JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES OF THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING, HELD AT MEMPHIS, TENN., DECEMBER 27-29, 1899. 1899. FOR SALE BY THE .. ...................................... ...... . Calendar of Meetings .... Addresses of Welcome and Responses ......... President's Address .......... The Study of Arrested Development in Children as Produced by Injudicious School Methods-Win. T. Harris .... Influences that Determine the Trend of Education—Ino. L. A Moral Curriculum- Wm. W. Smith ....... Washington's Work for Education-Chas. W. Dabney.... The Three Chief Allies of American Civilization-Alexander Character: A Study in Correlation-Miss Jenny M. Higbee ......120 From the Primary School to the University---James K. Powers....130 English in the Secondary Schools,C. Alphonso Smith ..........138 The Superintendent and his Work-J. H. Hinemon .. ....147 Stumbling Stones in Grammar-Miss Emma B. Browne..........154 Influence of Women's Clubs in Education-Mrs. S. B. Anderson. .159 A Lecture on English Spelling-). B. Heiskell ........ Women's Clubs as an Educational Factor---Mrs. Neil W. Carothers 177 Bridging the Gulf Between the Home and the School-J. C. Wood- ward .................. ........ ..........................183 Demands upon University Curriculum-A. H. Purdue ..........188 Voluntary Election versus Required Studies-). H. Raymond....200 The Business College as it Should Be-B. B. Jones...............215 Experimental Psychology in the Normal School and the College- Miss Celestia S. Parrish ....................................221 Education and Crime-E. C. Branson .... Schools of the Northwest-). M. McCallie ...... The Duty of the State Toward Higher Education-). H. Kirkland. 255 Education in the Old South and in the New South-John IV. Aber- Industrial Training in Public Schools-J. G. Wooten ..... ....272 Public School Education for Girls: What it Should Be-Mrs. The Child the Center-Charles C. Rounds ........ School Directors: Their Selection and Duties-H. L. Whitfield. . 293 How to Improve our Rural Schools---J. C. Hardy ... Scientific Temperance Instruction--Mrs. W. B. Robberson........306 Libraries Essential to Public Schools-F. M. Beers ..............311 The Kindergarten as an Educational Force-Francis E. Cook......314 CALENDAR OF MEETINGS SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Place. President. Date. I. Moorehead City, .........J. H. Shinn, .. July, 1890 Montgomery .........S. Palmer I II. Lookout Mountain ........J. H. Shinn......... .... July, 1891 III. Atlanta ....................S. Palmer ........ · July, 1892 IV. Louisville .................W.F. Slaton .................. July, 1893 V. Galveston ................W. H. Bartholomew.......... Dec., 1894 VI. Hot Springs ..............J. R. Preston ................. Dec., 1895 VII. Mobile ................... J. H. Phillips . Dec., 1896 VIII. New Orleans... ......... Geo. J. Ramsey ............ Dec., 1898 IX. Memphis , ................. Junius Jordan ................ Dec., 1899 29 There was no meeting of the Association in 1897, because of yellow fever at New Orleans, which city had been selected as the place of meet ing SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. OFFICERS FOR 1898–1899. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. DIVISIONS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Atlanta. Kentucky ...... ... ... .J. M. McCALLE ....... ... Henderson. Louisiana ..... ..J. V. CALHOUN Baton Rouge. Mississippi ........... H. L. WHITFIELD. ........ Jackson. Maryland ............ HENRY A. WISE........... Baltimore. Missouri .R. H. JESSE . Columbia. North Carolina ........W. L. POTEAT ............ Wake Forest." South Carolina .D. B. JOHNSON . .Rock Hill. Tennessee ............ FRANK M. SMITH . Nashville. Texas ................. T. R. SAMPSON.............. Sherman. Virginia .J. W. SOUTHALL. Richmond West Virginia ......... J. H. RAYMOND............ Morgantown. Arizona ..............J. F. DABBS ................ Tucson. STATE MANAGERS. Pine Bluff. Athens. .Lexington. Louisiana ..... ...... WARREN EASTON New Orleans. Maryland ..... .G. W. WARD . Westminster. Mississippi ...........J. C. HARDY ............... Jackson. |