The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-20
THE NIsD-TgaISERs.
Second Day of the educational Com
senfien.

S4x Francisco, Jnly f9.-1The second
days session Of the National Tesehcss' As-
ss5ci iation opened with good attendance.
but thc crowd which assembled al the
opera house waS not as large AS yesterday.
The ihrsne for discussion this morning
was ''siisrrebs Cfificisa III the Public
Sc4iool ~ysscin aud What Answers" THE
fsrsi PAPER was rad by John ". Cook oi
the Illinois Normal School npea the sab.
jeet. .'lhe Schools Fail TO Cultivate the Ne.
ligions Sentiment &C 10 IcAch Morality.
!4szxie- J. Martin read paper an the sub
iacl. '.fse Ssk9alS Fail 10 Give Reason.
able Mastery ~ The Subjects studied. aud
was followed by john r. irish Ia al nd.
dress upon the subject, .sfbe schools Fail
10 Give Proper Preparation fof Active
Life " i. Skeiaen 0i Boston rfssentesi
the last paper. sfter which general dis
jogrned til evening.
TIE following programme Was carried
ont tonight. rafers-'.fhs Psychological
yIew.' James II. Baker, Denver, Col;
:. The Popular Fies. Education a.
Preparation to Earn q Living,
Where should General Eiuration End
aud Special Education Begins" ty J, NJ.
ssFccna sod ksnSax City, Mo. Discussion
by George r. HreR a. Bloomington. Ill. II.
" Nicholson. Baton Eonge. La; r. III,
Pratt. Carlisle, fean. Lewis Mciouth,
Bnokinss. Dakota; A. r. Taylor. EmPoria,
Kansas
notable fcaiase Of tfn aifth session ol
the Northwest Educational Association
held this evening was the ovation
given Miss Minnie Freeman. late oi
Nebraska, bat now resident oi
California. and whose conduct during the
blizzard OF last winter ia taking her pupils
home through the snow was detailed al
the time IN the papers
DEPARTMENT NgEEISss,
Miss Olive Eyers Of Minneapolis read q
paper on 'sIhe Kelatsa Of the High school
10 the Training school before the depart
menf of secondary Instruction Of The Va
iional Educational Association this alter
noon. 4 resolution was adopted after DIS
eussion by several Eesabers 70 the eiieei
that every effort shunld be made 10 secure
tour years course IN all the high schools
o, the nation A. 2. SigAiingaie Of chiea
80 was elected president for the ensuing
year Assd Miss /. Martin OF iadianaroii'
secretary.
At the session Of the department OF
higher education Dr. r. IL Peabody. OF
Illinoss, was elected president, and 4 Il
Nciirds, OF Iowa, secretary. w. w
Dtslnir. Of california, read paper ot
Higher distraction on the Pacific CessI
History The speaker reviewed a uIiin
Der of colleges aud universities on the coasi
and said II was the idea that higher ~
Nz5 it tfNs N &S weakened hl tlt tS4HldttuI
on whies, II stood He said there was
decrease In the number OF students pro
duced Of Is per cent. So ii years nr
SiebhiDs- 81 the University of California
read paper an Higher Instruction on
the Paciac Coast. Needs and Prospects =
After discussing this the department ai
lenfued-
In the department of elementary in
strlIetion Superintendent Palmer, ~ Ohio
read masieflx faaer on -seienfifst
Methods Of Teaching Geography" r. :
Guam. VI Oakland. spoke on "Prrpasafinn
for Teaching Arithmetic. = He demon
ssrated brief method Of teaching n. and
said the whole nucleus OF arifhmesiesi
normal teaching lay IN iearBiux tNS
things, two numbers osit oi which whole
Is made. and secondly, ~ combinations q.
these numbers
In the kindergarten department Mrs. G
W ilaAsrnaun. OF Stockton. coacfnled tbs
discussion begun yesterday rg Prof Nc.
6Fewss paper on .'The ideal Kindergarten
School's she took the ground that the
kirdergartca system Is t:7c cniy - stem by
hirh a trooper child education may BE-
carried on Miss Kate Virgins and lis.
Kate Neculsoch % -. Louis also si,sks on
The subject Tine latter said she had found
an ideal kin9esraFfea Ia san Francisco.
number of oslcr speakers followed,
anony them fuuaifs RamAhui, who said
ssie missionaries &c India Should s;uds
and sneaicate this system.