New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14
GREAr Enrc1rlnN4L CONTENTION

GREAT EDrC4TION4L CONTENTION.
The educational convention in Bicokiyh ms
week will command attention in al parts m mo
country 1t is the annual meeting oi inc De
partment Of Superintendent If the Na'l'nal "a
Vocational Association. and will be attended by
STATE and city superintendent Of schools from
the entire Union I'm fact il may be >ald to
pcs,a,s an international character. since Canada
is also represented in the association. Inc Ses-
sions will be held on Tuesday, wednesday and
Thursday, and all but one chat on Wednesday
evening, when the Department Will be the guests
Of the Pratt Insttu;c), will take place III tho
rooms Of the Brooklyn Art Association. Not
only will the school slIpcrintendentN 81 the coin-
try be in attendance. but several leading college
presidents and the National Commissioner OF Ed
ucaton have agreed t. make addresses
The programme Of the meeting was given in
full in TIE TRIBUNE a week ago to-day. One
thing that cannot fail to strike any enc who
examines it is the practical character OF the topics
to be- discussed For example, President Eliot
of Harvard University, is to speak on an I'M
portant subject which has of late attracted much
attention among educators, namely, " shorten
ING and Enliching the Grammar School Course
Mr. EliotS well-knONn opinions in regard to
shortening the college cJulSe will lend special
interest to what he has to say on this question.
Equally PRACTICAL if not mOle 50, is the subject
which DR.. G.. Stanley Hall president Of Clark
University, will treat" The Health of School
children as Affected by School Buildings" No
problem in education is of more Importance than
that OF ventilation and light in the rooms where
scores of children assemble, and some sug-
Il 10 o,ly cd fnp
from President Hail Another uppclmOSt topic
among practical cducltoN is tho relation OF the
kindergarten to the public schools. This Will be
considered by Superintendent Fltzpatnck, OF
Omaha who will answer the question, " W hat
is the Duty of the state Toward Children OF
kindergarten Age? DR.. William Il. Harris
United States Commissioner Of Education, will
sneak of THE Worlds Educational Congress-
Other topics that may be mentioned here are
manual training in various phases 1.-The Rcla-
tons of the Public Library to schools and Work
ingmen." and Education at the Columbian tx
position"
1t will be seen from this glance at the work
laid out that the distinctive note Of this cduca-
tional congress will be vital and practical. The
oretical questions in education will receive no
considerations and the treatment Of the several
subjects will be popular rather than technical or
abstrse. Whoever selected the subjects and
arranged the programme has displayed practical
sacacity in high degree. Good cannot fail to
flow from such an interchange Of views on the
part of men daily employed in the work OF cdu-
cation. II is seemingly thankc>S labor often
times, and its importance Is not always appreG-
ated by those engaged in it, Ideal teachers arc
few. But VIC are glad TO believe that the mum
Der is increasing conference such as is 10 be
held this week will have an apprccahle eifec;
in improving the great educational machinery OF
tho country on which the welfare OF tho rising
generation 50 largely depends.