Journal

OF

Proceedings and Addresses

OF THE

FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

JULY 8-12

1907

1907
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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. 125

Call Nothing Common-Wheeler . . .

A Significant Lack in Educational Terminology-Adams . . . . 138

DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE (Chicago Meeting, February, 1907)

Secretary's Minutes-Harris.

inutes--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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

The Financial Value of Education--Eckels . . . . . . . 165

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

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. Ē.

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 . .

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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 . . . . . .

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-0. J. Kern .

The Value of Educational Campaigns-McBrien . . . . .

Rural School Board Conventions-Cary , . . . . . . .

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

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

Development-Reid

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The Overcrowded Curriculum-Buchanan

The Overcrowded Curriculum_Buchanan

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 310, 313

At What Should the Ungraded School Aim ?-Frazier . . . . 316

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' . . . . . . . . . . 322

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION

Constitution

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Officers and Members . . . . . . . . . . .

Secretary's Minutes

Report of Committee on Investigations and Appropriations

President's Address-E. E. Brown .

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

II, Pardee . .

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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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I Discussion of the General Problem

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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

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The Preparation of Teachers for Industrial Schools in Rural Communities. ..

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

DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes . . . . . .

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President's Address—Mrs. Cooley . . . . . . . .

Potent Factors in Oral Reading and Oral Language

I. The Story and the Poem-Suzsallo . . . . . .

II. Story-telling and the Poem-Miss Davis .

III. Dramatizing-Blaisdell . . . . . . . .

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 . . . . . .

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DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes .

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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.

II. Brooks. ..

III. J. S. Brown . .

IV. Cubberley

V. DeGarmo

VI. Hanus .

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VII. Holland

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VIII. Judd .

IX. Luckey . . . . . . . . . . . .

X. Martin . . . . . . . .

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