The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-02
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
MEETING OPENS THURSDAY
LECTURE BY DR.. CLAYTON is
INITIAL FEATURE.
Banquet Of Normal Students Takes
Place Friday Night.

The big event Of the week in
Houghton will be the annual con-
Ivention of the Upper Peninsula Edu-
cational association Thursday and Fri
day, at which il is expected fully 1,4OO
| teachers and persons Interested i'm edu-
cational matters will be in attendance
| at the various public sessions and sect
! icnal meetings. A feature Of the con
lvertion will be meeting of the edu-
IcatiOnal committee of the Upper Pen
insula Development Bureau sometime
during the week probably ON Thursday.
DR. T.. =. ClaXton, United States Com
missioner of EDUCATION viii be the
most notable figure present at the con-
vention. lie will give a lecture Thurs
day evening at the Amphidume ON the
topic. Education and Democracy" To
which the general public is invited.
and for which a small admission will
be charged, to help in derraying the
EXPENSES of the meeting. Or. CIaxton
is promencnt figure in national cdu-
cational matters, and orator Of abl-
ity, who will be well worth hearing.
Arrangements have been made for
taking care Of the large numnrr Of
teachers who win be here from all
parts of the upper peninsula, and for
the convenience Of visiting teachers
two registration places will be pro-
vided, one at the Amphidrome and one
lat the Commercial department of the
high school
A reception to the teachers will be
rendered on Friday evening at the
Amphidomc, TO which the general pub
lie is invited. The reception will i'm
cludc dancing for which the KIingkam-
mer orchestra has been engaged Ia
furnish music, and refreshments wiIl
be served.
Friday'evening also will take place
tn" banquet Of the Marquette Normal
school alumni at the Presbyterian
church, which will be attended by scv-
oral hundred persons.
The meeting of the various sections
of the Upper Peninsula Educational
association will be held at the follow
ing places:
General neutrality-suspicious..
Grammar school scction-Ampbi-
drome
Library Houshton public IL
brary.
Music and drawing section-CentraI
room
High school and science section
Central assembly room.
Kindergarten ana primary section
Athletic section General assembly
room.
Manual training section-Commor
cial department. Central
Saturday win ba devoted To- SIGHT
seeing, and the local committee IS mr.
ranging for an excursion for such of
the teachers as stop over. TO one orl
the smelling plants, which will afford
an unusual opportunity To witness the
interesting and highly instructive
and mining processes. An the
copper country schools will close on
The two days Of the convention, the
law giving school boards the right to
enforce attendance by Hning those
failing to attend, two days salary.
The election of officers for the en-
suing year will take pace on Friday
following the regular after
noon general section meeting. It is
expected that w. u. Hin Of Crystal
Falls, the present vice president. winl
be advanced TO tho chief executive Of
hce' succeeding orr Schurz of Ncgau-
nee. the present incumbent. J. T.
Lautner of Marquette is the present.
secretary and r. r.. Davis Of DollarI
Bay. treasurer. The local committed
That Is Arranging for the conventionl
consists of Superintendent ]. A. Doene.
'hairnan, y. u. Erickson. Mice ANIMAL
W. Nye, Miss Charity Warrington,
Miss Margaret Mclaughlin. Miss An
lstasia Hemlock and a, Il. Spalding.
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