St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-04
NATIONAL COUNCIL.
To-Day Begins Preliminary
Work of the Educational
Association.
The National Council Crystal
Lies Matter for the Con-
ventiOn.
Opening Exercises of the Ma
tons Notable Gathering
Of Educators.
The Vanguard of the Erudite
Multitude Has Reached
St. Paul.

The preliminary work of the session
of 1890 of the National Educational as
sociation will begin this morning with
the meeting of the National Council of
Education. This is department of the
National Educational association, which
had its origin in necessity for the con-
Sideration and discussion in greater de-
tail than could be allowed in the gen
eral meeting of the association, OF those
questions of public interest and impor-
lance which were constantly arising.
The national council was organized at
the meeting of the association held at
ChautauQua, n. Y, in 1880. Thomas w.
Blcknell, of Boston, presented a gen.
eral outline plan for such a council
to consist of fifty members, and also a
detailed plan for its organization. Any
member of the National Educational
association, prominently connected with
educational work, was eligible to mem
bership, such membership to continue
for six years. The general purpose of
the organization was, as stated, to con-
duct discussions, define and state with
accuracy the different views and theo-
ries on subjects under consid
alton. Members were assigned
to positions Cd different committees,
these preparing in brief the results of
the investigations prosecuted, and re-
porting to the council, which reported
in turn, through its president. to the
association. In 1885 the membership of
the council was increased to sixty. The
general management of the council is
vested in all executive committee, COM
posed of the president, vice president
and secretary, and four other members,
replaced by annual election. There
are now twelve standing committees,
each consisting of five persons, appoint
ed by the executive committee. The
presidents of the council have been:
Thomas W. Bicknell. of Boston; E. E.
White, of Chit; D. B. Hayes, Massa-
chusetts, and Selim II. Peabody, of 1lli-
nOiS, who is the presentpreSiding officer
of the council.
The reports to be made this year are
from the committee on city school sys-
tens, of which E. E. White, of Ohio, is
chairman; committee on educational
literature, w. E. Sheldon, of Boston,
chairman; committee OH education Of
girls, John Howard. OF Ohio, chairman;
committee on chronological education;
l.. ID. Thompson, of New Jersey, chair
man; committee Oh elementary educa-
ton, W. A. Calkins, New York, chair
man; committee on higher education, d.
B. Sprague, North Dakota, chairman.
The last mentioned committee will not
report this year owing to the death of
E. +. Higbee, superintendent of public
instruction of Pennsylvania, to whom
the duty of preparing the report was
assigned early in the year. The duty of
the committee is to gather the objects
of the National Assembly and use its
best efforts to promote the cause of ed
ucation i'll general.
At this mornings session of the
council the principal business will be
the reception of reports from the COM
mittee On city school systems. E. E.
White, of Ohio, is chairman of the COM
mittee. At 8 p. m. the report of the
committee Oh educational literature
will be heard, W. E. Sheldon, of Massa-
chusetts, being chairman of the latter
body. Saturday, Monday and Tuesday
will also be taken up with reports of
committees. Reports will be heard on
the education of girls, chronological
education, elementary education, higher
education. On Tuesday. July s, the
discussion on city school systems will
be continued, and the report of B. A.
Hinsdale, on the school system of San
Francisco heard. The business of the
session will be concluded at IL a. m. on
Tuesday.