The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Miss Minnie Spurgin Of Mis-
soula, Vice President,
May Lead Sessions.
LOCAL. PEOPLE TALK
'Number Of Garden City Edu.
Gators Will Have Part in
the Programs.

tana State Teachers association,
which met in N1issouia last year, will
be held in Helena during Thanksgiv-
ing week. on November &c. 81 and IS
A large number Of Missoula educa-
tors will have part In the program,
which has not yet been announced in
detail.
A Missoula woman, Miss Minnie Spur
gin. IS second vice president Of the or.
Eanization. In the absence Of Presi-
dent II. A. Davee, who has gone to the
faculty of the River Falls. Wis. Nor
NAL college, Miss Spurgin is likely. to
preside at some of the Helena sessions.
superintendent J. 4. Burger of Miles
City is first vice president.
DR.. ii. II. Swain of Helena secretary
OF the association, Is the author of the
Following article concerning the organ
ization and It's 1917 meeting:
Historical Facts.
Immediately after the admission of
Montana to the Union in 1889, the old
territorial organization of school
teachers formed seven years before was
reorganized into the Montana State
Teachers association. and every sub
sequcnt year 4 meeting has been held
which has been the rallying point of
the educational forces Of the state, At
the time Of the first organization. near
y all the population Of the state was
in the mountainous portion. and. of
hn
that region. For time it was thought
more convenient to have Il permanent
meeting place. and for some years the
association met regularly at Helena.
In time, however. other communities
coveted the privilege of entertaining
the association, and for IS years the
meetings have been held successfully
IN number of towns. including be-
Sides Helena, Butte. Great Falls, Mis-
soula. Billings. Anaconda, Livingston
and Bozeman.
For the past nine wears, however, the
attendance has been so large that,
whatever the desire, Of any, one. the as,
ISOLATION has been practically limited to
about five of the largest towns.> be-
cause of the impossibility of providing
adequate hotel accommodations else.
Where. Now for its 29th annual session
the association returns to Helena,
where the meeting viii be held the first
rart OF Thanksgiving week, November
". "a ana IS. The counties OF Lewis
and Clark, the Broadwater also COM
blne their annual teachers institutes
this year with the association insurins
q practically unanimous attendance of
the teachers of those counties, while
other counties will contribute their
quotas. varying somewhat with the dis
lance from the place Of meeting
Affected BY tic War.
The first General educational gather
Ing held since Americas participation
In the world war will necessarily be
profoundly affected by this momentous
movement. Time enough has elapsed
however. for recovery from the frs,
disturbing panic which. threatened fol-
q time to oyerwleim, the educa tional
interests of the country. and thara Ii
gradually growing UP a calm, serious
intelligent determination to make out
or the profound experiences of the time
a stimulus and inspiration to briua
education more fully than ever before
into the fullest touch with the grea,
movements of the age, and to make the
schools an ever more anu more power
full factor in solving the great prob
lens that world reimbursement forces
upon us. The meeting of the associa
ton will necessarily reflect this spirit
Speakers Arc Prominent.
The president of the association, Su.
perintendent II. A. Davee, has succeed
ed in securing the presence at the asso
citation of number of prominent edu.
Gators from other parts of the country
and as always, of course. our owr
home people will respond heartily Il
the drafts made upon their services.
One of the speakers from abroad i.
Superintendent NJ. +. Shawkcy, wht
has made for himself a national repu.
tation as superintendent of public in
struction in the state of West Virginia
Il state which. though SO remote geo.
graphically, has in some of its pioneer
conditions presented problems striking.
~ similar to the those confronting u.
in Montana. Superintendent Shawke,
will speak on. THE Old School and tn,
New Problems" and in other addressc.
will deal with tho Immediately prlc,
tical phases of his experience in de,
veloping an efficient system of r,ra
schools.
Miss Helen NJ. Bennett of the Chi
cago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations
who is in wide demand for addresse.
before vocational congresses. vii
speak on Wars Reconstruction O
Education" Jaspar i. McBricn. schoo
extension agent Of the United States
Bureau of Education, will appear OF
the general program Of the associa
ton. and will also conduct a rura
school conference which will be at
tended by representatives from all TIL
northwestern states.
Of our own Montana people specia
interest will attach to the first appear
3hce before a general gathering. o
teachers in the state, of DR.. Edward o
Sisson, who has just been inaugurate.
as president of the state University
and who comes to us with a rich rec
ord Of educational achievement in othe
states Dr SiSsoN will Sreal. ~ N.