Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-06
FOUR MEETINGS Of
TEACHERS THIS TERM
McGinnes Plans to Increase Eff
cheney and Pupils; Open
to the Public

the Steelton schools, to-day announced
the schedule for the general teachers
meetings for the 1914-1915 term.
There will be four meetings. one each
month, commencing December Z.
These meetings are held in the high
school building and will be open to the
public. Teachers from adjoining dis
tricts are especially invited to attend,
The two general subjects for discus
sion at all meetings are THE Greatly
to-be-Coveted Habit of Doing Ones
Best" and Education in Its Dynamic
Phases"
The complete schedule of meetings
and the program for each follows:
December Z. 1914
Music. William NJ. Harclerode, su-
pervisor; echoes from. the county in
stitute; How to Secure in Pupils the
Practice of Doing Their Best Intelli-
gently" (a) in handling busy york in
the primary grades Edith. NJ. Lichten.
Walner, E primary grade; (b) in prac-
ticing penmanShip, Blanche Clever, ID
grammar grade; (c) in the physical
culture drills Elizabeth V Clancy, ID
primary grade; (a) in the fire drills,
G. E. Detweiler, principal West Side
school; general discussion; queries:
Some children are very active in a
motor way; others are very quiet: as
rule, which are the brightest? L. Ma
bel Sands, A primary grade; Is there
greater need for manual training in
the schools of to-day than in the
schools of fifty years ago? Give rea-
sons for your answer. c. f. Howard,
principal Hygienic school; general dis
cussion; discussion of the outlined pro-
fessional reading for the month, chap
ters 1-5 of "O'Sheas Dynamic Factors
in Education"
January IL, 1915
Music: The Dynamic Aspect of the
Teaching of Arithmetic G.. w. Henry.
principal Central grammar school;
How to secure in Pupils the Practice
of Doing Their Best Intelligently," (a)
in sewing, Alice A. Jumper, teacher of
sewing; (b) in the reading and the
rendering of music, William NJ. Har-
clerode, supervisor of music; (c) in
the preparation of a reading lesson,
Mary l.. Dunkle, mixed primary
grades; Cd in the general literary eX-
erciSeS of the school, \. A. Yeany,
Central grammar school; general dis
cussion; queries: Compare bright and
backward pupils as to their articu-
lation in reading and in conversation;
is there difference; if so, in whose
favor? Why? Edith c.. Steese, c pri-
mary grade; Is mechanically perfect
penmanship an aid or a hindrance in
the expression of thought? Why? How
about careless penmanship? J. w.
Fields, A and B primary grades; gen.
erai discussion: discussion of the out
lined professional reading for the
month, chapters 6-10 of "O'Sheas Dy-
manic Factors in Education"
February 8, 1915
OF II ~.
Teaching of English Composition"
Roscoe Bowman, high school; "How
to Secure in Pupils the Practice of
Doing Their Best Intelligently," (a) in
the preparation of a spelling lesson,
Carrie V. Brown, primary grade;
(b) in building up and using vocabR-
larry, Nora NJ. Grouse. Central gram
mar school; e(c) in freehand drawing
and art, Eva f. Stoner. supervisor of
drawing and art; (d) in mechanical
drawing, Paul ID. Miller. high school:
general discussion; queries: At 11.30
a. m. in certain school the pupils are
slow and inaccurate in their move
ments and their work. What are all
the possible causes of this objection
able condition? May b. Osman, Cen
trail grammar school; When a pupil is
lazy, is it due to lethargic will or to
physiological causes? In either event
what is the remedy? Lille M. Nanki-
veil, special grade teacher; general
discussion; discussion of the outlined
professional reading for the month.
chapters lila of "O'Shea's Dynamic
Factors in Education"
Music; THE Dynamic Aspect of the
Teaching of Modern Languages" S.
Ellen McGinnes, high school; How to
Secure in Pupils the Practice of Doing
Their Best Intelligently," (a) in the
observation of nature, Joseph II. Hurst.
high school; OBJ in the preparation of
a geometry lesson. l.. b. Nye, high
school; Co in written tests and re-
views, c. S. Davis. principal, high
school; (d) in the employment of the
golden rule in all school relations. +.
r.. Shambaugh, county superintendent;
general discussion; queries: One of the
tragedies of life is the waste of honest
effort. How do people in general and
teachers and pupils in particular waste
their energies? Paul B. Faust prin-
cipal, Major Bent school; Every
teacher and every pupil should mix in
some play with his work every day of
his life. If this proposition is true,
should these diversions be mental OF
principally muscular? Why? A. G..
Hottenstein, high school; general dis
cussion; discussion of the outlined pro-
fessional reading for the month, chap
ters 1919 of "O'Shea's Dynamic Fac
tors in Education"