New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-11
TEICHERS 1T SARATOG 4.
ADDRESSES BEFORE THE STATE ASSOCIATION
BY COMMISSIONER HUBBELL AND
SUPERINTENDENT JASPER

ADDRESSES BEFORE THE STATE ASSOCIATION
BY COMMISSIONER HUBBELL AND
SUPERINTENDENT JASPER.
Saratoga. n. Y, July 10 (speciaD. There was
slightly increased attendance to-day at the session
OF the New-York State Teachers Association
Eleanor McCulloch Gamble. OF the Normal school,
Plattsburg, read carefully prepared paper on
The Human Interest Of the High School Classics
"A Needed Reform" the title OF an adj
drass bv Charles Buckley Hubbell Commissioner OF
Educa ton OF New York who spoke OF the teachers
az 'the standing army Of the Republic" He added:
The day when the object OF education was De-
evei TO be to equip man 20 s'',h h.s he great
function OF education Is TO teach man nov s,,s
live rather than how to make yns sppertei BY
general taxation in free government , are ~ cc
zenship TO ntelligeny discharge its obgatlons ana
on iov its blessings. The stability OF an lsu.u %
zsnsbin' The state is vitality concerned with ths
creation and building up and mainteo,Si MUM VI veYtS
strong manly character among us gro".ns sVus ~
Vevsr I'm the history OF country mas tnere ~
greater need OF men OF character IN s.ers s,,snt
and condition OF life than at the present momenII
Rows must be taught concerning the duties as wen
as the rights of citizenship their duties 10 'e'"-
selves and to their felowmen
He next spoke of the building up OF character,
and held that there should be nothing fauty In i's
construction. Sound bodies. sound minds ana sou"u
morals must prevail in the majority OF c'zens' of
tho very existence OF the State would De I'M
ma Tho nuhlic schools must be the nursery
., all these IL they were to fulfil their greatest
destiny Commissioner Hubbeil then Vigorously az
tackled the cgarette-smoking evil which nc ..
ac,er,zed as n great menace to the immature youth
81 the country. He urged the formato" VI ANU
Cigarette leagues all over the country
IL, rasnar SUPERINTENDENT OF Schools OF Ne"'
vort delivered an able address on Compulsory
Education
He said. In part: ,.,. a.
The whole theory OF compulsory eguca aepend.
ense OF the Republic upon the chssac'e Sos aes
igencs of is Ddrtsnt Of good
oh Sbp Education the birthright o, SoIds
child whose home is beneath the pr0'e'''"s
Of 1 our c SafDhs Education should be
framed as 70 aecomPsm s Of the State and 70
ouard the Individual interests OF me en.' The duty
Justice from The Rars eha IS s essential and
important as IS the right OF the p par law the stats
the child S ana t ~ ' cd shall not treated merely
as wageearner. but shall be pro ppstEysnshp'
the aHI PROOF Of the beneficial results
OF the labors OF the truancy deparoi, In the 1--WE
the rerS 1ecsd In the enactment OF Compgs0
Education law the total number % ~ eight and
Sy s yeNr. was So the total number Of r,ss
for the last five years was 2S IN i IN S Just
,wantv wears previous. there were no rs large
as arrests If we take into consiIera'oin s IN he
nst twenty Years. we estimate very fairy ' Of
vaIne OF the compulsory law, ana Oh a U .rrssnis
.aue nBcers "a deterrng influence upon juven"s
crime. ,..-, ,ra al.
The Committee on Nominations suon'''e' -"
lowing ticket. which Will be acted upon to-nlUl
,oorpIny President Edward n. Jones, OF f'a'S
burg: vice-presidents. Emmett Belknap' OF LOCI
mort Thomas r. Kneil. OF Saratoga SPRING g. Of
HE Downing. of New-lork. and Gratia !" Grand
Imnalo. secretaries We,land Hendrck OF Coit orcv
and g II Van Tuyle of Hamilton; treasurer ,hnT
I Hugbee OF Oneonta; transportation agent A Ap,s
Connsr ~ New-York; superintendent OF exnu.iiss
waiter s Cioodnoe of Brooklyn; Executive, ST'iisn
tee Charles F. Wheelock. OF Albany anu
J. OShea Of NewYork. ~ -, 81, s,au
This evening the annual address OF me Trookes.
Commissioner Ellis D. Ewood. OF llion also ue. ~,
cred an address his subject being The ou''00N ~
the Rural School" ,, ,ssoc,stiou
The New-York State Art Teachers Assoei nrssi
held its opening session this afternoon read
naper on Methods in Teaching e-Hand leisptS
tive" Jane Langdon Graves. OF syracusc; p ttss'"
a naper on "Art Education in Grammar GRADES