The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-17
EDUCATIONAL.
(BY c. w. MEISNEST.)

voc County Teachers Association held
.ast Friday and Saturday, was very
successful one. The program was
promptly carried oht as scheduled and
all the numbers were well presented.
Warren f. Hicks, Assistant for In
dustrial Education, of Madison spoke
on the "Co-operation of the school and
! the business man" and ia his address
on Friday morning brought out the
need OF providing for the education of
| the loys and girls between The ages of
| fourteen and sixteen. He briefly out
| lined the work of the continuation
school for this class of children, In
| the afternoon To the city teachers he
went more deeply into the subject.
Mr.. Miller of Madison spoke Friday
| morning on the attitude of the teacher
toward the learners problem. HIS
theme was Teaching the children
how to study" He brought out many
good points and gave number of
valuable suggestions to teachers on
this subject. He accused teachers of
being unjust in asking small children
to learn the first things of school in so
short a period and criticized the teach
er for often calling such children duh
or stupid To illustrate, Mr.. Miller
put an irregular figure on the board
ana asked the teachers to reproduce it.
he found that not one could reproduce
the figure at FIRST sight and that it
took a number of chances to get it
correct. He said that to the grown
ups, these figures were not harder than
the word "cat" to the child and that
the curves and straight lines in SPELL
ing this word (cat) which the child
should learn were just as hard for the
child as the irregular figure given to
the, teachers. In the afternoon Mr..
Miller spoke to the city teachers: his
chief theme being the grading of pu
pills. He did not approve of the per
cent system of marking pupils.
The address Friday evening of Mr..
Bryan was undoubtedly one of The
most able addresses ever delivered in
the city. lie handled his subject
"The Gospel Of Work. very ably and
surely none of his hearers could leave
the meeting without having impressed
upon their minds the Importance of
work as the solution to many of the
child problems. lie emphasized the
fact that all work should be done
thoroughly and exactly and as an il
lustration gave the instance Of how
Booker T. Washington attained his
accomplishment which finally made
him president of the largest negro
institute in the south. Saturday morn
ing Mr.. Bryan spoke on 'The Gospel
of Play" and in opening assured the
teachers that his subject was not the
opposite of what he talked on the night
before. He brought out nicely the
need and Importance of play in all
mankind. His tNeme was centered
about the topic "All animals play" and
further "That all animals play in their
own way" Play is a means of getting
rid of surplus energy.
Saturday morning Mr., Jackson gave
his address on "The Melting Pot of
the Nations" This consisted of de-
scription of scenes on his trip through
Europe.
Friday afternoon in the country
school section Miss Cheney gave IA
paper on "rhe School and the Com
munity" in which she briefly reviewed
the work taken up in the special com
mittee appointed 10y the State Super
ntendent and recommended some lines
Of work to be carried out by the coun
try school teachers along the line of
social center.
Mr., Jackson IN this section gave his
address on Brain and Backbone and
emphasized strongly with concrete
illustrations the need of intensive
drill for impreSsing upon the child's
mind the important elementary re-
Iquiremcnts Of the school
The following officers were elected;
President, Albert Wagenknecht
Vice President Mary Brennan
Secretary, Matena Tollefson
| Treasurer, Otto Drews