The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-10-13
STATE TEACHERS
PLAN CONVENTION
Eight Thousand Educators
Expected to Attend the
State Meeting.
MANY NOTED TEACHERS

Eight thousand teachers will assem-
Bile in Milwaukee November 8, and
5 fog the annual convention of the
Wisconsin Teachers association which
will be held in the Auditorium.
There will be five general meetings
for discussion of the various import
ant questions before the association,
while daily sectional meetings viii be
held by the many groups for study
of academic questions interesting the
particular divisions. The sectional
meetings number thirty-two in all.
Noted Educators to Speak.
Prominent educators from ali parts
of the country will address the teach
ers. Among the speakers will be State
Superintendent John Callahan; ,Presi-
dent Atwood of Clark university, and
Dallas Lore Sharp, Boston university.
1t is expected that Governor ]. J,
Blaine will be present to extend q
welcome to the visitors.
Especial care has been devoted this
year to the entertainment features
primary among which is the concert
by the Cincinnati Symphony orches-
ira, under the direction of the FAM
Gus Eugene Ysaye. The concert will
take place Thursday night November
at the Auditorium. - SIS 5s-s
Introduce New Song Hit.
An interesting feature of the con-
vention will be the introduction of
a new state song, which is designed
to supplement the stirring "On Wis
eonsin." aE tsfsA .4
A committee headed by Prof. P.W
Dykema, University of Wisconsin, has
selected poem by H. Elizabeth Mott,
Neenah, Wis. Teachers and others
have been invited to compete for a
prize to be given the best music for
the poem. The song selected for first
prize is to be sung at the conHen-
ton for the first time.
A number of social gatherings will
be held by alumni associations and
other allied organizations. The Car
roll college alumni will hold ban
quet at the City club on November
5; Eau Glare Normal alumni will hold
reunion the afternoon of November
4 at Juneau hall, Auditorium. The
acknowledgements college alumni
luncheon will be held on November 4
at McLaren hall. The alumni reunion
and banquet of the Platteville Normal
alumni will take place at the epub-
lican house on November a, and the
Milwaukee Normal alumni association
on November at the Hotel Pfster.
The alumni of the National Teachers
seminary will meet at the cafeteria
of the seminary, 558 Broadway, on
November g. The luncheon of the A.
T. A., University of Wisconsin, will
be held at the Wisconsin hotel on(No-
vember 8, the Stevens Point alumni re-
union in Juneau hall of the Auditorium
on November 8, and the Whitewater
Normal luncheon and reunion at the
Wisconsin hotel on November A.
Program for Convention.
The program Of the general ses-
sion follows:
Thursday, Nov. 80 O'clock.
Music-Group singing, conducted by
Peter Dykema, chairman Of the de-
partment of public school music, Uni
versity of Wisconsin, fifteen minutes.
Note-All group singing will be
accompanied by a battery of Mono
gram pianos. a-ss 7r
"Our Responsibilities John Gala
han, state superintendent Of public
instruction, thirty minutes.
Vocal solo-"On the Road to Man
dalay," Obey Sueaks. 5s
"The Barefoot Trail" by Alvin
Wiggers. "-et
James Kelly, Marquette university,
ten minutes. -
Democracy and the Public Schools"
Dallas Lore Sharp, Boston university,
thirty minutes.
Announcements, reports and appoint
ments of committees, twenty minutes.
"The New State Song" new presen-
tation, under direction Of Peter w.
Dykema, University Of Wisconsin,
fifteen minutes. sszf2z. aq
"The New Meaning of Geography in
American Education" Wallace w. At
wood, president, Clark university, Wor-
cester, Mass, thirty minutes.
Thursday, Nov. 3-s O'Clock.
Concert - Cincinnati Symphony
orchestra.
Friday, Nov 4-8:45 O'Clock.
Music-Community singing, fifteen
minutes.
Address-By the Hon. w. L. Harding,
former governor OF Iowa, Des Moines,
Ia, thirty minutes.
Vocal Solo--(a) Rhapsodie, Upton
Campbell; (b) "You Cunnin' Little
Thing" Hageman.
Miss Stella frame, supervisor Of mu-
sic, Lacrosse public schools ten
minutes.
"The New Social CONSCIOUSNESS"
Anna Diekie Oleson, lecturer, Cloquet,
Mimi, thirty minutes.
Reports Of committees, announces
ments, etc.
"Songs ofthe Hour"
"The Social and Moral Bearing Of
Sex" DR.. T. w. Galloway, associate
director, department. Of educational
activities, American Social Hygiene
association, New York City.eby,r