Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-25
IOWA EDUCATIONAL svsrEm 70
Dc DISCUSSED At reAcHERs,
CONVENTION.
PROGRAM - ISSUED FOR
STATE TEAcHERs' MEETING
Convention TO es Held at Dss Moines.
Nov. 8. 10 and 11-AlI Departments
Of Pedagogy Will Be Covered in
Msstinss-DstaiIed Program For the
Sessions.

Des Moines. Oct. 25.-The entire ed
ucational system for Iowa and the
proposed change of the state school
laws will be given special consideration
oy the teachers OF Iowa who meet in
tlfty-seventh annual session in the
Coliseum on Nov. 3, 10 and IL.
On Thursday morning, Nov. 8, the
educational council. which is the legis-
lative department Of the state associa-
ZION and convenes prior to the general
/. sessions OF the association for the pur-
pose OF discussing school laws, will dis
cuss at length the administration OF
local units or the township, town, city
ana county board organization and the
administration OF the STATE educational
system. These same subjects are given
further consideration in the sectional
ana departmental meetings to be held
independent OF the general sessions,
The complete program for the state
association meetings which will be is
sued this week to the teachers OF the
state by Superintendent Frank l..
Smart. of Davenport, chairman of the
executive committee, follows:
General Program.
Un the Coliseum.)
THURSDAY EVENING.
7:00-Concert-Henry's band.
S:O0-Presldents address, Fred Ma
hannah. Des Moines county. Address,
Educational Pioneering in the South
ern Mountains" President William
KY.
FRIDAY MORNING.
9:00-Report Of committee on nee
rology
9:S0-Address by A. Nj. Deyoe state
superintendent of instruction. Address,
Physical Facts as a Basis Of His
torical interpretation" Superintendent
j. NJ. Greenwood, Kansas City, Mo. Ad-
dress Public Education in the South"
Hon. j. D. Eggleston, state superinten-
dent, Richmond, Va.
FRIDAY EVENING.
$3.50 Handers Messiah" (40O
voices), st. Paul Symphony orchestra.
SATURDAY MORNING.
S.30-Music-West High school.
9:O0-Address. THE Training of Our
Lower Nerve Centers," Prof Earl
Barnes, Philadelphia. Address. Jane
and Her Teachers" Sarah Louis Ar
mold, dean Of Simmons College, Bos-
ton. Mass. Address, Education and
Its Influence in the Solution OF the
Race Problem" President Booker T.
Washington, Tuskogee, Ala.
DEPARTMENT AND SECTION
MEETINGS.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Department Of College and University
Education.
NJ G. A. parlor las
President-George II. Belts Cornell
College.
Secretary-John H. Tilton. Simpson
College.
business meeting.
Ills Scholarship Detrriorating in
the Colleges" Sidney L. Chandler.
Morningside College. Discussion.
IIL-"The Concrete Side Of College
Ethics" Leroy D. Weld, Coe College.
IV.-Report Of committee on stand
ardization Of colleges.
Department Of Secondary Education.
Lecture room, city library, las.
President-W. C. Van Ness, Denison.
Secretary-Etta NJ Bardwell, Cedar
Rapids
I-"causes for Break Which Occurs
in the Transition from the Grades to
the High School, c. P. Colgrove, Iowa
State Teachers College, Cedar Falls.
u.-"Present Problems In High
School Course of Study" A. w. Cham
berlain, Waterloo; F. E. Palmer, Lee
Mars.
IIL-Topics for general discussion:
l. Agriculture vs. high school bot
any.
2. Normal courses in high schools.
3. Is state inspection Of value to the
high school?
4. Would not graded school inspec.
ton be Of more value to high school
than our present system?
8. Evil effects Of overloaded courses
in the small high school in order to
secure recognition.
s. How far are high schools justi-
fed in going in the matter Of providing
technical training?
Z. What shall be the center of in
terest in the high school: Athletics?
Dramatics? School band?
s. II the course of study In the high
schools is not what 1t should be for the
boys, Is it logically correct for the
girls?
County superintsndents and Rural
Schools.
Coliseum, 1:45-President, Claude NJ.
Miller, johnson county. Iowa City:
secretary, Clara L. Cowgirl. Montgom-
cry county: business session.
Department Of elementary Education.
Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium, 1:45 p. M
President. Bruce Francis, Cedar Falls: