Show teachers association the city teachers ast association held their regular weekly meeting on the tile evening of friday the prof T 11 1 lewis called the meeting to order after the usual opening exercises the fal following cresulia its were given by the principals nao laou of f t the b a so beveral v eral departments K g AA PA Arst academic lemle deett B R lewis 97 87 grammar 11 85 83 77 95 intermediate A N thomas qi 81 80 85 S B R N anderaon Ande An demon rhon 78 76 90 0 1 C B lanning 77 63 82 2 11 D 1 TR TIl lordan 70 64 VI 91 first ward 0 halvorson Halvor eon HI SO 90 70 second 41 ingree 2 77 third N king US 82 2 fourth fourt is C chamber G IM 85 95 71 79 filth fifth 11 IPa I 1 packard ekard US 95 5 83 3 totals Tot lilg 1181 61 81 lessons in vocal music bad had been riven fiven in all the department departments by prof 1 L 1 11 edwards l the psalm of life 1110 was vas eung sung by miss clara chambers the lecture on Ili history story by prof A 0 newell wa g very interesting Inte interesting g and contained many valuable buggea tiona the Theo speaker treated hia file buh out eject under four heads viz chatis what is history 7 what is thease the use of history 7 Is history an essential branch in our us alic schools and what are the fast bublic est methods of teaching history 7 each head was subdivided sub divided and ilear clearly analyzed under the first head bi history tory was succinctly defined and tb the a student was cautioned against the prejudices pe p of the historian under the second history as an agent in the cultivation of patriotism and the development of judgment were discussed under the third the lecturer stated that he did not think history should be taught in the common schools and gave his reasons for this belief under the fourth the ape speaker 11 k emphasized the necessity of ad adapting apt ill the matter to the capacity of the pupil and urged that the instruction be practical and thorough the lecture was followed by a gle glee a song by the teachers choir T the a following pro gramme was adopted for the is next 0 at session and the tile association adjourned opening exercises Kc Ro porta ports music an address woman in her bar various characters by airs mrs T B lewis mesic Cl bloing wing F R christensen sec I 1 |