Saturday's Session

At the Saturday morning -ession of the Michigan Schoolmasters' Club several live topic3 were discussed. Miss Florence Barnard, of Mt. Clemens, took up the subject of high school management with respect to moráis. Miss Barnard was followed by L. P. Joeelyn, of the Ann Arbor High School, who spoke on high school athletics. The speaker made a strong argument for facutty supervisión of athletics for the benefit of the student, the school and the University. He proposed the following scheme. A high school athleüc association, a board of control 01' flve members, three of whom should be faculty men and the most popular teachers in the school, and co-opera.tion with the University. "The connection between the schools and the University," said Mr. Jocelyn, '-is a vital one. Let this connection be shown in athletics. As the university advances in the quality and purity of lts athletics, so will the high schools, the academies and private schools. Young men whom the boards of control have termed 'jnlit for school athletics should not, as a rule, be accepted by the university board. I think it proper and beneficial to all concerned that the latter should ask a young man to bring a recommendation from the board of control in his respective school. This might prevent a repitition of the "Stuart" case. Jf the University is to keep pace with its fine record, and especially with the pace whlch agro and Wlsconsin are setting for her, she must begin to train her athletes in their earlier school lite. An interesting paper on high Bchoo! management with regard to social life was read by Mrs. Florence Milner of tiie Grand Rapids High School. Mrs Milner pleaded for allowing the wtudents more independence and self-government. A general discussion of these papers followed, and was partlcipa-ted in by Supt. S. B. Laird, of Lansing; H. H Prost, of the Detroit High School, and James A. Leroy, sporting editor' of the Detroit Pree Pre.ss. The latter spoke from the standpoint of the practical athlete and argued eloquently for purity in high school athletics. This he said must begin in the high school if it was to be expeoted in the university. Prof. Knowlton followed Mr. Leroy with a few remarks on the advisa.bility of allowing adequate student representation on the boards of control. The eleetion of offlcers camp next, and the nominating committee reported in l favor of the following, who were1 chosen without a contest: President, Principal E. C. Warner, of Eeast Saginaw; vicepresident, Mrs. Florence Milner, "f lirand Kapids; secretary, Wllli.im H. Scherzer, of Ypsilan-ti; treasurer. L. S. Norton, of Jackson; executive conimittee, W. D. Baker, of Battle Creek, and A. D. Curtís, oí Adrián. The prtlimiiiary report of the coinmittee appoititeü to (insider the advisability of holding but one meeting of the club cvery year was read by Supt. Hugh Brpwn, of Pontiac. The committee was not ready to raake a flnal report, but of' the replies received from the teadhera throughout the state, thirty-one were in favor of one meeting: and only sixteen in favor of two, as have been held for the pust ten oi' twelve years. The morning'ü meeting closed with a discussion of the functions of the Sehoolmasters' Club, papers beingr read by E. C. Warriner, o-f Saginaw; Frederick Whltten, oí the Detroit High School for Boys; Prof. E. A. Strong, of the Ypsllanti Normal, and Prof. B. A. Hinsdale, of the University. At 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon the Modern Languag'e conference u-as held in the Tappan Hall lectuiv room. Professor Walter, of the University, presided. The program for the aftemuon was opened by Prof. A. Liodeman, of the State Normal College, who.read ; paper on "The Qualtfications of the High School Teacher of Modern Languages." He said that as far as iosslble the teachers of modern anguages in the high scliools s'nould beeome speciallsts. They should niaater the grammar and devote particular attention to the historical grpwtb of tho syntax. Pronunciation should have considerable attention. The to converse is very important, as-it prives Uio teacher a better mastery ö"?er the language and impresses upon the minds of the pupil the fac-t that the language is :i living one. The second paper was reaö by Supt. A. S. Whltney, of gaginaw, E. S., on "The Four Year Ocurse ir Modern Languages." He tolü of the many experiments tried in the Saginaw schools and the emarkable Súcceea of the fouryear course. The high school courses should be for the majority and not for the few. The majority of high school graduates never come to college, and two years of Germán is entirely insufficient in which to master the laiiguage so as to retaln it. Prof. Ernst, Wulf, of .'.aginaw. .Mr-.. read a paper on the four-year coure. Supt. E. S. Thompson, of Saginaw, W. S.. read a valuable paper on the question. The attendance was quite large and considerable interest was manifested. Afternoon conferences were also held on physlcs, botany, Knglish and chemistry. In ihe conference in physics experiments were performed by F. L. Keeler, of the Central Michigan Normal, Prof. J. O. Reed, of the University. and Prof. C. F. Adams, of Detroit High School. The speakers at the botany conference were Miss Lenort Conover, of the Detroit High School: Miss Fowler, of the St. Johns High School: Miss M. H. Horn, of the Western High School, Detroit; Miss Mary I. Webster, of the West Bay City High School, and Prof. Volney M. Spaulding, of the University. At the conference in chemistry Prof. Paul C. Freer illustrated the use of the stereopticon in the teaching of chemistry.