Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-17
THE EDUCATORS FINISH UP.
Judge Grumpy, of Louisiana, Dis
cusses the Negro Problem.
An Educational Qualification for Suf-
frage the Only Remedy.
Other Interesting Topics Considered
by the Prominent Educators.

At todays session of the Nationa
Educational association George F. Brown
OF Illinois, offered a resolution on tn
Columbian exposition at Chicago, recon-
mendlng the appointment of Prof. O. V
Iousley, OF Minneapolis, as commissions
OF education at the exposition.
The first paper of the morning was OF
Organization and System versus Origin.
| allty and Individuality in Teacher anC
Pupil by Henry Sabin.
During the afternoon the various de
partments met for the last time this year
The kindergarten department elected &
president for the year, Mrs. Eudora Hail
man, La Porte, Ind, H. S. Jones, Penn
sylvania, was elected president of the de-
partment on elementary schools. The
general topic of the high school as finish.
ing schools was considered by the second
airy, education department.. H. Lee
Sellers, of Texas, and James
H. Baker, Of Colorado, read
papers on the general topic, and others fol-
lowed on special divisions. The college
department considered the question of col.
lege administration of the matter of rails
ing the standard of colleges in general
Committee reports were heard by the
"0P1ti oLhohu Ou lnuuSUIIdl tuuCdUlOu anu
manual training. DR.. Lewis McLouth. of
Brookings, S. c., was elected president.
Hon. Aaron Cove, Denver read a paper
before the music department., advocating
music as a regular part of the required
school work, and the placing of it on the
same graund with arithmetic and all other
branches. Judge Gumby, of Louisiana,
of the supreme cert, delivered an inter
esting address tonight on the race problem
which he said, concerns not
only the south but the whole country
1t will not settle itself. 1t must, not be
let alone. 1t demands brave thou ght and
determined action if we would solve it by
bloodless revolution. All
trouble In the south arises from the politi-
cal jealousy of the negroes and from the
fear of the whites that negro rule will be
restored and utterly destroy the newborn
progress of the south The true solution
of the race problem on the just basis lies
in the restriction of the suffrage and the
only just restriction is an educational
qualification. If the negro was
unable to exercise the right of suffrage
intelligently all danger and apprehension
of the race trouble would cease. This
qualification should be adopted by the
general government, and the same gov
eminent should give the negroes the
means of an education to qualify them for
the burdens and responsibilities of citi-
zenship, which the government placed on
them to subserve its own ends
Public education is peculiar and the
grandest distinction of the American ma
ton and it ought to be put into the ma
tional constitution. The press should
cease to be partisan in the presence of this
grave issue. The statesmen should throw
aside all temporary expedience and adjust
the question on the basis just, fair and
safe to both races.
At the last session tonight Prof. Baker,
of Colorado, presented the report of the
committee on resolutions. They favor
moral training in public schools, recon-
mend investigation Of the white cross
league literature, endorse the American
humane society, advocate the
teaching of the ethics of politics, ap-
prove compulsory education to a
limited extent; commend q. S. Commits
sioner Morgan's plans for Indian school
lands; endorse land grants for colleges;
demand the repeal of all important du-
ties on books. A resolution regarding
spelling reform was referred to a special
committee to report next year.
President Garfield made brief closing
talk, turning over the gavel to the new
president, w. R. Garrett, who spoke for a
moment, and then the thirty-fourth annual
convention of the National Educational
association was adjourned