The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-02-18
From Saturdays Daily.


DR.. J. n. Hancock was this morn
lug elected president of the Southern
Minnesota Teachers association, which
closed its session ut noon. The other
officers elected are as follows: Vice
president, Eda a. IIcadiey. supcrin.
tendent of schools of Rock county;
secretary and treasurer Superintendent
{. L. Payne OF Waseca; executive
committee, Superintendent G. II. San
berg, Window, clairman: Margaret
Baerc, Blue Earth; Superintendent
Herman of Redwood Falls.
1t was unanimously voted to hold
the next annual meeting in Mankato.
The Joint Session.
The Joint session OF the teachers as
ISOLATION and the Conference of Chair
tics and Corrections, which was called
to order at $3.50 was presided over by
President +. a. Weld of Moorhead. who
is president of the Conference of Chair
ties and Corrections.
Following the preliminaries Professor
John II. Gray. head of the department
OF economics and political science of
the state university, delivered an adj
Iencc With So-cailcd Private Business
Spoke OH Another Phase.
Dr.. Forbush of Detroit. who spoke
last evening on "The Heart of a
boy spoke again this morning On an
other phase of the great question
with which he is so familiar. His sub
iject was THE Education of Princes"
The Conference Session.
The program OF the Conference OF
Corrections and Charities this after
noon WAS made up of introductory re-
marks by Professor Frank \. Weld,
Moorhead, president of tic conference,
who will occupy the chair; IN address
on Compulsory Education Rev. J.
~ Ryan, st. Paul, professor of Ethics,
st. Paul seminary; Boys Clubs in
the Smaller Cities" Professor G. i.
Maxwell, Winona, president of the
state normal school; discussion opened
by MIR. H. I. Burt, Minneapolis, head
resident Pillsbury house; "Supervision
and Inspection by County Commissions
ers,' Mr.. y. j. Eckstcin. chairman
board of county commissioners, Brown
county.
This evening, Mr.. c. G. Schulz, state
superintendent of public schools Will
speak on "1hc School and the Farm"
and Albert Earnest jerks, professor Of
anthropology at the University of Min
nesota, will speak OH The Future
American"
The first special conference of com
nissioners was held this afternoon.
The Meeting Last Evening
The five section meetings of the
Southern Minnesota Teachers associa
ton, which met in the normal building
at l:30, were all well attended and
the interest taken i'll the papers and
discussions speaks well for the spirit
of the teachers of southern Minnesota.
At $3.50 the general session was
called to order by the president, H..
L. Brown of ST. james.
Mrs. Minnie S. Parry, critic Of the
intermediate department of the model
school, and DR.. I. \. Weigle. professor
of philosophy at Carleton college, spoke
on the subject of "Inspirational Teach
ing" II would be hard to find two
better examples of the inspirational
teacher than these two. They are
both teachers of wide cXperienc who
ar able TO put themselves in the child's
place and see things from his point
iof view
The audience were disappointed on
hearing that President Cowlipg was not
, able to be here. but when they learned
that DR.. Wcigle, who addressed the
, teachers of the association last year.
was to fill his place, their disappoint
iment entirely disappeared.
The meeting last evening, the first
l.s.iointa session with, the Conference OF
Charities and Correction was the
GROWING meeting Of the session.