The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
c. VI KNOW ELECTED
|. HEAD OF ASSOCIATION
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY
THE CONVENTION
Call For the Thorough Ameri.
canization of All Educational
Institutions

Officers of the Southern Minnesota
Teachers association, elected at the
annual business meeting this morning
! are:
| superintendent C. w. Knox, Lam
berton, president.
Superintendent j. ]. Skinner, st.
James, vice president.
Miss Helen Reynolds, Mankato,
secretary.
Miss Fern Kennedy, Faribault,
| treasurer,
J. M. Mcconnell, Mankato c. w.
Van Cleve, LIE Sueur; Miss Edith
Wheeler, Owatonna; executive COM
| mittee.
The following resolutions were
passed:
along the lines of interest
| worthy Of our, special attention dur
ing the current year are:
First. Social hygiene, Americana
zation, and intelligent loyalty, and
means for the further extension and
use of the national language of this
country in all schools and colleges,
whether public, private, or parochial;
the state supervision Of all education
al institutions and changes demand
| ed by war and reconstruction con-
ditions to be made in school work,
and in the training of teachers.
>"Second. We recommend that the
! meetings of the Minnesota Educa-
tional associations be specialized in
the interest of superintendent and
supervisors work, and the executives
and faculties of colleges, normal
schools, and high schools and that
the meetings of this Southern Min
nesota Teachers association and
similar associations throughout the
state be specialized in the interests
of grade teachers, and country
teachers, without barring other lines,
and that meetings of the state body
be held during the December holt
days.
Third We again extend our
hearty thanks to all who have di-
rectly or indirectly contributed to the
welfare and enjoyment of the meet
ings of this association. J. A. Han
cock, superintendent Brainerd, COM
mittee"
During the morning program DR.. ].
L. Merriam of the University of Mis-
souri,, Columbia, Mo-, who PROFOUND
ed some startling theories of teach
ing to the association last evening,
gave ashort talk on "a New Venture;
the Best Way to Teach Is Not to
Teach" Among other things he told
the educators present that the real
element for the success in teaching
is to make the pupils feel that the
problems given are personal problems,
and to give an opportunity to de-
velope initiative. He said that the
best way to teach is CO. operatively,
by the teachers and pupils studying
together. In closing his talk Mr..
Merriam said,
Don't you school teachers dare to
do in the public schools what am
doing in my school. Adapt what
ideas you can, but do not do every.
thoing that 1 have suggested to you,
This reformation must come more
gradually" He cordially invited any
of the teachers to visit his school if
they ever CHANGED to be in this city.
Address on Americanization.
Mrs. T. G.. Winter, chairman of the
Women's Committee National Coun-
Gil of Defense, Minnesota Commits
sion of Public Safety, gave an in
teresting address on Americanization
problems as met by the American
school system and teachers.
eff ic I'm tn TIC fooohprc rf Arnoripo
to teach an opposite doctrine to that
which has been taught by Germany"
said Mrs. Winter. $50 much depends
on the morale at home. for if it suf-
fers it impairs the efficiency of our
| fighting men," She told of the child
welfare year, just passing, and of
the work of saving the babies that
they may become strong. healthy,
moral citizens Statistics prove
that it is more dangerous to be a
baby in Minnesota than to be a
soldier in the army said Mrs. Win
ter. She scored the idea of paying
women less than men for the same
jobs, and said, that in the east this
practice has resulted in women be-
| ing the, housewives. the child bear
ers, and the wage earners, and that
nothing remains for the husband but
the saloon.
Wage Equal To Mems.
Nov the word is going out from
Washington that women must have
wages equal to men for the same
work. She told of the vast work of
Americanization which the educators
of the country can do in the public
| schools, and urged that all unite in
educating all foreigners who come
to our shores in regard to Ameri-
can institutions, and make Of them
good American citizens.
A pleasant interlude between the
two addresses of the morning was
song program, led by Miss Nancy
Williams of the normal school in
which everyone Joined with right
will. Among the songs sung were
the popular airs, Pack Your Trou-
bles in Your Old Kit Bag" Over
There" Long, Long TRAIL" and
America My Country"
The thirty second annual conven-
ton of the Southern Minnesota
Teachers association closed at noon
to-day, having been one of the most
profitable and interesting ( sessions
Fever held About 421 members were
Registered.
Dangers Of Propaganda.
In her address on Americanization
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