The Dickinson press., 1909-03-27
MANY VISITORS
Teachers Convention Now In
, Progress Attracts Many To City.
RECEIPT. on at the Armory
Friday Evening.

Necepts On at the vArmory
Friday Evening.
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The eeIni-annual meeting of the Mis-
souri, Slope, Educational association 10
in progress in this city. commencing
yesterday morning and closing this,
Saturday, morning. There are about
200 county superintendents, teachers
and school officers in attendance at the
sessions. This convention takes the
place of the annual meeting Of the Stark
county school officers and Supt. Lloyd
RAIDER, expected that practically all of
these officials would he present at the
meetings. Most of the county teachers
are>here also and quite a good many
from nearby counties. The IL counties
in the association are nearly all repre-
sented by their superintendents.
One of the. big features of the con-
vention was the public gathering
scheduled for Friday evening. in the
armory. An excellent program had been
arranged and it was hoped that the
public would turn out in generous num-
bers. After a program Of several ad-
dresses and selections by a male
auartette made up Of J. v. lessen,
Rev. W. J. Brown. b H. Crawford and
J. 1. Hughes. the visitors and those Of
the audience who cared to remain were
given a.. reception by the Dickinson
teachers in the Commercial Club rooms
Dainty refreshments were served and
the evening there were piano
selections by Miss Clara Snyder and
instrumental numbers by the Boys
orchestra of the Congregational church.
The sessions opened in the high school
assembly room Friday morning. Quite
a number of the visitors came Thurs
day and took in the exhibit of school
work. The address of the president Of
the association, Lloyd RAIDER of Dickin-
son, was-well given and to the point.
Superintendent H. M. Hanson Of
Emmops county had an interesting
paper IN THE Visitation that Helps. -
Superintendent Frederick Davis of
Adams county who was to have conduct
ed the dicussion was unable to be here
so the dicussion was general. Miss
Josephine X. Steake, the superintendent
of the Hettinger county schools, read q
very fine paper on THE Teacher as q
Housekeeper in the Schoolroom." This
vas led by Supt. C. L. Melby
of Dunn county. The remainder of the
program is as follows. A full account
Of the convention will be given in this
paper next week.
.u-... FRIDAY
ZOO p. m.
The Teacher and Her Methods" P.
7. Mentally, superintendent of the Man
dan schools.
Discussion. Arne Vinje. principal of the
New Salem schools.
How to Secure Qualified Teachers"
. Supt. W.T. orin of Morton county.
Discussion. Supt. Joseph A. Kitchen
Of Billings county.
Business Meeting.
Election of Officers.
FRIDAY
100 p. m.
Public gathering at the armory.
Address Of Welcome. Judge ". C.
Crawford of Dickinson.
Male Quartet.
Address, what the Public Has a Rich,
to Expect of the Schools," G. S. Ctyne
of Gladstone.
W. l. King of the Dick
ineon High school faculty.
Address. The Relation of the School
and the Home, P. S. BERG, superintend-
ent of the Dickinson schools.
Selection, Male Quartet.
Address, THE School and the Church., -
= Rev. w. J. Brown of Dickinson.
Reception with Music and Refreshments
in Commercial Club Rooms.
SATURDAY
10 100 q. m.
THE Schools and Public Health" Dr..
G. A. Perkins of Dickinson.
what Does the State AJAX of Public
Schools?" Supt. C. L. Vigness of Bur
leigh county.
Discussion. George W. Skinner, principal
of the Hebron schools.
Teachers Self Improvement" C. j.
Norman Nelson, principal of the Beach
schools.
General Discussion,
SATURDAY
ZOO p. m.
NEW School Laws" Supt. George H.