The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-03-23
TEACHERS HOLD CONVENTION
Superintendent Aygarn Points Out
How Interest in Sessions Could
Be Increased.

Oouh SCAtIC puUllC SCIlOOlS SoHC all
almost solid delegation of teachers to
the annual meeting of the Central
Minnesota Educational Association at
st. Cloud last week. Headed by Supt.
Aygarn, the local contingent includ-
ed the Misses Bemis, Mary Boyle,
Pearl Hagen, Mildred Severson, Lii
liam, Anderson, Amanda jacobson,
Helen Schmidt, Alice Quigley, Irene
Tulloss, Ora Conley, Emma Chelgren,
Ruth Inner, Ethel Armstrong, and
Messrs. Arthur w. Thomas and Ralph
Borman. Profs. Joseph Heraly and C.
E. Lucas were prevented from attend
ing by sickness and Miss Hildur Lin
ton and Prof. o. E. Stephl took the
opportunity to visit other schools.
Miss Chelgren and Miss Conley were
the only local pedagogues to take part
in the program, both giving round ia
BILE talks. The former also participat-
ed in the meeting as vice president of
the association. Mrs. Fannie French
Morse, superintendent of the State
Home School for Girls, delivered an
immensely interesting address on
"Womanhood and Home Economics"
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, G..
Holmquist, Long Prairie; vice presi-
dent, Irma C. Hartley, Crow Wing
county; secretary-treasurer, l. T.
Johnsrud, St. Cloud, Among the res
olutions adopted were that the asso-
citation favored the Smith-Hughes bill
now pending in congress advocating
federal grants supplemented by state
aid for encouraging the development
of industrial ana vocational educa-
ton; endorsed the plans of the state
department of education for raising
the standard of teaching in the rural
schools of the state by instituting a
system of county supervisors under
the direction Of the county superln-
tendent; favored combining all de-
partments of the state university hav-
ing for their purpose the training OF
teachers under the department OF edu-
cation Of the university.
The death of DR.. w. A. Shoemaker,
president of the. St. Cloud Normal
school, cast such gloom over the con-
vention that the entertainment fea-
lures of the program were eliminated
only the educational features being
carried out. Discussing the conven-
ton, Supt. Aygarn said:
"The speakers were probably not
as strong as we sometimes have and
the program was not as strong as II
has been. The attendance fell short
at least 200 or more. 1t appears that
the last two years has seen a decline
in the power the convention once had
This may partly be due to the TACT
that the officers haven't the money
to spend to get good material or II
NAV be due to the fact that they are
too close. At any rate something ougn'
TO he done soon and if there ISM
enough money to get the best tnen II
would be better to raise the dues &c
rs cents and get something good, Sc
that it will be worth while. Duluth a.
it's last meeting raised its dues to one
dollar and it was pronounced one o.
the best meetings in the state this
wear. However, these meetings have
their value. The mixing and exchang'
ING of ideas is worth the gong ane
gives the teachers new ideas and IN
spiration to make use OF in their WORT
that is a great help"