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STATE TEACHERS 'WILL MEET SOONAssociation to Hold Convention in Milwaukee.TO DISCUSS NORMAL SCHOOLSMore Than Seven Thousand Instructors Are Expected o Attend Sessions on November 5, 6 and 7.Madison.—The sixty-second annual convention of the Wisconsin Teachers' association will be held in the city of Milwaukee on November 5, 6 and 7. It is expected that more than seven thousand instructors will attend the three days’ sessions. The program for the gathering is not completed.Of particular interest to the teachers of the elementary and secondary schools will be the addresses of Theodore Kronshage, president of the board of regents of Milwaukee Normal school. Mr. Kronshage will form his various lectures into a complete course of instruction in the three prin ciples that will form the gist of the report soon to be published by the special committee delegated to investigate the Wisconsin normal schools 15 months ago.When the investigation was started the board of regents requested that every possible help be afforded the committee, with the result that their findings and recommendations should tend to put Wisconsin schools to the front in educational circles.Mr. Kronshage, in his discussions, will uphold the normal school as the ideal school for the training of teachers for elementary and secondary schools. His lectures will embody these points: First, the service of the normal school In the training of teachers for the public schools; second, the organization of the normal school; third, the character of the course of Instruction, and the adaptability for training teachers; fourth, the character, quality and method of instruction; fifth, the professional supervision of the schools by the president of the school; sixth, the administration of the normal schools by the board of normal school regents.The main sessions will be held in the Auditorium, while the committees and special divisions will meet in the Majestic and Davidson theaters. Much good outside talent has been secured and altogether the program will be an interesting and instructive one.Among the speakers will be: David N. Snedden, commissioner of education, state of Massachusetts; Frank McMurry, Columbia university, New York; H. \V. Foght, bureau of education, Washington, D. C.; J. Paul Goode, University of Chicago; J. E. Armstrong, Chicago; James F. Hoslc, Chicago Normal school; Jane Addams, Chicago; George Faulkner, Chicago, and William McAndrews, New York.During the three days of the meeting every school in Wisconsin, with the possible exception of 400 rural schools, will be closed.C. E. Patzer, president of the Teachers’ association, will open the official meeting Thursday, November 5, with an address in the Auditorium. He will be followed by William McAndrews, principal of the Washington Irving High school of New York city. Mr McAndrews will speak on the purpose and scope of work in the elementary school.How Can We Make the School Meet the Needs of Life?” will be the subject of a paper by Carroll G. Pearse. president of the Milwaukee Normal school.It is the intention of the officials of the organization to give considerable attention tn voratlnnal training in run. i
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Wood County Reporter
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Oct 01, 1914
Page 3
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Lucas V.
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