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The mat- ter under consideration was the report on Tural schools made by a committee of President Charles De Garmo. twelve, appointed for the purpose at the convention in’ Denver, in 1895, consisting of Henry Sabin, D. L. Kiehle, A. B. Poland, C. C. Rounds, J. H. Phillips, B. A. Hins- dale, 8. T. Black, W. 8S. Sutton, L. E. Wolfe, W. T. Harris, L. B. Evans and C. R. Skinner. The report is a voluminous one, comprising over two hundred printed pages and goes into the subject in careful detail. President Andrew S. Draper of the Univer- sity of Ilinois opened the discussion by complimenting the committee highly upon the conscientious and thorough manner in which it had done his work. In the course of his remarks President Draper declared that the teachers who confined their work to the great cities wer? altogether at sea on the subject of rural schools. He then paid attention to that part of the report re- lating to rural school maintenance, which recommended , liberal provisions of funds from tie s tr2asury; a county tax, and a town or township tax where such civil systems exist. Prof. B. A. Hinsdale ar others discussed maintenance. The Country School Supervision. The section cf the report relating to schdo: supervision was then taken up, and Super itendent N. C. Dougherty of Peoria, Ill, w rmly approved the recommendations of the report regarding the character of the svpervisor who 1s brought into con- tact with the rural School teacher. If rural schools ate poor ke was sure it would be found that the teachers were mis'ed by the one who directed them. If there ig to be improvement in rural schools it must come from some one person, and consequently a leader of men should be made the county superintendent of schools. ‘The committee said rightly when it declar- ed such an official should be selected with a view to his being able to hold th spect of those he was to direct; his sch hip should be above that of the ordi- nary man; he sheuld be n who is a living exaraple of Christian civilization. He should carry with him a spirit of sincerity in his work, so that people, teachers and the feature of school pupils may look to him with hearty r spect and with entir ufidence in the integrity of his purposes. Z od Pay for Good Men. Pre Dougherty was followed by S.eie Superintendent N. C. Schaeffer of Harrisburg, Pa., who highly complimented the entire report of the committee. He said, however, that the report does not aim to have said the word on the supervision of rural schools. So long a there is growth and. progress in human life will there be new phases of education for superintendents to define and d on how a superintendent may earn his on hiw a superintendent may earn his sal- ary. A book agent who was asked what question intere: superintendents most deeply, next to drawing their salary for the current year, replied: “The question of drawing it next year. The new superin- tendent invariably_talks about the course of study he is introducing, but after he has been at work on it half a dozen years he is very anxious to learn about vacancies else- where.” Must Do His Duty. To retain his place the superintendent rust not only make people believe that he is earning his salary, but he must actually earn it. How is this possible when he gets from two to five thousand a year, while the teachers in the lower grades get only as many hundred? Not by perpetual re- vision of the course of study, nor by a vig+ orous policy of doing nothing while busily engaged in visiting schools, nor by dis- pensing that compound of acid and alkali called criticism, the chief ingredient of which is fault finding. Least of all can he earn his salary by perpetually preaching the gospel of a new education. That may impress the community with a sense of great reforms to be achieved, requiring time and permanent tenure of office if they are to be successfully carried out. Occa- sionally radical change becomes necessary. Generally the attempt at radical reform robs the teachers of genuine joy in their work, makes them believe everything they have been doing to be fundamentally wrong, and increases the crop of patients which physicians get from breakdowns due to worry and sleeplessness. A Striking Example. How does the manager of a factory earn his salary? asked the speaker. If by su- perior skill, wise direction of the work, sci- entific knowledg> of how everything should be done, he prevents waste of effort and of raw material, if he arranges the machinery CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Bears the 2 - Kind Qe?" You Have ©” always Bought CASTORIA ‘The Certaur Company. New York City. to the best advantage, organizes labor for common ends, thsreby enhancing thé quan- tity, quality and market value of the prod- uct, sd that the profits are increased from fifty to-one hundred thousand dollars, wh can deny. that he has earned a salary o: $10,000 a year, while the workman earns but a small sum in comparison? Brain products cannot be 2xhibited like those of ® factory, but brain waste is worse than waste of raw material. Waste of effort in the school is worse than waste of steam and labor in the factory. A poor superin~ tendent is too dear at any price, but a good superintendent is worth many times his sal- ary. By preventing the waste of time, money and effort, by getting done what ought ta be done, by excluding school pol- ities and other politics from the appoint- ment of teachers and from the manage- ment of the schools, by efficiency in the discharge of his duties as executive, exam- iner, visitor and counselor, by the creation of a public sentiment that demands good teaching aboye all other considerations, he may earn his salary many tim2s every year, and feel secure in his tenure of office even after his strength begins to wane. The supply of teachers was the n>xt sub- ject discussed. The committee report stat- ed that although there was a large increase in the interest in education, still large num- bers of rural school teachers now entered upon their work with no professional prep- aration, Skillful teachers might he easily retained if the rural school y2ar was made a full school year of nine or ten months. Then there should be more ample proviston for a supply of rural teachers. These views were strongly comm2nded by several mem- bers of the council, including President John W. Cook of the Illinois State Normal University and Superintendent Charles B. Gilbert of Newark, N. J. The discussion of the report of the com- mittee was concluded at the session this arternoon, the general subject being ‘“{n- struction and Discipline in Rural Schools, divided under the following heads 1. The advantagse arising from grading small country schools are more than coun- terbalanced by the disadvantages of teaching together pupils widely separated in akjlity and acquirements. 2. Whenever practicable, the pupils of small outlying districts should be trans- ported at public expense to the town cen- ter. This plan may embrace all the pupils ofthe school or only the older and more advanced. 8. With the Mmitations suggested in the report the monitorial system can be em- ployed to advantage in rural schools. 4. Where rural schools are maintained, written examinations for the older pupils should be held at stated times in town cen- ters by the county superintendent or other competent officer, adequate records of the results of the examination being preserved for future reference. 5. For those who have left school, “school extension” in the form of recommended home reading under the care of the teacher of the district should be organized and di- rected by the town or county superintend- ent. The discussion was opened by President R. G. Boone, State Normal School, Ypsi- lanti, Michigan. Rural Schools. In the course of his remarks Mr. Boone sald: Instruction ard discipline together constitute one aspect of the school, wheth- er in the urban or rural districts. The sup- plementary aspect is that of organization. The former comprise teaching and the sey- eral purposeful exercises directed by the teacher for educationai ends. The tter regards matters of general organization, and the various mechanical and prudential arrangement igned to make the teach- ing exer effective. Of the two the lat- ter is an incident of the first, and depends upon the first for its significance and the ferm which it assume The most important matters In the pres- ent ge of development. of the rural schools are the employment of well qual- {fied teaches and the use of sensible and well digeste] methods. School Extension, School extenster f rural districts has, in one way or another, been introduced and successfully carried out in Indiana, through the Young Pecple's Reading Circle, which is under the immediate direction of the school teacher; in Michigan, in part through the local sckool and In part through the grange organization. In other states something has been done. Through these agencies much more has been accomplished than would have seem- ed possibl In the cou of a half dozen years habi of read have been fixed among the young people that have net only been worth culti ing in and for them- selves, but they have reacted in a whole- scme way upon the school work; libraries have grown up in the schools as a result; home libraries have been begun or en- larged, and the general intelligence has been ine qd. With most astonishing success the ex periment en tried in some districis from ma s of th ause children live in the coun one must not efore conclude that they understand the genius of the country or the conditions of its progress. To effect this result should be one aim of this rural- School extension. The 1g S jon of the council will be held 0 this afternoon, when the re- pert of the ¢ nittee on reorganization will be made and the election of officers held. atures of Yesterday's Scsstons. After The Star's report closed yesterday the “Hygiene of Instruction” was disc ed by Dr. G. W. Fitz, professor of physi- ology and hygiene and medical vislior of Harvard University, and Prof. Edward R. Shaw, dean of the School of Pedagogy in ty, his address Prof. Fitz rimary schools w making continual mental zffort to gra: ideas beyond their stage of deveiopment and unnatural to their proc 3 of thought. “They are harass2:d by logical abstrac- tions,” he said, y the over-crowding of the memory with unintelligibl> matter; by the absence of all physical activity or by the substitution of dull and formal gym- pastics, such as the Ling sy , for spon- taneous play; by the necessity of keeping still during the time that every other chiid is reciting, that is, during three-fourths of the schooi period; and by the sympathetic reaction of the inevitable nervous irrita- tion of the teacher who must keep from 40 to 60 little folks doing something, if only making a show of attention, while one child is being taught. “They are physically depressed and re- tarded in growth by the confinemenz of school hours, by the bad air auiversally found in school rooms and by the neryous tension of restrained activity. Needs of the Child. “The ideal school requirement must be based upon the child’s ne2d at each year of his work, and this need must be discoyer- ed and met by the school so completely as to make good the deficiencies in home con- ditions. The cbild’s natural inquisitivensss, confidence in his own powers and eagerness to test them, should be made to contribute to his advancement, net crushed by the Pressure of discipline. A sponianzous, free and vigorous use of the body shold be as- sured.” Prof. Fitz thought the solutioa of the all- important problems of the hygiene of in- struction in primary schools night be sug- gested in the following propositions: First. The mental effort 2f which ths child is capable is primarily connected with physical activity and with sense percep- tons. Second. The physical activity needed by developing childhood is not found in for- mal and artificial systems of exercisz, but in plays and games, in the various occupa- tion imitations of childhood and in the brogressively difficult demands of well-di- Tected manual training. ‘These present mental, as well as physical, problems, fully adapted to tha child’s stages of develop- ment and insure adequate mental and phys- ical growth. Third. The conditions favorable to the mental development of a child of six to seven years of age are not found in arith- metical process2s, but in concrete number relations; not in the science of language, but in its use; not in the use of symbtls, as in reading, nor in the efforts at fine mo- tor co-ordinations, as in writing with pen or pencil, but in drawing and picture writ- ing on the blackboard; and pre-eminently pee fascinating study of plants and ani- mals. Fourth. The wholesome development of the child’s nervous system depends upon maintaining his interest in schopl work, fostering and directing his spirit of inquiry and satisfying his love and need of activity. Substitution and suggestion must take the Place of prohibition and repression. ‘The ee is the self-control of in- erest. Fifth. We must not be misled into de- manding logical sequenc2 or continuity from the child. Superficiality is both the safeguard and the stimulus of childhood. Sixth. The child’s increase of mental the course ot gaid children in the mountain slop | States and in the C power ts not in proportion to the mental ef- fort a js forced to'make, but is deter- mined by natural Dhysicat growth. Mental “Fatigue. Prof. Shaw, in treating: upon mental fa- tigue, said: It wes @ question whether the investigations {nto it have resulted in any new guiding knowledge. They have em- phasized some conclusions which were thé outcome of practical, ‘every-day observation on the part of careful teachers. The diffi- culty with these investigations is the terms in which the investigators propose to meas- ure fatigue and thus determine its laws. Fatigue, he was incljned to think, must be considered or regarted as an individual thing. Studies which are difficult for one pupil are not so for another. Minds differ greatly in their powef’to acquire the differ- ent kinds of knowledge. Whatever kind of knowledge is diffiewlt for a given mind to acquire, any attempt to gain that kind of knowledge is followed very quickly. by fatigue. ‘There were a great many questions, he said, still unsettled in relation to fatigue. There was some difference of opinion as to whether gymnastics increases fatigue or whether a period of gymnastics afforded opportunity for recuperation on the part of the pupil. The conclusions, pro and con, may be due to the kind ‘of gymnastics given. The manner of the teacher may be an important factor in causing fatigue. Pupils should, he thought, be given very short periods of intense work, this to be followed by a period of rest and re- cuperation. The best way in which this latter can be achieved is to give the child during these periods of recreation and re- pose the utmost physical freedom to do as he jvishes and to follow his own bent. During the sessicn President De Gramo announced the following committees, which will report this afternoon: On. nominations—Dr. John W. Cook, Mll- nois; Dr. Edward R. Shaw, New York, and Dr. F, Louis Soldan, Missouri. On membership—Nicholas Murray Butler, New York; James H. Baker, Colorado, and James M. Green, New Jersey. Psychology and Education. The night session was devoted to an in- terestitg Interchange of views on the rela- tions of psychology to education. Prof. Josiah Royce of Howard University, the first speaker, discussed exhaustively the intricate subject and proceeded to show how the psychologist and the teacher could best co-operate with each other. “{ think,” he said, “that we need a new kind of intermediate scholar and official; a man whose business it shall be to mediate between the teaching profession and the work of the laboratory psychologist. My proposition is that in the large cities there shall appear in the office of the superin- tendent of instruction a person whom J shouid call a consulting psychologist. Such @ man need not be a genius, put an ordi- nary man of sense and university training. Such a man could show the teachers in your city schools more in six months about the practical relations of empirical psychology and teaching than they will cver get out of years of those dreary courses of public lectures on psychology for teachers to which they nowadays so pathetically lis- ten.” Other Contribations. Mr. Wm, T. Harris, United States com- missioner of education, followed in a brief paper on “Rational Psychology,” agreeing with Prof. Royce, and the session closed with a paper on “Physiological Psychol- y Prof. W. Lightner Witmer of the University of Pennsylvania.The newer psy- chology, he said, presented many difficult problems and tends to make the profession of teaching more difficult, because now opinions were not asked’’for, but proofs led. He. boped to see as the present efforts an awakening to the really important mental problems of the day as set forth by Commissioner Ha ris and the many other leaders in educa- tional thought, who are doing so much for the public school system day by day. ¥ the council members the session adjourned. a NERALLY FAIR. G Warmer Weather, With Winds, Indicated. Forecast till § p.m. Friday.—For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, generally fair tonight and Friday; warmer; sterly winds, becaming southerly. For Virginia, fair sept. showers in scuthern portion tonight; Friday probably fair; warmer; northeasterly winds, becom- ing southerly. Easterly Weather conditions and gencral forec. The pressure is high in the Atlantic states and gen eaat of the Mississippi river; it is iow in the Rocky mountain di s with no well-defined storm center. barometer has failen in New England and the lake regions and risen on the Rocky The temperature is higher in the St. Lawrence vatley and the lake regions. Showers and thunderstorms have ocour- red in the middle Atlantic and cast guif ates, also in the Missourt valley. Show- ers are indicated for t south Atlantic nio valley folowing heavy precipitation inches) was reportec During the twenty-four hnours—Omaha, 3.56; Spring- field, Mo., 1.48; Raleigh, 1.04; Columbia, S. C., 154. The Gn vast Tide Table. Today—Low tide—4:47 a.m. high tide, 10:44 am. and 1 ‘fomorrow—Low tide, 5:40 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; high tide, 11.85 a.m. and 11:57 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rises, 4:41 a.m.; sun sets, 7:28 p-m. Moon rise: Tomorrow and 5:11 p.m.; 7 p.m. 9:56 p.m. un Tises, 4:42 a.m. The City Lights. Ges lamps all lighted by 8:36 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 3:50 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 8:21 p.m.; guished at 4:05 a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition ot water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 71; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 84; condition at north conn ion, 86; con- dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 82; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. extin- Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of tho thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: July 6, 4 p.m., 68; 8 p.m., 695 12 midnight, 67. July 7, 4.a.m., 65; 8 a.m., ; 12 noon, 76; 2 p.m., Si. Maximum, 81, at 2 p.m. July 7; minimum, 64, at 5 a.m. July 7. The following were the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at p.m. yesterday: July 6, 4 p.m., 30.25; p-m., 80.22; 12 midnight,~ 30.24. July 7, a.m., 30.24; 8 a.m., 30.34; noon, 30.19; p.m., 30.13, ebm —— SHAFTER’S BALLOON SPLIT. Another is Expected by the Army to Come From Santingo Today. Gen. Greely -has received a dispatch from Col. Allen at Playa def Este, Cuba, re- garding the signal corps balloon used for observation purposes with Gen. Shafter's army. He says that the balloon which was hit by the enemy and split has been repaired, but the supply of stored gas and tubes for it is exhausted, owing to the injuries caused by .the,.cnemy’s bullets. Attempts are now making to get tubes from thé front, where the gas generator 1s kept. A second balleonsis expected from ‘Tampa today, Col. Allen ‘reports. i Educational Convention Reports, An interesting report of the proceedings of the National Educational Association convention will be published each day in The Evening Star. Copies from July 7 to 18, inclusive, will be mailed to any address in the United States on receip: of 10 cents at The Star office, er ith and Pennsyl- vania avenue. SAREE Shee Quartermaster at Fort Myer, Lieut, Willis R. Vance, 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, has been ordered to Fort Myer, Va., for duty as quartermaster, relieving Lieut. E. S, Benton, 7th Artillery. —— =e Will Go to Santiago. Lieut. C. E. Lang, 24 Artillery, at. Fort Schuyler, N. ¥., has been ordered to New- port News, Va., to accompany the first ex- edition to Santiago de Cuba for duty with ‘his regiment in the field. ” a anna Le nO a ea IE RAI WA TM EE ee a ——— GREATLY PLEASED Delegates to Educational Convention Approve Arrangements. GREAT CROWDS COMING IN Programs of the Various Opening Sessions of the Gathering. PAPERS OF INTEREST Sea The delegates and visitors to the Nation- al Educational Association convention, which commences tonight at Convention Hall, are simply pervading all parts of Washington today, and wherever they went they expressed themselves in most compli- mentary terms about the arrangements that have been made for their reception and comfort. The beautiful weather natu- rally increased their enthusiasm on this score, and no sooner had they completed their personal plans, attended to their rail- road tickets, famillarized themselves with their surroundings by means of the ad- mirable book issued gratuitously by the local committee, than they gave themselves up to sightseeing. Scores upon scores of them are regular attendants upon these an- nual conventions and many of these who were interrogated declared t Washing- ton far outstripped other cities in the way it was handling the present event. There were strings of callers all day at the head- quarters of the various departments and state headquarters and there was much visiting to and fro among members and visitors. Secretary Shepard. At the naticnal headquarters in the ban- quet hall at the Arlington Hotel there a big crowd at all hours, and Secretary Irwin Shepard was about as bu: s he ever was in his life. He is a remarkably n for the position he oc- well-equippel cupie: y to perceive how rom the warmth of the greetings extended him by new ar- rival Dr. Shep: office since important re-election, is Normal School at h position he has held for nineie Dr. She of New York state, was educated in Michigan and has Mr. Irwin Shepard, Secretary N. E. A. ince 18T1 in Iowa and Minnesota. been a regular member N; and in department of the He served during the ber of the 17th (Stonewall) lent of the normai Michigan Infantry Volunteer: 5 the button of a congre medal of honor granted by Congress for distinguist ed gallantry in action in a sortie ith hi regiment from Fort ders, Knoxville. Tenn., on the night of November + Dr. ‘Shepard very ably and elmer i. Shepard, wi aeals has rious details connected With the edit and press work of the secretary's effice. The Other cers. Dr. Shepa d's services are natureily re- garded as nvaluable by the other offic o? the N. E. A., wh : General a ticn—Presideit, James M. Greenwood, I ‘sas City, if urer, I. C, McNeill West Superi: vice presidents, Cha. R. Skinner, Al N.Y.; Geo. J. Ram Santon, Hollow Ark.; B. M. Ralston, Astury Sutherland, Col Milwaukee, W y. Stetson, Aut Me.; Hiram Albuquerque, N.3 W H.H.Bea ile, Madison, 8.D.; Jno. H. M Cahan, Baltimore, Md., and’S. T. Blac Sacramento, Cal. Board of trustees—Al bert G. Lane, chairtaan, Chicago, Nicholas Murray Butler,’ secretary York, N.Y.; Nicholas Murray Butler, New York, N.Y., ierm expires July, 1898; Albert G. Lane, Chicago, Ill, term expires July 1899; J. Ormand Wilson, Washington, D.C. term expires July, 1900; F. Louis Soldan, St. Louis, Mo., term expires July, Il: James M. Greenwood, Kansas City, Mo., ex officio. Executive committee—James M. Greenwood, pres‘dent, Kansas City, Mo. Charles R. Skinner, first vice president, Al- bany, N.Y.; Irwin Shepard, secretary, WI- nena, Minn.; I. C. McNeill, treasurer, West Superior, Wis.; Albert G.’ Lane, chairman ‘beard of trustees Chicago, Ill. Fine Arrangements. All the various departments have repre- sentatives on hand at the nationai head- quarters, and special comment is made upon the very complet> arrangements made by the local committee which was formed to entertain the visiting kindergartners. A numbered register has been 2stablished La.; J. y, Fort § .j at the Arlington Hotel, at the desk of the kindergarten department, and all the kin- dergartners are r2quested to register, whether they live in Washington or are visitors. Numbered badges corresponding to the registration numbers are given to registrants, and the numbered list is to be printed as a souvenir and a medium of mu- tual introduction. Preparations have been made for a recep- tion, at which kindergarten games will be ‘played und2r the direction of leading kin- éergartners from different parts of th® country. ‘The sessions of the kindergarten depart- ment will be held in the Calvary Baptist Sunday school house, 8th street nsar H northwest, at 3 p.m. on Friday and Mon- day. These will be of especial interest and value to mothers, who are invited to attend to the full capecity of the house. Under the regulations of tWe association, however, seats will be reserved for members until five minutes befcre th> meeting hour. An address of welcome will be given by Mr. B. Pickman Mann, the chairman of the local kindergarten committee, at the opening of the Friday mesting, and a paper on the kindergarten games will be read by Miss Susan Pollock of Washington at the same session. All the other papers will be read by visiting kindergartners. Miss Mary C. McCulloch, director of the St. Louis kind2r- gartens, is president of the department. Opening Session Tonight. Convention Hall will be hardly big enough to accommodate the crowds that ‘RAVE YOU A SOM, BROTHER, Husband or Lover in the Army or Navy? Mail him today a 25¢c.-peckage of Allen's Foot-Ease, a FINANCIAL. CORSON & MACARTNEY, Membe-s of the New York Stock Exchange, “Lalo Fst, Glover building. Correspondents of Messrs, Van Em ter bury, No, 2 Wall st., New York city, Bankers and Deziers In’ Goverament, Bonds Deposits. change. Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities listed on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Bos- ton and Baltimore bought and sold. A specialty made of investment securities. Dis- trict bonds ‘anl all local Railroad, Gas, Tosurance and Telephone Stock dealt in. Americar. Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. 1e31- FINANCIAL. OFFICE LINCOLN FIRE INSURANCE COMPAN' of the District of Columbia, Washington Loom an@ Trust building—The regular quarterly divi end of 2% will be paid apes the capital ete x of this company on FRIDAY, July 15. 1899. Books for transfer of stock closed from July 11 July 15, inclusive. fae E. N. WATERS. Seeretary. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO,, Lowest rates for best service. Ploneya t 5 Per Cent to Loan On real estate in District of Columbia. No delay in closing loans. ap2i-tf HEISKELL & McLERAN, 1008 F st. 2ning session get in will doubtless be interested to knew that they will be under the largest roof in th: world which is supported exclusively on outside Is. There will be a half hour's con- cert by the full United States Marine Band previous to the exercises proper, the lat- ler beginning shortly after 8 o'clock. The program will be as follows: Pr . Music. Address of welcome—District sioner John W. Ross. ° : Address—B. L. Whitman, D.D., president Columbian University. Address—Dr. Wm. T. Harris, United States commissioner’ of education, Wash- irgtor, D. C. President's address—J. M. _ Greenwood, superinte: €cnt of schools, Kansas City, Mo. Address—Webster Davis, assistant secre- tary of the Department of the Interior. ~ will attend the 0; but those who tonight, Commis- ent of pubile instruction, Albany, N. The general sessions of the conv ntion will begin tomorrow morning at 9:15 o'clock at the Grand Opera House and the New ional Theater. First Vice President Charles R. Skinner of Alvany will preside at the opera house, where the program will be as follows: 3. Prayer. 2. Add (30 minutes)—The essentials in United States history to be taught in el mentary schools, Principal W. F. Gord, Hartford, Conn. 3. Address (2 i States hi minutes)—The essentials in tory to be taught in sec- President H. H. Seerley, oo!, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 5. Dis reanuscript): (a) Of Prin Palmer, cour (b) Of Pre ussion (10-minu‘e speeches without al Gordy’s paper by U. G. niner, Oakland, Md. i paper by W. High eer 3 of School, Fort Landson, principal Scott, Kan. (c) Of Pr Gordy’s paper by W. 8. zy, State Uni- zy, versity, Austin, 6. General @ ute speeches). In all pe to speak must send their names in writ to the At the National Theater Vice Pres' George J. Ram: of Louisiana will pre- side and the following program carried out: Prayer. Music. Address (20 minutes)—The essentials of English com » be taught in el mentary schools, Edward R. Shaw, dean of pedagogy. New York University, Washing- ton Sq ew Yor! Adare (20 minutes)—The essentials of English compos: to be taught in the schools, C.-C. Thach, State Poly- Institute, Auburn. sion (10-minute eches without Tanuseript): (a) Of first F. S. Hafford, su- perinten Prescott, Ar! (b) presiden or Hartzoz, and Experi- Rankin, state Minneapolis, minute speeches). subject 2 partments will hold sessions at ck tomorrow afternoon, the programs upon being as follows: Kindergarten Department. Sessions in Cavalry Baptist Church, 8th and H streets. M Mary C. president; Miss York, McCulloch, St. Louls, Mo., Jenny B. Merrill, New dent; Miss Mary F. secretar: Ideals. B. Pickman Mann, Response by the presi- Y Mother-Play songs; the ideals d by th Miss Elizabeth Harri- ago. Tl. ildren’s gardens—Dr. Jenny B. Merrill kindergarten supervisor, New York city public A child’s song—Miss Mari Ruef Hofer, Chicago, Jil. The kindergarten games s Susan Pol- shington, D. C. from the International Kindergar- ointments of committees. ession of the department will y, July 11, at 3 p.m. Secondary Education... between 6th z 7th street ge B. Minneapolis, Minn., pre: 3; Mrs. y Wright Sewail, Indianapolis, Ind., vice ; E. G. Cooley, LaGrange, Il., sec- 1. English, the core of a secondary course ohn C. Hanna, High School, Columbns, hio. The presentation and defense of th printed syllabi for literature and composi tion-rhetoric in secondary schools, with 1 statem of the principles of choice and t followed in the preparation of ‘amuel Thurber, ter in Girls’ , Boston, Mass.; Miss Charity ture, Central High W. F. Webster, principal the East Side High School, Minneapolis, Minn. 3. General discussion. 4. Business—appointment of committees. The next session will be held in conjunc- tion with the department of higher educa- tion Monday afternoon at the Columbian University, | Dye, department of liter hool, Indianapolis, In of Normal Schools. Sessions in All Souls’ Church, 14th and L Streets—H. H. Seerley, Cedar Falls, Iowa, president; Miss Rose C. Sart, Oshkosh, Wis., vice president, F. B. Palmer, Fre- donia, N. ¥., secretary. Topic—The formula- tion of a course of study setting forth the minimum requirements tor graduation from the state normal schools of the United States. 1. The New England state normal schools 5 minutes), A. G. Boyden, Bridgewater, Mass. 2. The southern state normal schools (5 minutes), Miss Marion Brown, New Or- leans, La. 3. The middle state normal schools (15 minutes), N. C. Schaeffer, Har- risburg, Pa. 4. The north central state normal schools (15 minutes), R. G. Boone, Ypsilanti, Mich. 5. The Pacific slope stat2 normal schools (45 minutes), E. T. Pierce, Los Angeles, Cal. 6. Business—appointment of committees. The next session will be held next Tuss- day afternoon at 3 o'clock. ¢ Art Education. Sessions in Luther Place Memorial Chufch, 14th an@ N streets—Miss Harriet Cecil Ma- gee, Oshkosh, Wis., president; D. R. Augs- burg, Salt Lake City, Utah, vice president; Miss Florence Browning Himes, Albany, N. Y., s2cretary. 1. President's address. 2. The supervisor of drawing im the public schools, Fred H. Daniels, supervisor of drawing, Buffalo, N. ¥.; discussion by Mrs. S. E. W. Fuller, su- pervisor of drawing, Washington, c., and Miss Gertrude Stoker, supervisor of drawing, St. Paul, Minn. 3. Some peda- gogical principles which should govern the teaching of drawing, Prof. M. V. O’Shea, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.; discussion by Ernest L. Major, Normal Art School, Boston, Mass., and Dr. Langdon §, Thompson, Jersey City, N. J. the commijttee on the relation of the M- brary to art education—chai WwW. M. R. French, director Art Institute, Chicago, Hl; Prof. W. H. Goodyear, New York; Miss Ruth J. Warner, Brooklyn, N. Y¥.; Miss Emily H. Miles, Denvsr, Col. 5, Busi- ness—appointment of committees. The next session will be held next Mon- day at 3 p.m. Music Education. Sessiors in Gunton Temple Memoriel Church, 14th and R streets.«0. E. Mc- Fadon, Minneapolis, Minn., president; Mrs. | my12-3m Emma A. Thomas, Detroit, Mich, vice president; Miss 8. Lillian Byington, Moline, Tl., secretary. 1. Feds in public school music—H. W. 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