Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-27
STATE TEACHERS ASSO.
To Hold Meeting In Baltimore
Three Days; Dec. % To 81
WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS

The Maryland Stale Teachers As
sociation viii hold its ffty-second an
nual meeting In Baltimore. December
90. 30 and 81 The program just is
sued shows thorough preparation for
The discussion of educational affairs
at the coming gathering.
The leading speakers will be Prof
Paul Monroe and DR.. Arthur ID Dean,
of Teachers College, Columbia Uni
yers!ty. and Prof Charles II, Judd. OF
the University of Chicago. There will
be three general meetings of the as
ISOLATION held in the auditorium OF
the Western High School Monday aft
Iernoon. Tuesday night and Wednes-
day morning. On Monday night a con-
cert and reception will be rendered
the teachers in the Eastern High
School. The soloists Will be Mauue
Albert, conralto; Helene Broemer,
celist, and Sylyin Levin, pianist This
program has been arranged by Fred
r. Huber Of the Peabody Conserva-
tory, and will be followed by informal
dancing and refreshments.
IL thalrmcn 10 Report
A special meeting of the High
School Teachers Association will take
place Tuesday afternoon in the West
ern High School to receive the re-
I port of the committee on the revised
course Of study for Maryland high
schools. II will be presented by the
chairnen of II different sections. On
The same afternoon an important con-
ference Of State and county officials
will be held to consider teacher train
ing. summer schools, financial aid on
building, compulsory attendance and
salary schedules. At the Modern
Health Crusade, on Tuesday after
noon in Baltimore City College, there I
will lie a motion picture and adj /
dresses on school hygiene, health and
The public and why many children
cannot study.
The departmental meetings will be
held on Tuesday morning and We'd +
nesday afternoon. The primary grades
VIII discuss various phases of project
teaching and the grammar grades will
consider the child-ctizen ana The
teaching OF international co-opera-
ton. The problems before the COM
mercial section will center around the
age factor in commercial education, /
correlation of stenography and type T
writing. the greatest need in present ,
day shorthand teaching and bookkeep- +
ing in frst-year classes.
The classical department will have
an address by DR. Harris Z. Kirk on
"A Laymans Appreciation of CLASH
ca Training and a Latin play.
win Study Home Economics
The history section will hear COM
munit~ civics discussed by Arthur w
Dunn, Of the United States Bureau
Of EaucAtion. Among the papers be-
fore the library section will be one
or the enla -ged program of the Amer
lean Library Association by Miss Edna
b. Pratt. pubic librarian Of Passaic,
N. j. The home economies section
Will consider the nutritive work as
carried on in the school.
On Wednesday afternoon the Eng
lish section will meet under auspices
of the Maryland Council Of Teachers
of English to discuss some significant
movements in English instruction, in
GLIDING vocational information and
guidance through composition. vocal /
training and speech Improvement and
high school dramatics Among the
papers before the mathematics section
will be one on the use of tests in
elementary and secondary mathemat
les by DR., Agnes l.. Rogers. of Goucher
College
The modern language section will
have presentation OF dialogues,
songs and games. The art section
will consider general art and indus |
trial art courses. The kindergarten |
program will include an address ny |
Miss Annie E. Moore. of Columbus I
University, on changing relations be-
tween kindergarten and the grades. !
The manual training, agriculture,
physical education and music sections
will carry out their programs on We'd
nesday afternoon The Rural Life |
Conference and School Improvement |
Associa tons will have among their /
speakers DR.. Henry f. jackson and /
DIR. Willard S. Small of the Bureau
of Education. The college section
under the craftsmanship OF DR., F. /
Goodnow. has as IT'S speaker DR.. A. L.
Jones, of Columbia University. on
Acceptable Standards OF the Present
Day College"