Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-16
MANUAL ARTS ASSN.
MEETING IS BROUGHT
TO A CLOSE TODAY
STATE CONVENTION OF eOUcAT.
oRS ATTENDED BY SIXTY
DELEGATES FROM ALL SEC.
TONS OF THE STATE-BAN.
QUIET HELD LAST NIGHT.

Al the morning session today. sixty
visitors were in Ottawa to attend the
fifteenth annual meeting of the Manu-.
al Art Association OF Illinois in con.
ventlon here today Representatives
OF schools from all over the state
we're In the city to attend the meet.
ings.
The annual banquet was served
last night in the French dining room
Oh the Clifton hotel 10 fifty.four guests.
;. j. Vaughn. cad of the Department
OF Manual Arts of the normal school
at De kalb served as POSTMASTER.
hev. {. A. Briggs. Jr, pastor of the
First Methodist church gave the in.
vocation and a musical program was
furnished by Miss Maude Diest, and
Mrs. Bertha Brockway.
John ID. Shoop. superintendent of
Chicago schools made a very stirring
address. Every one that heard him.
was greatly impressed with the great
amount of personal magnetism. and
the eloQuence of the speaker.
. lie spoke about the reorganization
OF the school system in a manner that
would be OF great benefit to the ma.
tion after the war is over. The great.
est problem the people in the United
States will have to solve will be in
the reconstruction OF the commercial
conditions after the war. rather than
the present problems on the battle
fields in Europe. he said.
tie gave stirring patriotic talk
and advocated the teaching of patriot.
ism to the school children in such a
. manner that they can never forget, or
ever become disloyal or unpatriotic.
William }. Began. principal of the
Lane Technical school made a most
interesting talk on THE Work of
the Technical Schools
He took for his subject the work OF
the technical high school. in relation
to the public, especially the night
branch of the high school.
According to Mr.. Began to great
amount OF criticism that surged thru
the country about the night classes
has come from the political bosses
who wished 70 place inferior teachers
IN that work.
The two years work given in a night
school Is equivalent to three months
or the work in any of the best techni.
cal schools in the country.
lie advised towns the size of OF.
tawa to only have two or three stu.
dies in their night schools. for there
Is danger in starting with too large a
course where the population of a city
is small this would bring failure in
proper covering the subjects.
Today's Session.
This morning the session was held
in the high school auditorium. Music
was furnished by boys chorus from
the grade schools n. +. Futz. direct.
or OF the vocational schools at Ander
son, Ind, made a talk on the Work
ing OF the Vocational Educational
Problem in Indiana" He told of the
passing Of the vocational educational
Dill in Indiana how it was passed bv
me employers OF men rather than the
educational leaders of the state. Tell
ing OF the work accomplished by the
vocational schools there. and gave
statistics TO show the benefits that
would be derived from such a law in
Illinois
DR.. Laneas G. Weld. of the Pull.
man schools. gave talk on the Pull.
man Free Manual Training school.
illustrating it with work done there.
a. W. Jamison Of the Extension De.
partment of the University OF Illinois.
made an excellent talk on Food
Conservation giving practical sug-
gestions for the conservation of
food. and urged upon the domestic
science teachers the need of their
teaching thrift with edibles in every
way possible
l.. NJ. Cole Of the James Millikin
University. who was to give a talk
was unable to come to Ottawa for the
convention.
Oscar l.. McMurray, head of the
Manual Art Department of the Chica.
20 Normal school. gave an illustrated
lecture on Period furniture"
The session this afternoon was
changed and instead of the two sec. /
ti0nal meetings. there was one gen.
eral meeting of both departments
Officers Elected.
At the business session held this
officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows:
President-A. G. Hill. director of
training at Rock Island.
Vice President Miss Jennie Snow
domestic science instructor. Chicago.
: Second Vice Presldent--M. j. Glea.
son. director of art. Joliet.
Secretary and Treasurer. o. Ed.
wards. director Of manual training
Springfield.
The association accepted the invi.
lation to hold the 1919 annual meeting
In Rock Island.