ACT II SCENE 1. Edge of Loch Katrine-The call to arms. SCENE 2. Mountain top above cave, where Ellen and Allan Bane are in hiding-"Ave Maria." SCENE 3. Roderick's camp-The prophecy of victory. ACT III SCENE I. At mouth of Ellen's cave-Fitz-James's proposal. SCENE 2. In the mountains-Warned by Blanche, Fitz-James vows vengeance on Roderick. SCENE 3. Outpost of Roderick's camp-Fitz-James meets Roderick, who conceals his identity. SCENE 4. Near Coilantogle Ford-The recognition and the fight. ACT IV SCENE I. The Guardroom of King James's court-Ellen seeks aid at court. SCENE 2. King James's throneroom-"And Snowdoun's Knight is Scotland's King." As would be expected, the sending of the fiery cross, Fitz-James' warning by Blanche, the fight between him and Roderick, and the final court scene were most dramatic and effective. On the whole the performance was worth while because of the slogan, "Made in Lincoln High School," as the posters, the programs, the stage setting, everything except the costumes, were made by Lincoln students. Any questions regarding the production will be gladly answered by Mr. Homer Hewitt. Several copies of the play have been mimeographed and may be procured from him. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA NELLIE A. PUTNEY EDITORIAL The educational program for the army which is being organized by the Y.M.C.A. at the request of the General Staff is one of the The Army as a most remarkable aspects of the Great War. As the Humanizing result of a special survey and report made by ProAgency fessor Stokes, secretary of Yale University, two thousand educational experts and supervisors are in process of selection for duty in the educational unit overseas, and they will be sent forward as soon as possible. Under their direction a school will be established wherever as many as a thousand American soldiers are encamped. The range of studies to be offered is most comprehensive. Any subject which might be pursued in a good high school will be taught wherever enough men want it to form a class. Isolated individuals will be cared for by correspondence. In general the studies will fall into two groups: those preparing for citizenship and social life, and those preparing for a particular vocation. Prominent in the first class are English and civics; in the second, agriculture and business. Never before has an army of occupation been so generously and wisely cared for. From an agency for necessary but terrible destruction the army is to be transformed into a humanizing influence on a grand scale. At one extreme the foreigner and the illiterate will learn to read and write English. At the other the college student will pursue his speciality at a foreign university. The English Journal is glad to announce that it will be able to publish the results of first-hand observation of the working of this unprecedented experiment in education. NEWS AND NOTES EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH Hotel La Salle, Chicago, February 26-27, 1919 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 GENERAL SESSION 9:30 A.M. President's Address: War and Poetry-EDWIN L. MILLER, Principal of Northwestern High School, Detroit, Michigan. The Anglo-American Ideal-EMERSON VENABLE, Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Teaching of American Ideals in English Classes-CHARLES S. PENDLETON, University of Wisconsin. Government Plans for Reorganization, Americanization, and School Service J. W. SEARSON, Managing Editor of School Service, Washington, D.C. CONFERENCE ON SUPERVISION, 2:00 P.M. Improvement of Teachers in Service-CHARLES S. THOMAS, Supervisor of English, Cleveland, Ohio. Procedure with Standard Tests-C. C. CERTAIN, Cass Technical High School, Detroit, Michigan. Specific Aims in the Course in Literature-G. EUNICE MEERS, North High School, Des Moines, Iowa. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 4:30 P.M. CONFERENCE ON VOCATIONAL ENGLISH, 8:00 P.M. The Problems of the Committee on Vocational English-NATHANIEL W. BARNES, Chairman, University of Chicago. Conditions in the Secondary Schools-LEVERETT L. LYON, University of Chicago. Business Correspondence-L. H. BEALL, Sears, Roebuck & Company, Chicago, Illinois. Postponed from November 28-30, 1918, and now to be held in connection with the N.E.A. Department of Superintendence. Journalism in School and College-WILLARD M. BLEYER, University of Wisconsin. Speech Improvement among Employees-MRS. LOUISE SCHAEFER, Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 GENERAL SESSION, 9:30 A.M. American Speech Week throughout the Nation-CLAUDIA CRUMPTON, Ensley High School, Birmingham, Alabama. SECTION MEETINGS, 2:00 P.M. Discussion. Symposium: Adjusting English Teaching to the Needs of the Times. Senior and Junior High School and Grammar Grades Teaching Some American Ideals through English Composition— RICHARD L. SANDWICK, Principal of Deerfield-Shields Township High School, Highland Park, Illinois. Farm Boys' English-MARTHA CLAY, Central High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Projects in Literature-MARIETTA HYDE, East Technical High School, Cleveland, Ohio. Gleanings from Freshman English-FLORENCE LIVINGSTON JOy, Oberlin, Ohio. College and Normal School Pedagogical Aspects of Linguistic Ability-G. C. BRANDENBURG, Purdue University. The Marking of English Themes-JAMES CLOYD BOWMAN, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. "English A" Once More-FRANKLIN B. SNYDER, Northwestern University. Preliminary Report of the Committee on Provision for the Training of Teachers-JOSEPH M. THOMAS, University of Minnesota. Library Conference on the Problems of School and College Librarians. Leader: HELEN S. BABCOCK, Austin High School, Chicago, Illinois. GENERAL SESSION, 8:00 P.M. New and unfinished business. Reports of committees. ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH The eleventh annual meeting of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English convened in the auditorium of the Christian Church of Champaign on November 22, 1918. President Trams called the session to order at nine o'clock. After the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, the presentation of the treasurer's report, and the appointment by the chair of a nominating committee, the session proceeded to the reading and discussion of papers. President Trams's address, "Better Oral English," as is usually the case with the president's address, perhaps because it comes first on the program before the ice of reserve is broken, was not discussed. It was, however, both practical and suggestive. Owing to the inability of Miss McKinney to be present, the report of the committee on "Minimum Essentials" was not presented. Upon motion of Professor Paul the committee was continued for another year, with assurance of the Association's appreciation of the work the committee has already done. Mr. Widger, of Charleston, then presented the report of the committee on "Training in American Ideals." This committee made six recommendations: (1) American ideals should not be taught in separate courses labeled "Ideals," but in connection with the study of American classics, because, in the opinion of the committee, the best repository of these ideals is the written words of the greatest Americans of the last century; (2) There should be separate courses in American literature, because of its distinctive qualities as compared with English literature; (3) American literature should be invariably a required and no longer an elective subject; (4) Extensive reading should be encouraged. Every school should possess a library; (5) There should be a more extensive use of current periodicals in the attempt to show the application of social ideals to modern life; (6) Respect should be cultivated for our heritage of English speech. Professor Sherman of the university followed with a discussion of "The English Teacher and the War." In this paper he showed how at the university this year an attempt had been made in the war-issues course to apply some of the principles that Mr. Widger's committee had advocated. Upon the conclusion of Professor Sherman's paper, Professor Paul moved that Mr. Widger's committee be asked to consider the possibility of establishing such a course in the high school. The nominating committee presented its report, naming for president, Superintendent J. O. Huff, of Abingdon; for secretary, E. C. Baldwin, |