday when
the real leayening power of such a
meeting is thoroughly considered the
statement will not appear so extrava-
CANT.
President Pinney and Secretary Ew-
ing deserve great credit for the sue
cessful initial meeting of the associa-
ton. At the morning and afternoon
sessions there were about sixty county
teachers present but only an enroll
ment Of few over thirty was secured
for various reasons. This is better
than was at first anticipated and the
number will be doubled at the next
meeting.
There was a full attendance of
Milaca teachers and the corps of
teachers from that place were GER
tainly feature Of the meeting. They
are a bright interesting lot OF teachers
and they took an interest in the meet
ing.
There were teachers present from all
over the county and it was real inter-
esting to see that freedom from re-
straint manifested by many of them
and the zeal they showed in the dis
cussion of many practical topics in
school work.
The morning session opened at IL
O'Clock Rev. Swinnerton offered
prayer which was followed by an in
teresting address by Prof. S. NJ. Pin
1.-THE Teacher and the Association. :"
Prof. Pinney's remarks were along
practical lines, showing the value of
an organization Of teachers and the
practical good that will result to
teachers and schools. Secretary Ew-
ing's remarks covered many phases
Of the work of the association and
were certainly en- rapport with the OBJ
ject of the meeting.
A short business session was held
before the noon recess. The constitu-
ton and bylaws were adopted, the
constitution being amended by an
article making eligible all ministers
and newspaper men as honorary mem
bers.
The noon recess lasted until l:30 p.
N. when the afternoon session con-
vened. Rev. John r. Henderson
offered prayer after which Mrs. H. c.
COOney sang :Bobolink" and re-
sponded to an encore with a lullaby
song.
The question box discussions
brought out many short practical
talks by several of the teachers and
this question box feature was the meat
of the whole meeting.
Here are few of the questions
asked:
els it we'll to let children of foreign
parentage speak their own language
in the school room and on the play
ground?"
''What must I do with children who
do not play, who would rather stay in
the schoolroom to talk to 'teacher?' -
els it best for the school to forbid
any and all ways Of communicating?
"What can I do for seat work in
language in third grade which re-
quires little writing.'
SIS it best to teach the different
ways of dividing a fraction to begin
ners or is it sufficient to tell them to
invert the divisor and proceed as in
multiplication?'
"How do you keep your pupils
from whispering.'
There was lively discussion over
the question of the study of grammar,
the point at issue being how soon
ohoulu CiIo 1ouS ucbS0 1CooOIo Uc Udhtu
up. Prof. Palmer of the Milaca
school, Miss Ida King of the Eighth
grade work in the Princeton schools
and several others participated in the
discussion and the prevailing senti-
ment seemed to favor the early study
of language and composition in gram
mar work..
Among the teachers who took part
in the question box discussions were
Miss Bessie Norton, Miss Bertha Sell
horn, Mrs. Phipps, Miss Mary Huse,
Miss Mary Larkin, Mrs. E.. T. Col
burn of Chase Brook school, Miss
Maud Farnham and Miss Flower of
Milaca, and others. AS Secretary Ew-
ing would read the questions he would
call on certain teachers for an answer
and in every case those called on had