TEACHERS' CONFERENCE

The eighth annual conference between the members of the College faculty and the teachers and superintendents of secondary schools will be held in Dartmouth Hall May 14, 15, and 16. The general subject for discussion will be the organization and the administration of secondary schools. The program is as follows:

Thursday, May 14: 3:00-3.30, "The Demand for Vocational Training in Secondary Schools," Mr. Charles H. Morse, Secretary and Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Commission on Industrial Education; 3.30-4.00, "The Ideal Organization of a System of Secondary Schools to Provide Vocational Training," Professor Harlow S. Person, Director of the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance; 4.00-6.00, general discussion, opened by President William D. Gibbs, of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts; 8.00, address of welcome to the visiting teachers. Professor John K. Lord, Acting President of Dartmouth College; address: "Interschool Athletics as a Factor in the Development of the Social Conscience," Dr. Luther H. Gulick, Director of Physical Training in the Public Schools of Greater New York.

Friday, May 15: 7.50, chapel service with the College, Rollins Chapel; 8.30-8.50, "Pure Air, a Prerequisite for Health," a demonstration of methods of determining the condition of the air in the schoolroom, Dr. Howard N. Kingsford, Medical Director of Dartmouth College; 8.50-9.10, "The Physical Condition of Students as They Enter Col. lege," Dr. John W. Bowler, Professor of Hygiene and Physical Culture, Dartmouth College; 9.10-10.00, general'discussion, opened by Principal Harlan M. Bisbee, Robinson Female Seminary, Exeter; 10.00-10.15, recess; 10.15-10.45, illustrated lecture, "The Possibilities of a System of Athletics that is Confined to the School Itself," Mr. Malcolm K. Gordon, St. Paul's School, Concord; 10.45-11.10, "Do the prevailing forms of school athletics benefit a sufficient number of the scholars to provide for the physical needs of the schools?" Superintendent .William D. Parkinson, Waltham; 11.10-11.30, "The Advantages and the Difficulties of Interschool Athletics," Principal Charles F. Cook, High School, Concord, N. H.; 11.30-12.30, general discussion; 1.00, the members of the Conference, with the members of the Schoolmasters' Club of New Hampshire, will be the guests of the College at lunch in College Hall. Immediately after lunch the Club will invite the members of the Conference to listen to a discussion of the topic, ''The School as a Social Center." The speaking will be under the direction of the President of the Club, Principal E. W. Butterfield, Dover; 7.30-8.00, "The Position of the High School in its Two-Fold Character as a College-Preparatory School and as Itself the' People's College,' " Superintendent Mason S. Stone, Vermont; 8.00-8.20, "Are the present requirements for admission to college excessive?" Principal G. W. Bingham, Pinkerton Academy; 8.20-8.35, "Should admission credits be given for any subjects that are not now so treated?" Principal S. W. Robertson; 8.35-8.50, "How far does the lack of uniformity in the admission requirements of the different colleges embarrass the work of the schools?" Miss Elsie D. Fairbanks, High School, Manchester; 8.50, general discussion.

Saturday, May 16: 7.50, chapel service with the College, Rollins Chapel; 8.30, "The Place of the Academy in our Educational System," Principal Harlan P. Amen, Phillips Academy, Exeter; 9.30, "The Correlation of the Educational Forces of a State," Superintendent Henry, C. Morrison, New Hampshire. This session will close in time for the 11.19 train for White River Junction.