The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-08
EDUCATIONAL REFORM.
A Meeting Of Persons Interested in the Sub
ject Addressed by Professor Bicknell.

A meeting was held yesterday afternoon of
persons interested in the public school system
and educational reform, in the room of the
Board of School Commissioners, to hear PROBES
sor Thomas w. Bieknell, of Boston, editor of the
Boston journal of Education, and other educa-
tional periodicals, on the subject of the annual
Meeting of the National Educational Association
of the United States" of which he is president.
Professor Bcknell is travelling through the
Northwest in the interest of that meeting which
will be held at Madison, Wis., July 1918, 1884.
Mr.. Austin H. Brown presided at the meeting,
and the attendance, though not large, was a rep
resentative one. Professor Bicknell explained
that the coming meeting would be the most i'm
portant ever held, and he asked the cooperation
of all teachers and others interested in educa-
ton, to work to the end that the attendance from
Indiana may be as large as possible and recon-
mended that meetings be held in various parts of
the State in order that the whole scheme of
travel, plans of the executive board of the asso-
citation and other matters, including excursions
into the Northwest may be discussed Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction Holcombe is to
move in this matter and furnish details by which
these meetings may be held The first meetings
held, beginning on July 10. will be of the ma
Rev. DR.. Mayo, of Boston, Dr. Hagood,
of Atlanta, Ga, and others will discuss Southern
Education" 'Indian Education" will be dis
cussed by General Armstrong, of Hampton, Va;
Captain Pratt, of Carlisle, Pa. Rev. Riggs, of
Yankton, D. T., and others. Glasses of Indian
boys and girls will be present to illustrate their
progress and proficiency. ''The New and True
System of Education" will be discussed by Pro
fessor G. Stanley Hall, of Baltimore; w. T.
Harris, Concord, Mass; George Rowland, Chi
cago; Professor H. S. Tarbell indianapolis:
Colonel F. w. Parker, Normalville, H.; Hon.
John SWEET and Mrs. Kate Wiggan, of San Fran
cisco. Industrial Education" will be discussed
by Professor Woodward, of St. Louis; Professor
Bedford, of Chicago Superintendent Seaver, of
Boston, and others 1.-The Relation of Common
Schools to Higher Education" will be discussed
on Wednesday morning, July 16, the afternoon
to be given to departments; Southern Educa-
ton" in the evening On Thursday morning,
July II, ''The New Education;" in the afternoon
departments; in the evening, ''Woman's Work
Educator" On Friday, Indian Educa-
ton and Evidences of Progress in American
Education" On Friday evening great mass
meeting will be held, in which teachers from all
parts of the country will speak.
{ Professor H. S. Tarbell, of this city. is secre-
tary of the National Educational Association,
and President J. Fl. Smart, of Purdue Universe
ty, Lafayette, is general director of the national
educational exhibit, which will be an interesting
feature of the association. Professor l.. S.
Thompson, of Lafayette, is president of the de
partment of art education, which will be a de-
partment of special interest.