Smyrna times., 1923-11-14
STATE TEACHERS INSTITUTE
State Teachers Association to Hold
TwO-Day Meeting at Milford Fri
day and Saturday of This Week

day and Saturday of This Week
Schools will be closed Friday and
Smyrna and Clayton teachers will join
ranks with teachers from all over the
State in the Fifth Annual meeting of
the Delaware State Teachers AssOcia-
ton to be held in Milford, Friday and
Saturday, November 16 and II. The
sessions will open at ten o'clock on
the morning of the first day and will
be held in the Plaza Theatre. The
music at the opening session on Fri
day morning Will be in charge of Mrs.
Nell X. Anderson and Miss Wagner of |
tire dupont school. The address of |
welcome will be delivered by Henry L.
Bunstein, president of the Milford |
Board of Education. The response
for the association will be given by
Prof. John Schilling, State assistant
superintendent in charge of High
Schools. Addresses at the morning
session will be- delivered by Prof. H.
V. Holloway, State Superintendent of
Public instruction; Miss Agnes Sny-
der, of Baltimore, formerly secretary
of the association, and Miss Olive
Jones, president of the National Edu-
cation Association who is also a prin-
cipal in New York City. The after
noon session will be divided among
the various groups of teachers for
discussion of problems in their par
ticular line of work. The High School
teachers will meet at the Milford High
School building at Las p. m, at which
= time an address will be delivered by
Prof. E. H. Fretwell of Columbia
! University who has chosen for his
t subject Extra Curricular Activities in
0 High School," The mathematics and
= science section will be addressed by
r Dr.. J. H. Minnick, of the University
e of Pennsylvania whose subject will be
i Teaching Mathematics in Useful Re
n lationship." The foreign language
It section will be addressed by Dr.
l. Charles Knapp, of Columbia Univers-
h ity, on the subject Teaching Foreign
o Language in High School" In the
g United States history section, genera
/ discussions will be held on the follow
d ing subjects: Delaware History a!
n taught in Junior and Senior Higl
l. Schools, and teaching the history O
/ heros of the Nation. A general dis
le cussiOn on other phases of the worl
Is will follow.
u; Training and Work of Lower Grade
" "Child Training" will be the subjec
to of an address delivered before tn
is home economics section by Miss Laur
he V. Clark of the University of Della
he ware. Following the address, a ger
nd eral discussion of the problems of tn
is teachers in this department will b
H. held. Separate sectional meeting
RI will be held for elementary teacher
ed at 23O o'clock. The primary grad
ed teachers and those in one room rur;
rs. schools will meet in the audience rool
nv of the Presbyterian church and wi
nv be addressed by Miss Dannaker on tt
a subject primary Reading-Aim, Nj
,ss tive, Method" Teachers from grade
me above the sixth and those from tv
m room rural schools will meet in Il
Plaza Theatre and will be address,
by Miss Agnes Snyder on "The Day
RI Work" and by Miss Haight of Il
Wilmington Friends School on Il
m subject physical Education" 9th
ore speakers will participate in the discu
sions on the various section meeting
@ @eIS Promptly at four o'clock, the repr
ol sentative assembly of the State Ass
- ie citation will convene in the auditoriU
~ ,l,i of the High School to transact t
po business of the Association and
ing elect officers for the coming year.
" banquet will be served in the MilfO
wy wy Armory, Friday evening by the M
80 ford Grange.
.om DIR. Davidson of Pittsburgh, to Tai
rIy The speaker of the evening will
IS DR.. William NJ. Davidson, superintG
ana dent of the public schools of Pit
or burg, Pa, and his subject will be "I
age Challenge of the Twentieth Centur
hey The annual meeting of the Delaw;
tne Interscholastic Athletic ASSOCIATE
ghC will also be held on Friday evenil
'red The program on Saturday mOrni
ucn will open with music. Addresses v
d II be delivered by Prof. E. X. Fretw
gree of Columbia University, Mrs. En-
ulty Cleaver, president of Parent-Teacl
qru' Association, DIR. Walter Hullih
Hu- president of the University OF DE
ON ware, and Mrs. Mary d. Bradfo
OIus The last item on the program will
. 10; an address by DR.. William K. Dav
4'o son on "The Abundant Life" All
'Jec' the meetings, except the session
rec the representative assembly, will
Tor open to the public. The officers
ana the association are president, r.
lor Schilling, Milford; vice-president.
A. Petry, Selbyville; secretary, w.
Yerger, Wilmington, treasurer, H.
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