Journal

OF

· Proceedings and Addresses

OF THE

FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

- LOS ANGELES; CALIFORNIA

JULY 8-12

-1907

1907
Publisbed by tbe Association
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WINONA, MINN.

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BOUC LIBRARY

Composed and Printed By The University of Chicago Press

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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

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III

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DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE (Chicago Meeting, February, 1907)

Secretary's Minutes-Harris .

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

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

Harris

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The Financial Value of Education-Eckels

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Should the School Attempt the Entire Circle of the Child's Training ?--Evans 170

Admitting That Our Schools Are Defective, Who Is Responsible ?-Smith . 173

Has the Product of Our Schools Reasonable Fitness for Citizenship ?-Hamilton . 181

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Problems of Greater America— Andrews.

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

from 2- 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

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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

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Rural School Supervision-Olsen

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Course of Study for the Rural School-Stephens

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Manual Training in Rural Schools–A. H. Chamberlain

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The Consolidated School and the New Agriculture-0. J. Kern

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The Value of Educational Campaigns-McBrien

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Rural School Board Conventions—Cary

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B. ROUND TABLE OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF SMALLER CITIES-

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

Secondary Schools—Greenwood

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What Should Smaller Cities Attempt for Education of Defective Children ?

-Dietrich .

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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

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At What Should the Ungraded School Aim ?-Frazier

Separation of Physically and Mentally Defective Children from the Regular

School--Pearse

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Separation of Insubordinate and Incorrigible Children from the Regular

School-Martindale

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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION

Constitution

Officers and Members

Secretary's Minutes

Report of Committee on Investigations and Appropriations

President's Address-E. E. Brown

Public-School Finance: What Next ?-1, 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

1. 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

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DEPARTMENT OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes

The American Ideal in the Kindergarten-Barnard

Motive for Work-Miss Schallenberger

Home and School Life in Germany-Miss Nix

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DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes

President's Address-Mrs. Cooley

Potent Factors in Oral Reading and Oral Language-

1. 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-5. F. Chamberlain

Illustrative Excursions for Field Sight-Fairbanks

Emphasis of Commercial and Industrial Geography-Heeter

History in the Life of the Child-Edwards

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DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes

REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF SEVENTEEN ON PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION OF High-

SCHOOL TEACHERS

Introduction-Holleck

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-