Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-02
STATE TEACHERS
TO HOLD GREAT
MEET. IN OMAHA
Men Of InternationI Fame
Coming-30 Sections to
convepe-5,o0o to
Attend.

lccHNI anu IlOWdIu oaCctS, IA
charge Of Miss Mary E. Foster, di-
rector of the department of child
labor permits. All information will
be given out from this booth.
Miss Charlotte E Townsend of
the health department of the city
schools will have charge of another
bureau at the Hotel Rome and will
give any information regarding the
system of city health inspection and
its relation to new state law affect
ing county health inspection.
Although program has been pre-
pared for the first day of the ses-
sion, hundreds of teachers will be
taken about the city and on visits
Ito schools. Boy Scouts, 200 of them,
will act as guides
Schools All Closed.
All the, public schools of the city
will be closed on Thursday aud
Friday to permit local teachers to
take an active part in the conven-
tion.S --.
A joint comrlittee of the Ne
4 braska Woman's Educational club
and the Schoolmasters' club, will
meet Tuesday before the convention
and make recommendation for sub
jects to be discussed at open ses-
siona
The first general session of the
convention will open at the Audi
fo-ium Wednesday evening. Coil
rresoman S. d. Tess of Ohio will
speak -on Educating for DEMO-
sracy"; Miss Patty Hill Of Columbia
university ON "Kindergartens of
Yesterday and Tomorrow" >and
President M. l.. Burton of the Uni
versity Of Minnesota on THE New
American"
Prof P. w. Dykema of the Uni
\ versity of Wisconsin will conduct
community singing on Thursday
evening. AT this session Dr. Osis
Nv. Caldwell. Teachers college, New
York; DR.. T. S. Lowden of Column
bus o.. and DR.. J. Paul Goode of
the University of Chicago will
be speakers.
Julia c. Lathrop Coming.
DIR. c. H. Judd, School of Educa-
ton, Chicago; Julia c. Lathrop Of
the Children's bureau, Washington,
y. c., and President William B.
Owen Of the Chicago Normal school
will speak, at the Friday morning
session.
Every speaker at the general SEES
SionS ranks among the highest in
the educational world. NJ L. Burton
Nas one Of the principal speakers
at the national meeting of superin-
tenderts and principals in Chicago
last March, and proved to be a
stirring educational evangelist.
DR.. Otis w. Caldwell is the di-
rector of one of the most promising
experimental schools in America, if
not The world. the Lincoln Elemen-
tary and High school of Columbia
university. This school was start
ed a. year ago and aims to embody
many of the ideas of John Dewey's
Schools of Tomorrow"
Peter w. Dykema, who will lead
community singing on one evening,
Is Professor of music in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and was one
OF the pioneers in community sing
ing in America.
~ George William Eggers is the di-
rector of the Art institute at Chi
cago. He came to that position
from the department of public art
OF Chicago Normal school. AS a
lecturer Mr.. Eggers is said to be
alert and forceful. combining wit
with Astounding knowledge. He is
to speak before the drawing Sec
ton, and also the home economics
section, on appropriate subjects.
Congressman S. D. Fess, a noted
teacher of American history, LITERAL
" inspired thousands of pupils and
teachers to the highest patriotic
fervor, and is recognized as one of
the greatest educational leaders in
congress.
Stereopticon Lecture.
Miss Patty Hill is Americas most
famous kindergartner. She will
give a stereopticon lecture before
the general session on the opening
night and address the primary and
kindergarten sections of the con-
vention.
A conception of the large scale
OF, which the convention is to move
NAV be gained by the fact that dur
ING the three days so big, sections
will be in session at the same time.
Relaxation and real musical
treat are promised the visitors Fri
day evening, when complimentary
concert will be- given at the Audi
forum BY the bureau Of publicity
of the Omaha Chamber OF Com7
merce.
Madame Helen Stanley, whose
appearance in Omaha was with Ger
aidine Farrar in Carmen" several
wears ago, and Jacques NThibaud,
the famous French soldier violinist,
will give a joint recital. 80
Great French Violinist.
OF all living violinists, none rises
to greater artistic heights than the
brilliant Frenchman, Jacques Im-
baud Musical critics the world
over bow to his art as perfect. In.
baud's is tone of wooing sweet
ness and limpid purity, yet ffaught
with fire and passion when the oc-
casibn requires. In point OF real
musicianship he is without a peer.
Nine. Helen Stanley is one OF the
few prima donnas who has sung
the three roles of Olympia, Julietta
>aid Antonio in "The Tales From
Hoffmann" at one performance.
The great soprano performed this
feat when she was "a member OF
one of the great opera companies
of Europe.
Mime. Stanley makes it a practice
to include one or two operate rum
bers in her song recital program.
First General Session.