The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-09
If They Muster Full Strength
at Teachers Meeting
Could Elect
President.
ARE IN THE MAJORITY
Iowa Teacher Has Theory Of Teaching
Physics to Girls Which She
Explains to Dele
gates.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
ST. PAUL. MINI, July 9.-Women
delegates to the National Education
association mustered their strength
this morning before entering the busi-
ness session of the convention, at
which the president for the coming
year and other officers will be elected.
The old guard is spreading rumor
that the women intend to nominate
Miss Margaret Haley, OF Chicago, as
president, from the floor this morning
and use their overwhelming strength
to place her in office.
The nominating committee met this
and was expected to report
out names of three women for vice
presidents. Several women are be-
Ing mentioned. These are three wom-
en- in Office now. Mary c. Bradford,
Rose A. Maley. of Cheyenne.
Wyo., and Martha stromberg, of Bal
timore, Md. It is not probable that
any of these will be submitted today.
A number OF intensely interesting
addresses were delivered this morning
and more are scheduled for this after
noon and tonight. Lewis B. F1ohr, as
sistant in the ofilce of markets. Wash
ington, D. G., told the state and ma
fionaf club leaders that the parcel
post offered the best means OF solving
the farmers marketing problems. Be
fore the same audience. Rufus Stan
ley, of Elmira. N. Y, urged the theory
of training city boys for farm life. He
declared that half the money used
reformatories would train
twice the number of boys into useful
lives of farming.
r ]. Tobin, county superintendent
OF schools. Chicago, explained to the
national club leaders the system OF
club work as an extension service for
public schools. He advocated the hir-
ing of a competent worker who will
devote his entire time to the COM
and building up Of agricultural
clubs and making rural communities
better places to live.
That girls reason as well az boys
but must have material Interesting to
them before they will apply their
TChSOhluS poN Cl wac ohS VI IbC liih
ciples laid down by Emma J. Fordyce,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in explaining her
theory of teaching physics to girls.
Vernon p. Squires, of the University
Of North Dakota, declared in an ad
dress on the North Dakota plan Of
Bible study that the experiment had
proved that most OF the present day
students are 80 inadequately equipped
with information on the scriptures as
to be unable to explain three out OF
five common biblical illusions. He
advocated the use Of biblical geogra-
ply and history.
One OF the features of the after
noon session will be discussions by
noted teachers Of English. Addresses
on essentials of English work in all
branches of education will be deliver
ed. The speakers will be Charles W.
Evans, supervisor Of English, East
Orange, N. j.: Minnie Porter, Gary,
Ind, and C. r. Rounds of Milwaukee.
A plea for the better teaching OF agri-
culture and the use Of raw materials
in instruction along this line was
made by w. S. Welles, director OF
school of educational agriculture, Riv-
er Falls, Wis.
One of the most interesting ad~
dresses of the convention was that Of
Mrs Maggie w. Barry, head of the
department of English in the North
Texas college at Sherman, Texas. She
declared that the legislative enact
ments and community movements
would never make better children in
themselves and that the real develop
ment of the child had to be carried
on in the home.
Women were Gagged.
ST. PAUL, MINI, July DIR. David
Starr Jordan Of California. one of, the
most prominent OF the present day
educators was unanimously electen
president OF the National Edu-
cation association at the an
nuaI business session here to-
day. No other candidate was men
toned and the entire list of officers
and directors named by the nominat-
ing committee was approved. The
women, after counting noses, decided
not to make fight on Jordan.