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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.

Composed and Printed By The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A,

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BDUC. LIBRARY

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.

170

173

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

181

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Problems of Greater America-Andrews .

191

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

from?-Bryan

194

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

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

203

210

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

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

Minimum Qualifications for the Training and Certification of Secondary-School

Teachers-Suzzallo

Growth in Teachers: How Continued?-Gordy

221

227

235

239

252

256

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

Manual Training in Rural Schools-A. H. Chamberlain

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

264

266

269

273

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

290

What Should Smaller Cities Attempt for Education of Defective Children?

-Dietrich.

297

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

Development-Reid

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

Report of Committee on Investigations and Appropriations

President's Address-E. E. Brown

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

Normal Schools-Bunker

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

Moral Training thru the Agency of the Public School—Barnes

363

369

373

The Educational Progress of Two Years-Mrs. Young

In Memoriam, William Harold Payne

383

406

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

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

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

tory

429

436

446

The Preparation of Teachers for Industrial Schools in Rural Communities

478

482

485

491

497

504

507

513

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

521

REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF SEVENTEEN ON PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION OF HIGH-

SCHOOL TEACHERS-

Introduction-Halleck

523

Joint Recommendations of the Committee of Seventeen

536

A Short Course of Professional Reading for High-School Teachers

538

Papers on the Professional Preparation of High-School Teachers—