Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
THE MEETING OF THE STATE
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
IN DENVER.

The meeting OF the association the
last day of December and the hrst
three days In January was the best
meeting since the organization Of the
association. Most OF the meetings were
held In the East Denver high school
bniIding. Over two thousand teachers
of the state were enrolled. This ex
ceeded the enrolment of year ago
by about two hundred. Addresses OF
welcome were given by Governor
Buchtel. Mayor Speer and State Super
intendent Miss Catherine Craig.
Prof. J. p. Gordy of New York uni
yersity gave lecture on education
and citizenship before the general as
sociation. There were also a bLm-
Der of other lectures given by men of
national reputation among which were
President w. o. Thompson of Ohio
State university, who gave two fine
lectures. President Thompson was
formerly Colorado man and known
to a good many of the teachers. Prof.
w. J. Spillman OF Washington, d. c.,
who is assistant secretary OF agricul.
ture. lectured on Agriculture in the
Schools and Superintendent o. J.
Kern of Rockford, H.. county superin.
tendent OF Winnebago county. gave
two lectures upon the consolidation
and the beautifying OF rural schools.
His lectures were illustrated by many
finely colored stereopticon pictures.
Prof. w. II. Swiley, principal OF the
of the association. gave an address
which aroused much criticism. espe-
cially among the lady teachers. He
advocated that teaching be made a
permanent profession and he said that
women who entered the teaching pro.
fession ought to stay there and never
marry. This did not take well with
some of the ladies'.
The question of agriculture In the
public schools held very prominent
place In the association this year. Last
year new section was organized
known as the agriculture and nature
study section with Prof, w. Fl. Olin
OF the state agricultural college as
president and T. S. Parsons Of Du-
range rs secretary. The officers work
ed all through the year to build up the
section and this year the section met
wi n hAr L.. r,f a,.ltt k,,tv
dred. The object of the section is
to aid the rural teacher TO arouse al
interest in the farmers boys and girls
In their schools in improved methods OF
farming. To accomplish this a bulle,
tin Is in preparation for the use OF
teachers, showing fully how this WORK
may be carried out in the schools. All
lines of agriculture are discussed IL
the form OF outlines, giving expert
ments that can be performed and lists
of all books upon the subjects SO tha
any teacher can carry out the work
The general association will publisl
the bulletin and each member of til,
agricultural section will receive copy
free. All other teachers will be
charged a small sum for It, 1t is the
intention during the coming year to
get out similar book for the Use
OF pupils.
The agriculture and nature study
section was invited TO the City park
zoo to see the animals and birds. The
invitation WAS accepted and about one
hundred went to the park and spent a
couple of very pleasant hours, view
ing the animals. There is herd OF
buffalo. several herds of deer. antelope
and elk, besides bears, wolves, wild
cats. mountain lions and wild hogs.
The Kendrick pheasantries are, how.
ever, the most interesting. Here are
over three thousand pheasants in one
large pen.' There are pheasants from
all parts OF the world and Mr.. Ken.
drick is sparing no expense in import
ing pheasants to stock the state. BE-
sides this large pen there are many
smaller pens where hundreds of the
younger birds are kept. Many of the
birds have already been turned loose
throughout the state and they seem
TO be thriving well. Perhaps the most
wonderful Of all the birds is pair
of Swedish pheasants. whose native
home is in the high mountains near
timber line. 1t is said that they thrive
the best at an altitude OF from ten
TO eleven thousand feet. They are ex-
pected to prove great boon to the
mountains OF Colorado.
No person visiting Denver should
fail to spend an hour or two viewing
the animals at City park. 1t is claim.
ed that there are more pheasants In
City park than all the other ZOOS OF
the United States, combined.
A number of the teachers also Wis L.
ed the Carter Museum of Natural His
tory, which is also located in City
park. 7. S. PARSONS.