Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-21
'OTTuMWANS TO
HANDLE SUBJECTS
sUPT. BURGESS AND TEACHERS
OF TIE CITY TO BE ON s. 1T.
A. PROGRAM.
!; M ETS IN KEOKUK
Southeastern Iowa Fedagogues Will
Gather in Gate City Aprin rs
and e-Distinauished Speakers
to Attend.


and e-Distinauished Speaker.
to Attend.
! Ottumwa teachers will take an a.
: tive part on the program of tn
seventeenth annual session of til
Southeastern Iowa Teachers associs
ton in Keokuk April Z, s and 9. Mrs
Elizabeth Burgess, superintendent 0
Wapello county. is vice president O
the S. I. T. A. and with members o
the high school faculty. she will be il
charge of important topics on the pro
, gram. Miss Ada Hall, Instructor II
English at the high school, will be OF
the program April I, her subject be
ing The Preparation and Correction
i, of Themes" Ward B. Rice, professor
of mathematics at the high school
will tell Of Starting Glass in Geom
etry" and Prin. F. NJ Hammitt Will re
view the Social Activities of the High
School" Superintendent A. w
Stuart will be the leader Of the special
conference on the morning of April
IL and Superintendent Burgess will be
in charge of the nature study and agri-
culture conference. With Supt. Carni
Spicer Of Davis count, Mrs. Burgess
will also tell of School Equipment
How to Use IT,
! General Program.
Thursday evening, April 6, 500 p.
M. First Baptist church.
Music.
Invocation.
Music.
Presidents address, Frank L.
Smart, Davenport.
Address-The History OF Newsboys
/ in Toledo-John E. Gunckle, Toledo,
Ohio.
Friday morning, April Z. S:45 to
1890 a. M, First Baptist church.
Music.
Address Hon. A. NJ. De .Yoe, state
Superintendent Of Iowa.
Address-School Work Connected
with Realities rs Contrasted with Mere
Hon. c. P. Cary, state
superintendent of Wisconsin.
Address-What Is an Education in
Iowa in 1911?-Prof. w. c. Wilcox,
state university, Iowa City. Iowa.
Friday evening. April Z. 1880 p. M,
First Baptist church.
Musical concert by Keokuk schools.
Address-The New Home and the
New school-Prof. A. r. Graham. de-
partment Of agriculture extension,
state university of Ohio.
Address-Dr. A. Z. Winship. Bos-
ton. Mass.
Reception at George Washington
school.
SATURDAY. morning q pril s, 900 a.
M. First Baptist church.
N1rsic
Address-The Trend of the Teens
DR.. NJ. v. O'Shea department Of educa-
tion. state university Of Wisconsin
Business session.
English Conference.
FRIDAY m nrning. April '0:3n q. m.
The conferences will all he held in
the High and George Washington
schools.
1890 e. M. High school. room 4.
.eader-Sup+. Emma Nye. Fddvville. J
I. Grammer Below the 1Tigh School
Locke. Fairfield. Bessie
Washington.
2. American Literature-Nellie M.
Rae. Charlton.
8. The Preparation and Correction OF
Hall. Ottumwa.
4. The Use and Abuse of English |
Enthusiastically Fowler. Des Moines /
German Conference.
1920 a. M. High school. room II.
Leader-Professor Charles Bundy !
state university of Iowa.
1. Is German Interesting MARY j.
Keokuk.
2, The Choice of Reading Matter
katherine C. Knoerf]er. f. Madison.
3 Teaching the Living Language
Esther Jacobs. Burlington.
4. Reference Books That Every
Teacher Of German Should Have
welcomed.
All interested teachers are urged to
axe an active part in the discussions.
History Conference.
1920 a. M, George Washington
chool room 9.
Ieader-supt. E. F. schall, Fort
addison.
1. History Teaching and the Use OF
he Library-Catheryne E. Cooke. Fort
Iadison.
2. History and Civics in the Eight
!rade-R, x. Corlett Burlington.
5. The Place of Biography in the
'eaching of History. L. Packer, Wa
clio.
4. Who is to Blame If High School
'upils are not Interested in History
.nna w. Field. Washington.
Full and free discussion of each topic
, invited. ,
Latin Conference.
1890 a. M, High school. Room Z. :
Leader-Franklin H. Potter, Iowa !
ity.
i The Problem of Enlarging the Pu-
lis Vocabulary from Year to Year
ouise f. Barker. Muscatine.
2. Aims and Methods Of the Cicero
ear.-Zella Bvram. Fort Madison.
j. How Shall we Cultivate the Liter