Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-04
Educational Congress.

OPENING PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY.
The Department OF superintendent, National
Education Association. met at IL o'clock this
morning in the lecture-room OF the Congrega-
tional church. The meeting Will last several
days, and the quest ons of streng thening the
National Bureau OF Education, establishing
national educational museum distributing the
proceeds OF the public lands among the several
Ike character now pending in Congress, Will be
considered
Papers win be read by General job Eaton, L.
s; Cormiss Toner of Education, on .sThe Wants
OF the National Bureau OF Education:''
DR.. John D. Philbrick, OF Boston, on ..Educl-
tion at the Paris Exposition Hon. f. A. Apgar
OF New Jersey, on Industrial Education;'
Hon. &. j.. Orr, OF Georgia on .sThe Needs OF
Education In the Soutb;'' Hon Judge Strong. of
the United states supreme Court, on ..Instruc-
ton In governmental IDEAS" and Professor
Walter Smith. of Massachusetts, on "Drawing
In Its Relation to Industries" Additional pa
Eers are expected from Rev. DR.. Sears, on ''fhe
operations OF the Peabody Fund.-" Superin-
1endent Doty, of Chicago, on 1.-The Value of
Published School Reports" Superintendent
f Enot, OF Boston, on reform in Courses of
ginia, On 'School SUPERVISION" and Others.
Inc questions proposed for discussion are: l.
me census Of 1880 as it relates to educat ion
zenshlp. 3. Wherein our public schools lack as
moral agency. 4. Dangers that threaten our
systems OF public education.
THE SESSION THIS MORNING
was opened with prayer by the Rev DR. Don,er
OF this city. President j. p Wickersham, state
superintendent OF Pennsylvania, called the
meetlng to order. Mr. j. J. Burns state com
i,ssiohsI OF Oho acted as secretary. BY reso-
autloh the hours OF the sessions were fixed
Tue morning session will begin at $50 a. m. and
end at 1890 p. IN. The evening sessions viii he
sla AZ n .;so p M Regrets at inability to attend
from Snperintendents w. O. Rogers. New or
leaps; r. N. Lusher, La; Leon. Trous1l,e
W ueh % >; A. smith, Miss; II s. Thomson, s. c.;
w. massey, Fla, and c: ?. Dickson, Alabama
i ne president made the following appointments:
Mr. " llson, District OF Columbia, chairman of the
executive committee; Mr.. Etter, Ill. charm IN
u coInmlttee on invitations; Mr.. Barringer, N.
a. ~, chairman OF committee on resolutions, and
Mr.. Newell, Md, chairman Ct committee on
natiohal legislation, announcing that the other
POSITIONS On the committees would not be filled
uhtli IL was discovered who Of the superinten-
resolution was introduced by Mr. Luckev. Pitts
oufg, IA. and referred to the executive com
Mittee, THAT the United States school com
missioner OF education be requested to de5ig-
hdte certain week of the present school term
curing which all the children in the gramDlar
ana intermediate schools OF the nation shall re-
cehelhatructlon In the metric system OF weights
and measures
CONSUL GENERAL HITZ
o1 switzerland, then read long but interest inc
pdI en- the subject OF education in SwitZer-
tahd lie treated in detail the progress made
IN various branches of public instruction in
mat nation during the last three years ey
piaEed what was proposed for the future and
\ the part that the government was expected to
take IN reference to education. He said that
what switzerland needed was a bureau of edu
cation similar to that which we have in this
country, and there was ground to hope that
such bureau would be established. In reply
to an inquiry Mr.. IIitZ said that as Indicated by
vote, Switzerland was Overwhelmingly in favor
OF compulsory education, as implying free e1u-
cation, though In the ultramontane section
tLeie was some opposition offered In the in
teleStlng discussion that followed the reading
o1 the paper IT appeared that the system OF ed
ucat1on In Switzerland was most similar, among
european systems, to that of this country, and
an0Ided the most profitable subject of study
Ire SWISS habit OF teaching boys agriculture
vine growing, etc, and the girls wing, etc. as
part OF the regular education and the great
variety Of outdoor instructions generally in the
Swiss system were commended. Mr. F.. c. Wines,
We'll known as the representative of the United
the association on the subject OF public instruc-
ton in France. It was announced that at the
evening session paper on Industrial Educa-
ioh' VIII be read by Hon. E. A. Apgar, Nj.
WHO WE'RE PRESENT
The superintendent and other persons inter-
ested In educational matters present at the
uorhlBg session were j. p. Wickersham, state
Superintendent, Pa; J. J. Burns, commissioner
1htendent, H. Edward Smith, superintendent
schools, Sy racuse, \. Y: j. Ormond Wilson, SUI
rerlntendent, Washington; r. Marcellus Mar
shah, principal of state normal school, Glen
vile, w. Va; j. Il. X McCOllum, SItperiuten-
dent, Washington county, Pa; Henry Houck,
deputy state superintendent, Pa; Jesse Newlin
county superintendent, Schuylkin county, Pa;
Geo. p. Beard, principal state normal school,
California, Pa: Robert X. Buehrle, city super
intendeDt, Reading Pa; w. ii. Shelley, super
lnlehdeht of schools, York, Pa VIM. N. Barrin-
ger, superintendent Newark, N. j.; James
Dickson, superintendent, Allegheny county,
Pa; L. Ii. Durling, superintendent, Allegheny
CITY. Pa; Geo. j. Luckey, superintendent
pi1,sburg, Pa; G. w. Bardeen, editor of School
bulletin. syracuse, n. Y: j. Piper Chicago
Ill: DR.. c. Warren, j. Edwards Clarke and
Joseph Nj. Wilson, of this city. Numerous ad-
dlti0nal arrivals OF members OF the department
OF superintendence are expected