Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-04
Council Bluffs
TEACHERS IN CONVENTION
Council Bluffs Schools May Close
During Annual Session.
MEETING Is IN DIES MONIES
Several Local PedaEoEues Are on
Program and Vacation May ne
Granted at Request OF
superintendent.


superintendent.
II a sufficient number Of teachers Of the
public schools of the city signify their de-
sire to attend the annual meeting Of the
Iowa State Teachers association in Des
MONIES on November 4, 5 and 6. Superin-
tendent Beveridge will at the next session
Of the Board Of Education ask that the
schools be closed Thursday and Friday Of
that week. Several Of the Council Bluffs
teachers are on the program for the state
meeting and will have to attend. Mr.. Bev-
eridge is anxious to have Council Bluffs
well represented at the meeting and is send
ing out notices to the teachers to ascertain
now many wish to attend. II the number
warTsnts'it Mr.. Beverage will recommend
that they be permitted to attend and that
the schools be closed Thursday and Friday
Of convention week.
only in the event Of a sufficient number
Of teachers signlfying their intention to at
tend the meeting to warrant closing the
schools here for the two days, shall 1
recommend that this be DONE" said Super
intendent Beverage yesterday. Those
teachers who are on the program for the
state meeting will OF a necessity have to
attend, but do not deem It advisable to
have the schools closed for the two days
and then have the teachers go off some
where on a picnic instead Of attending the
meeting at Des Moines. Heretofore the
state meeting has been held during the
vacation period in December and conse-
quently the teachers we're at liberty to at
tend II they so desired without interfering
with the school work"
In his notice Of tbs meeting sent to the
county and city superintendents, John F..
Riggs, superintendent of public instruction,
urges that opportunity be afforded teachers
to attend. He says:
That the meeting may be of the greatest
benefit to the schools, 1t is important that
1t be very largely attended by teachers and
superintendents. 1t is therefore suggested
that, where practicable, the usual fall vaca-
ton be made to occur during the week the
state meeting will be held, thus affording
meetings Of the state association without
disturbing the work of the schools. Where
this cannot be done, school boards are
urged to make arrangements whereby the
teachers who wish to attend the state
meeting may have the opportunity of doing
so without loss OF pay.
l suggest that you take this matter up
with your school boards, with a view to
the securing Of their cooperation along
the lines suggested.
The sessions of the association will be
held in the Des Moines auditorium and the
following program has been announced for
the general meetings, which open Thursday
evening, November 4:
THURSDAY EVENING.
Presidents address, f. J.. H. Beard, New
ton; lecture-"The Education of the De-
sires," DR.. Frank Crane, Chicago.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Address-"The State Association and
School Legislation" Hon. John F. Riggs,
Des Moines; address-(Subject not yet
chosen, President A. Ross Hin, University
of Missouri; address-'Theories of the ORR
gin of the Earth" Prof. Rollin d. Sal
isbury, University of Chicago.
FRIDAY EVENING.
Address-"School Training Through Hand
iwork and Headwork." Dean James E..
Russell, Teachers College, Columbia uni
SATURDAY MORNING.
MISUNDERSTANDING Study of Education"
Dean Charles IL. Judd, School OF Educa-
ton, University of Chicago; address-(Sub-
ject not yet chosen, Jane New
York; Address-"Public Morals and Public
Schools" Hon. A. S. Draper, Albany, n. Y.
The meeting will close with a business
session Saturday afternoon at which Off
GERS for the ensuing year will be elected.
In addition to the general sessions there
will be department and section meetings,
round tables and college reunions.
Prof. J. II. Beverage, superintendent
of the Council Bluffs schools is a member
Of the committee on resolutions.
The officers OF the state association are:
President, e. ]. H. Beard, Newton; first
vice president, A. T. Hukill, Waterloo;
second vice president, Jessie Field, Clar-
india; third vice president, George II. Belts,
Mt. Vernon; secretary, o. II. smith, IN
dianols; treasurer, George w. Samson,
Cedar Falls. Executive committee: Frank
L. Smart, chairman. Davenport; Frank
f. Almy, Grinnell; Maurice Kicker, Des
Moines.