Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

| DSptcIDeT ..
| NATIONAL EDUCAToRs-Twenty wear
ago the National Educational Association
was small and obscure body; but it ha
| grown to be the largest association in tn
whole world of men and women engaged il
educational work. Last year it met at To
ronto. This year it will meet at Saratoga
n. Y, and an attendance closely approx
mating 10000 is expected. The grea
honor Of the Presidency for this year wa
conferred at Toronto upon Superintendent
E. H. Cook, Ph. D., at present Superintend
ent of the Public Schools of Flushing, n,
Y. A new convention hall is building al
Saratoga which will seat some 5000 people
The meeting will open July II and continue
for several days. Upon the programmes
are the names of very MANY of the most dis.
tinguished educationalists of America, and
the topics to be discussed are broad, timely
and practical
SOUTHERN EDUCAToRS-The Southern
Educational Association is a body CON-
posed of workers in the various depart.
ments of education in the Southern half Of
the Union. Its President this year is Prof.
Solomon Palmer, of Eastlake, Ala, Prof.
Eugene j. Harrell, OF Raleigh, n. c., being
Secretary and Treasurer 1t is to hold a
great convention at Atlanta, Ga, on the
9th, 7th and Sth days of July. A most
stimulating programme has been prepared.
INSTITUTE OF F1NSTRUCTIoN-Th Amer
lean Institute of Instruction is the Oldest
organization of teachers in this country, and
probably the Oldest in the world. This
will be its sixty-third annual convention.
1t is made up chiefly OF New England
teachers and their friends, but its sessions
are attended by many people from other
parts of the country. Its forthcoming as
semblage will be at Narragansett Pier, r.
l., on the 5th, 9th, 9TH and Sth DAYS of
july A profitable educational programme
has been prepared, and distinguished teach
ers will be in attendance. The President is
Prof Ray Greene Huling, of New Bedford,
Mass.
AMERICAN ASSoCIATIoN-Them most i'm
portant and inclusive scientific organization
in this country is the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, which per-
forms the same function here that the Brit
ish Association fills in England. The for
tieth annual meeting of the American As
sociation was held in Washington last year.
The torty-first meeting will assemble at
Rochester, n. Y, beginning August 16.
The retiring President is Prof A. B. Pres
colt, of Ann Arbor, Mich, and the Presi-
dent-elect is Prot. Joseph LIE Conte, of the
University of California. The American
ASSOCldllOu is ulN1u6u luIO lu6 1OllOW
sections: Mathematics, astronomy, physics
chemistry, mechanical science and engineer
ing, geology and geography, biology, an
thropology, and economic science and sta
tistics. Prof T. w. Putnam, of Cam
bridge, Mass, is Permanent Secretary. The
Association has membership of over 1000.
UNIVERSITY EXTENsIoN-Lake Chau-
tauqua, in Western New York, will be the
Mecca of many hundreds of students this
summer; for besides the regular Chautau-
qua summer schools and assemblies, there
are to be several special educational confer
ences The University Extension move
ment within the past year has had most
extraordinary expansion in all parts of the
United States, and it is important for its
further development and highest usefulness
that all the workers engaged in the move
ment should have the benefit OF the expert
ence of those who have been longest con-
nected with it and are most familiar with
its aim and its mechanism. 1t is expected
that model lecture courses, training schools
for university extension lecturers, and free
of various aspects of the work
will be features of this conference, which
will be held during the week of July 1923
Such leaders as Prot. Melvil Dewey, Prof.
Herbert B. Adams, Prof E. J. James,
Prot. Z. w. Bemis, and other authorities
in this line of educational effort, are ex-
pected to be in attendance.
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Chautauqua has also been selected as
meeting place this year by the. American
Economic Association, which will hold its
sessions from August % to August &C. This
includes most of the,leaders of
thought and study in America,
and it is the model upon which like associa-
tiODS bax hooD ad in Fp.rlopd
ia, Japan and elsewhere. Among the many |
distinguished economists who NAV be ex- |
oected to attend this gathering are General |
Francis A Walker, who has from its first |
organization held the Office of President; |
Prot. r. T. Ely, who has from the first been |
Secretary and chief executive officer; Hon. |
Carroll d. Wright, Prof Henry C. Adams, |
Dr. Washington GLADDEN. and Prof. w. w. |
7olwell. The sessions of the association will ,
,e open to the general psbhc. !
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSoCIATIoN-l |
No men are nearer the heart of the present |
,reat educational movement in America |
han the librarians; and the American Lii |
'rary Association, though not a very
numerous host, is made up OF men who |
xert an immense influence in the work of |
ion will meet at Lakewood, n. j., Nav l6 |
o 70, whence it will adjourn to Baltimore
o spend Friday, the Goth, and to Washing
on for Saturday, the 21st. The association
5 intending to give particular considera-
ion to the question of the library exhibit
It the Worlds Fair. A post-conterence
through Virginia will occupy the
emaining days of the month.
BUSINESS EDUCAToRS-The extent and
Importance of the class of institutions
,nown as business or commercial colleges
n this country is not generally appreciated.
LAST year the Business Educators Associa-
ion held convention at Chautauqua; this
ear its fourteenth annual convention will
1eet at Saratoga from July to Ii. The
usiness educators have formed an adyan-
ageous connection with the National Edu-
ational Association. Several hundreds of
roprietors, principals and instructors in
uSiness colleges are expected at this con-
ention.
ART CoNGRESs-At Washington, on the
9th OF May, there is to be held an Art Con-
ress under the auspices of the National Art
association. The principal or more immedi-
te object ofthis association is the removal of
he duty on foreign works OF art Another OBJ
ect is the advocacy of a Government Com
Mission OF Art and Architecture One of
ne attractions of the congress this month
lll be loan exhibition OF paintings by
eading American artists, in the chapel of !
he Smithsonian Institution. The social
,ature of the occasion will be a reception
the Executive Mansion by Mrs. Harrison.
he Secretary and moving spirit of the Ma
onal Art Association is Miss Kate Field.
-nder Miss Fields championship the cause
free art triumphed in the Mckinley bill,
5 1t passed the House of Representatives,
ut the Senate in its inscrutable wisdom
Nv lit to vote duty of 80 per cent on art
orks A compromise of Is per cent was
nally agreed upon in the conference COM
ittee OF the two Houses; but Miss Field
nd the National Art Association will
ever rest until the Is per cent is wiped
ut. What the American Copyright
eague has done for international litera-
Ire, Miss Fields Association is destined