325 Reqister For Reading Institute H nstitute Here The second annual Reading In- stitute opened yesterday ‘morning with 325 teachers, supervisors and administrators enrolled, according to Dr. Bert A. Nash, director. En- rollment is expected to reach 350 early today. Four speakers were heard during the morning session. Dr. Louise | Farwell Davis, reading specialist of the National College of Education, | Evanston, IIL, spoke at the. 9:30 a.m. | session on “Trends in School Learn- ing which Should Reduce Failures in Reading Skills.” At 10:30 o’clock Dr. Angela Broening, supervisor of Eng- ish and reading in the Baltimore gublic schools, spoke upon “The Place of Reading in a Democracy.” Miss Frances H. Mitchell, reading specialist of the Horace Mann school n New York City, led the remedial reading discussion for the inter- mediate grades and Miss Dorothy Horton, reading consultant for Scott- Foresman Co. of Chicago, spoke on reading readiness for the primary grades. Dean Paul B. Lawson greeted the group at the 8:30 meeting in behalf of the University, and Dean R.. A! Schwegler extended greetings from the School of Education. Dr. Nash outlined the general plan of the six, day program. Miss Louise Abney, director of | speech for the Kansas City, Mo., schools . spoke last evening on “Speech Difficulties and Develop- ment of Reading”. Lectures and discussions continued during the afternoon with the same four speakers, and a demonstration | of instrumentation in reading. | Dr. RB. H. Wheeler of the psychol- ogy department of the University will talk on “Application of Organ- ismic Principles to Reading” at 8:30 this morning, followed by lectures by Dr. Davis, Dr. Broening, Miss Mit- chell and Miss Horton during the re- mainder of the day. “A nation is cultivated only so far as the individual is cultivated,” said Dr. Broening in her lecture yester- day on reading and democracy. “An awareness of the individual respon- sibility in a country where personal liberties exist is an essential of de- mocracy,” she said. “We must teach students that every freedom carries a responsibility.” bh Dr. Louise Davis pointed out the need for better teacher preparation and an increased awareness on the part of school administrators of the need to help raise the learning level of the child and so reduce problems in reading. The program follows: Tuesday, June 25 8:30 a.m. Application of Organismic Principles to Reading, Dr. R. H. Wheeler. 9:30 a.m. Trends in School Learn- ing Which Should Reduce Failures in Reading Skills, Dr. Louise Farwell Davis. 10:30 a.m. How to Identify Deficient Readers, Dr. Angela Broening. 11:30 a.m. Intermediate Grade Sec- tion: Kansas Room, Reading Activ- ities, Frances Mitchell. 11:30 am. Primary Reading Section: Ballroom, Instruction in Primary (Continued on page three) bape) SUMMER. 325 Register--- (Continued from page one) Reading, Dorothy Horton. * 12:30 p.m. Noon Recess. Teaching Materials, Dr. Angela Broening. | 2:00 p.m. Intermediate Section: Kansas Room, Reading Activities Demonstration, Frances Mitchell. 3:30 p.m. General Problems: Kansas Room, Failures in Reading Skills, Dr. Louise Farwell Davis. 3:30 p.m. Primary Section: Ball- =m, Demonstration of Primary Methods, Dorothy Horton. 4:30 p.m. Instrumentation Demon- stration. 9:30-7:30 p.m. Recreation Pro- gram. 8:00 p.m. Sound Motion Pict Model Lesson—Children of Bikes Lands—Mexican Children. Wednesday, June 26 8:30 a.m. Application of Organismi¢ inciples to Reading (continued), -.. R. H. Wheeler. 9:30 aim. Emotional Problems and the ‘Learning Process, Dr. Karl Men- ninger. 10:30 a.m. Individualizing In- struction Within a Class Organiza- tion, Dr. Angela Broening. 11:30 a.m. Intermediate Section: Kansas Room, Oral Reading, F Mitchell. " room, Primary Instruction Problems, Myrtle Banks Quinlan. 12:30 p.m. Noon Recess. 2:00 p.m. High School Section: Ballroom, Demonstration with Pupils —Individualizing Instruction, Dr. Angela Broening. 2:00 p.m. Intermediate Section: (Demonstration), Kansas Room, Oral Reading, Frances Mitchell. 3:30 p.m. General Problems: Kan- 2:00 p.m. High School Section: Ball- custeeuen Ballroom, Materials. in room, Examination of Teaching and Primary, Reading, Myrtle Banks Development of Reading, Helen Gib- 11:30 a.m. Primary Section: Ball- | bons. he oc (Demonstration) Ballroom Success- ful Spelling Instruction, Dr. Louise Farwell Davis. KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KA sas Room, Demonstration of Reme- dial Techniques, Dr. Louise Farwell Davis. 3:30 p.m. Primary Section: (Dem- Quinlan. 4:30 p.m. Instrumentation Demon- stration. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Recreational Pro- gram. 8:00 p.m. Sound Motion Pictures: Model Lesson—Children of Other Lands (cont.), Holland Children— Navajo Children—Swiss Children. Shakespeare. : Thursday, June 27 8:30 a.m. The Pro’s and Con’s of Successful Spelling; Dr. Louise Far- well Davis. 9:30 a.m. Mental Disorders Among School Children, Dr. Karl-Men- ninger. 3 10:30 a.m. The Problem! of Reading Instruction, Dean R. A, Schwegler. 11:30 a.m. Intermediate Section: Kansas Room, The Meaning Side of Reading, Helen Gibbons. 11:30 a.m. Primary Section: Ball- room, Problems of Beginning Read- ing, Myrtle Banks Quinlan. 12:30 p.m. Noon Recess. 2:00 p.m. High School Section: Ballroom, Self Education Through Reading, Dr. Angela Broening. 2:00 p.m. Intermediate Section: - (Demonstration), Kansas Room, The 3:30 p.m. General Problems: 3:30 p.m. Demonstration: Kansas Room, Beginning Readin ? g, M e Banks Quinlan. se 4:30 p.m. Instrumentation Dem- onstration:. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Recreational Pro- gram. 8:00 p.m. els, Charts, Graphs, Specimens, and Home-Made Lan- (tern Slides. |