New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-16
THE EDUCATORS ADJOURN.
,,,px OF THE CLOSING DAY AT sARAToG,

,,1roSs ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL. ,sso.
,,Trox--PREsIDENT HARR1sON THANKED
FOR HIS ADMIRABLE ADDRESS
.--onc, SPRINGS, n. Y, July 10 CspeciaD.-The M
, educational Associations Committee on Resolu
W n, John Z. Bradley. r. G.. Northrop John s
ao~ ,se " c. Doughcrty and W. ii. Bartholomew
- morning submitted a report, which was adopted.
INSTANCE II notes with satisfaction the evidences
~ ,he growing public appreciation Of the Importance
",..cbers work recognizes the University Extension
r.meN as potent agency In stimulating the self
.r,venent OF those whose early advantages Were de-
, hut deprccates any attempt to substitute it for
smmon schools. and recognizes the paramount in
W, NJ the free public school system urges upon
49,, boards the employment only of trained pro
s,oro, teachers and favors the increase Of normal
training schools: favOrs the Increase OF chairs Of
sacosy and normal departments In American col
20. recommends the graded schools; condemns the
~~muonc or pressure of students to permit them to
~ 80, xansnations: favors oral obstruction in ekmen-
- ,dences favors the teaching Of free hand drawing,
r., Of arts and physical culture; renews Its en-
.smeut of klndergartens: approves the practical re
~. NJ the conference Of college Presidents and
d,m,c and high school principals In raising the
.aard requirements for college admission recognizes
:. Importance Of moral training In public schools;
'..Ices at the educational outlook in the
smth where the prejudice against
-. oubic schools has given way to sound Judgment
hs,eby the black has already blOted ont
,Ory per cent Of the iiteracy; favors educatioral
arrssentation at the Columbian Exposition thanhs
saratoga Springs for having for the fourth time with
extraordinary hospitality and Incompatible prcpara
dim entertaned this Association, and the transp1r
,.,oo companies and hotels for couitesies extended.
p,..dent Cook and the officers Of the association
n, their efficient services. These clauses also were
.rons those adopted
The Importance OF condensing ana coordinating the
k OF our graded school systems has been widely recos
MED Of and in the judgment OF this association should
s,ys further attention Without pressure, each
..., Of A pupils life should Yield the largest possible
rrocrss and the most fruitful results This association
.omunds effort 10 enrich the course OF study III the
Grammar school by Incorporating INTO 1t oral instruction
"a Auentay science literature and hygiene, by the elini
lion OF work in arithmetic and grammar, which is Too
neut or too technical for pupils in the lower grades and
=, ~ eorrclatng the instruction in the different subjects
"a, the work the school shall blend into vital unity
The American public school is dstincuvey the product
- American soil. II Is not copy or outgrowth OF any
tga systa Of education. II Is adapted to American
needs and this association cordially conmends whatever
viii make this adaptation more complete Any school,
a, system Of schools be regarded failure in
s,eat essential pupils Loyalty taught the great
,..sops OF patriotism good citizenship. Definite pro-
ysns should be made for this work in Of
,udy and faithful performance should be required OF
ger teacher. We recommend that committee OF I'VE
tppOnvu Nv PIeeiuchs Va "o''Ni"'V'' "HN''
tu,y 1t shall be-
l. To make careful study OF the various methods and
us adopted by educators, both in America and abroad
vkeh have been successful in developing the patriotic
g.rt; and
. 10 report recommendation as to the best methods
Which educators may employ ring about progressive
nd unKorm system Of patriotic education Ia our public
schools.
Your committee reports with pleasure that Arbor Day
know observed accordance with Legislative act or annual
jn and Territories. We
n6onmend that observance be universal that Village
md distict improvement associations be formed het me-
moral be planted and that all appropriate means be
employed inspire in pupils and parents the love OF
beauty and q desire for home and landscape adOrnment
Together with the foregoing statement, your committee
r for your consideration the following special csOu-
ton:
That His Exoellency BENJAMIN Horrf-cn. President
the United States. IS hereby rendered ty rs1e vote
our hearty thanks his admirable address rclcte with
Wholesome and inspiring thought clothed in rich dcuon
snd that he may be assured that his words II "~dom
viii become forces in every school represented IN THO
CNt vention
Tho officers nominated yesterday were declared
ELECTED paper was read by State superintendent
Wolfe Of Missouri: "ro what Extent Can the school
eysem Be Improved by Legtslauonl Favoring the
Town System as More Efficient and Less Wasteful OF
, Money, Tine and Energy than the District school
Sstem.p II was discussed by state superintendent
Wallace, of Pennsylvania Anderson OF West
Virginia, and Preston. OF Mississippi Mr.. Preston
MD that Mississippi raised this year for the support
q the schools double the sum appropriated
By Massa chusetts for the same purpose In 1oO2
President James McAhster, OF the Drexel institute
d Philadelphia, read paper on "The Relation OF
Education TO the Economic Conditions Of the Time
The concludne paper. Oh The School and tho Grim
ha BY superintendent L. II. Jones' Of Indianapolis,
srrsgned the schools past and present, r0r thcI
rmssness and looked to the schools OF The fure 10
esydop the moral elements Of pupils. The report OF
the Committee on Neurology was read BY DR.; zalulon
Richards only one death has occurred In the nom
kVrsp during the past yeartbat OF
Thomas W. Hughes, Of Painesvillc ONO.
Ths departmental work Of the National educi
uonal work was brought 10 a close this afternoon IN
he kindergarten, elemental and higher educatons,
ri and music departments. . , :.
The closing sessions were held in the evening IN
he Methodist Episcopal Church Addresse y, were
Bovdoip College, on "The Organization N American
Educaticn." and Addison b. Poland OF Trenton I
dent A. g. Lane was then inductsd. The members
wee sorry when the dOxology announced that the