Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-07-19
AT the 81. Paul Convention Of Teach
ers- Great Heat and Great Crowds
Some Notable Men and Women.


1902 in the shade all day Monday
However several pleasant outings
planned especially for the delegate
and teachers in attendance, brok
the monotony and made the weathe
endurable. The st. Louis bevl
journeyed by water, making it al
most an enjoyable trip in spite o
the heat. But to the overland
travellers aud especially those from
the far East and West much devo
tion aud patriotism must be ascrib
ed, for if their trip was hot thei
reception, though cordial, was hot
ter. st. Louis has no reputation a,
4 summer resort. But what righr
have they to the name of teacher
who cannot philosophically endure
1t would be hard to calculate how
many in all were present, hut there
were "heaps upon heaps" and every
body dripping with perspiration and
see thing with interest-interest III
the city, the features of the conven.
tion, the school exhibits, the capitol
Minnetonka and the Falls, the great
intellectual lights of the hour; in fact,
all ca me, determined to be interest
ed whether or no.
On Saturday co.education was the
topic of greatest interest. The CON-
mittee on the question reported in
favor and general discussion intro
duced such battery of logical argu-
ment and witty responses as wake
he good feeling of the whole assem-
bly, and brought TO their feet, with
the liveliest illustrations and expert
ences, parents as well as teachers.
Men and women waxed warm for
and against and II is q noticeable
fact that the majority of pleas against
co-education were voiced by
Southern delegates, and there SEEM
ed to be feeling that they particu-
larly mistrusted their boys and girls.
A Tennessee lady made an especial
Iy spirited address in behalf of the
of womanliness, and
oudly preached against the "out-of-
loOrness" influence of boy associates;
she drew an effective picture of its
evil results, and withal proved that
he desirable dev elopmcnt of woman
was full of sentimental essence and
cultured weakness, such as the
woman has time and again /.
proven to be her ideal" But as DR.. /
Harris aptly remarked before her
harangue, it is lack of more ad-
'anced thought in homes and schools
that make this such problem.
DR.. VIM. T. Harris, appointed L.
J. commissioner of education by /.
resident Harrison, was one of the
most prominent figures in the coun-
ii of teachers. His placid face with
IS shining white circlet of hair, is, to
n observer in the rear, one of the
on the rostrum, and
very time he speaks a breathless,
stening quiet pervades; his serene
cannot light up for
leer eXpressfulness and his evenly (
leasured words drop from lips that
Dey only the highest impulses and
lie purest ideas. He is the man of |
lie era-a self made, self educated I
merican, typical of the soundest,
'oadest and truest national ideal,
Id lends his genius as teacher
Id reformer because that is the
ghest field in which to labor.
moving him personally and hav-
g sat at his feet a humble disciple,
n you not forgive your correspon-
mt this halfway stoppage to pay p
reverence to so great o
an?
The armory building Is the bright 4
o. 10 the kindergarten disciples. G
is place of wonder and delight
me and a mystery to Others i
nat there can be OF interest in the r.
yr.ad forms, colors, weaviugs, \
sket-work, etc. How can all this
mass of breakables
d tiimsy mlnutie be a developed :,
urse Of study for the expansion Of =
e child mind? "Its pretty" you :
E led TO remark, "but very savage,
d nine-tenths seemingly sense
s." But ah, just fall in with an L
thusiast and see how easy she can @
AXE you linger over little triangle ,
scarlet paper or beauty-form in n
rd-board, pointing out the char v
of the little one who u
'rked and persisted until il was
Iished. But pray don't let her p,
,ander of into the intrinsic idea of il
e circle, the radiation OF angles
a the laws of recognition aud iso- u
ion tor she will take you beyond a,
ar depth, unless you are tran b
Of a rare order or 81
ker-player enough not to let your OF
" drop or your astonished iguor- n
ce get away with you, How the II
eds Of the "babes aud suckhugs" IL
A. puzzle the greatest aud what "A b
g-worded mess they have made ot .
e theory Of Guild education :
In the armory there might 0e no. h
scd the choicest aud greatest OF
IT sous and daughters Of education, @
'nderiug over the work OF the baby Il
lgers. Miss Frances T.. Willard, h
Irrounded by n choice coterie, took q
deep Interest in this special point. 4
il one of the branehas of tha N 4,