spirit of investigation and a habit of relating all knowledge to practical life. purposes. The larger use of hand and eye-of observation and experiment whereby the child gains knowledge at first hand from personal experience, and develops power to use knowledge thus gained, are vital factors in the new demands made on the schools.

The introduction of nature-study, drawing, manual work, art, social group-work, agriculture and domestic economy, is the result of the attempt to adjust the traditional school to the demand of modern, social and industrial life. This demand is furnishing new lines of thought-it is breaking new ground, the possibilities of which are as yet not fully appreciated.

This program deals with these modern things in education, reflecting this new thought and aim in school work. If you would make yourself progressively helpful to your school and to your community, you can not af ford to miss this meeting.

The Social Function of the School.

Graham Taylor, of the University of Chicago, head of "Chicago Commons," a social settlement that has been a power for good, will treat this subject in its practical and theoretical aspects. Prof. Taylor has a message for the school and he has rare inspirational power as a speaker.

Brief talks dealing with practical phases of social work in the school from the standpoint of the actual and possible will be given, and they will be helpful to every teacher.

The Educational Value of the Hand. H. H. Belfield, of the Chicago Manual Training School, will discuss this

subject in a masterly and helpful way. No one in this country is more able to speak with authority on this phase of school work than is Prof. Belfield. Manual training has long been considered serviceable in fitting for trades and occupations in life, but its value as a factor in mental development is not yet fully appreciated. The vital need of all schools is the correlation of manual work with book work in all the grades from the kindergarten to the university.

Brief addresses will follow on some or all of the following subjects:

(1) The possible and practicable in manual work in small high schools.

(2) Should normal schools prepare teachers in manual training?

(3) The social aspect of manual training. The Practical in Child-Study Viewed in the Light of Modern Psychology.

George P. Brown, editor of School and Home Education, will discuss this increasingly interesting and helpful topic. Mr. Brown is one of the leaders in educational thought in this country. He is not only able but fearless as well, and has remarkable power to analyze conditions and sift the chaff from the grain. He is wellpoised and has not lost his head in the waves of educational theory that have swept our country at frequent intervals within the past few years. He does not adopt the new because it is new, nor discard the old because it is old. He tests all by the criteria of

common sense.

Instruction in Agriculture and Domestic

Economy in Rural Communities.

L. D. Harvey will discuss this topic. At the last session of the legislature, Supt. Harvey was appointed to make a thorough investigation of this subject, together with that of manual

training, and report to the next legislature on the advisability of introducing instruction in agriculture and domestic economy into the rural schools. He has already made considerable progress in this investigation and will treat the subject in the light of his recent inquiry. This is an indication of the awakening of the public mind to the demand that the school shall relate itself to the economic needs of the community. As a speaker Supt. Harvey needs no introduction; he is always forceful and entertaining.

The General Influence of Art in Relation

to Schools and Society.

M. V. O'Shea, of the University of Wisconsin, will discuss this topic. It is but recently that art has been generally utilized by the school in the education of children. Its value is coming to be appreciated, though as yet its use is but in its infancy. The excellent reproductions now available at small cost make it possible to extend greatly the use of art products in cultivating a discriminating taste in children. Prof. O'Shea's contributions to art magazines are an indication of the interesting manner in which he will deal with the practical and theoretical aspects of this subject. The following topics will be tr. ated in brief talks, dealing with the practical phases of art in relation to schools:

(1) Art in the Schoolroom Environment. (2) Picture study; picture collections; how to use pictures.

The Transportation of Rural School Pupils at Public Expense.

A. A. Upham, of the Whitewater Normal School, will present this subject. There is a demand for a reduction in the waste incident to small schools which are wanting in inspira

tion and awakening power that only numbers can stimulate and in which the rate of tuition is disproportionately high. Experiments made in various communities of transporting pupils at public expense are worthy of consideration. Better salaries to teachers and better equipment are related questions to that of larger schools at relatively smaller cost. Prof. Upham will present this question in the light of experiments in other states.

The County Training School for Teachers.

Elizabeth Allen, of the Dunn County Training School, will discuss this subject. In response to the demand for better trained teachers for rural schools, the last legislature provided state aid for the establishment of two schools. Under county training this provision Marathon and Dunn counties have in active operation at the present time training schools organized with a view to meet the needs of rural schools. Miss Allen will aim and scope of the work, present treat of the need for such schools, the actual conditions, and general data in relation to them.

This unique experiment is watched with general interest throughout the country, and is believed to be the only organized attempt under the conditions of state aid to meet the demand for better trained teachers in rural schools outside the regular course State Normal Schools.

Symposium.

VITAL SCHOOL QUESTIONS.
The Use of Libraries.
Elective Courses.

Commercial Courses.

Theory and Art of Teaching.

Fatigue in Relation to Sessions.

Outside Activities.

There will be brief addresses and free discussion of these topics by prominent high school teachers,

Club Room, Plankinton, 2 P. M. Dec. 29. N. A. Harvey, Chairman. Nannie R. Gray, Sec. The Normal School as an Institution for Pedagogical Investigation,

F. E. Bolton, Milwaukee. The Argument for Normal Schools in the Light of Changed Conditions,

R. H. Halsey, Oshkosh. GRAMMAR AND INTERMEDIATE GRADES. Normal School, Dec. 27 and 28. W. N. Parker, Ch'n. Thos. W. Boyce, Sec. Can the Eight Years' Work Now Being Done by the Grades be Accomplished in Shorter Time? Charles Kendall Adams. Are We Breaking the Lock-Step of the Grades? J. T. Hooper, Ashland. W. P. Roseman, Reedsburg. Are We Teaching Rational Geography?

F. E. Mitchell, Oshkosh. Is the Spelling Book of Use in the Grades?

LIBRARY SECTION.

Lutie E. Stearns, Chairman. Will meet with the Art Section, Thursday. and singly, Friday afternoon in the Arcade of the Plankinton. The Wis. Library Commission will have an exhibit at the Normal School.

Normal School, Dec. 27, 2 P. M. Harriet C. Magee, Ch'n. Ida M. Cravath, Sec. The Value of Art in Education-Mrs. John B. Sherwood, Pres. Chicago Public School Art Society.

There will be an exhibit of art work from city and normal schools. Mrs. Sherwood will contribute a hundred carbons to the display. The Public School Art League of Milwaukee is. co-operating with Miss Magee to make an unusually helpful meeting of this section.

WOMAN'S SCHOOL ALLIANCE. Normal School, Thursday, 2 P. M. Mrs. S. L. Graves, Pres. Mrs. D. Mowry, Sec. Brief talks and informal discussions along lines of co-operation between the home and the school. No papers will be read. The exercises will conclude with a social tea.

W. H. ELSON, President.
H. A. WHIPPLE, Secretary.

KEMPER HALL, Kenosha, Wis.

A School for Girls under the care of the Sisters of S. Mary, The twenty ninth year begins Sept. 21, 1898. References: Rt. Rev. I. L. Nicholson, D. D., Milwaukee; Rt. Rev. W. E. McLaren, D. D., Chicago: Rt. Rev Geo. F. Seymour, S. T. D., Springfield, Ill.; Rev. Theodore Riley, D. D, General Theological Seminary, New York City; Edward P. Brockway, Esq., Milwaukee; Robert Elliott, Esq., Milwaukee; L. H. Morehouse, Esq., Milwaukee; Z. G. Simmons, Esq., Pres. First National Bank, Kenosha. Address THE SISTER SUPERIOR.

A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.

Our courses in journalism by correspondence embrace practical work in news writing, news gathering, editorial writing; a study of advertisements and the construction and proper use of the newspaper headline. Entire expense less than 60 cents a week. Lewis D. Sampson, In special charge of the course in journalism, Northern Indiana Normal College, Valparaiso, Ind

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THE LAW STUDENT

Who is unable to get away from home for the first year's work may have proper direction in reading, by correspondence. In the regular Law Course, by the Chautauqua plan, one who does satisfactory work through the texts assigned in the junior year, will, on request, be admitted regularly without examination, to the senior class in the residence work in the Northern Indiana Law College, as a candidate for the degree of L. L. B.

Lewis D. Sampson, Director
Valparaiso, Ind.

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