The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-25

Industry he We comes by the same edii-
ct.tional rrnetss worth twelve dollars
week to MINIS IL. I am far from nug-
costing that earning capacity AZ ne
moment Ct leaving school is the my
or even the best test Of the efficiency
Of the schools, but il is Il very definite
test, and one from which the eXp0p-
cats of modern ideas iii education
should not shrink. Men ANA women
who are fit TO do do the work of the
world. and keen TO appreciate in due
proportions the fruits # industry, cap
able workers and discriminating uiti
mate consumers. producers Of wealth,
/. O., of we'll being. and rational users
| of wealth--these are the goal Of educa
ton as the social economist would for
mulate it, asking from the schools not
everything, but generous slice Of eV-
erything of which social welfare CON
sists.
George Plat Know, superintendent
| OF instruction in the st Louis public
schools made a brief speech which
/ concluded the program,
| The program for today OF the de-
partment of superintendenee and "
the several other divisions of the n
| T.. A. follow:
Department of Superintendent.
Fundamental Distinctions Between
Liberal and Vocational Education pa
vid Sneddcn, commissioner of educa-
ton for Massachusetts,, Boston, Mass;
william G. Bagley, professor Of edu-
cation, University of Illinois. Urbana
III. Thirty minute papers, Five
ute discussions.
2 p NJ. tHigh School Auditorium
part Time. Continuation. Shop and
/ Trade Schools" r, ]. Condor, supern-
tendent OF schools, Cincinnati, Ohio;
III. p, Hughes. superintendent of schools,
McComb. Miss: r. w. Thomas, super
visor of apprentices, A, T. and s. +.
Ry. Topeka. Kans. Lewis Gustafsou,
superintendent, Ranken School Of
Trades, St Louis, Mo. Twenty-Five
minute papers Five-minute discus
sions.
p. NJ (City Auditorium, Music,
| transformations of Rural schools and
Suggestions for Their improvement"
presented by t. s. bureau of educa
ton Forty minutes. Hopeful expert
ments." Mabel Carney. director, county
school department state Normal unl-
versity Normal, Ill; Josephine G. Pres
ton, State superintendent of public in
struction, Olympia, Wash; Susie V
Powell. State agent Girls clubs, Z. s.
bureau of plant industry. Jackson
Miss; Cora Wilson Stewart, superin~
tendent Rowan county, Moorhead, XIV.
Twenty minute papers,
, In state Universities.
Conference OF teachers of education
In State universities, presiding officer.
r. r. Ciaxton, United states commits
sioner of education. . Z. NJ: room 63e
, Jefferson hotel
This meeting OF professors and teach
: ers of education in state colleges md
universities is called by the United
States commissioner OF education ON
request of some who desiIsn-ta- dis
euss problems peculiar to their work.
Agricultural Education.
National committee on agricultural
education, . T. NJ. Seventh-Street
, Christian church:
shall Latin and Higher Mathematics
A.. Either or Both BE Required of all
Students During Their High School
. Course? Shall They Re Taught in the
Freshman Year."
shall Latin ana Higher Mathematics
Be Required for Entrance TO College|
'Tf SO. Shall They lie REQUIRED on
, Account of Their cultural Value, Their
, Disciplinary Value or as Il Valuable
, Preparation for Life2'
shall Courses for Boys and Girls
Have the Same Content? David Sned-
den. commissioner of education, Bos-
ton, Mass. Elizabeth IT. White, depart
ment of Latin, City High school. Dan
, VILE, Va,
How May Agriculture and Domes-
tic Science BE Successfully Taught in
Rural, In Elementary, and in High
schools "A c. Monahan, division If
rural education, bureau of education,
Washington. II G.
The Proper Training OF the Teach
err Of Agriculture in the High school
q. M. Wilson, head of the department
of agricultural education. Iowa state
college Ames. Iowa.
4 Conference of Workers in Farm
Life Schools District Agricultural
Schools. Rural High Schools. and An
High Schools Interest in Rural Life
Normal Schools.
Department of normal schools
i PRESIDENT. G. Crabbo. president
State Normal school. Richmond, Ky
Vice-president-U s. Conn. president.
State Normal school. Wayne, Neb.
Secretary-~-W T. Darlington, prest-
, dent. State Normal school. Springfield
Mo.
400 T. M-Jefferson hotel audi
forum:
School Course Of Study. David Fei,n-
ley, president, State Normal uni
versity. Normal. HI; y, y Johnston,
president. Winthrop Normal and In
dustrial college. Rock Hill, s. G.
The Preparation Of Teachers ami
Supervisors for the Industrial
I Branches and Other Special Lines
l.. ]. Corbly. president. State Normal
college, Huntington, w Va; J, w.
Crabtree. president, State Normal
school. River Falls, Wis
Extension Work in Normal schools
--E. r. Mathes. principal, State Nor
NAL school. Bellingham. Wash; II G.
Mtnnich, dean State Normal college.
Miami university, oxford. Ohio.