Fiftieth
Anniversary Volume

1857-1906

16396

1907

Published by the Association

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WINONA, MINN.

Oct. 1907

Printed By

The University of Chicago Press

Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.

Means Afforded by the Public Schools for Moral and Religious Training-Mott

Effect of Moral Education in the Public Schools upon the Civic Life of the Com-

What Kind of Education Is Best Suited to Boys?—Halleck

What Kind of Education Is Best Suited for Girls ?-Hamilton

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What Kind of Language-Study Aids in the Mastery of Natural Science ?-Harris

The Superintendent's Authority and the Teacher's Freedom-Corson .

The Teaching of Arithmetic-Newcomb .

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Suggestions for the Improvement of the Study Period-McMurry

Means of Improving the Efficiency of the Grammar School-Brumbaugh

How Can the Supervising Influence of Grammar-School Principals Be Improved ?—

Jones

ROUND TABLES

A. Round Table of City Superintendents of Larger Cities-

Interrelation of Functions in a City-School System:

Influence of the Supervisor-Miss Harris

Influence of the City Normal School or Training-School-Mrs. Young

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B. Round Table of Superintendents of Smaller Cities—

The Local Training-School as an Agency for the Preparation of Teachers

-Gordy

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The Best Means and Methods of Improving Teachers Already in the Ser-

vice-Vance

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C. Round Table of State and County Superintendents--

Teachers' Salaries and How Affected by the Operation of the Minimum-

Salary Law-Cotton

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Rural-School Architecture-Olsen

D. Round-Table Conference on Simplified Spelling-

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Simpler Spelling: What Can Be Most Wisely Done to Hasten It ?-Andrews

What Can Most Wisely Be Done to Hasten Simpler Spelling?-Geddes

The Examination of the Eyes of School Children-Eberhardt

What Should Be the Basis for the Promotion of Teachers and the Increase of

Teachers' Salaries ?-Van Sickle.

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