The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-10-12
Elaborate Preparations Made for
the Meeting Of the Southern
Teachers Association
ALL TEACHERS TO ATTEND
superintendent Zimmers Will Ask The
School Board to Give The Teach
els Ho1iday.-To Take Place
of Regular Institute Work

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The school teachers in Kenosha are
making prepa rations to go to Wauke-
sha in a body on Nov. 8, TO attend the
annual meeting of the Southern
Teachers association which will meet
on Friday and Saturday of the first
week in November. BY the recent
notices sent out by the State superin-
tendent it is understood that the at
tendance at this meeting is to take
the place sof the regular institute
work for the year and for this reason
all of the teachers are anxious to at
tend the big meeting. Superinten-
dent Zimmers who is one of the Of
fcers OF. the association states that it
would be the largest meeting of an
educational nature ever held in
Southern Wisconsin.
In order to make it possible for all
of the teachers to attend the sessions
of the convention, Superintendent
Zimmers will ask that Friday Nov. 8,
be declared a holiday. This would
make it possible for the teachers to
attend all Of the sessions. Special
railway rates have been secured and
the hotels in Waukesha have promised
to offer special rates for the teachers.
The program for the meeting which
was sent to the teachers by Superin-
tendent Zimmers on Friday is as
follows:
FRIDAY, 900 A. NJ.
Opening exercises.
Country Schools Exce11encies, De-
fects, Remedies-H. B. Brown, Pres.
Northern Indiana Normal.
Discussion, led by Chas. Hemming-
way, County Supt. of Rock county.
Some Possibilities of Teachers in
the Country--L. w. Wood, State Ru-
raj School Inspector.
Some Possibilities of Teaching in
the Margaret CAVITY, Principal
Ward school, Milwaukee.
Fads and Fundamentals-C. P.
Cary, State Supt. of schools.
FRIDAY, 200 p. m.
High School and College Section
H. c. Buell., Supt. GAINESVILLE schools,
chairman.
Rural School Section-John Kelly,
County Supt. Dodge county, chair
man.
Graded School Section-Wm. F.
Sell, Prin. Ward school, Milwaukee,
chairman.
Primary Section Martha F. Dock
cry, Rich1and County Training school,
chairman.
An excellent lot of topics has been
selected for the Sections, and a sp1en-
did class of speakers have been Sc
cured to present the topics
FRIDAY, 400 P. Nj.
Address Definitions" --Ex. Gov.
w. D. Hoard, Fort Atkinson.
Address industrial Education,
City Supt. c. G. Pearse, Milwaukee.
FRIDAY, 800 P. NJ.
An innovation on the customs of
the Association is to be made at Wan
kesha this year. In place of the usual
lecture we are to be treated to a $50
cial Evening" by the Waukesha Pub
lie School and College Teachers.
After the "Sight Seeing" of the City,
visiting teachers will either join in
the Trolley Party" to Milwaukee, or
gather at the High School building
for a Literary, Musical and Social
| program.
SATURDAY, 900 A. M.
Opening Exercises.
Address Chas. McKenney, presi-
dent Milwaukee Normal.
Address, S. T. Smythe, presi-
dent ST. Johns Military Academy.
Business Meeting.
Address, of the State'-Paul
S. Reinsch, University of Wisconsin.
Addressv"E Education and Efici-
ency''-Dr. Geo. E. Vincent, Chicago
University.
SATURDAY, 200 Pm.
| School Routine-A. e. Kagel, assist
ant city superintendent, Milwaukee.
Listening, not Thinking w. H.
Cheever, institute conductor Mi1wau-
kee Normal.
Beauty in the School-Albert Sails
bury, president Whitewater Normal.
| Forgot Her Lines.
She was pretty girl and the mo-
ment she entered the grocery store the
youthful members Of the staff Of
clerks all made a rush, eager to take