The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-10
Meeting Opened Last Evening With
Addresses By Superintendent
Banks, keenan, and Erickson.
DR.. JAMES TO SPEAK TONIGHT
Musical Program This Afternoon To.
gether With Four Round Table
Discussions

Last evening in the assembly hall
of the Bemidji high school building
the North Central Minnesota Teach
ers' association convention was be-
gun.
The session was attended by over
one hundred teachers OF schools in
the northern part of the state. IN
ternational Falls, Big Falls, Nor
thome, Tenstrike, Grand Rapids, Deer
River, Cass Lake, Shevlin, -Bagley,
Thief River Falls, Fosston, Walker
and several other schools have repre-
sentatives at the meeting.
The session last evening was
brought to order by Miss Anne Shell
land, superintendent of schools of
Koochiching county.
The first speaker was superintend-
ent A. M. Banks, of Park Rapids,
who talked on the subject, Normal
Departments in the High Schools
He brought out several good points
in regard to the way in which stu
dents should be educated in our high
schools to. act as teachers in the
rural schools.
State High School Inspector
George 3. Alton, then spoketin regard
to the way in watch theshigh schools
were already turning out teachers
for the rural schols.
Superintendent G. E. keenan, of
Deer River, and Superintendent of
Schools T. A. Erickson, of Douglass
county, addressed the teachers in
very interesting manner on the sub
ject, "How may the Schools of Nor
thern Minnesota Contribute Toward
It's Development
This mornings program was at
tended by larger assembly than
was the one last evening. The Be-
midi teachers quintet COMPOSED of
Misses Murrar, Wheeler, McGillin
and Grazing, sang.
Superintendent P. M. Larson, of
Cass Lake, president of the associa-
ton gave short talk, in which he
called the attention of the visiting
teachers to the sewing display of
the Bemidji high school sewing class
and the work of the manual training
departments He also said that none
of the teachers should fail to visit
the room which is being used to dis
play the work of the grade pupils
in painting, weaving and sewing
He then made his committee appoint
ments, which were as follows:
Resolutions, Banks, Park Rapids,
Shetland, International Falls, and
keenan,, Deer River; Nominations,
Hawkins, Akeley, Hor, Bagley and
Ross, Walker. Mr.. Larson then pro-
ceeded with his address,, during
which he brought out many facts
concerning the many advantages of
being high school graduate, and
laid much stress on the fact that
children can not be educated at
home. -.
The teachers then again listened
to State High School Inspector
George B. Alton, who gave short
but very interesting talk.
DR.. Colgrove, of the st. Cloud
Normal was then introduced He
appearing on the program in place
of President w. A. Shumaker, Of the
St. Cloud Normal School. DR.. Cos
groves remarks were sharp and to
the point, his chief argument being
sTeach the Children to Think
Superintendent J. H. Hay, of
Thief River Falls, spoke on the sub
ject, "Civics and Training for Citi-
zenship."
sThe Schools Need Teachers Who
are Able and Willing to Teach
Something Outside of Books was
the subject on which Superintend-