Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-09

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Southeastern Iowa Teachers associa-
| ton, and we especially approve the
following points
First-We rejoice that the oc-
cupation of teaching is being rec
ognized as real profession.
Second We are assured that
the teacher must be more vitality
interested in the work and must
impress others with it's import
ance.
Third.-We commend his recog-
milton of the fact that as the stand
ard of teaching rises the question
of remuneration will adjust itself.
Fourth.-We commend the ad-
vanced position of our PRESIDENT
when he urges that we include the
vocational subjects, agriculture,
manual training, domestic science
and commercial branches, as we'll
as the purely cultural subjects in
our curriculum.
Fifth.-We would emphasize his
statement that thoroughness
should be the watchword of all of
our work.
Furthermore, Be it resolved that
we extend the sincere thanks and ap-
probation of the members of this as
sociation to the people of OttumWa
for their hospitality, to the local press
for it's help, to the local committees
for administering so ably to our COM
fort and pleasure, to the executive
committee for the excellent programs
which they prepared and to Superin-
tendent Stuart and his corps of teach
ers for the opportunities of observing
the excellent work of the Ottumwa
schools.
Respectfully submitted,
Cap E. Miller, chairman.
Mr. Reed of Keokuk, who submitted
original resolutions, upon its accept
ance offered an amendment to it look
ing to the enactment Of legislative ac-
ton through the association to secure
pensions for aged teachers, which was
Incorporated in the original resolu-
tons.
Prof. Bagley's Address.
Owing to the fact that the subject
assigned to Prof w. G. Bagley of the
University of Illinois, ga Plea for Def
mite Education" was published in a
school journal, the noted educator
spoke on the subject of moral Train
ing in it's Relation to Modern Educa- !
ton" The speaker went thoroughly
into the subject and fully covered the |
field. saying in part that moral train |
ing is fundamental Of modern educa-
ton. He stated that it is not new to
hear of new methods of teaching and !
Of changes being made and termed !
modern teaching and bv other attrac-
tive names, but some of these have
been weighed in the balance and
found wanting. Manual training saio
he sis not new, but one Of the first !
branches Of education taught. We go !
back to the old and combine both new
and old in our present system of edu-
cation"
Child Not Changed.
The theory that the child of today
Is different than that Of olden days,
was declared a fallacy by the speaker.
He maintained that Notwithstanding
our advancement today over man Of
the ancient times. it does not make the
child any different than of old. Take
the child Of today and place him in a
cradle in the times Of the Rome's
greatness; let him grow up in that en-
vironment: or take the child of ancient
Rome and transplant him to the pres
ent and let him grow up under the
both cases, be child of that period.
The only way to raise the child up to
the standard of the race is to train
and educate him UP to it. Some say
that the modern school is not accom-
plishing what the older schools did. 1t
Is a fact however, that it is striving to
that end. I look askance at much Of
the new in the modern education and !
find in some cases that truths are
overlooked and virtue eliminated.
He told of a visit to school in
Ma ssa chusetts where the moral was an
element in the teaching. Politeness and I
the good manners of the pupils struck
him upon visiting the school. He also
told Of calling at a school where the
claimed to have mod
ern moral school, but which proved to
be hall of pandemonium.
Talk on Arithmetic.
In an address that was punctured
with the comic which at no time de-
tracted from the lessons conveyed in
the talk, Superintendent S. l.. Heeter
Of the public schools Of st. Paul, Mimi,
told of the Essentials and Nonessen-
tials in Arithmetic
The elimination of some of the
fractions that puzzle the brain Of
teacher and pupils alike. mad the cut
ting out of decimals beyond the third
decimal were urged by the speaker
who stated that in modern business
these things are not essential. Then,
too, business interest he would limit to
the six per cent class as that, he main
tains is the universal interest used in
business. In touching on the over
worked pupils that the teaching fra
ternity often are called attention to.
he stated that the teacher is the party
overworked.