St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-12
EDUCATIONALISTS ELECT.
Patriotism in Schools the Subject
of n Talk.


DENVER, Col, July 11.-At today's
session of the convention of the Ma
tional Educationa association, the
nominating committee reported the
following officers, who were unani-
mousIy elected: President, Newton
c. Dougherty, Peoria, H.; first vice
president, Nicholas Murray Butler,
New York; second vice president, Mrs.
A. J. Peavy, Denver, Col; third vice
president, w. H. Bartholomew, Louis
vile, Ky; fourth vice president, L. c.
Schaeffer, Harrisburg, Pa; fifth vice
president, w. n. Sheats, Tallahassee,
Fla; sixth vice president, Henry Sa-
bin, Des Moines, To-; seventh vice
president, E. E. McElroy, Portland,
Or; eighth vice president, c. G. Pease,
Beatrice, Neb.; ninth vice president,
Henry r. Pattingill, Lansing, Mich;
tenth vice president, R. H. Halsey,
Oshkosh, Wis; eleventh vice presi-
dent, T. B. Lewis, Ogden, Utah;
twelfth vice president, Estelle Reel,
Cheyenne, Wyo.; secretary, Irwin
Shepard, Winona, Mimi; treasurer, L.
c. Mcneil, Kansas City, Mo. Among
the directors are c. B. Gilbert, of st.
Paul.
The general subject of the papers for
the morning session was 1.-THE duty
and opportunity of the schools in pro-
noting patriotism and good citizen
ship" George H. Martin, supervisor
of schools, Boston, spoke. Joseph
Baldwin, of Austin, Tex, treated the
subject of Patriotism OF the South
Land" He said the people of the
South rejoice today that the lost cause
is a lost cause. The great question in
the South is the lifting up of the col
ored race to citizenship, and it was be-
ing done. He spoke in defense of the
whites in restricting the political
rights of the blacks. A. P. Marble,
superintendent of schools, Omaha,
Neb., read a paper on THE Ethical
Element in Patriotism
The papers were discussed by W. H.
Bartholomew, Louisville, Ky; c. B.
Gilbert, st. Paul, and j. r. Preston,
state superintendent of Mississippi. All
agreed that the battlefield was not
the place for the display of the truest
patriotism, and that one of the high
est duties of the teachers was that of
intoxicating love of home and native
land. Schoo! house patriotism was
uniting all sections of the nation. The
morning session closed with the sing
ing of America" by the audience. In
the afternoon the departments held
sessions at the different churches and
school buildings. The following dis
tinguished educators read papers:
kindergarten, w. L. Tomlins, Chi
cago, and B. C. Gregory, Trenton, N
j.; Elementary" J. NJ. Rice, New
York, and James McGinnis, Owens
boro, Ky; Secondary" o. S. West
com, Chicago; Edward 7. Barris, Cleve-
land, and B. c. Matthews, Newark.
N. j.; Higher" w. H. Frazer, Toron-
to, and Richard T. Ely, University of
Wisconsin; Music" T. H. Johnson,
Cleveland; H. E. Holt. Boston; Her.
bert Griggs, Denver; w. E. Townsend,
Pueblo, and n. l.. Glover, Akron, O.;
Manual and INDUSTRIAL Miss NJ A
Pinney, New Haven, and S. H Pratt.
Carlisle, Pa; Child Study" William
L. Bryan, Bloomington, Ind; NJ. V.
O'Shea, Mankato, Mimi, and Carl
Barnes, Stanford university; Herbart
Club; Frank McMurray, Buffalo: B.
a. Hinsdale, Ann Arbor; Louis H. Gal
breath, Winona, Mimi; D. L. Kiehle.
Minneapolis, F. w. Parker, Chicago:
L. H. Jones' Cleveland, and w. S.
Jackman, Chicago. Prof W. J. White
man, of Denver, Col, with a class of
fifty little children, entertained the
various departments with an exhibit
ton of chorus work.