Proceedings, Abstracts of Lectures and a Brief Report of the Discussions of the National Teachers' Association, the National Association of School Superintendents and the American Normal School Association

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Popular Education in EnglandAtkin
83
Educational Possibilities for the Country Child in the United StatesKern
89
Education in the PhilippinesBryan
100
New Departure in Secondary EducationSheppard
114
Education in the American NavyGoodrich
120
Education in Porto RicoLindsay
127
The Place of the Small CollegeGates
134
Preparation of Teachers in GermanyBahlsen
140
Limitations of the Superintendents Authority and of the Teachers Independence
152
Sculpture and Decoration at the ExpositionZolnay
163
DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE
173
The Superintendents Influence on the Course of StudyElson
188
Athletics and Collateral Activities in Secondary SchoolsBoynton
206
Herbert Spencer A Symposium
214
Educational Principles for the SouthI Dabney II McIver 235
235
The Factory ChildEvans
244
Administration and Supervision
259
Extension of PublicSchool Privileges
278
ROUND TABLES
306
B Round Table of City Superintendents
322
NATIONAL COUNCIL
333
The Lessons of the ExpositionRogers
345
The Japanese ExhibitMatsumura
354
Memorial Addresses
361
Preliminary Report of Committee on Salaries etc Wright
370
DEPARTMENTS OF KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY
379
Waldo
411
The Individual ChildMiss Payne
422
Value of Animal Pets in the KindergartenMiss Harvey
432
Avenues of LanguageExpression in the Elementary SchoolI Chubb II Miss
452
A Filipinos View of Education in the PhilippinesSenora Zamora
468
Modern Language Conference
473
What May Secondary Schools Learn from French Secondary Education?Lyttle
475
Secret Fraternities in High SchoolsMorrison
484
Modification of High School to Meet TwentiethCentury Demands
491
ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES
502
DEPARTMENT OF MANUAL TRAINING
593
Manual Training in SwedenLidman
600
ManualTraining High Schools and Manual Training in High SchoolsGilbert
614
What May Be Done for Manual Training in Country Schools?Bayliss
623
DEPARTMENT OF ART EDUCATION
631
Influence of the Art School and Art Museum on Civic LifeWuer pel
637
The Republic of FranceA Nation of ArtMarduel
643
Art Education for the PeopleMrs Riley
654
Art Education for the American People as Shown at the ExpositionMiss Henkel
670
Presidents AddressWetzell
676
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD STUDY
737
Some Laboratory Investigations of Subnormal ChildrenMiss Campbell
744
Laboratory Tests as a Means of Child StudyMiss Williams
770
Unsolved Problems of Child Study and the Method of Their AttackHall
782
ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES
791
B Round Table Conference on Child Study in Grammar and Secondary Grades
797
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
803
Object and Methods of Physical Training in Normal SchoolsAffleck
817
Objects and Methods of Physical Training in High SchoolsMrs Ludlum
827
Secretarys Minutes
843
Nature and Educational Value of the Scientific Exhibits of High Schools and Col
850
DiscussionCurtis
857
SubjectMatter of HighSchool PhysicsFoley
865
Value of Chemistry in Secondary EducationBlanchard
872
Teaching of the Scientific MethodForbes
879
Nature Study as an Aid to Advanced Work in ScienceWhitney
889
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
897
Lessons in School Administration to Be Gained at the ExpositionWoodward
907
Duty of the Normal School in Relation to District School LibrariesWilkinson
919
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
933
Sight and Hearing in Relation to EducationChrisman
939
Report of Committee on Statistics of Defective Sight and Hearing of PublicSchool
946
The Chicago Hospital School for Nervous and Delicate ChildrenMiss Campbell
952
DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN EDUCATION
963
Statistical Tables of Membership 986987
986
803
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