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Nru-yORK STATE TEACHERS 1850
CIATION
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The New York State Teachers Association essen
HE'D here Yesterday, and wss called to order oy sns
President At 10 O'Clock g. M, 10 the CniversSS
church. after which, the Association was wescemeA
- The mace by the Hon. John Thompson IN os'e
address. At the conclusion OF this Address q songo
welcome was sung by the pupils OF the PUBIC seos's
Of the city, which was followed BY the p'eseo'"'ss
of .,lepo;d bouquet 10 President Arey' by onssk
xor,g Miss. w.o accompanied Il with nes' ana sP'
,rupria'e speech.
TIE President here made his reply, and toueweN
x;,h his openpy Address closing with the announce
uept of the org sniz s,ion of the Convention.
He dselt upon the power and agreements Oh 'ns
teacher and the rdcue that had been showere' uPoa
him in tines past. He said that the world ~ss oomi's
70 Knowledge tina, lie must be the advance guNus
civilization He denounced the Freshmans orh
irys'' ard Euclid burias as being rescs Oh q OAR
barous age and unworthy Of the couf'ensneS VI "e
sder. and Instructors of the rising AID cou sener
s,,rs The nscessiiy and u,lry oil snrcu'ul"s ou,
scboolrcoms vii objects Of beauty an1 Interest ana
teaching the pupil to understand es WEI o. ~ a'S
them were eloouspty urged. Win tn's Ano ~ cut
,uye the student would earn go TO look upon sosrsct
knowledge that even the iron gate tnr1usn woco ne
mr.. enter would seem mouldrd IN 'vrhs
,be moet attractive grsce and oeau'y. Aoe m
r4,sec,ons pro,sities and euperabundsncc -
ext books was apu8dverted upou 10 tue e'loeo. us
comfort of numerous book agents and au no'e
He recommended inc p'ePS'""'" "
manual on ethics for the schools, and ponouhcsu the
listing system Of examining teachers TO De compare
,iyely worthless. The standard shoua % Io'e, aoa
The teacher be once examined a. 10 cthet pfvessoa
ard >. her seuced or licensed, accofdog Is ne shoed
rrove bi,n,elf competent TO be enrolled 10 the pro
stffior which upderlies all Others, ana upon winch
society must chiefly depend Tor It's heahuiu. aasar
mept The teacher should be tue eAan'uel y, 'ns
members of tis own proies ion, and De capao's /"
sine ts higher offices as efficiently as the msmssn
OF other Irufessiupr. A. ,..l A.
Ths rsnal committees were ordered, after waich sas
Conven,ior adjourned to the afternoon session.
=, . o'cock n IN the Convention reassembled, aud
,bs prasidert announced as 8 Committee on next
place of meeting W. L. Csvert OF Jenerson' -, I
terson of W.stchester, james CruikSnspx Oh MoNy'
i A Sheldon OF Oswego and w. A. W ellen OF UfeeT.
Mr Cruikshauk from the Committee on ineorpHa-
ton submitted report, stating that the CommA,ee
had uocured an of ,ncorporaton AMI rcconneaoes
that Committee be appointed TO design seal tor TIE
Associs,ion The report was accepted and on mc.ioe
of Mr. Vaeutiu, after discussion by Messrt. Nru.seS
den. Gates, Virgins and Townsend, was reeomm~eS'
Mi An, hony asked if she would be 10 oFoer 20 suo
N il the ,eport Of the Committee upon Defamation ase
ID scusson for Girls The President decided thai no
such Conn itlee had been appointed "a,
Mr. Csyert moved that MISS Anthony be allowed TO
read the report. II, A. p,l,v
and Others were heard the motion was carried, aud
Mics Anthony read an able report 'esoa-
ing OF Defamation and Discussion 10 Eiis.
Mr. Downing Of queens moved that TINS report %
sdonted "a The sentiments Of the Association whics
led 10 warn debate in which Misses Anthony ana r;
NJ Powell Of Columbia County, DE- Keuoeh anu
others participated. ,,. 49,,
ton az laid ON the table. -
DR. Lambert offered the following resolution:
Reed That Committee Be appointed I. memor s.i q.
ex, Of procuring action IN favor
more general opening Of Evening Schools our ces an" "
l-ses -
Considerable discussion followed, after which Mr..
Townsend of Putnam moved the following addltiohU
the resolution;
R,re4 That hi, Association recommend the several County
Teacher sous also to meuoTalze the bes"uAs"e
establish Evening Schools
Pending the discussion which ensued, the Associa-
ton adjourned TILL the
EVENING SESSION.
The President on calling the Convention to order,
stated that the subject for consideration was " In
what way and to what extent ought ora instruction.
" TO be given in our sohoos 7"
Messrs. Cruttenden, Dam, Barker, Thompson, and
ohers spoke to the question for half hour more.
when the discussion arrested by the President,
who introduced =. Rouget, Principal of Public School
No. 10, Brooklyn as the lecturer ofthe evening.
Mr. Rouget spoke on the theme A" Self Education d
Teachers with excellent effect being listened to for
more than an hour with attention by largo audience.
AT it, close, the Association adjourned.
SECOND DAY-moRsIsG SESSION.
At Q a. M. the President called the Convention to
order The minutes read and adopted, whea
Prof Davies was introduced, aud announced in lifting
terms, the death of the Hon. Horace Mann. He was
followed in his remarks by Miss Susan Ii. Anthony.
who spoke with much eloqueuce and feeling OF the
exceing merits of the deceased statesmen educator
and phiaDthropist
Prof Davies offered the following resolution:
Re.ird Ths, this Association entertain profound respect
for the lite and labon Il Horace Mann, educator and
friend Of dueation and that deeply '5mPa'hze with his
bereayed family
Re.cred That copy this resolution be transmitted " the
family Of the deceasod.
Mr.. Buckley submitted q report from the Board Of
Editors Of The n. T. Teacher, recommending the re-
Iewa of the contract with James Crulkshauk, Is now
existing, for the term Of five years, which was adopted
f. NJ. Rollo Of GroeDbush, n , was introduced by
the President and delivered a fine address, entitled
"Arnod as Model Teacher" The Head Master OF
Rugby" was placed before the Association by the
and a. teacher educator, in the highest
Of the term The address wac manly, earnest and d.
rect Five thousand pamphlet copies OF the address
ordered to DO printed. in addition to its pubhcs
ton ia The Teacher. At its close, Messrs Davies
McElhgo;t and Critteuden made Interesting and char
acte1stc remarks conmendatory OF the address and
il, subject, when the Convention adjourned TO the
AFTERNOON sEssIos.
At . D. M, the Convention was called TO order by
the President, and DR.. Lambert submitted q report
upon Physical Education connected with Public
Schools which was accepted. The report was ably
discussed by
DIR. Levi Reuben, who called attention TO the fact
that the sciences were multiplying, and that sub
iects continually being urged upon the teschers
and the schools IL was becoming pressing pra ,tlcal
ueston, bow can find the time requisite for all
there studies, and for that physical development
templated IN Dr. Lanberts reporti He would sug-
gest what seemed to him way. As our school books
constructed ard recitatioGs carried on, the
sebo ar is expected chiefly to commit to memory
certain amount OF what he inds laid down in the books.
He is given merely the results her minds have ar.
rived at, without being led to pursue FOR himself the
successive steps by which hose results 10 be OBJ
tanned. DR.. 4. claimed that the pupil could not, in
tvtra 80 ka kaA