The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
N. {. EDUCATION
MEET At VIRGINIA,
SUPERINTENDENT TIBBETS OF
GILBERT PRESIDENT OF THE
ASSOCIATION, TELLS OF THE
MEETING NEXT WEEK.

This year the convention of the
Northeastern Division of the Mime
sofa Education Association, which
meets in Virginia October z, and
8, will probably be one of the most
interesting meetings of recent years.
The Division met in Duluth year
ago under the able leadership OF
Mr.. c.. H. Barnes as President,
and the total enrolment went be-
yond $500 All schools in North
eastern Minnesota, including city
and country schools from Duluth to
the Range and as far north, west
and south, as International Falls,
GRAM Rapids, Barnum and Moose
Lake, have been conducting drive
for 100 per cent enrolment OF all
teachers and any others interested
in Education.
The Association is not limited to
teachers, but includes Parent-Teach-
er Organizations, Clergymen, The
Press, and all who believe in Edu-
cation as one of the Bulwarks OF
the Nation.
All meetings will be held in the
Virginia High School Builalng and
section and joint meetings have
ben arranged so that there will be
opportunity for all to find that
which will be of most interest.
An innovation has been planned
in the form of an Educational Sym
rosium Thursday afternoon. Tins
will consist of five snappy eight
minute talks by three teachers,
Superintendent of Schools, and. a
School Physician; one twenty-min-
ute survey of the health problem by
a School superintendent; and
thirty-minute closing address on
Moral Education by Bishop Bennett
of Duluth.
Friday forenoon will be devoted
to meetings of twenty-four sections
and in the afternoon these sections
will be combined into five big meet
ings. -,
Speakers who will appear on the
General Program as we'll as on Sec
ton Programs, are as follows:
w. A. Pike, Virginia, a Range
Pioneer in Thrift Education; j. %.
Anderson, Duluth, Director, OF
Safety Organizations for School
Children; C. E. Campton, Superln-
tendent of Schools, Two Harbors,
man intensely interested in Clean
Athletics; A. H. Johannaber, ltasca
Junior College, Coleraine, one who
knows "Visual Education; DR.. c.
E. Sisler, M. D., Grand Rapids,
thoroughly interested in the Health
of the Growing Child; j. P.
Vaughan, Chisholm, Dean of Super
intendents of Northwestern Mime
sofa; Bishop G. G. Bennett, Duluth,
one who will speak with authority
on Moral Education.
c. P. Cary, Madison, Wis, for
merly Superintendent of Public In
struction of the State of Wisconsin,
a prominent Educator and platform
speaker, one who will bring to the
convention a wealth of hard head
ed common sense in matters educa-
tional.
DIR. John Gordon, pastor of the
Second Congregational Church of
Rockford, Illinois. He will inspire,
instruct, and win many friends-a
man who gives courage to tackle
the big problem of life in all it's
complexities.
DIR. c. A. Prosser, of the William
hOou~ DuHWoouy Institute OF mlHHe-
apolis, pioneer in the field of in
dustrial education, a platform speak
er who goes right to the heart of
things. His message will ring clear
and true.
Miss Mary McSkimmon, Retiring
President of the National Associa-
ton, foremost among the Educat-
ors of the Nation.
Miss Alma Binzel, Milwaukee,
Wis, an expert in the field of ele-
mentary education, treat for all
interested in Education, but especial