INDIANA ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the History Section of the Indiana State Teachers’ Association will be held at Indianapolis on Friday and Saturday, April 29th and 30th. The program will begin on Friday afternoon with a discussion of the Teaching of History in the Elementary Schools. Professor H. E. Bourne, a member of the Committee of Eight, will explain the principles of the committee’s report. Criticisms of present methods in teaching history will be made by City Superintendent Charles F. Patterson, of Tipton, and by County Superintendent, Mr. Jesse Webb, of Franklin. On Friday evening will be a joint meeting of the Teachers’ Association with the Indiana Historical Society. Professor Bourne will speak upon “Our Early Republic as French Travelers Saw It.” Mr. D. C. Brown, of the Indiana State Library, will give an address upon “An Early Indian War.” On Saturday morning the following problems of history teaching in the high school will be discussed:
1. What can be done with the sources? Miss Minnie Blanche Ellis, Bloomington High School.
2. Shall a history note book be required? Mr. W. C. Gerichs, principal, Elwood High School.
3. How secure results with the collateral reading? Mr. W. O. Lynch, Department of History, Indiana State Normal School.
4. Preparation and use of maps and charts. Mr. J. R. H. Moore, Manual Training High School, Indianapolis.
This will be followed by the regular business meeting of the Association. On Friday evening a subscription dinner will be given at the Claypool Hotel.