Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-28
TEACHERS TO
DISCUSS WORK
PROGRAM FOR THIS YEARS CON
vENrloN WILL BE OF UN-
USUAL INTEREST.
IN SESSION 8 DAYS
Meeting Will Be Held at Des Moines
Converting on November z and
Adjoining November 9
The Program.

Converting on November 7 and
d Adjoining November 9
l. The Program.
The fifty-eighth annual meeting o.
; the Iowa State Teachers association
r will convene in Des Moines, Thurs
day. November 7, 1912 and last three
days.
A program Of unusual interest and
, Importance to the. teachers and pa
trcns Of the public schools has been
t prepared for every session of the gen
eral association and the sessions of the
various departments and round tables
One session Of the general associa.
ton will be devoted to the rural
schools The educational council will
concerned in the great matter OF edu.
cation. including state aid to schools.
the school asN an educational social
and recreational center. standardiza.
ton Of small high schools. industrial
training, the grades and facilities for
=, the training Of teachers. =.
The program for the different de-
partments of the association, the Of
ficers for 1912 and the executive COM
!mittee follows:
Thursday Morning, Nov. 7, A. N. De-
w. zoe, Presiding.
The better Iowa schools commission.
Secretary's report.
Committee reports.
| 1. The School as Community Cen
Iter-Robert E. Rienow.
2 Industrial Education-George e.
Masters.
8. State Aid to Schools. A.
Woodruff.
4. Facilities for Training Teachers
Frank l.. Smart.
5. Standardization of Small High
Schools-John E. Stout.
6. The Grades--Z. C. Thornburg.
Z. The Rural Schools Frank D.
Joseph.
8. School Administration in Iowa
Hon. Arthur Pickford. -
recommendations Of the commits.
sion--Hon. Arthur Springer.
General discussion.
Program Of Central Association.
All meetings Of the general asso.
citation will be held in the Coliseum.
Thursday Evening, Nov. 7.
Music. .,-..
Presidents address-Miss Alice
Dilley, Osceola. gs ...s-
3Address-H. II. Horne, School OF
Pedagogy, New York university.
Friday Morning, Nov. 8.
Friday mornings session will be
devoted entirely to the problem OF the
rural schools Of Iowa.
State superintendent address-A.
NJ. Deyoe, Des Moines.
Address-"A Social and Educational
Survey Of the Rural Community" War
rem H. Wilson, director of missions,
New York City.
Short addresses-"The Cause Of the
Rural School in Iowa." Hon. B. W.
Newberry, Hon. John Hammill Hon.
George w. Clarke, Hon. Warren Garst.
Friday Evening, Nov. 8.
Concert-The Chicago Sunday Even.
ing club choir.
Business meeting.
Saturday Morning, Nov. 9.
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Address-Herbert S. Hadley, COVER
nor Of Missouri
DEPARTMENTS AND SECTIONS
Thursday Afternoon; Nov. 7.
Department of college and university
education H =
President-D. M. Edwards. Penn COL
lege, Oskaloosa. @~ ". "
Secretary-John L.. Tilton, Simp-
son college, Indianola.
Department of county superintend-
ents and rural schools
President-Kate Logan, Cherokee.
! Vice president-Jennie Steele Hue
gle. Des Moines.
secretary-Myrta Harlow, Abba
Department of secondary educa-
| ton 1&
President--G. w. Willett, Abba
Secretary-Elizabeth Wyland, Brook.
Ign. && d.
Department of elementary educa-
| ton l:@.
President-June Conner, Sioux City.
Secretary-Emily Trent, Osceola.
| Superintendents' and principles
section a.
! President-W. I. Griffith, Waverly.
J Secretary-F. A. Welsh, Hampton.
| Higher grades section r
| President-Edith Holman. Oskaloosa
Secretary-Pearl De Jarnette, Des
Moines.
, Manuel arts section
! President-N. V. Hill. Waterloo.
| Secretary-J. F. Parks, Des Moines.
Primary section .s3sa-sE Hflatt .l
president-Emma Watson. Iowa City
,Secretary-Stella Eberhart Des
Moines. .s:f@ FasIa 3.
! Kindergarten section .
! President-Miriam Hoover, Waverly.
! Secretary-Ethel Banta. Des Moines.
/ County superintendents section
President-Kate Logan. Cherokee.
/ Secretary-Myrta Harlow, Abba.
Rural teachers section---e..,.e.s .--.
President-Sarah Huftalen, Norwich.