The morning call., 1890-07-12
TIE PEDAGOGUES.
An Interesting Address On the Solution
Of the Race Problem.

ST. PAUL, July 1.-When the fourth
days session of the Educational Assocta-
tiOn opened, Alexander Forbes of Illinois
got the floor on a question IF privilege and
read from the Constitution to prove that
the method of election of officers yester-
day had been illegal, and moved that an
election now be held. His motion was i'm
mediately seconded, and his speech heartily
applauded.
President Garfield said the present Con-
Stitution had been adopted for a small
body. and was In many ways unsuitable for
the greatly augmented numbers of the
present organization. The very rapid
growth of the association had compelled
the waivlng OF many constitutional pro-
visions. and it would now be physically
impossible to carry ont all the exact pro-
visions of the Constitution. He declared
the motion and the resolution were out of
order.
Harley of Wisconsin, who had seconded
the Forbes motion, appealed from the de-
cision of the Chair, but the President re-
fused to hear the appeal, and his decision
was greeted with combined applause and
Kisses.
The Chair called Immediately for the re-
port OF the President Of the Educational
Council, and the matter was dropped.
The concluding paper of the morning
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and the scope OF the university and the
school-eXtensiOn system of reading and
lectures by United States Commissioner Of
Education W. l.. L. Harris.
During the afternoon various depart
ments met for the last time this year. The
kindergarten Department elected as Presi-
dent Mrs. EudOra Hailman OF Laporte, Ind.
Il. ). Jones of Pennsylvania was elected
President of the Elementary Schools De-
partment. The general topic Of the high
school as finishing school WAS nsldered
by the Secondary Education Department.
ID. Lee Sellers of Texas and James
Il. Baker of Colorado read papers on
general topics and others followed on special
divisions In the Department on Indus
trial Educational Training Louis McLOuth
of BrUoking, 5, OAK, vas elected PreSI-
dent Hon. Aaron Cove Of Denver read
paper before the Music Department. advo-
eating music As regular part of required
school wOrk and the placing Of it on the
same ground with arithmetic and all other
branches.
At the last session tonight Professor
Baker Of Colorado presented the report on
resolutions. They favor moral training in
public schools, recommend the inveStiga-
ton of the White Gross League literature,
indOrse the American Humane Society, al
yocate the teaching Of tie ethics Of politics,
approve compulsory education TO limited
extent, commend United States Commis-
=
lands, indOrse land grants for colleges and
demand the repeal of all the important
duties on books. l he resolution regarding
spelling reform was referred to special
committee to report next year.
Judge Gumby of the Louisiana Supreme
Court delivered an interesting address to-
night on the race problem, which, he said,
concerns not only the South but the whole
country. He SAID: at will not settle it.
self; IL must not be let alone. 1t demands
brave thought and determined action to
solve II by bloodless revolution. All the
trouble in the South arises from the p0lti-
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. A true solution Of
the problem on Just basis lies in restric-
ton OF suffrage, and the only just restric-
tlOn is an educational one. Ii the negro
was enabled to exercise the right of SUI
frage lntelligently all danger and apprehen-
sion OF race trouble would cease. This
qua alfication should be adopted, and the
Government should give the negroes the
means of education to qualify them for the
burdens and responsibilities of citizenship
which the Government has placed upon
them to subSerVe its own ends. Public ed
ucation Is the peculiar and graudeSt dStinc-
ton of the American nation, and it ought
to be put into the National Constitution.
The press should cease to be partisan in the
should throw aside all the temporary expe-
dients and adjust this question on I basis
just and fair ana safe to both races
President j. c. Price Of Livingstone Col
lege, Salisbury, n. c., next delivered an ad-
dress on Education and the Race Prob
lem" President Price is a negro. and an
eloquent one. He argued that freedom
would never be complete until the negro
becomes educated. The solution of the
problem is the granting to the negro all the
member of the human family. The race
problem is the outcome of environment, and
a change must be made in the character of
that environment. While educating Door
negIoes, the poor whites in the South should
not be neglected. President Garfield made
a brief closing talk. turning over the gavel
to the new President, w. Il. Garrett, who
spoke for moment, and then the thirty
fourth annual convention of the National
Educational Association was adjourned.