The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-07
400 TEACHERS ARE HERE.
IT is DECLARED TO BE THE BEST
SESSION EVER.
A FINE LECTURE LAST NIGHT
Chancellor Andrews viii be Here To.
night TO Deliver a Lecture--Latin
Was Assaied Bu, Won out In the
Discusson--The Sessions.
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citation In every particular and II Is
the general opinion of the 400 visitors
In Norfolk that this has been the most
interesting session yet held Certain
ly the weather man has done the hand.
some thing by the school maams, and
the school ma'ams. In return. have
done the fine act by the association
in both their attendance and the In.
tercst which they have instiled IN
their papers.
Montaville Flowers, one OF the fore.
most platform impersonators of Amer
lea, was one of the chief features of
yesterdays program, delivering his
most delightful reading OF Dickens
christmas Carroll" last night at the
Methodist church. II was one OF the
finest lectures ever heard In Norfolk
and not a single seat in the vast au.
ditorium OF the church was empty
when he took the platform at a little
after s o'clock
Every session has proven very much
OF interest, one or two developing into
exciting discussions. Strictly true ia
this OF the county superintendents'
meeting held yesterday afternoon, and
OF the high school section. The coun.
~ superlntendents' section opened
with paper by C. w. Crum OF Madl-
son on. "The County Superlntendents
Most Useful Work" Charles Arnot of
Fremont followed with discussion and
the general discussion after that was
intensely pitched. THE special Ad.
vantages OF the Rural School" was
opened by A. Il. Ward of Harrington
and discussed by Wood Smith of Full.
lerton. Frank Pilger OF Pierce intro
duced the subject. "How Best to AS
sist the Rural Teacher" and was fol.
lowed Interestingly by +. c. Marshall
OF Center. This session lasted for
more than three hours and attracted
much attention.
Latin Is Assailed.
An attack upon Latin In It's mental
value was brought out In paper read
by w, j, Seely OF Emerson and dis.
cussed by Maggie Mclean of Ran.
dolph Both were against Latin stat.
ing that II did not pay for the amount
or time and energy expended In Il.
Instantly the subject created a stir as
though a match had been tossed into
powder barrel. The whole session
was given over to II and there was
battle royal between the leaders and
the supporters OF Latin. In the end
Latin seemed to have won supremacy
and 1t was the prevailing opinion that
II had been proven, so far as that ses
sion at least was concerned, that Lat.
In is very great benefit In develop
ing logic, clear thinking and excellent
reasoning
In the high school session T.. h.
Sherman OF Schuyler led in the paper,
How Early Should Pupils Special. !
ize?' which was discussed by f. A. !
Cutlery of Nickerson. AN Ideal !
School" was the subject of an inter |
esting paper by w. NJ, Kern of Col |
umhuS, in which he described a school
that is located In Wisconsin. H. Il. |
Mason of stanton ably discussed II. |
Music by the Fifth and Sixth grades /
was presented with great deal of /.
credit to the singers.
f, j. Kelly of Cedar Rapids spoke
on, English Teaching Made Interest |
ing" Mr. Kelly led very efficiently. |
proving himself to have the English .
language well in hand He was a
member of the English club at the .
state university and was therefore .
well chosen for the paper, His idea .
was that the pupil should be given
full sway in his imagination and en-
couraged to follow the bent of his own .
The discussion on Mr.. Kellys ps.
per was AT once taken mp by the as
Sembly, who brought out many good
points.
Miss ldelle Taylor of Pierce was i'll
and unable to be present. Her pa.
per was to have been Geography in
the First Five Grades" and the dis.
cussion was by Miss Sears of Plain .
view. Miss Scott of Pouca and Miss .
Sewell of Wakefield handled the sub.
ject, What Daily Preparation is Nee.
eSsary,' in a Creditable manner
Music last night was furnished by
the Wayne normal college students. .
who gave very delightful program.
Those who appeared in the evenings .
program were Misses Rennick. Stew F.
art, Snyder and Broulette, and Rev. T.
w. J. Turner OF Norfolk.
Neigh and Butte Leaders.
Al the general session held yester. /
DAY morning considerable interest was /.
developed by a number OF very able |
speakers
c. II. Barr OF Neigh. a very able |.
teacher and writer Of some distinc. I.
tion, spoke on The Training for Cit. |
izenship in Our Schools"
c. A. Manyille OF Butte had for his |
subject, The Relation of the Public |
School TO Manual Labor in a very
interesting way.