St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-06
THE IDEA OF BUSINESS,
And the Men Who Teach II to
Shoot.
THE ETHICS OF EDUCATION
To Be Discussed at the Annual Conven-
ton in This City in Ten
Days.

the Business Educators Association of
America, to be held at the Curtiss Bust
ness college from Wednesday July Is,
to Wednesday, July 25. Following is
the programme as it now stand; it may
be changed slightly, but is now correct
in the main:
The convention will meet at 10 o'clock
a. M, Wednesday, July Is, in the rooms
of the Curtiss Business college, corner
Nicollet avenue and Fifth street. The
morning session of Wednesday will be
devoted to the presidents annual adj
dress. secretary'S report, report of eX-
ecutive committee, appointment of COM
mittees, enrolment of members and
miscellaneous business, and the after
noon of Wednesday to addresses of well
come by representatives OF st. Paul,
Minneapolis and the state, and responses
by members of the association. The
fOrenoOns of Thursday, Friday, Satur-
day, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
will be given up to work in the separate
schools of penmanShip. civicS, calcula-
tons, accounts, English and correspond
ence, shorthand and typewriting. The
afternoons will be occupied by papers,
reports and discussions, the schools
meeting in joint session. Saturday aft
ernOon will be given up to recreation,
several plans being submitted for APP
prOval of delegates.
Chairmen and Secretaries of Schools.
The final Arrangement of superin-
tendentS for the different schools of
the convention is as follows:
School of Accounts and Business
Practice-Chairman, G. w. Brown,
Jacksonville, ILL.,: secretary and critic,
j. +. King, Rochester, n. Y.
Calculations-Chair o. F. Will
Jams, Rochester, n. Y; secretary and
critic, r. E. Gallagher, Hamilton, Ont.
English and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
man, Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, Washing
ton, ID. c.: secretary and critic, w. G.
Isbell, Terre Haute, Ind.
Penmanship-Chalrman, c. S. Chap.
man, Des Moines, To-: secretary and
critic, III. G. Spencer, Washington, d. G.
Civics-Chairman, r. c. Spencer, Mil
waukee, Wis; secretary and critic, w.
E. McCord, New York city.
Shorthand and Typewriting Chair
man, Mrs. S. S. Packard, New York
city; secretary and critic, Mrs. Lizzie
Askew-Davis, Jacksonville, Ill.
Some of the special papers which
have been promised are as follows:
Paper on "Volapuk," Rev. Father
Lambert, Waterloo, N. Y: Spelling
Reform" Prof. March, president Spell
ing Reform association; The German
Engelh0rn, Helena, Mont; Business
Mems Writing" j. H. Grafton, Quincy,
Ill.,; Educational Needs of the Hour"
Homer Russell, Joliet, ILL.,: civil Gov
ernment," Thomas PEBBLES, Minneapo-
lis, Mimi; address by Hon. d. .Kiehle,
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, Minneapolis, Mimi: address by G.
III. Du Bots. Esq, editor Spectator, Min
neapolis, Mimi.
Those who will have charge of the
various branches and will read papers
are:
School of Calculations--o. F., Williams,
William r. Will, Baltimore. NJ. D.. Mrs. sara
A. Spencer. Washington, d. c.; c. W. Rob-
bins. Sedalia, Mo-; w. A. Granville, Linds-
borg, Kan. George W; Elliott Burlington,
sadler, Baltimore. Md; George souie, New
Orleans, La: Mrs. Sara A. Spences, Washing,
ton, d. c.; Byron Hatton. New York city; c.
". robbins Sedalia. Mo; j: L; Gustus.
Lindsborg, Kan; j; E. King, Rochester n.
y: r. E. Gallagher, Hamilton, Ont: w. II.
saddler, Baltimore, Md; George Soule, New
Orleans, La: Mrs. Sara A. Spencer Wash
ington, d. c.; Byron Horton. New York
city.
School of Civics-R. C. Spencer, chairman;
II. c. Spencer, Washington, d. c.; L. A.
Gray Portland, Me-: Col George Soule, New
Orleans, La. A. d. Wilt, Dayton o.; Hen.
Ira Mayhem, Detroit, Mich; Mrs. Sara A.
Spencer, Washington, d. G., and Mrs. Lizzie
Askew- Davis, Jacksonville, ILL.,; Enos
Spencer, Louisville, Ky, and Col. George
Soule. New Orleans La; W. E. McCord, sec
rotary and critic, New York
Accounts and Business Practice-Chair-
man. q. w. Brown, Jacksonville, H.; r. C.
New York city; A. D. Wilt, Dayton, O.;
Frank Van Patten, Davenport, To-: George
Soule, New Orleans La; G. W. Elliott. Bur-
lington. To-: o. f. Williams, Rochester, n. Y;
Ir; Mathew. Detroit Mich. S. II. Goodyear,
Cedar Rapids, To-. Enos Spencer, Louisville,
ny; a; J: Rider, Trenton, n. J.; J. W.
S. S. Packard, New York city; G. w. Brown,
Jacksonville, Ill.
Shorthand and Typewriting-Mrs. l.. H.
PACKARD, chairman; ". E. McCord; Arthur
J. d. Creager, Louisville, KY; C. E. Cady,
New York; L. G. Spencer, Washington: Miss
Edna NJ. Bradley, New York; Mrs. Treat.
Hannibal Mo.
Penmanship-C s. Chapman, chairman;
II. c. Spencer secretary ana critic; a. N.
Palmer Cedar Rapids, To-; A. II. Human,
Worcester, Mass; j. W. Hafkins, Minneapo-
lis Mimi: c; \. Crandle, Dixon, H.; c. S.
Perry, Winfield Mass. W. L. Kennedy, Ma
rion, Ky; D. W. Hotf. Des Moines, To-; w.
A. Drew, Elgin. Ill.,; c. NJ. Robinson, Lafay-
cite. Ind: H. 4. Engelhorn, Helena, Mont :;
j. H. Grafton. Quincy, H.; II. C. Spencer,
Washington, ID. c.
Tie officers of the association are:
l.. l.. Williams, president Rochester, n. Y.
George Soule, first vice president, New
Orleans, La.
EnoS spencer. second vice president Louis
vile, KY.
Mrs Lizzie Askew- Davis, third vice presi-
dent. jacksonville ILL.,
A. S. Osborn, secretary and treasurer, Buff
folio. n. Y.
Eyecutivp committne.
G. c. Curtiss, chairman, Minneapolis, Mimi
c. Bayless. Dubuque. 10.
A. ID. Wilt, Dayton, o.
A HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION.
The history of the Business Educa-
tors Association of America antedates
its conception and carries us back to the
earliest schools of business that ap-
peared in Americafrom Is jS.to 1852 and
1868. These comprise Conner in Boston
b. +. Foster and James Gordon Bennett
founder of the Herald). New York: r.
NJ. Bartlett in Philadelphia, Pittsburg
and Cincinnati: Dixon and Crittenden
III Philadelphia; Gundry and Bacon,
Cincinnati: Jones, st. Louis; Bacon at
Cleveland, o., and Madison, Wis.,: Fol-
som, Cleveland: Dolbear, New Orleans :;
George w. Eastman, Rochester, N. Y. :;
Duff and Chamberlin, Pittsburg; Rice,
Buffalo: BaylesS and Lincoln. Milwau-
hee. NelSou, ClucIuudtl. 1ulllS, Mdul-
son, Wis; Soule, New Orleans; HI. G.
Eastman in Oswego, st. Louis and
Poughkeepsie: BayleSs, Dubuque, and
the Bryant and Stratton colleges. The
first step toward bringing business
| schools into association was taken about
1850 by r. G. Bacon, who founded Ba-
| cons Mercantile colleges in Cincinnati,
| Cleveland and Madison, Wis, under one
management, which, however, was of
short duration. The Bryant, Stratton
IL Co. college was started in Cleve-
land, where the first college was
| opened in 1852. 1t was extended
until in 1865 they numbered forty-four
| colleges in as MANY cities of the Unified