Dans S. Smeseden
12-22-1902

JOURNAL

OF

PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES

OF THE

FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

JULY 7-11, 1902

1902

Published by the Association

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 - Beardshear

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

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Catt

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Education in the Philippines-Schurman

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

DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE

(CHICAGO MEETING, 1901)

Secretary's Minutes

Obstacles to Educational Progress - Hanus

Discussion Fowler

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

Discussion -Hall, Harris

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ROUND TABLES

A. Round Table of State and County Superintendents:

Topic I

Harvey

Instruction in the Elements of Agriculture in Rural Communities

Discussion - Meredith et al.

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

Matre

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 :

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

for Instruction in Normal Schools?

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 - What Shall it Be?— Russell

Discussion - Wilkinson, Maxwell, Walter, et al.

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- Putnam, Seerley, Salisbury, Lord,

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Progress of Education in Porto Rico — Brumbaugh

Altruism as a Law in Education - Tompkins

The High School as the People's College - Hall -

Discussion Leviston, Harris, Hall

College Graduates in Elementary Schools -

Discussion - Poland et al.

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The Psychology and Ethics of Fun - Hill

Balliet

SPECIAL MEETING

(At Minneapolis, July 10, 1902)

Secretary's Minutes

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Round Table-Topic: Reciprocity in Licensing Teachers -

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

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

The Common-School Community — Lang

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Secretary's Minutes

DEPARTMENT OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION

Address of Welcome-Kiehle

President's Address - O'Grady

Hindrances to the Development of Language-Adams

How Froebel Planned to Foster the Child's Powers of Language - Putnam
Discussion - Harrison et al.

The Need for English Study by Kindergarten Students- May

DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

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Secretary's Minutes

The Practical Value of Teaching Agriculture in the Public Schools-

Discussion-Burks, Marcellus, Harrison

The Use and Danger of Method - Millis

Discussion-Hatch et al.

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

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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E. English Conference

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

Precedence over Courses in English History- Frazier

Discussion - West et al.

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Discussion Trueblood, Jayne, White, et al.

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

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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