Journal

OF

Proceedings and Addresses

OF THE

FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

JULY 8-12

1907

1907

Published by the Association

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WINONA, MINN.

President's Address: What Can the Schools Do to Aid the Peace Movement?

Schools for Defectives in Connection with Public Schools-Pearse

III

The School and the Library-Olsen

117

The Influence of Women's Organizations on Public Education-Mrs. Grenfell

Call Nothing Common-Wheeler

125

134

A Significant Lack in Educational Terminology-Adams

138

DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE (Chicago Meeting, February, 1907)

Secretary's Minutes-Harris.

145

Is the Child the Ward of the Nation?—A swell

152

Care and Training of Children before Admission to the Public School—Miss

Harris

157

The Financial Value of Education-Eckels

165

Should the School Attempt the Entire Circle of the Child's Training ?-Evans

Admitting That Our Schools Are Defective, Who Is Responsible?-Smith `.

Has the Product of Our Schools Reasonable Fitness for Citizenship?-Hamilton.

170

173

181

What Proportion of Pupils in Secondary Schools Cannot Derive Advantages There-

Effect on Individual Pupil of Multiplicity of Subjects, etc.—Jones

Order of Development and Studies Suited to Each Stage-Chancellor .

Should the School Furnish Better Training for the Non-Average Child?—Kirk

203

210

221

What Are the Essentials in Subjects in the Elementary-School Course?—E. E.

Brown

Report of the Committee on History-Van Sickle

Minimum Qualifications of the Elementary Teacher-Van Storm

227

235

239

252

Minimum Qualifications for the Training and Certification of Secondary-School

Teachers-Suzzallo

Growth in Teachers: How Continued ?-Gordy

ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCES

A. ROUND TABLE OF STATE AND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS—

Topic. The Country School and Its Betterment:

How to Improve Rural Schools-Miss Craig

Rural School Supervision—Olsen

Course of Study for the Rural School-Stephens

264

266

269

Manual Training in Rural Schools-A. H. Chamberlain

273

The Consolidated School and the New Agriculture-O. J. Kern

277

The Value of Educational Campaigns-McBrien

Rural School Board Conventions-Cary. .

282

288

B. ROUND TABLE OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF SMALLER CITIES—

A Seven-Year Course for Elementary Schools and a Five-Year Course for

Secondary Schools-Greenwood

What Should Smaller Cities Attempt for Education of Defective Children?

-Dietrich.

290

The Relation of the Physical Nature of the Child to His Mental and Moral

Development-Reid

297

305

The Overcrowded Curriculum-Buchanan

308

C. ROUND TABLE OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF LARGER CITIES—

Topic. The Need for Special Classes:

Is There Need for Industrial Schools for Elementary Grades, etc. ?—Harvey;

Dyer.

At What Should the Ungraded School Aim ?-Frazier

Separation of Physically and Mentally Defective Children from the Regular

School-Pearse

Separation of Insubordinate and Incorrigible Children from the Regular

School-Martindale

310, 313

316

321

322

Provisions for Exceptional Children in the Public Schools-Hatch, Van Sickle,

Millspaugh, et al.

360

Discussion of Report of Committee on Instruction in Library Administration in

Shortage in the Supply of Teachers-Green, McNeill, et al.

Moral Training thru the Agency of the Public School-Barnes

The Educational Progress of Two Years-Mrs. Young

In Memoriam, William Harold Payne

Report of Committee on Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities-

363

369

373

383

406

Harvey

409

I.

Discussion of the General Problem

412

II. Industrial Work in Rural Schools in New England, New Jersey, Pennsyl-

vania, and New York

429

III. Experiences and Opinions of Individual Teachers in the Preceding Terri-

tory

436

446

The Preparation of Teachers for Industrial Schools in Rural Communities

Secretary's Minutes

President's Address-Mrs. Cooley

Potent Factors in Oral Reading and Oral Language-

I. The Story and the Poem-Suzzallo

II. Story-telling and the Poem-Miss Davis

III. Dramatizing-Blaisdell

IV. Expression by the Hand-McNeill

Geography in the Life of the Pupil—J. F. Chamberlain

Illustrative Excursions for Field Sight-Fairbanks

Emphasis of Commercial and Industrial Geography-Heeter

History in the Life of the Child-Edwards

DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes

REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF SEVENTEEN ON PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION OF HIGH-

SCHOOL TEACHERS-

Introduction-Halleck

Joint Recommendations of the Committee of Seventeen

A Short Course of Professional Reading for High-School Teachers

Papers on the Professional Preparation of High-School Teachers-

478

482

485

491

497

504

507

513

521

523

536

538

541

547

551

555

558

563

577

582

587

592