The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-02-09
round Table
PROGRAM
Many Vital Questions in
School Work to Be
Discussed.

discussed.
Copies Of the program Of the second
meeting this year of the Monongahela
Valley Round Table Of superln,en-
dents, principals and teachers 10 be
held at Fairmont next Friday and
Saturday have been sent out. The
sectional meetings will be held Friday.
afternoon at .. O'clock and the general
meetings will be held Friday night at
$3.50 o'clock and Saturday morning at
8 o'clock.
The High School section with Roy
C. Smith chairman =sslll be In the High
School study hail, with the following
program:
/. The High School and the social
amusements of the community.
?. What can the High school do
for the girls in the art OF homemade
ling?
9. Should the town and city High
School students be taught elementary
agriculture?
4. How much attention should he
given to domestic and community san
itation in the High school?
5. Should High School students re-
ceive instruction in the physiology and
hygiene of sex?
6. is the labor required in making
and recording high school grades Jus
titled by the results?
Z. is 1T possible to eliminate home
study and still secure proficiency in
High School studies?
s. What should be the nature of
the contents and OF the management
of High school journal?~
9. How many periods a day should
High school teachers he reontred "a
teach? should all teachers have the
same number Of classes per dave
10. What ts the maxin,nm NM
Der OF pupils any teacher can instruct
in one class9
| ii. How can ne SECURE conditions
under which no ,nd,v,dno, o,tan,,on
NECESSARY for SLOW ar weak nnni1s con
be given?
~. Is the n l3s5 t1,gb school
course in his,o+y S Il {{isto c,osya
\ IL. should ne courses !, n,ys,cs
and chemistry Re electiye9
IA shon,d ~ ogar .o,,.,o !.
ethics In the uirh ,scnoo,a
The Gramrar. scboo, sac,,on w,,,
meet in the ITCH sehoo, onditori,,r
with j +. ,shreye. q ehoirnan ana ths
following program viii vi he observed.
Physical Tnstrnstion and carr
is the nreser,}t co3nrse n rbysi
iolcey and hygiene "a fitssa cforyg
2. To what extent do aflo1escent
conditions affect up,er. grade yor,;q
3, The influence az social snnctions
and parties in the WORT OF punils
4. Suggestions tor correcting h d
physical habits.
5. Some specific and definite nlnns
FOR cooperation between home and
school. Why IS such co-oneratior
necessary?
Academic and Professional Problems.
/. What should he the academic
and professional preparation Of a
school principal?
2. should teachers IN the seventh
and eighth grades be in a special cl.ss
as to salary?
Q. The formal daily lesson plan.
Its advantages and disadvantages.
4. What is FAIR standard OF
measuring the merits of teachers?
.. To what extent should teachers
be Interested in the whole field OF ed
ucation outside of their own particular
subject or grades?
Language and Literature.
/. What is the place of grammar
in the language course?
.. How can composition work be
made to contribute TO Mnguag "a
growth?
3. What should.be the method and
content Of the grammar school course
in reading and literature?
4. Can the state Menual course .,
study be adapted TO our cities and
towns, or should we have definite
printed course of stndve
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