The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-03-25
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TEACHERS assn.
ELECTED PRESIDENT AT MEET
ING HELD IN ST. CLOUD
LAST SATURDAY
did NOT KNOW OF ELECTION
COULD NOT ATTEND MEETING
BECAUSE OF DEBATE HERE
LAST FRIDAY

LAST FRIDAY
John C. West, superintendent of
the schools Of Sank Centre, has been
elected president of the Central
for the ensuing year.,
Mr.. West was elected head of the
organization at its third annual con-
vention, held in st. Cloud last Fri
day and Saturday. Mr.. West was
not in attendance at the meeting and
did not know of his election as head
of that body until so informed by
the Herald Monday morning.
The st. Cloud Journal-Press gave
the following. detailed account Of the
meeting Saturday afternoon:
The twenty-third annual conven-
ton of the Central Minnesota Edu-
cational association closed it's session
this noon at the Normal school in this
city, electing J. C. West, superintend-
ent of the Sank Centre schools, as
president for the next convention.
Agnes Burns, county superintend-
ent of schools of Benton county, was
elected vice president, Karl L. Adams
Of the Normal school faculty, was re-
elected secretary and treasurer, and
Elizabeth Clark, principle of the
Technical high school, and Alice
Casey of Little Falls were elected
directors.
The officers act as committee on
arrangements for next years con-
vention, to select the place and date
and to make the program.
A resolution was adopted by the
convention favoring the Smith, Tow
ner art which would establish a cab
met post and naming secretary of
education of the United States -
Resolutions further urged salaries
sufficient to maintain a standard of
living in accordance with standards
of the community and to provide for
professional advancement; to use
personal influence to induce high
school graduates who in their opinion
would make good teachers, to enter
the profession; approved the policy
of the department Of education in dis
continuing the granting Of permits
urged that an effective system of
physical education be established in
all schools and that the educational
association affiliate with the Mime
sofa Educational association, thereby
becoming division of the larger or
CARNATIONS.
The constitution was amended
placing the time and place Of holding
the convention at the choice Of a
committee Of five and the month of
October was designated instead of
the month Of March as heretofore.
cts the part above the nose," is
the answer given by DR.. Julius
Boraas Of St. Olof college in answer
to the question which he asks, "What
makes the difference between a sue
cessful person and an unsuccessful
one?" DR.. Boraas gave one Of the
closing addresses at the convention
this morning. His subject was eco
operative Thinking"
s'The worst kind of an excuse given
for misbehavior," said DIR. Boraas,
''is 4 didn't think We believe today,
and writer's Of education say" he
continued, 'sthat the development Of
thinking is important in our schools.
"There are two types Of think; the
hermit type and the group type. The
first developes the individual and the
second, as the name implies, devel-
ops the group. If democracy is to be
saved" he concluded, 'sit must be
saved in the school room. This can
only be accomplished thru group
thinking. So it is our duty as teach
ers to stimulate cooperative thinking
in the schools"
"In this period Of reconstruction, -
stated Mr.. Mcconnell, commissioner
Of education in Minnesota, following
the address Of DR.. Borass, "the
schools are the ultimate source Of the
settlement o. the pressing problems
Of today.
"The problem before us is has Am
erican education, made up as it is,
stood the test in the late war as well
as that Of any other country'?" he de-
clared. "Our schools have not given
stress enough to civic education. Not
over so per cent Of Minnesota child
rem complete the eighth grade.
"The problem to be considered in
the reconstruction Of education is
how the child is going to get the
necessary civic training before he
leaves the school, There are other
agents to take part Of the schools re-
sponsibilities for civic education.
They are the private schools, the
churches and the newspapers.
James Caldis spent Tuesday on
business at Alexandria.