The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-13

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tier Hull and Ewing Lofland. IN the en-
Icore the boys played the new Moon
Hight Waits" by Frederick knight 10
gan and the display Of this feature
Imnsic was so gratifying that two re
lcalls were demanded. Mr.. Frederick
Knight Logan as the director certain
has a fine body Of young men here and
with ali OF their good work, they don't
hesitate to speak wen OF Oskaloosa.
TIA one OF the eneores they got on a
local hit TO the air Of Marching
lTkIough Georgia"
Iycr Reese took the solo part in one
| of the selections and the club joined
lwlth him In the chorus. The popularity
Of this Glee Club has been evident for
months past and their hit with the
teachers OF the Southeastern is only a
REPETITION of other successes secured
III other parts OF the state Mr.. Logan
has group OF talent here that he can
well afford to be proud OF. The even
lirg was one OF the delights OF the
lcci cotton
Hon r. C. Blair Speaks.
President william Aldrich Of Keo-
kuk after the musical program intro
duced Hon. Francis G. Blair, the State
superintendent of Public Instruction
OF Illinois Mr. Blair proved to be a
decidedly interesting speaker and he
made the best OF his broad and COM
prehensiye knowledge. He has deliy-
cred several informal talks at the var
ious meetings Of the convention, but
his lecture on "The school as melt
ing Pot was by far the finest talk
that he has given here His thought
was that the trend OF immigration has
for years past been bringing the for
eign born TO this land Of opportunity
and freedom and 1t is not Government,
Religious liberty or the great questions
OF Labor and Social Life that are to be-
the Americanizing influence in their
lives, but the education and patriotic
training that is secured in the Ameri-
can public school system, that viii
make of the children, the America of
tomorrow
He glorifled the position OF the
American teacher and stated that mol
missionary on the foreign field was
doing better or more consecrated work
than the school teacher OF this day.
Round Table Sessions.
In the Central M. f.. Church two de-
partGnents of work were represented.
In the Sunday school room the county
superintendent the rural teachers
and the agricultural teachers net In
quite a large audience. Mrs. Mae Col
dizen of Knoxville was the chairman
and the superintendent section was
well represented by papers and dis
cussions by Miss Myrtle DUNCAN OF
Lucas county Harry McVicker of Keo-
kuk county, June Chichester OF JEFF
ferson county. and by Miss Jessie Du
boo of Mahaska county.
The rural teachers section present
ed papers and discussions by Miss
Mary Vannest of 0skaloosa, Miss Nell
lie Blanchard of Charlton. Miss Wv
ian Huffaker of Argyle and Miss Bes-
sic Stanley of What Cheer. In the Ag-
rieultural section, papers and dis
cussions were given by Superinten-
dents l. S. Denslow of Winfield, and
Principal G. w Baker of Pleasant
Vile.
In the audience room of the church
the grammar ana intermediate teach
ers were under the guidance of Supt.
C. II. Carson of Marengo and special
papers and discussions were given on
vitality interesting subjects by superin-
tendent II. P. Smith Of Newton, Su-
perintendent F. A. Welch of Fort Mad
ison and superintendent Eugene Hen
ley of Grinnell, Mrs. Angie ReilZel of
Abba and Miss Nettie Bayley of Grin
nell.
At the Congregational church al
melting was held in the interest of the
Iowa Congress of Mothers and the
Parent Teachers Association. Mrs.
William Benson of Cedar Rapids was
the Leader and Mrs, Irving c. John
son served as secretary. Specially in
teresting and profitable talks were
given by superintendent Frank l..
Smart of Davenport and by Prof. f.
e Faris OF Iowa City. These talks
were followed by a general discussion
the best plans for child vel
fare.
Manual Training Organizations.
The Manual Training Teachers OF
Iowa met at their Round
Table Friday afternoon and Organized
into a definite association. The fol-
lowing officers we're elected:
Pres.--G. H. Nichols, Grinnell.
Vice Pres.-Carl Herborg, 0ttumwa.
:. Sec. -Treas.-P. l.. Brownell, Ft
Madison.
Besides those named the following
were present: G. w. Schefelker. OF
tumwa; Oscar Grimes, Hedrick: Hugh
NJ. Mcclure, Keokuk; f. M. Hunter
Abba; Chas. r. Core, Deep River; Roy
Hissong, Morning Sun; o. L. Hutchi-
son, Centerville; f.. z. HileT, Oskaloo-
sa; Ira e. Melvin. Oska1oosa; g. A.
Archer, Farson; L. G. Heironimus,
Mt. Pleasant; Cdoyd H. Harms, Wash
ington: James d. Helnick, West Lib
erty; A. j. Jones. Fremont.