Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-14
TEACHERS TO MEET
PROGRAM FOR ANNUAL coNvEN,
TON OF THE IOWA STATE
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Expected That Attendance viii Be
Larger Than At Any Previous Meet.
ing Held by Organization - Many
Round Tables This Year.

A large number of Wapello county
school teachers ale planning to attend
the meeting of the Iowa State Teach
ers' association to be held In Des
Moines December 26 to 20. 1t is ex-
pected that II the weather continues
favorable the attendance will be larg-
er than at any meeting heretofore
held by the organization.
Last year bad storm prevented
many enthusiastic teachers from at
tending, and they will no doubt rally
In increased numbers to this meeting.
An excellent program has been prepar-
ed, addresses by some of the principal
educational leaders of the country, be-
sides round tables and general discus
sions in which all will have a chance
to express their views. ~
Program Of Meeting.
Tuesday evening, Dec. 26 - Educa-
tional council. 4
Wednesday morning, Dec. 81 -Edu-
cational council.
Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 81 -
Round tables.
"Wednesday evening, Dec. 81 - Gen
eral session. Presidents address, Supt.
j. J. Mcconnell. Address, DR.. Smaller
Mathews, University Of Chicago.
Thursday morning, Dec. % - Gen
eral session. Address '.The Essen
tials of Liberal Education" Miss
Sarah Louise Arnold. dean of Simmons
college, Boston. Address, State Supt.
w. w. Stetson, Augusta, Me.
| Tb,rcday. nyaniDp nao % Copor.
al assembly. Address, Romeo and Jul
liet; or the Moral Significance of Ac-
cident. Prof r. G. Moulton, Universe
ty of Chicago.
Friday morning, Dec. 20 Address,
Supt. ]. F. Riggs, state superintendent
public instruction. Address. "Ameri.
canism in Porto Rico" Prof. M. G.
Brumbaugh,. University Of Pennsyl
vania
OFFICERS of Association.
Officers of the Iowa State Teachers
association for 1905 are as follows:
President = J. j. Mcconnell, Cedar
Rapids.
Secretary = Adam Pickett, Mt. Ayr
Treasurer = G. w. Samson Cedar
Falls.
Vice presidents = F. E. Palmer, JEFF
ferson; Ella c. Chantry, Greenfield; o
P. Bostwick, Clinton
Executive committee - w. N. Cliff
ford, Council Bluffs; z. C. Thornburg
Des Moines; F. g. Bolton, Iowa City
Legislative committee w. o
Riddell. Des Moines; l.. B. Carlisle
Nevada, (term expires 19O6); z. G
Thornburg, Des Monies, A. w. Stuart
Ottumwa, term expires 1906); ]. J
Mcconnell, Cedar Rapids; F. E. Lark
Onawa, Germ expires 1909
Teachers positions w. F. Barr
Des Moines; Agnes ]. Robertson, Cher
: okee; J. f.. Oyermeyer, Algona.
Manager Of Iowa delegation at N
E. A. - A. V. Storm, Cherokee.
, Educational Council.
; President = Hon. John F. Riggs
Des Moines.
, Secretary = Prof. M. F. Arey, Cedar
. Falls.
, College Department.
President - Dan. F. Bradley. Grin
, nell.
, Secretary = Prof. S. w. stookey
Cedar Rapids.
Normal and Secondary Dept.
No report
County Superintendent Dept.
President = George e. Farrell O
Clinton.
Secretary - Mrs. Bertha A. John
son, Atlantic
Elementary and Graded Dept.
President p. E. McClenahan. low;
City.
fov
Principals and Superintendents Sec.
Z President "A. V. Storm. Cherokee
Secretary-T. b. Hutton, LeMars.
|, Primary Section.
President-Prof Miss Alice Hopper
!, Highland Park, Des Moines
;. Secretary-Miss Lillian Dale, De
Moines.
Reading and Physical Culture Section
President-Prof. Ryan, Des Moines
. Secretary--Louise M. Smith, De
{ Moines.
: : Penmanship and Drawing.
: President-Mrs. Emma ingalls,
Council Bluffs.
). secretary-Agnes E. Otto, low
City.
Kindergarten Section.
/ Observation-Disclosures Gum, Ceda
!. Rapids
y Secretary-Louise Huntingdon, De
= Moines.
> Music Teachers Section.
: President-Alice Inskeep, Ceda
J. Rapids
y secretary-C. A. Fullerton, Ceda
Falls
. School Directors Section.
h President-C. B. Powell, Abba.
q q secretaIy-L. e. Sheets, Marion.
). Drawing and Manual Training.
PresideIt-A. C. Newell. De
= Moines.
f Secretary Miss Eleanor G. Flans
~ gan, Dubuque.
q Round Table ACKNOWLEDGMENT
), tcndents and Principles Round
y Table. =
!. Leader-H. E. Blackmar, Iowa Falls
Secretary-A. G. Fuller, Storm Lake
Primary Teachers Round Table.
Leader-Alice E. Hopper, De
y. Moines.
Secretary-Lillian Dale, Des Nome!
= Mathematics Teachers Round Table
,sl Leader-Prof. w. B Read, Indianalt