Arkansas Teachers Hear Buck Passing Critique At Round Table
The Northeast division of the Iowa State Teachers association held a Thursday session at the Roosevelt hotel with Dr. Frederick Rand Rogers of Boston University and Miss Willie A. Lawson of the Arkansas Teachers association speaking. Rogers urged grip strength testing to flag illness, while Lawson challenged who owns and controls schools and faulted administrators for shifting responsibility.
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Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa State Teachers Association
Frederick Rand Rogers
Boston University
Willie A. Lawson
Arkansas Teachers Association
Don Southard
Delhi
Rogers
Lawson
Arkansas
Rogers’ Vison
Visual Education Of Great Value In School Work
Elkader schools should acquire visual education tools. H R Blanchard, science instructor, told teachers at a city round table that a moving picture machine is attainable if sought. He showed slides by students and magazine cutouts proving visual education can reach all schools within any budget. Herbert Peet moderated. Claire C Stanard introduced.
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H. R. Blanchard
Elkader
Blanchard
Herbert Peet
Cedar Falls
Claire C. Stanard
Prin
Cedar Falls school chief leads visual education survey group
The Cedar Falls principal reported on an educational survey in the northeast district of the teachers association about equipment and programs for visual education. After the roundtable, Eugene F. Mueller of Independence was elected president and J. H. McBurney of Waverly secretary.
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Cipal
Cedar Falls
Teachers Association
Eugene F. Mueller
Independence
J. H. McBurney
Waverly
Flays Inequality In Financial Aid To Rural Schools
L. G. Meyer Fayette county superintendent told a Y M C A meeting that Iowa rural schools receive far less funding under a standardization system. He urged county boards to allocate funds to maximize benefit, noting stark disparities between poor and rich counties. Charles Pye and Miss Willie A. Lawson joined in urging tax-base readjustment and teacher financial security. J. L. Davies spoke on the eighth grade exam.
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L. G. Meyer
Fayette County
Iowa
Meyer
Pye
Willie A. Lawson
The
Arkansas Education Association
Lawson
J. L. Davies
Howard County
Teachers' Alertness Urged New Effort To Correlate Studies
Teachers face stricter standards as a curriculum reorganization and a study correlation push begin within schools. Dr. H A Riebe urged supervisory effort to show results while stressing cooperative supervision and efficient teaching. Dr M J Nelson called for more curriculum experimentation to modernize high school methods.
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H. A. Riebe
Iowa State Teachers College
Riebe
M. J. Nelson
Northeast Iowa teachers convention speakers listed in Cedar Rapids
Prominent figures at the Cedar Rapids northeast Iowa teachers convention include U S Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma who will address the general session Friday evening and Dr A W Palmer president of Chicago Theological Seminary who is set for Friday forenoon’s general meeting program.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U. S
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
A. W. Palmer
Chicago Theological Seminary
Round Table Discusses School Accreditation Standards
Fred J. Kluss announced that the Iowa committee of the Northwest Central association will adopt new accrediting standards for secondary schools. The plan discards old quantitative measures and liberalizes the program, with Finn B. Eriksen chairing the second round table on secondary education.
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Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Northwest Central Association
Finn B. Eriksen
West Waterloo
Round Table
Marion man named chairman and Harden secretary for 1940 convention
N Warren of Marion was appointed chairman for the 1940 convention and Edgar Harden of Independence was chosen secretary.
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N Warren
Marion
Edgar Harden
Independence
Teachers urged to correct speech defects without student awareness
Dr Ernest H Hendrickson of Iowa State Teachers college told high school teachers to fix speech defects without notifying the pupil. He advised correcting defects discreetly and using group work. The round table followed Dr Loretta Allen Wagner of the University of Iowa describing adapting students to speaking at the University junior high experimental school in Iowa City. Group discussion is one way to
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Ernest H. Hendrickson
Iowa State Teachers College
Hendrickson
Loretta Allen Wagner
University of Iowa
University Junior High Experimental School
Iowa City
Speech shy students urged to discuss topics privately
Dr. Wagner warned that poorly adjusted junior high students should not speak in public. He feared medium ability children might suffer deep seated psychological effects from fear of forgetting or humiliation in front of audiences.
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Wagner
Trials Proceed After Absences in Williamsport Court
In Williamsport Pa three defendants failed to appear when their cases were called in Judge Don M. Larrabee's court. The judge ordered trials to proceed, summoned juries and heard plaintiff testimony, resulting in verdicts for the defendants in each case.
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Williamsport
Don M. Larrabee
Henlein thanks Hitler for Czech freedom telegram
Berlin dispatch reports Konrad Henlein, head of the Sudeten Germans, sending a telegram to Adolf Hitler to express gratitude for the freedom he claims they have won. The message states we thank you for the freedom we have won us.
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Berlin
INS
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Irish Franciscan mission bombed on Yangtze front
A Roman Catholic mission of Irish Franciscan friars at Kwangshui on the Yangtze river front was bombed by Japanese planes Friday but no casualties were reported. In other parts of the city, however, 50 civilians were killed and twenty wounded.
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Shanghai
INS
Kwangshui
Yangtze River
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