of this change many of us find ourselves in a state of no little
confusion in adapting our methods and transferring our think-
ing to this newer and, we believe, more practical “workshop
of related pupil interests.” We need guidance and suggestions
for practical applications so our efforts in this field will show
progress and results,

We have been watching the Social Study theory being successfully
put into practice in many private schools in the last decade.
It is a growing thought in the theory of the “New Education.”
With the child in mind, we must adapt our teaching and
curriculum to pupils’ interests and attitudes and teach concepts
that become meaningful to them. Let us then try to build our
procedures so our pupils can take their places in the changing
social order in which they find themselves, and so they can
practice effective living in such an order at any later period.

We shall have to change our aims and objectives from ‘acquiring
of mere knowledge and a few fundamental facts” to creative
self-expression, growth in capacity for wise use of leisure,
improvement in social helpfulness, and development in the
ability to plan and make choices.

To help us fulfill some of these ambitions and to show us the way,
we have turned to two outstanding people in’ the fields of
Pupil Guidance and Social Studies, Miss Elizabeth Mechem of
Ann Arbor and Mr. Lloyd A. Cook of Ohio State University.

Miss Mechem comes to us from the University Elementary School of
Ann Arbor. Quoting from Dr. Willard Olson, Director of Re-
search in Child Development, he states, ‘Miss Mechem is the
Psychometrician in the University Elementary School and in
addition to mental examining has done case interviewing
so that she has a real appreciation for the individual feeling
side of the guidance program. She will do an excellent piece
of work around the general theme of “Guidance for the
Elementary Pupil.”

Mr. Cook has been concentrating for the past three years on Social
Studies, and has acted as consultant for both the Progressive
Education Association and the Commission on Teacher Educa-
tion of the General Education Board. At Ohio State University,
as an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, he

teaches courses in the College of Education which are largely

concerned with this problem in schools of all levels.

ART DEPARTMENT
Place: Small Auditorium, Toledo Museum of Art
Time: 2:15 P. M.
Chairman: Miss Hazel Bartley, Libbey High School, Toledo

Address: ''The Importance of Design in Art Education”—Miss Elsa
Ulbricht, Instructor in Art Education, Milwaukee State Teachers
College, and Sponsor of Milwaukee W.P.A. Handicraft Project

Discussion: Opportunity will be given for questions and suggestions

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Note: Miss Ulbricht will bring examples of work from the College
and the W.P.A. Project which, under her supervision, has be-
come nationally known for the excellence of the crafts produced.
All persons interested in crafts or design, are invited to attend
the illustrated lecture and exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art
at 2:15 P. M. on November 1.

Business: Election of Chairman for ensuing year

= PROGRAM
NORTHWESTERN OHIO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Place: Y.M.C.A., 1110 Jefferson Street, Toledo, Ohio
Time: 5:15 P. M. promptly
Chairmen: F. L. Finley, Findlay: Charles Secoy, Kenton: Glen
Slough, Walbridge; B. W. Cotterman, Alger: Lloyd M. Kaufman,
Secretary, Attica
Dinner: Table Service—$1.00

® Address: Dr. Forest C. Allen, Varsity Basketball Coach, University

of Kansas

Address: C. E. Forsythe, Director of Athletics, Michigan Athletic
Association

Remarks: H. R, Townsend, Ohio High School Commissioner of
Athletics

Movies: Foul Shooting, Hand Ball, Interpretation of the New Basket-
ball Rules—Bunny Leavitt, Chicago

The meeting will close in time for you to attend the High School
Football game in the evening. Everyone interested in athletics
is welcome. Send your dinner Teservations direct to Supt.
Lloyd M. Kaufman, Attica, Ohio. :

BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Place: Auditorium, Lagrange School (Corner Lagrange & Erie Streets)
Time: 2:15 P. M.
Chairman: Vernon R. Alberstett, Toledo

PROGRAM
Business Meeting: Election of Officers
Panel Discussion:

Subject—''How Well Do the Present-Day Offerings of Our High
School Departments of Business Education Meet the Changing
Needs of Business and Education?”

Speakers—Dr. Helen Reynolds, Instructor in Business Education,
New York University, New York City
Mr. M. A. Clark, Manager of the Industrial & Public Relations
Department, United States Rubber Company, Detroit, Michigan

Question and Discussion Period:

Attention is called to the fact that your officers have brought
together again representatives of both business and education.
Specialists in the field of business education agree that it is vitally
important for teachers in this field to have more and closer contacts
with the business world. With this thought in mind, the: above
Program has been arranged.

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COMMITTEE AND FINANCIAL REPORT