MINUTES OF MEETINGS HELD AT ATLANTA, GA., 

 FEBRUARY 22-25, 1904. 



(convention hall^ piedmont hotel.) 



Four sessions of the Society were held at Atlanta. In the 

 absence of President Jackman, Professor Reuben P. Halleck was 

 chosen chairman, and conducted the discussions and business with 

 marked acceptability. 



The first session was held, as appointed, at 4 o'clock p. m., on 

 Monday, February 22. The entire time was devoted to the dis- 

 cussion of Dr. John Dewey's paper on " The Relation of Theory to 

 Practice in Education." This paper stirred up a good deal of 

 vigorous thinking, and aroused, perhaps, more than the usual 

 interest both within and outside the membership of the Society. 

 The discussion was highly valuable in that it revealed the different 

 points of view and methods of attacking a problem by many differ- 

 ent persons whose aims are common, but who are often working 

 under widely different conditions. It was found necessary to limit 

 the speakers to five minutes each, and allow no person to speak 

 twice as long as any who had not yet spoken wished the floor. 



The meeting set for Wednesday (February 24) was changed 

 from 2 : 30 p. m. to 5 : 30 p. m. This was to avoid conflict with 

 section meetings of the Department of Superintendence, in which 

 most of the members were interested. 



The Monday evening meeting proved to be well attended, and 

 there was close and progressive discussion of Dr. Dewey's paper. 

 At this meeting there was an informal consideration of what work 

 the Society ought to take up next. The following lines were 

 suggested : 



Charles DeGarmo : Since many of us are deeply interested in the prepa- 

 ration of teachers for secondary education, it might be well to go to that field. 



F. M. McMuRRY : It would be a good plan to have a thoroughgoing dis- 

 cussion of what is " scientific method " in the study of education, 



Samuel T. Dutton: (i) The field of the kindergarten and primary 

 school; (2) how conserve the benefits of school education for adult life? 



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