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EDUC. LIBRARY

Act of Incorporation

By-Laws.

Certificate of Incorporation

Calendar of Meetings

Officers for 1906-7

Officers for 1907-8

Report of Treasurer

Report of Board of Trustees

CONTENTS

Secretary's Minutes of General Sessions

Annual Report of Committee on Resolutions

Annual Meeting of Active Members

Minutes of Meeting of Board of Directors for 1906-7

Minutes of Meeting of Board of Directors for 1907-8

New Committees of Investigation, Membership

GENERAL SESSIONS

Address of Welcome-Burdette

Response-Harris

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

Schaeffer

Democracy and Education-Storms.

Indians and Their Education-Leupp

Greetings from the Sister Republic of Mexico-Trancoso

The Personality of the Teacher-Conaty .

The Economic Relations of Education-Thompson

The Basis of Grading Teachers' Salaries-Cooley

Teachers' Pensions-Keyes.

Other Forms of Compensation for Teachers-Nash .

Schools for Defectives in Connection with Public Schools-Pearse

The School and the Library-Olsen

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

Call Nothing Common-Wheeler ..

A Significant Lack in Educational Terminology-Adams

Harris

The Financial Value of Education-Eckels

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE (Chicago Meeting, February, 1907)

Secretary's Minutes-Harris.

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

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

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Problems of Greater America-Andrews.

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

from ?-Bryan

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

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

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

The Value of Educational Campaigns-McBrien

Rural School Board Conventions-Cary

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 .

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

Development-Reid

The Overcrowded Curriculum-Buchanan

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 .

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION

Constitution

Officers and Members

Secretary's Minutes

Report of Committee on Investigations and Appropriations

President's Address-E. E. Brown.

Separation of Insubordinate and Incorrigible Children from the Regular

School-Martindale

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Public-School Finance: What Next ?-I, Burks

II, Pardee

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

Millspaugh, et al.

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Discussion of Report of Committee on Instruction in Library Administration in

Normal Schools-Bunker

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-

Harvey

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Discussion of the General Problem

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

The Preparation of Teachers for Industrial Schools in Rural Communities

DEPARTMENT OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION

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

IX. Luckey

X. Martin.

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-

I. Barrett

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Brooks

III. J. S. Brown

IV. Cubberley

V. DeGarmo

VI. Hanus

VII. Holland

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