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Thought, Love, Action, Faith-Hold Children to a Standard - Examination Papers - Musical Crows and Vegetable Caterpillars-Abuse of Drill -A Twentieth Century Educational Problem-The Story of Patrick Mullen-When I Get Time -The Open Heart-Some Points in the Teaching of English. CONTRIBUTIONS The Child's Request-Examinations vs. Honorary Pupils - Honorary Pupils Again-The Spirit of the Teacher. OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT State Teachers' Association: General Meeting. BOOK TABLE..... EDITORIAL. PAGE. I- 4 4-8 9-13 13-17 17-22 22-24 REPORTS from the Association indicate that the gathering was one of more than usual interest and value. The excellence of the program was recognized in advance, and touching a wide range of interests, both of teachers and citizens, it drew together a large attendance and afforded them all inspiration and help. We have heard the address by Prof. Tompkins, and the report on Elementary Courses by President Adams, spoken of with most frequency and interest. The social gatherings were also highly appreciated. Only two criticisms have come to us: the usual one, that the program was over crowded so as to prevent discussion, which perhaps is a defect, with large compensating advantages; and the scattering of the sections over the city, at such long distances from each other as to No. 1 make it necessary to give up some meetings. which one would have been glad to look in upon. This seems inevitable under the cirThe Normal building was used. so far as possible, but there were also meetings at the Plankinton and the St. Charles. cumstances. WHAT does it mean that there are so many and such glaring contradictions of opinion on important details of high school policy as are revealed in the circular of Supt. Viebahn published elsewhere? Most of the topics from: number fourteen down to the end are examples. of the chaotic state of opinions. Such topics as the studies properly belonging to the grades; what studies may be omitted; which should come earlier or later; what time should be given to different subjects; how many recitations per week in each branch, and how many in all; and so on, exhibit surprising differences; yet these are fundamental points of wise administration. The circular ought to be productive of a good deal of study and discussion. After making allowance for a good deal of hasty answering it still remains clear that serious study of high school problems has been sadly neglected among us. There is a larger field from which to gather data; not merely the experience in different states in this Union, but that of foreign civilized nations may be collated; thoroly digested reasons for the accepted opinions may be sought out; and while the results will not be agreement on all points it certainly will be a nearer approach to this, and more careful and judicious management on the part of those making the study. "READING maketh a full man," said Lord Bacon, but he lived before the days of numberless books and the school pressure to promote reading among young people. It is to be feared that now it sometimes makes an empty man. There are children who seem simply to drift along the current of a book and bring nothing away with them. They so far comprehend as to be interested, but not so far as to derive any impression of the unity of that which they read. Thus the more they read the worse off they are, since this loose habit grows more incorrigible in them. Less evil, but bad enough, is the state of those who retain one acquisition only until they begin to |