The Coconino sun., 1922-11-24
ARIZONA TEACHERS
 TO MEET NOV. 27-29

The thirty-first annual meeting of the Arizona State Teachers associa- tion and joint county institute will be held at Phoenix, November 27, 28 and 29. This meeting is one of general interest to the teachers and school off, ficers of the state and promises to be one of the best meetings which this association has ever held. It is time for particular conferences on all sub jects and discussion of the big prob lens of education as they relate to the problems of the state and nation.
 The officers for the current year are Professor O. A. Neal, president, University of Arizona; Superintendent A. L. Jones, secretary, Phoeniv; Su- perintendent J. o. Mullen, treasurer, Jerome.
 The speakers for the general and special programs are men of outstand- ing prominence in the educational world. On Monday the United States Bureau of Education will be repre- sented by Honorable J. J. Tgert, United States Commissioner of Edu- cation, who is one of the most pleas ing speakers before the American pub lie today and occupying, as he does the highest official place in Ameri- can education, it is regarded as an unusual occasion when he appears be- fore the people of this state.
 Dr. Chas. H. Judd, of the Univer- sity of Chicago, recognized as one of the outstanding leaders in school ad- ministration, psychology and school methods, has been secured for the entire meeting. pr. Judd is so well known through his books and lectures that his lectures will be looked for ward to with eagerness by every teacher and school officer.
 Professor Milford Akin, head of the Scarborough school on the Hudson, is recognized as one of the leaders in the field of intermediate and junior high school work. MT. Akin has been secured for the entire meeting and will discuss the problems of ju- nior high schools and problems of the. intermediate grades before the gem eral session and with groups of teach CTS in those fields.
 One of the accomplishments of the committee has been to secure the ser vices of Professor C. c. Sargent of the Colorado State Agricultural Col lege. Professor Sargent is known as one of the leading workers in the field of rural education and his accomplish ments in school consolidation, as de- veloped in the Sargent school in Rio Grande county, Colorado, is consider ed by many the best accomplishment in rural education which has been perfected in the last ten years. Pro- lessor Sargent comes with a series of lectures and illustrated talks which will be of vital interest to every coun- ty superintendent, rural school officer and rural school teacher.
 The questions of Americanization and illiteracy are of the greatest im- portance to the people of Arizona. In this field there is no more outstand- ing person than Cora Wilson Stewart, the head of the illiteracy commission of the United States, whose work among the illiterate adults of the south has been an inspiration to work CTS in all states. For the first time she is coming to Arizona and will be a speaker at the general and special sessions of the State Teachers asso- citation. Her presence here will be of interest to those who are working in the field of Americanization, social science and primary methods. In connection with the general meetings there will be special meetings of the groups of teachers of special subjects and of various grades.
 Leaders in educational work in Arizana will speak on the program and many conferences on local sub jects will be held. The headquarters for the meeting will be the Adams ho- tel and the sessions will be held in the buildings of the Phoenix high school. Reduced rates on all railroads have been secured on the certificate plan. Those attending the convention should ask for a certificate upon pur- chasing their tickets at the local rail- road offices.
 A. O. NEAL, President,