The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-04
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elaborate program ever prepared for
! the teachers of the state will be
given in connection with the annual
convention $and the semicentennial
celebration of'athe organization on
the Minnesota Educational associa-
ton to be held in st. Paul Deem.
, Der to 7. Dean George F. James,
Of the College of Education at the
University of Minnesota and presi.
dent of the association has an
nounced the main features of the
program, which includes on the list
of speakers men noted all over the
country in their respective voca.
tions.
Will Grant Rate Reduction.
The railroads have granted a re.
duction rate of two cents a mile
and Dean James expects the larg-
est attendance in the history of the
association. The session will open
in the Auditorium with business
meeting at 4:30 p. M, December 4,
and an informal gathering of the
teachers will be held in the evening
General sessions to be address
ed by the leading speakers of ma
tional note will be held Thursday
afternoon, December 5, and on Fri
day and Saturday morning, while
sectional meetings will be held on
the afternoon and morning of De.
cember and the afternoon of De-
cember 6.
Annual Address BY S. B. Wise.
The annual address will be deliv-
cred on the night of December 5 by
DR.. Stephen B. Wise of New York
city, the noted Hebrew leader in
social, religious and political reform
A concert will be given on the fol
lowing evening by the st. Paul Sym
phony orchestra with Miss Elsie
Baker of New York as soloist.
The list of speakers includes P
P. CIaxton, United States commits
sioner of education; DR.. William H.
Allen, director of the New York
city bureau of municipal research;
DR.. Luther H. Grlick, director of
the department of child hygiene in
the Russell Sage foundation; Will
Earhart, director of music in the
public schools of Pittsburgh: DR..
Ernest B. Hoag, University of Cali
. fornia; j. Adams Puffer, director of
the Beacon Vocation Bureau of
Boston, and Mr.. Seumas MacManus,
the distinguished poet, prose writer
and lecturer.
/ Minnesota Men on Program.
A partial list of Minnesota men
who will take part in the program
includes President Emeritus Cyrus
Northrop and President George E.
Vincent of the University of Mime
sofa; Superintendent c.. o. Merica
of %o{@ s.s.
boys; Dean A. F. Woods and Pro-
lessor A. V. Storm of the college
of agriculture; G.. G. Schulz, state
superintendent of public instruction.
DR.. Richard Burton of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota; Principal w. F.
Webster of the East high school,
Minneapolis; Superintendent M. C.
Potter of ST. Paul and the associa-
ton president, Dean George F.
James. %ss. 49, faaa..
i The General Officers.
The general officers of the associ.
alton are: Dean James, president;
Charlotte Knudson, Fergus Falls,
recording secretary; John NJ Guise,
st. Paul, corresponding secretary,
and F. J. Sperry, Mankato, treas.
urer. The sectional presidents of
the association are: Alice Mott
Minneapolis, elementary section
Professor D. F. Swenson, Minneapo-
lis, college section, J. W. Fay, Tru-
man., graded school section; J. H.
Powers, Moorhead, music section
A. M. Foker, Alexandria, industrial
section; Grace B. Sherwood Austin,
county superintendent; w. r.
i Hodges, Sleepy Eye, school board
section; III. A. Johnson, East Grand
Forks, high school section.
/ Teachers Association Meeting.
i The annual meeting of the South
ern Minnesota Teachers association
will meet here on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday, November 6, Z and 8.
Plans for the second Minnesota
Conservation Congress are now well
under way. The sessions will be
held in st. Paul November 1922
! The program is as follows:
First Day-November 19-ArchbishoI
John Ireland, to make the open.
ing address. Eugene Phillips, as.
sistant superintendent of public
instruction, on "The Consolidated
Rural School" Dean Woods of
j the State Agricultural college on
"The States Cooperation with Ag-
riculture." Joseph Chapman, jr.,
chairman agricultural education
committee of the American Bank
ers' association, on "The New
Movement for Agricultural Educa-
ton Senator Page of Vermont,
on Vocational Training and EdtI-
! cation" John Monroe, superinten.
. dent of schools, Faribault, on "Con-
I Meeting the Schools With Life
4 Professor A. V. Storm, the new
expert employed by the University
of Minnesota on Training Men
for the New Profession-The
:. Teaching of Agriculture" Profes.
sor A. F. CHAMBERLAIN, formerly OF
South Dakota, on Constructive
Agriculture. Miss Frances Lap
ham of Caledonia on keeping
. the Girl on the Farm"
. Many Notable on Lest.
. Second Day-November 20-James
!. J. Hill, on "The Minnesota of the
. Future" George R. Reynolds OIL
. Chicago, president of the greatest
. banking institution in America
. on a discussion of banking re
. formation the money trust, A
!. speaker yet to be selected, on
. "The Farmer and the Banking
. System" Mr.. George Woodruff
. of Joliet, ILL.,, on Agricultural
. Credit Systems" A discussion Of