New-York tribune., 1870-08-20
NATIONAL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

EDUCATIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
RIC sYsTEM-SATIoSAL GOVERNMENT AND
EDUCATION.
CLEVELAND, August 18-One of the features
of the Convention the number OF agents Of school fur
niture publications and apparatus here to bring their
the personal attention Of the large number OF
school officers gathered from almost every State Seats
OF such lux FORM telurum curious. costly and
complicated; liquid stating. charts and other appliances
make one quite forget that ." there Is no
royal road 10 learning" and wish he were
child again for the pleasure OF going to school,
Mr. Eben Tourjee the weknown musical director OF
the New England Conservatory of Music, read paper
this morning on "Music in its Relations to Common
school Education" which elected very warm commenda-
ton from the audience-a good showing Of the benefits
individual social and national to be derived from the
universal stndy .of music by children.
In the afternoon Prof Steward gave illustrative exer-
cises in a class Of the youth Of Cleveland fol-
lowed by long and interesting discussion on school dsc
pne in which President Tappan of Kenyon College Pre-
sident Farchid OF Obern and others took part Three
opinioDs were shared by the different speakershose in
favor OF corporal punishment oppose 10 corpora
punishment but in OF breaking the will OF the
child and those opposed to breaking his will The latter
were evidently most acceptable the audience In the
evening Mr. Hartschow moved TO take the following
solutions up and they were adopted:
Resoed That universal Of weights and measures founded
psrcourse between different nations.
Of science and evO 5.ogsOSi & ss sO M u i,
nearer perfect other reached and therefore, has the
Rsd That early introduction sto schools
ami sennares Of learning as the o.s means popoahhs e
j W Dickenson, A. NJ, Massachusetts. gave some sc-
count of the pecuaes Of schools and teaching In Ger
many. MANY OF these entirely different methods Of
teaching in the details OF elementary teaching were
thought to be practical for adoption here.
The author Of the paper upon the Decimal System OF
weights and Measures" read In yesterday morning 8
session. il James b. Thompson, LIZ d., OF New-fork In
the afternoon session Of yesterday, paper on the
Proper Work Of Primary SCHOOL, was read by Prof
f. A Sheldon OF New-York
Twelve small boys and girls were afterwsrd brought
upon the platform and conducted through practicsleI
ercse in object teaching by Miss NJ A Layayea OF
cleveland This example OF teaching commanded the
closest attention and elected much praise. The hall was
second class was brought forward by Mrs Kate Stephens
10 exempIfy the method of object teaching, and well
teacher 10 easy and pleasant Investigation Of natural OBJ
ects and assign 70 them aPProgriade names . m o,,
Eaton IT, on The Relations of the National Govern
ment to Education" This relation he said when dis
cnssed in Berlin meant imperial decree from William
l. and the holding child Of school age due TO his
school discussed in PeEin by Cnnaman N meant
ali males privileged to enter for official position
almost everywhere and especially In the states OF E
education is very clear But in America the relation has
decacies Of involved and recprocal les
present time the action OF Goyrrnnent and the opinions
The land granted from time to time for education
Amounting l24322 square milee-an empire, and
the formation Of the Government OF more than 900
in land alone. Since the National Government has
Granted so much land and money for the furherance OF
Education most assuredy has also acquired rigct to
call ali persons States 10 account for whatever has
been ufrusted TO them by II for educational purposes
The Government may likewise either the public do
main or the money received from its sale for the benefit
IN education the national government may make laws
for these purposes and the Federal courts may sdud
cate questions under them; and in accordance with
these laws the Government should provide national
educational office and officer and furnish him clerks
and for the ulnlment OF the national educa-
tiOnal obligations.