Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-18
FIRST SESSION WILL BE
HELD TONIGHT AT
HIGH SCHOOL
WELCOME EXTENDED
CITY OPENS HOMES TO FIRST AR.
RIVALS WHO ARE HERE FOR
BIG ILLINOIS VALLEY MEETING
CONGRESSMAN TO DELIVER
LECTURE.

Ottawa Is ready to we.come her Wis,
iting teachers to the Illinois Valley
district Of the State Teachers lnsti.
tutc TO be held in this city tonight
and tomorrow. Several very noted
people In the educational world viii
make u trip to Ottawa To appear ON
the program OF the sc5 ious The
meeting tonight will bo an ~ / meet.
nc and all people of the city are in
vited to attend The sessions tomor
row arc only 70" the teachers and
delegates to the convention
Ottawa people have q rare treat in
store for them in being allowed To
hear the address of Congressman s.
e. Fess, of Yellow Springs Ohio, in
his address. "The War Situation as 1t
Now Appears tonight at the high
school Congressman Fess Is presi-
dent of Antioch. College at yellow
Springs and has been member Of
Congress since tait During this
time he has made many notable
speeches before The House of Reprc
sentatiyes on the duty and position of
the United States In The world S
crisis II is probable that no man
could have been obtained to speak in
Ottawa tonight who could handle his
subject with more elear.sightedness
or more aptitude than Congressman
Fess. He ranks very high in the edtl
national world mott only in Ohio, but
also in New York. Pennsy sylvauIa aud
other eastern states where he is .
recognized authority
Friday Nathan SchaeIfer super
ntendent of public instruction for the
state nf Pennsylvania, will be In this
city to speak at he sessions of the
institute Mr. Schaeifer Is recognized
as the dean In the educational field in
Pennsylvania. For more than n gen.
Grafton he has been state superinlend
ent of public instruction and has been
recognized as mai iOnal authority on
educational matters during this time
II is a very rare thing for western
educational convention to be able 10
secure the services Of man Of Mr
Schaefler's standing bUt as he was
making western trip at this time he
was induced to gtop off for day in
Ottawa
Supt, NJ. G. Clark, of Sioux. City. la
also appears on the program lomor
row Mr.. Clark is one OF he best
known superintendents in the middle
west aud his work as a language cX
pert ranks very high He was former
W superintendent of schools in Stroa
tor and Princeton and the La Sal'c
county teachers are looking Gorwarc
TO hearing him again.
w. S. Gray. of the University of Chi
caeo, also appears on the program to
morrow Mr. Gray has done a grea
deal of valuable work thru the cd,l
cational department of this school, re
garding the tests for reading in the
grade schools. Thru the co opera ion
OF the city supernlendcnis of The
middle west, he has evolved q scrle'
of tests that are recognized as The
best tests along such lines yet per
fccted He will give The Illinois Val
ley teachers the benefit of these test
in his talk tomorrow.
Several local people and numbc
of others from this section appear ol
tomorrow's program.
Everyone that has promised to dc
nate their automobile for the automt
bile ride. that all visiting teachers ar
to take tomorrow. arc requested +
have their machine at the high schOc
promptly at 1880 tomorrow Afternoon
Everyone IN the city that has N;
chine has been asked to take a loa
of teachers on a sightseeing trl
around the city. and II Is hoped h
the committee In charge to hay
plenty of room that every teacht
can go on this ride,
The La Sale city schools wer
closed today and most Of The La Sal
county teachers made trip to tn
city to visit and study the methoc
used In the Ottawa public schools,
The officers Of the association wi
VIII be In charge of the meeting are
Prcsident--T. j. Mccormack, |
Sale.
Vice President Della Baker, &c
esrO.
Secretary w. A. Paxson Hennepi
Treasurer--W. r. Foster, Ottawa
Executive Commitiee--W. Il. Gu
It's, kcwanpe. chairman, George