Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-13

\ Convention Of Educators I'm Session
i'm this City.

PROMINENT INDICATORS PkgsENT-ToPICs prs-
cusskD At To-DAYs SESSION.
The annual convention or the Department a,
Superintendence. National Educational association
has assembled In tins city for the purpose OF con-
sldering questions dealing with the education OF
The youth OF the country, and 10 bring 10 the notice
| or Congress measures calculated 10 diminish the
ntercy existing ia certain portions OF the nation
Last evening mn Informal meeting was held I'm the
| he'd parlor OF the Ebbitt house. and a course ~
work as arranged for the session. which VIII last
three days. The president or the association Hon
L. l. Butcher, or West Virginia called The Ineetinc
| To order and made few remarks Ths chair
Named Messrs orr OF Ca Houck OF Pa, Bicknell Of
Mass, Cove OF Colo, and Wilson Of Washington, ID.
e, rs committee on the adjustment OF the order
| OF business ior the convention.
ADDRESSES.
The remainder OF the evening was passed by n
number OF the members in making Informal ad-
dresses on the subjects TO be subsequently consd-
| cred by the convention.
Gen. Eaton spoke or the early struggles OF Amer
lcan educators 10 make the question or school in
strucuon vital subject OF consideration among
the people. lie WAS followed by the Hon t,uS
tvus j. orr, of Georgia. who took up the subject OF
education In the south and the proper methods OF
dealing with the questions which there confront
the educator
Messrs- Bingham and Scarborough. OF North Car
| ollna- also addressed the assembly on similar
topics aud the necessity OF national aid 90 the
t
instructive character and We're frequently ap-
| plaudeL
MEMBERS THE CONVENTION
Those present were: lion. IL. C. Speer, state su-
| pertntendent public Instruction, Topeka. Kansas:
| Hon. Gustayus j. orr do. Atlanta, Ca; Hon. j. p
NickerSon, ex-do.. Lancaster, Pa; Hon. T. W Dick
inson do. Boston, Mass; Hon. d. l.. klehle, do, St
Paul, Mimi; Hon. II. x. GasS, lansing Mich; Hon.
Henry Houck. deputy state superintendent OF Penn
Sylyania; lion r. +. Higbs,, state superintendent
| OF Penisylvania; lion: John g Scarborough, do,
Raleigh, y. G.; Hon John ". Holcombe do. of In,
diana; lion. Il. L. Butcher, do, Wheeling W Va:
Hon III. X sanford. secretary OF the National Board
of Education, Middletown, y. y; Hon. J. L. NJ.
Curry, Ii H., general agent OF the Peabody fund,
| Richmond, Va; Hon. ". o. Rodgers, superinten-
| dent schools, New orleans, La; Col II. Bingham,
howard. Cincinnati, Ohio; A. p Marble. Werces.
! ter, Mass; Robert X. Buchle, Lancaster, PENN
sylyania; Hon. Aaron Cove, Denver, Colorado;
Bickwell, Lib, editor OF Journal or Education
Boston Mass: Hon. ). N. iiaworth, U. s supern-
Rochester. \: y; David Beatue, Troy, n. Y; j.
August Dix. Elizabeth, v j.; Chas. Morrill,, Lowell,
Mass; Chas. W. smith, Minneapolis, Mimi; J. J. X.
Randall, Rutland, VI; t. NJ. t,arnett, Richmond,
Va; Thomas n. Ballet, Lehighton, Pa; ". W.
Waterman, Taunton, Mass; Jas, IL. Bodgetc Rock
ford, H.; II. f. Mestervelt, Rochester, y Y; Hon
l.. W. Mason, Boston. Mass, ex-superintendert Of
music for the Empire or Japan; Hon. H. q. Nor
throp. LID. ex-stcretary OF state board Of Con-
necticut; Andrew j. Kickoff, Yonkers. y. y: VIM
Miiligan, New Jersey: james Marvin, DID, super1n-
tendent OF Indian Industrial school, Lawrence Kan
A. W. II. N, IL.
II. Foose Henry X. Roth, Samuel A. Baer, BF Pat
tersOn. Geo. +. Stone and III. ). Jones, of fennsyi-
yanla Gen. John Eaton, supt J;o. Wilson, b. IL.
Warner John ogden, Hon. John NJ. Gregory, A. L.
Clark, Jos. NJ Wilson, j. o. Wilson, Geo. L. Little
S. w. Russell, T. Richards b. q. LoveJoy, and Gen.
ChaS l.. Hoyey, all OF Washington, nC.
MORNINGS SESSION.
The convention was opened at the Congregational
church this morning by prayer by Rev. DR. r Nc
Mur1y, and an address OF welcome by Mr.. B. II.
Warner, president OF the school board.
MI. j. A. Rockwell was, upon motion or Gen.
Eaton, elected assistant secretary and stenogra-
pher.
The first paper OF the morning session was pre-
sented by the Hon. J. ". Iiolcoinb, OF Indiana on
the subject OF supervision In country schools
The paper Was discussed 10y Prof A. L. Wade, OF
Morgantown. W. Va. Messrs Smith of Minneapolis,
Houck OF Pennsylvania. Dickinson OF Massacht-
sets, and Baer OF Pennsylvania and Gen. Eaton.
Hon. j. W. Haworth, L. : superintendent OF In
dian schools, then took UP the subject OF Indian
Education: Its Condition and Prospects," The
present condition OF Indian education Is not I'D TO
said, we had 2u5 schools and between three and
four Thousand pupils In 1883 we have 492 schools,
with 15,225 pupils. The Increase OF Industrial
teaching has had a most beneficial effect The
speaker then spoke OF the RESULTS attained by eda-
cation OF the Indians relating interesting Instances
OF the success of the graduates or the Industrial
Capt r.. II. Prutt. of the Carlisle Indian school,
opened the discussion OF the paper and was fol-
lowed by Dr. McMurdy.
DIR. Bicknell OF Mass, offered a resolution "thac
committee be appointed to bring The question OF
+AlainAd ptioft COUInliU6o
OF Congress"
Dr orr moved the appointment OF a special COM
legislation tending TO secure national aid TO the
school system or the states
Hon. b. Y. Northrop then briefly discussed tho
subject or arDor day In the public schools
THE SCHOOL RECESS QUESTION.
DIR. Harris, OF Mass, then took up the subject q
the recess, speaking strongly In its favor lie In
sisted on the necessity OF relaxation for the chill
dren. Calisthenics Is not a relaxation. The recess
Mr. 5. A. Ellis, or Rochester, n. Y, discussed the
question from an opposite standpoint, and quoted
numerous Instances OF cities which have adopted
the no-receSS system
Mr. Cove, OF Denver, Colorado discussed this
question, but from different standpoint He be-
ieved that the discipline OF the play ground IA a
important as the discipline OF the school room
DR.. Berly, OF Lancaster. Pa, and Hon III. 4. San.
ford discussed the results OF the noon recess plan
The department or superintendent will meet
this evening, In the hall OF the High school build
Ing.
THIS EVENING.
The program for this evening is as follows Edu.
cational status and needs Of the SOUTH Major Robe
Bingham, OF North Carolina National aid To pub.
lie schools, Hon. John W. Dickinson, of Mas<Achu-
necticut
The following delegates reported to-day in I'd,
dition TO those named above: Hon. Calvin Patter.
son, Brooklyn, n. Y; j. G. Hendricks, Brooklyn, n
Y; Saml A. Baer, Reading, Pa; Hon. A. Coward,
state superintendent public Instruction, Columbia
s. C.; Dr. W. t. Harris. president school OF PldloSo-
ply, Concord, Mass; Prof. w. II. Payne, University
OF Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich; Hon II. Clay
Armstrong, state superintendent OF schools, Mont
gomery, Ala; Rev. r. McMurdy, ID. d., IL d., Day.
ton, Ohio; Rev. A. p. Ffnkhouse, Harrisburg, Va
Mr. DAvrTr AND THE MoB.-Michael Dav1tt. IN st.
tempting TO deliver lecture last evening at New
castle-on-Tyne, England, was received with per.
sistent bowling and kissing, and rush was made
for the platform. Thirty policemen fnterpoeed and
Mr.. Dayitt drew a revolver. He summoned the oo-
cupants OF the gallery TO eject the dsturbers nom
the hall They did so, assisted by the police 6ev.
eral persons Were severely wounded.
BLAcKNAILrNa MARY ANDERsoH.-The tYial a
DIR. George II. Marshall, charged with blackmafifnR
Mary Anderson, the actress, was begun In th6
United States court at Ptttsburg yesterday Mar.
shall, IL Is alleged sent letters 70 Miss Anderson
threatening 10 distribute broadcast Improper pho
tographs OF her unless money was sent him. Ae
Miss Anderson is In Europe, 1t Is thought that
Marshall VIII be acquitted.
It is recalled In Honeoye, n. Y, where the br1oe
or FREDERICK Douglass lived IN childhood that sho