Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
MEETING OF EDUCATORS
SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION OF
NATIONAL SOCIETY.
Program to Be Observed This Even
ing at the Washington
Public Library.

The seventh annual session of the Ma
tional Society for the Scieptific Study of
Education will begin al 80 o'clock this
evening at the Public Library. 9th and X
streets northwest The society was insti-
tuted in the closing wears of the last CEN
Jury and is one of many that have been
various movements that have developed
in the history of education Prominent
educators throughout the country are
numbered among its members. and the no
tells are rapidly filing with those who are
TO be- in attendance upon its sessions.
notable feature of the conventions
of the society is that no papers are read
but ten minutes is allowed each speaker
TO discuss the subject prepared in adj
vance and noted in the Year book. copy
of which is furnished to all the members
before the convention meets. One of the
subjects TO he thus discussed is THE Re-
lation OF Superintendent and Principals
10 the Training and Professional Improve
ment of Their Teachers.
Tie National Society for the Scientific
Study of Education will hold two sessions
during its stay. and. il is understood its
members will participate. with other ed
ucallonal societies. i'll the demonstrations
which are To be given from time to time
by the local school authorities and others
while their convention is in session
Themes of Addresses.
Stratton ID. Brooks. president of the So
cietY, has announced The following adj
dresses for tonight: Charles ID. Lowry
district superintendent of schools. Chi
cago. "A Survey of the Subject DE-
rived From Study of Reports From Su-
perintendents and Principals" Joseph S
Taylor. district superintendent. New York
city. Methods of Supervision by the
Principal Compared With Methods of Su-
pervision by the superintendent and
The Freedom of the Teacher Under ST.
perviSion: W. l.. Stephens superintend-
ent of schools. Lincoln. Neb.. Salary as
Affected by Professional Improvement
the Lincoln Plan" j. Stanley Brown SUI
perintendent township high school. Joliet.
ILL.,. The Qualification of Superintendents
and Principals as Affecting the Solution
of the Problem" Edward G. Elliott. adj
Junct professor of education. University
of Wisconsin. The Use and Misuse of
Teachers Meetings" John w. Cook,
president Northern Illinois State Normal
School. The Use and Misuse of Teachers
Meetings" Albert S. Cook. superintendent
of schools. Baltimore county. Nd, THE
Improvement of Teachers Through Super
vision in the County Schools of Mary
land" Clarence +. Carroll. superintendent
of schools. Rochester. y. v. advantages
of the All-day Grade Institute" Ada Van
Stone Harris. supervisor of kindergarten
and primary education. Rochester. n. Y.
THE Problem and Its Solution as Seen
by the Primary Supervisors: Frank W.
Cooley. superintendent of schools, Evans
vile. Ind. How to Secure Continuous
Professional Growth of Teachers, Thus
Preventing Arrested Development; James
III. Van Sickle. superintendent of schools
Baltimore. Md. The Baltimore Plan:
Promotional Examina tons; Reuben Post
Hallock. principal Boys High School.
Louisville Ky. The Experimenting of
High School Teachers" and Robert FL
Gault Washington College, Chestertown,
Md.