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SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
Michigan. State Normal College
PROGRAM
OF THE
Tenth Mid-Year Educational
Conference
YPSILANTI
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
JANUARY 13 and 14
1928
INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Visitors on arriving in the city are requested to go at once to regis-
tration headquarters which will be maintained on the second floor of
the Administration Building. All busses and electric cars stop at the
Brower Street corner.
The All Conference Alumni Luncheon will be held at the Men's
Gymnasium Saturday noon. All alumni of the College and visitors of
the conference are invited to attend. Benjamin Pittenger, Dean of
Education, University of Texas, is the toastmaster. Reservations may
be made by writing to the Alumni Office or secured at the General
Office during the conference. The price is one dollar.
A luncheon for P. T. A. delegates will be held at the Congregational
Church at noon on Friday. Price 75 cents. This luncheon is sponsored
by the officers of the Ypsilanti Parent-Teachers Associations of Ypsi-
lanti. Reservations may be secured from Mrs. Robert H. Dailey, 502
West Forest Ave., before January 10. A program will be presented
which will consist of discussions by leaders in the P. T. A. movement
and of reports by local delegates.
All guests of the conference are invited to the Contemporary Club
Tea to be held Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Library of the Roose-
velt High School.
A luncheon for members and guests of the Michigan Society for
Rural Education will be held at the Whitney Tea Rooms on Friday at
12:15.
The Rural Leadership Class will hold a Reunion Banquet at 6 P. M.
on Friday.
The Garden Project Club will serve a luncheon immediately follow-
ing the Friday morning session in Science Hall. Price 75 cents.
The History Club Reunion and Banquet will be held Friday evening
at 5:30 in the Roosevelt High School Cafeteria.
A luncheon to the visiting teachers of Speech and others interested
in Speech will be held at the Whitney Tea Rooms at 12:30, Friday, under
the auspices of the College honor forensic society, Pi Kappa Delta.
Price 75 cents.
A luncheon will be held in the Gymnasium Friday noon by the De-
partment of Physical Education. All who are interested in Physical
Education are invited to attend. Price 75 cents.
All announcements are given according to Eastern Standard time.
GENERAL PROGRAMS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 9:30 A. M.
PEASE AUDITORIUM
Chairman, Hon. Fred Jeffers, State Board of Education
Music—Solos for Basso Cantante:
The Green Eyed Dragon Charles
Sing Ye a Joyful Song Dvorak
Mr. Carl Lindegren
Address—The Event Which We Celebrate
President Charles McKenny
Michigan State Normal College
Address—The Promise of Education
President Clarence Cook Little
University of Michigan
Address—The Trend of Higher Education
President Bruce Payne
Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.
FRIDAY, 8:00 P.M., PEASE AUDITORIUM
Diamond Anniversary Pageant of the Michigan
State Normal College
Episode I—The Open Door of the Pioneer College.
Episode II—The College Hears the Call of Country.
Episode III—The Arts and Sciences Bring their Gifts.
Episode IV—The Widening Mission of Educational Service.
SATURDAY, 9:30 A. M., PEASE AUDITORIUM
Chairman, President Charles McKenny
Music—Solos for Contralto:
Night and Dawn - Liddle
Love, I Have Won You Ronald
Mrs. Annis Dexter Gray
Address—How Environment Strengthens its Chains
Dr. Ellsworth Huntington
Yale University
Address—The Four Horsemen *
President Stratton D. Brooks
University of Missouri
Address—The Point of View of the State
Honorable Fred W. Green
Governor of Michigan
saTURDAY NOON, MEN's GYMNASIUM
All Conference Luncheon
Toastmaster, Dean Benjamin F. Pittenger
University of Teacas
SECTION PROGRAMS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 13
LIST OF SECTIONS
Elementary Principals Roosevelt Auditorium
Fine and Industrial Arts Room 205, Administration Building
History Pease Auditorium
Home Economics Starkweather Hall, First Floor
Latin Room 204, Administration Building
Mathematics Room 54, Main Building
Music s Room 30, Main Building
Physical Education West Gymnasium
Rural Education Whitney Tea Rooms
Parent-Teachers Association Starkweather Hall, Second Floor
Chemistry Room 6, Science Hall
Speech Little Theater, Main Building
Geography, Natural Science, and General Science
Training School Chapel
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS SECTION
Roosevelt Auditorium, 2:00 P. M.
Chairman, Earl R. Laing, Detroit
Address—Training for Principalship
President Dwight Waldo
Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo
Address—Measuring, Diagnosis, and Remedy
- Mr. Paul E. Rankin
Director of Research, Detroit Public Schools
FINE AND INT)USTRIAL ARTS SECTION
Room 205, Administration Building, 2:30 P. M.
Chairman, Miss Bertha Goodison
Address—Art Appreciation
Mr. Henry Turner Bailey
Lecturer, Teacher, Artist, Author
Following the address refreshments will be served in the Art Gal-
lery where students’ work will be on exhibition.
HISTORY SECTION
Pease Auditorium, 2:00 P.M.
Chairman, Professor Carl E. Pray
Address—Making History Live
Professor Howard C. Hill
University of Chicago
The History Club will hold a Reunion and Banquet, Friday evening
at 5:30, in the Roosevelt High School Cafeteria.
HOME ECONOMICS SECTION
Starkweather Hall, First Floor, 2:00 P. M.
Chairman, Miss Sara T. Murray
Address—A Forward Look in Home Economics Education
Miss Ruth Freegard
Address—Salads—Lecture and Demonstration
- Mr. Arnold Shircliffe
Manager Catering Dept., Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago
LATIN SECTION
Room 204, Administration Building, 2:00 P. M.
Chairman, Professor Benjamin L. D'Ooge
Address—A Cross Section of Two Weeks in Italy
Miss May E. Creech
Central High School, Detroit
Address—Survivals of Roman Religion
Professor Gordon J. Laing
Dean of The Graduate School of Arts and Literature
University of Chicago
Address—Latin in The Junior High School
Miss Dorothy M. Roehm
Northwestern High School, Detroit
Address—Ancient and Modern Athens—Illustrated
Professor John G. Winter
University of Michigan
MATHEMATICS SECTION
Room 54, Main Building, 2:30 P.M.
Chairman, Miss Ada A. Norton
Address—The Place of Mathematics in Education
Professor Harold Blair
Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo
MUSIC SECTION
Room 30, Main Building, 2:00 P. M.
Chairman, Miss Clyde E. Foster
Music—Normal Madrigal Club of Siacteen Mixed Voices
Professor Frederick Alexander, Conductor
Night Whispers W. von Moellendorff (1900)
On The Plains, Fairy Trains Thomas Weelkes (1598)
Would God I Were the Tender Apple Blossom
Old Irish Tune
Address—Song Singing, Sight Reading, and Listening Phases of
Music
Miss Ada Bicking
State Director of Music Education
PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION
(For Section Luncheon, see p. 2)
West Gymnasium, 2:00 P. M.
Chairman, Professor Paul Samson
Address—Practical Athletic Problems
Major John L. Griffith
Editor of The Athletic Journal and Commissioner of
Athletics for The Western College Conference
Address—Folk Dancing with Especial Emphasis on Authentic Cos-
tuming -
Miss Elizabeth Burchenal
At 3 P. M.
A Lesson in Folk Dancing, by Elizabeth Burchenal
Note—The Physical Education Department has secured Miss Bur-
chenal for a series of five lessons, beginning with the conference pro-
gram of Friday afternoon. This lesson is free to visiting teachers.
Other lessons are 75 cents each, or three dollars for the full course.
For particulars write or see Miss Ruth Robinson of this Department.
RURAL EDUCATION SECTION
Whitney Tea Room, 12:15 P.M.
Luncheon for members and guests of the Michigan
Society for Rural Education
Chairman, Dr. Ernest Burnham
Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo
General Subject—The Good of the Order
Speakers—Miss Mary E. Howe, Detroit Teachers College
Hon. Webster H. Pearce, Supt. of Public Instruction
Professor John Rufi, Michigan State College
Miss Ottilia Frisch, Commissioner of Schools, Saginaw
General Discussion
Reunion Banquet of Rural Leadership Class, 6:00 P. M.
PARENT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SECTION
(For Section Luncheon, see p. 2)
Starkweather Hall, Second Floor, 2:00 P. M.
Chairman, Mrs. Grant Currie
President of Washtenaw County Council
Report—The International Conference of Parents and Teachers,
Toronto, August, 1927 *
Mrs. Lawrence C. Whitlark
Michigan Delegate
Address—Education and the Public
Dean Benjamin F. Pittenger
University of Teacas
CHEMISTRY SECTION
Room 6, Science Hall, 2:00 P. M.
Chairman, Professor B. W. Peet
Address—What Should Be Taught in High School Chemistry
Professor William McPherson
Dean of The Graduate School
Ohio State University
Address—Ways of Representing Atoms
Mr. Glen Bray
State Normal College
Experiments and Discussion
SPEECH SECTION
Little Theater, Main Building, Third Floor, 2:00 P. M.
Chairman, Professor F. B. McKay
Address—The Function of Speech Education
Professor J. M. O’Neill
Chairman of the Department of Speech
University of Michigan
Discussion
Note—Preceding this program the College honor forensic society
will hold a luncheon at 12:30 at the Whitney Tea Rooms for visiting
teachers of speech and others interested in speech.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
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GEOGRAPHY, NATURAL SCIENCE
AND GENERAL SCIENCE
Science Hall, Second Floor, 12:00 M.
Immediately following the morning session at the Auditorium a
luncheon will be served by the Garden Project Club. Dr. Ellsworth
Huntington of Yale University, and Dr. Francis D. Curtis of the Uni-
versity of Michigan will be guests of honor.
Chairman, Professor F. R. Gorton
Address—The Art of Teaching the Sciences
Dr. Francis D. Curtis
School of Education, University of Michigan
Training School Chapel, 2:30 P. M.
Chairman, Professor Mark Jefferson
Address—Grain crops and civilization—Illustrated
Dr. Ellsworth Huntington
Yale University