JOURNAL

OF

PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES

OF THE

FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

JULY 7-11, 1902

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Minutes of Meeting of New Board of Directors

Addresses of Welcome - Van Sant, Olsen, Jones, Jordan, Northrop

Responses-Foshay, Noss, Swain

Presidential Address: The Three H's in Education

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Beardshear

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Some Pressing Problems- - Butler

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The English Ideal of Education and its Debt to America

Devotion to Truth the Chief Virtue of the Teacher - Ireland

The Education of the American Farmer - Wilson

- Sadler

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The Home and Higher Education Catt

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Education in the Philippines - Schurman

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How the School Strengthens the Individuality of the Pupils — Harris -

The Simplification of English Spelling a Present Duty-Scott

The Educational Value of Training in Public Speaking - Trueblood

The Value of Examinations as Determining a Teacher's Fitness for Work

Discussion Stetson, Haley, Soldan, et al.

The Practical Application of All Learning to Better Living - Kiehle

Discussion - Vincent, Schaeffer, Meredith, Treudley

Influences that Make for Good Citizenship - Emerson

Discussion - Hatch, Siefert

The Ideal Normal School - Payne

Discussion -Jones, Boone, Carroll, Farson

The Danger of Using Biological Analogies in Reasoning on Educational Sub-

jects - Harris

ROUND TABLES

A. Round Table of State and County Superintendents:

Topic I

- Instruction in the Elements of Agriculture in Rural Communities

Harvey

Topic II -The Financial Phase of the Consolidation of Rural Schools

Matre

Discussion Schaeffer, Bayliss, Fall, et al.

B. Round Table of City Superintendents:

Topic I-Four Minor Duties of a Superintendent - McNeill

Topic II- Modernizing the Course of Study - Hester

Topic III- How to Meet the People - Nash

C. Round Table of Normal Schools and Training Teachers :

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Topic I – What Aspects of Psychology and Child Study Are Suitable Subjects

for Instruction in Normal Schools?-Putnam, Seerley, Salisbury, Lord,

Green, Keith

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Topic II Shall Instruction in Psychology be Oral, or Shall a Text-Book
be Used? Karr, Gentle

Topic III-Criticism -

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(At Minneapolis, July 10, 1902)

Secretary's Minutes

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Round Table - Topic: Reciprocity in Licensing Teachers — Barrett

The Difference Between Efficient and Final Causes in Controlling Human Free-

dom-Harris -

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The Educational Progress of the Year-Harper -

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The School as Social Center-Dewey

The Recent Reaction in France against Rousseau's Negation of Society in Edu-

cation-Smith -

The Common-School Community-Lang

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How Froebel Planned to Foster the Child's Powers of Language-

Discussion -Harrison et al.

The Need for English Study by Kindergarten Students - May

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DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes

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The Practical Value of Teaching Agriculture in the Public Schools-

Myth and History in the Elementary Schools: The Use and Limits of Each

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B. Biological Conference: Topic-Biology as a Means of Inducing Pupils to

Think

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Discussion-Clement, Crone, Wescott, et al.

C. Physical-Science Conference: Topic - Physical Science in the High School-

Fiske

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Discussion - Tower, Baker, et al.

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Discussion - West et al.

Discussion Trueblood, Jayne, White, et al.

D. History Conference: Topic-Shall Courses in European History be given

Precedence over Courses in English History-Frazier

E. English Conference

F. Principals' Conference: Topic - School Athletics -- Bryan

G. Mathematical Conference: Topic - Correlation of Mathematical Studies in

Secondary Schools - Newhall

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DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes

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Should Entrance to College be thru the Examination of the School or of the

Pupil ?- Dexter