The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-05-27
1 any Edllc al ,ors
Will Be III City
To Attend Annual Meeting Of
the State Association
in June.

here June 16. II and 1s to be In at
tendance at the thirty-ninth animal
session of the West Virginia Educa-
tional association.
All of the general sessions will be
held in the Baptist church at the
corner OF Sixth and Pike streets, but
the elementary school section will
convene in the Con NJ. e. church on
Pike street. There are other de-
partme1its OF the organization, how
ever each OF which will hold Its
SESSIONS separately. The nigh schoil
department will meet in the First
Presbyterian church; the city super
intendents' section In the Baptist
church and the normal section in
the Christian church.
The opening session of the insti-
tute will be at 8 o'clock Wednesday
evening, June 16, when DR.. E. N.
Flowers will make the address OF
welcome in behalf of the city
schools. He will be followed by DR..
III. T. McClelland on behalf of the
churches, and c. p. Lamberd in be-
half of the board OF trade. E. G.
Smith will then speak on behalf of
the bar. The response to these
speeches will be made by Superin-
tendent W. M. Foulk, while greet
ings will be extended by State SUI
perintendent N. B. Stephens, of
Maryland.
The entire OF Thursdays session
will be OF great Importance IN West
Virginia's educational matters. State
Superintendent Shawkey will speak
on Pressing Problems IN the Edu-
cational Progress" while Miss Min
ME McWhorter at the same session
will tell something of the work in
our state reformatories.
Superintendent Work, OF Wheel
Ing. Is to speak during the session of
Friday afternoon upon Some Diff
culties in the Way of Establishing
industrial and Vocational Training
in Our Schools" The night session
will close with an address on Hon
est English" by DIR. Thomas A.
Lewis, president of the Western
college.
The conventions of Thursday and
Friday will deal largely with sec
tsonal matters. The normal, high
school and elementary departments!
will be taken up and discussed.
1.-THE Function OF Normal Schols In
West Virginia." will be discussed by
u. j. Corbly, John G. Knutti and
others. Among the other subjects
that will be up for general discus
Sion will be. Should We Continue
the Academic Course?" as the
professional Work OF a Normal
Course Properly organized?"
What are the Weak Points OF Our
Normal Schools?" Medical Inspec.
tion," "a Practical System for In
Producing and Conducting Such In
spection. Together With an Esti-
mate OF the Probable Cost OF Such
Introduction and the Yearly Ex-l
pense OF Maintaining Such a Sys-
tenn Other subjects that will be
discussed deal with the school house
how 1t should be kept, ventilated
and heated-and its outside feat
lures.'
\ The high school SETON will be an
other important feature of the sec
tional department. Subjects OF anil
Interesting and helpful nature will
he spoken upon and discussed by
the members of the department.
The topics VIII include: THE
Cause of Morality In the High
School" "The High School Curricu-I
lnm," THE Personal Truth of the
Teacher" Industrial Training in
the High School," and others. What
may be particularly important
subject will be Reform Is Needed
in the High School Athletics" COM
ing as 1t does at time when the
subject is more or less before the
public eye.
II c. T. Borgess. is the chairman OF
the elementary section. and pro-
gram valuable to the Instructor IN
this department of the school has
been prepared. DIR. Charles b. Clark
4 will make the opening address upon
1.-THE Nature of the Child for the
Elementary School Teacher which
lwill be opened for discussion by
John C. Clark.
Miss Sarah G. Glass, OF Wheeling,
and one of the foremost chalk art
lists OF the state. will speak at this
session upon THE Value of Draw
ing and Construction Work in Ele-
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