The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-21
WILL MEET NEXT WEEK
State Teachers Association Will
be Held at Des Moines, Iowa,
Dec. 26th to 29th.

The fifty-rst annual session of the
Iowa State Teachers Association will
be held at Des Moines during holiday
week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, Dec. 2G, 81, % and 10Th.
The program as arranged is splendid
one and the educators of the state are
looking forward to the meeting with
great interest. County superintendent
Eli Hutchinson of this county will at
tend and he strongly urges all the
teachers of the county who can possibly
do so, to attend this state meeting. All
of the leading hotels Of Des Moines
have made special low rates both for
entertainment can also be secured in
private families. Persons desiring to
secure rooms in advance should address
w. O. Riddle, chairman of the local
committee, Des Moines, Iowa. The rail
roads have made rate of one fare plus
80 cents for the round trip, on the cer-
OIhSoUC pan. uOoC WIN SO W J)Co
Moines should be careful to secure GER
tificate from the station agent at the
time of buying their ticket, and these
certificates must be countersigned by
the railroad secretary at Des Moines.
During the session there will be a re-
union of Colleges OF the Iowa State
oh
An examination for state certificates
will be given at the Capitol building,
beginning at 1870 p. NJ, Dec. 2Gth, and
closing at noon on Dec. 28th.
The headquarters of the association
will be at Chamberlain hotel.
PROGRAM.
TUESDAY, DEC. 2G.
! Parlor of A. Chamberlain hotel.
| $50 p. m.-Annual business meeting.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. u.
Educational council. Sunday school
room, Plymouth Congregational church.
900 a. m.--Topic: "a comparison of
the educational system of Iowa with
those of Indiana, Ohio and California. y
County superintendent Y. G. Thornburg,
chairman.
1880 a. m.-Topic: "Education; how
far for discipline, and how far for
special calling City superintendent
r. d. Palmer, chairman.
GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
WEDNESDAY, EVENING, DEC. n.
Auditorium, Plymouth Congregational
church.
8:00-Invocation.
Mnsic-Spanish Caprice (Noszkowski)
Miss Myrtle Bussey, Simpson college
conservatory of music.
Presidents address,. ]. Mcconnell
Cedar Rapids.
Music-La Fioraja (Bevignani) Miss
Bernice Hally, Simpson college conserv-
atory Of music.
AddPess-"New opportunities in a
new age DIR. Smaller Mathews, uni.
versity of Chicago, editor of "The World
of Today"
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 28.
4 Auditorium, Plymouth Congregations
church.
S:00--Invocation.
Music-Concert Etude, Nagel, Frank
Nagel, Highland Park college of music
Address "The Essentials of liberia
education" Miss Sarah Louise Arnold
dean OF Simmons college, Boston.
sic-Toreador song, Bizet, Signol
Gilamini. Highland Park college O
music.
: Address-"A review Of record" stat,
: superintendent W. w. Stetson, Augusta
Maine.
THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. %.
Auditorium, Plymouth Congregations
church.
7:45-Organ recital by Miss Irma M
Day, organist of the First NJ. E. church
OfferatoiPe--Read.
Pilgrims Song of Hope-Batiste.
Gavotte,Lemar
Invocation Dubois.
Offeratoire Batiste,
Music Chorus, selected-The Mime
singers, Iowa State Normal School; G.
A. Fullerton, Director.
Address Romeo and Juliet; or the
moral significance of accident Prof
R. G. Moulton, University of Chicago.
Music-Chorus, selected-The Mime