TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 9:30 A. M. Welcome Address-President Gilbreath. Farm Demonstration-H. D. Tate and C. F. Striplin, in charge of the work in East Tennessee. School Improvement-Miss Virginia Moore, in charge of the State work. 1:30 P. M. Contagious Diseases of Animals-Dr. G. R. White, State Live Stock Inspector. Common Orchard Insects and How to Combat Them-Professor G. M. Bentley, State Etomologist. EDUCATIONAL DAY, FEBRUARY 28, 9:30 A. M. Some Home-made Conveniences for the Farmer's Wife— Professor W. C. Wilson, Manual Training Department. Tomato Clubs-Miss Virginia Moore. 1:30 P. M. State Library Commission-Mrs. Pearl Williams Kelley, Secretary of State Free Library Commission. Organization of Tomato and Corn Clubs. Economy in the Kitchen-Miss Arrants, Domestic Science Department of State Normal School. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 9:30 A. M. Co-operation-Col. T. B. Thackston, Industrial Agent South ern Railway. The Farmer's Tools-Professor W. C. Wilson. Home Sanitation-Miss Arrants. 1:30 P. M. Commercial Orchards-Professor C. A. Keffer. Wood Finishes-Professor W. C. Wilson. Inspection of Buildings and Grounds. EAST TENNESSEE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. The seventh session of the East Tennessee Educational Association was held in the State Normal School, April 4, 5 and 6. Dean C. Hodge Mathes was Secretary for the meeting, and it is due to his untiring efforts that the Association was more largely attended and more successful in every way than any former meetings of the Association. The visitors and delegates in attendance numbered more than 500, including nearly all the county and city superintendents from East Tennessee, together with hundreds of teachers and school officials. The leading features of the meeting were the address of the President of the Association, Superintendent John R. Lowry, of Park City, and the addresses of President Jacob Gould Schurman, of Kansas City; State Superintendent John W. Brister, and Vice-President William S. Bovard, of the University of Chattanooga. On the second day of the meeting the school gave a luncheon to the five hundred delegates present. This meeting, by bringing to the Normal School the superintendents, members of boards of education, and the leading teachers of East Tennessee, did much to acquaint the school officials with the purposes of the Normal School and with its preparation for the work it has to do. Before the close of the Association the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: "The East Tennessee Educational Association expresses its gratification and pride at the remarkable success won by the East Tennessee State Normal School in its first year's work. Already its attendance is in excess of two hundred in the normal courses, and with its superior faculty of experienced and enthusiastic teachers, its modern courses of study, academic and professional, and its splendid equipment, its influence is already being felt for good in the educational circles of the State. We heartily approve its present policy and management and commend the school to the favorable consideration of the State officials, teachers, and prospective teachers of East Tennessee. "We ask that our senators and representatives in the next General Assembly of the State shall provide means for the enlargement of its facilities. Additional dormitory room should be provided for both men and women, and an agricultural and science building should be erected and equipped. "We respectfully urge that the most liberal policy be adopted in looking to its enlargement and work. The course of study for the Normal School includes all the branches taught in the public elementary, secondary, and high schools of the State, also the subjects usually included in the freshman and sophomore years of standard colleges. In addition to the academic branches the following required courses are given: School Management, School Law, Elementary Psychology, Elementary History of Education, Secondary Education, School Administration, School Sanitation, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Child Study, Advanced History of Education, Educational Classics and the Reading Circle Courses. Drawing and vocal music are required of all candidates for certificates, and special attention is given to physiology, hygiene and physical training. All students are required to take one course in General Method of Teaching, and at least one course in Special Methods. In connection with these courses the students are required to do observation work in the Observation and Practice School, and, under the direction of the principal of the school and the critic teacher, to develop lesson plans and do practice teaching. In this way they are enabled to observe the scientific methods of management and teaching, and to put into practice and acquire skill in the principles and methods known to be sound through the experience and research of leading educators. EQUIPMENT. At the beginning of the year no equipment had been purchased for any of the departments of the school, but during the year equipment and apparatus were purchased for the work in agriculture, manual training, domestic science, physics, chemistry, biology, physiology and botany. AGRICULTURE. Special attention has been given throughout the year to the development of the Department of Agriculture. In addition to the school garden and demonstration tract, containing about three acres, this department gave some attention to the care of the campus during the year and cultivated about four acres of ground. The principal equipment consists of two mules, one two-horse wagon, one turning plow, one sub-soil plow, six wheel plows, one cultivator, one disc harrow, one drag harrow, and a supply of garden tools, such as rakes, hoes, spades, etc. Under the supervision of the Manual Training Department one garden-tool house has been erected. A modern and complete combination stock and dairy barn has been built at a cost of about $1,500. Enough hay and corn has been produced to care for the stock. One brood sow and eight pigs have been purchased and are being kept largely on the slops from the kitchen. The interest taken in this department by the students of the school has been remarkably good, and classes have been organized in all the courses offered. DOMESTIC SCIENCE. In this department two coal stoves have been installed, one by purchase and one by donation to the school. In addition to this a gasoline stove has been donated. The equipment consists of a full supply of cooking utensils and tableware, a refrigerator, cooking tables, cupboards, cabinets, and a lunch counter. The lunch counter was operated very successfully during the Spring and Summer Terms without expense to the school. It was patronized daily by from fifty to seventy-five students. Much of the food prepared by the regular cooking classes is utilized as a supply for the lunch department. Classes were organized in all the courses, with such large attendance that it will be necessary to employ an additional instructor for the next year. The Sewing Department has been equipped with sewing machines, cutting tables, models, cheval mirror, and cabinet. All of the courses offered in this department have been taken by large classes. MANUAL TRAINING. The work in this department has been very successfully inaugurated. A report from the head of the department shows that there are now on hand tools purchased for the department amounting to $417.22, and that in addition the department made for its own use equipment having a total value of $589.25, as follows: 5 Double 6-drawer cabinet benches, 10 R A vises, at $65.00. $325 00 75 00 15 00 Total value of apparatus made for use in Manual Training room only... $589 25 The department also made drawings and supervised the work of carpenters for equipment in other departments valued at $780.00, as follows: 3 Wall cases in Physics Department, at $20.00... 5 Wall cases in Chemistry Department, at $20.00. 1 Chemistry table...... 2 Wall cases in Agricultural Department. 2 Wall cases in Domestic Science Department. 1 Counter in Domestic Science Department. 2 Domestic Science Tables, at $75.00. 1 Raised seat platform in Gymnasium. 1 Partition in Gymnasium.. 1 Library wall case... 1 Library museum case. $ 60 00 100 00 80 00 40 00 40 00 60 00 150 00 80 00 20 00 20 00 35 00 |