The Story Hour:
A Magazine of Methods and Materials for Story Tellers
(Vol. I, No. 2)
THE STORY HOUR
A Magazine of Methods and
Materials for Story Tellers
VOL. I DECEMBER, 1908 NO. 2
Published Monthly (ten times a year) at Washington, D. C.
Copyright, 1908, by M. E. Sloane. All rights reserved.
William C. Ruediger, Ph.D., Editor
Division of Education, George Washington University
Richard T. Wyche, Consulting Editor
President National Story Tellers’ League
Mersene E. Sloane, Founder and Publisher
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OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL
STORY-TELLERS’ LEAGUE
Honorary President, Hamilton Wright Mabie
President, Richard T. Wyche, 501 W. 120th Street, New York
Secretary, Dr. Richard M. Hodge, Teachers College,
Columbia University, New York
Treasurer, Mr. W. H. Keister, Harrisonburg, Va.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dr. P. P. Claxton, Knoxville, Tenn.
Professor Education, University of Tenn. Superintendent Summer
School of the South
Miss Annie Laws, Cincinnati, Ohio
President Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Miss Maud Summers, Cincinnati, Ohio
Member of Faculty, Kindergarten Training School
Miss Anna C. Tyler, New York City
Children’s Librarian
Dr. Richard M. Hodge
Mr. W. H. Keister
Mr. Richard T. Wyche
ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. G. Stanley Hall, President Clark University
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Princeton University
Miss Elizabeth Brown, City Schools, Washington
Dr. Jennie B. Merrill, Supervisor Kindergartens, New York City
Dr. A. Fortier, Tulane University, New Orleans
Dr. C. W. Kent, University of Virginia
Wharton S. Jones, Assist. Supt. Public Schools, Memphis, Tenn.
Dr. J. E. McKean, Oberlin, Ohio
Supt. B. C. Gregory, Supt. of Schools, Chelsea, Mass.
Miss Elizabeth Harrison, Pres. Chicago Kindergarten College
Miss Marian S. Henckle, Kindergarten Training School, Charleston, S. C.
Miss Pearl Carpenter, Covington, Ky.
Mrs. A. W. Cooley, University of North Dakota
Miss Elizabeth J. Black, Greensboro, N.C.
THE STORY HOUR
VOL. I DECEMBER, 1908 NO. 2