Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-31

Blanche V. Lytle, Grinnell; Miss Anna
Yenney.
Round Tables.
Friday, April s, Afternoon o'clock,
High School.
COUNTY SUPERIN TENDENTS'
ROUND TABLE.
Chairman-Lincoln Antrim, Henry
county.
1. Sane Legislation-A. L. Hemin-
ger, Van Buren, county; Claude M.
Miller, Johnson county
II. School Visitations-Miss Flora
NJ. Purvis, Washington county; E. G.
Lynn, Lee county.
III. County Meetings, Teachers
and Officers-Mark Mullin. Iowa coun-
ty; Mrs. Laura NJ R. Cow, Lucas
county.
w. How Can We Raise the Stand
ard of the Teaching Force ?-Chas n.
Young, Mahaska county; Miss NJ Jane
Reddick. Wayne county.
SUPERINTENDENTS AND PR1N-
CIPALS' ROUND TABLE.
2 o. m.-Lecture Room.
Chairman-Supt. G. II. Carson, Ma
rengo.
I. Some Means of Securing the Co
operation of Parents-Supt William
Aldrich, Keokuk.
Discussion-Supt. T. M. Clevenger,
Brooklyn.
II. Medical Inspection in the Pub
lie Schools-Supt. F, w. Else, Oska-
loosa.
Discussion-Supt. A. G. Fuller,
Washington.
III. Playground Equipment and
Supervision-Prin. VIM. J. Sampson.
Burlington.
Discussion-Supt. C. w. Cruikshank,
Mt Pleasant.
Nv. Vocational Studies Against Col
lege Entrance Requirements-Supt.
w. F. Chevaher, Muscatine.
Discussion-Supt. w. w. Overmyer,
West Liberty.
General discussion will follow each
topic.
HIGH SCHOOL ROUND TABLE.
2 D. m.-Room 6.
Chairman-Prin Geo. EdW. Marshall
Davenport.
l.. Are College Requirements an
Aid or Detriment to the Influence of
the High School?-Prin. H. M. Ell
lott, Burlington.
II. Do High Schools Attempt to do
Too Much?-Prin. Geo. A. Brown, Of
Grinnell
III. Some Desirable Changes in
the Matter of High School Mathemat-
1cs-Miss Harriet E. Solomon, Keo-
kuk.
w. To What Extent is it Practi-
cable and Reasonable to Teach Agr1-
culture in the High School?-Prin. F.
G.. Robb, Washington.
GRAMMAR AND INTERMEDIATE
ROUND TABLE.
I'd. m-Biology Room.
Chariman-Prin Robert X. Corlett,
Burlington.
I. Mathematical Grading and the
fDropping-out Problem-Supt E. A.
Cromer, New London.
| II. Individual Differences in the
Grades-Prin. A. H. Packer, Fl. Mad
isor.
III. Reading.
| supplementary Reading and
Decentralization . in the Intermediate
| Grades.
2-The Thought-Getting Aspect Of
Grammar Grade Reading.
TV.-Utilizing the Playground-Prin
Elizabeth Sheahan, Oskaloosa-
Polk Games (illustrated) -Prin.
Mary G. McKitterick, Burlington.
PRIMARY ROUND TABLE.
2 p. m.-Room 4.
Chairman-Miss Katherine Stichter,
Washington.
The following topics will be discuss
ed by Miss Matte Louise Hatcher,
Primary Supervisor State Teachers
college, Cedar Falls. The teachers
present are expected to enter freely
into the general discussion of each
topic:
! l. Number work.
| How Much? When Introduced?
How Presented?
2-The value Of Number work as
Compared with Other Subjects in the
Primary Grade.
II. The Value and Result Of Sense
Training and Allied Work.
III. Phonics: How Much? When?
| w. Reading.
| What Method of Reading Should
be Used for Beginners?
| 2-How large Vocabulary Should
be Given the First Year?
v. The most Profitable Seat Work.
| vi. Do we make the Work Too Ex-
tensfve and Not Intensive Enough in
the First Grade?
RURAL ROUND TABLE.
| 2 p. m.-Room 2.
Chairman-MissB Bessie B. Buchanan
Co. Supt., Fairfield.
| 1. Some Defects in Our Rural
Schools. How Shall We Remedy Them
Prof. R. A. Hardness.
II. What Has the Rural School
Teacher Right to Expect from the
Institute County Superintendent A.
L. Heminger, Keosauqua; Miss Anna
Mahon.
! ILL., How May a Better Classifica-
ton and Graduation of the Rural