Two Important Meetings

Two important educational meetings will bc held ia Ann Arbor thia weck. One will bc tb.3 27th semi annual meeting of the Michigan Schoolmasters' Club. The other, the Ihird annual Conference of the Association of Teachl ers of English of the North Central States. The meetings will be held part in Ncwberry Hall and part in the Uni. versity School of Musie, on Maynard street. PROGRAM. Association Teachers of English of the North Central States. PRIDAY. 10:00 A . M.- (Local Time.) Address of Welcome by President James B. Angelí, of the Universlty of MichigaD. Response by Professor VV. W. Cressy, of Oberlin College. President of the Association, and Principal S. O. Hartwell, of Kalamazoo. Vice-President of the Schoolmasters' Club General discussion of the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, That the use of "diagrams" as an aid to the teaching of English grammar in the seoondary schools, is, in the opinión of this conference, usually productivo of more narm than good. 2. Resolved, That the following works, selected by the Joint Conference of 18!)5, as required readinsr for admission to college, are not well adapted in the opinión of this conference, for use in secondary schools: DeFoe's Journal of the Plague Year: Pope's Homer's Iliad, books 1,6. 22 and 24; DeQuincey's Flight of a Tarter Tribe: Dryden'sPalamon and Aroite: Milton's Paradise Lost, books 1 and 2. The discussion of the first resolution will be opened by Mis3 Gertrude Buck, of the Umversity cf Micnigan, wlth a paper entitled, "Psychology af the 'Diagram.' " 2:00 P. M. Two Problems in Composition Teaching, Professor Jas. V. Denny, Ohio State University. Methods in the Teaching of Graiumar, Prof. O. F. Emerson, Western Reserve University. Preparatory Literature in the High School. ' Mrs. Harriet C. Brainard, Hyde Park High School. Business Meeting of the Association. Election of Officers, etc. 8:00 P. M. Address. - "The Purpose of English Teaching in the High School." Hon. Geo. B. Alton, Inspector of High Schools of Minnesota. Michigan Schoohnasters' Club. SATURDAY. 9:00 A . M. What amount of work per week may fairly be demanded of the High School? Paper, Prin. E. O. Marsh, Bay City High School. Paper, Supt. F. R. Hathaway, Flint. Discussion: - Prin. A. J. Volland, Grand Rapids High School. Prin. E. P. Bradley, Coldwater High School. Mr. E. C. Goddard, University of Michigan. Business meeting, election of officers, etc. 2:00 P. M. How far should high schools do collegiate work? Paper, Prin. E. U. Pierce, Elgin, 111., High School. Paper, Supt. A. W. Tressier, Monroe. DISCUSSION.- Prof. M.. L. D'Ooge, University of Michigan. Dean W. A. Greeson. Lewis Instituto, Chicago. Prin. E. C. Warriner, Saginaw, East Side, High School.