The herald., 1895-07-10
PEDAGOGU[S At WORK
Fifteen Thousand Teach
ers in Session
THE COUNCILS lAB0RS FINISHED
Speeches by Prominent Edu-
Gators Yesterday
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
"Whst Knowledge Is Of Much WORTH"
the Subject
Higher utilities Must Not Be Sacrificed for
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
What Knowledge Is Of Much Worth ?"
the Subject
Higher Utilities Must Not Be Sacrificed for
Lower Utilities
The clvillxatien sud Education Of the indians
Discussed Should Be Controlled BY
the States In Which
They Reside
I.,oc,.ted Pres Special wire ;.

Associated Press Special wire.
DENVER, July 9.--The fourth conven-
ton OF the National Educational sssocia-
tion was opened this evening before two
largo audiences. Tho regular meeting
was at the Presbyterian church. where
1000 people were gathered. while 1000 at
tended an overflow 1T the high school
building. and thousands more were
turned away. 1t is asserted that the at
tendance al tho present convention Is
already larger than at any previous meet
ing OF tho ASSOCIATION, and many hum
dreds more are arriving tonight.
The work OF the council OF education
was com mpleted today, and the next three
days will be devoted to the labors OF the
general organization.
The delegates and visitors to the Ma
tional Educational association have prac-
tically all arrived. Conset vative railroad
men estimate the number at l5, 600.
The council of education bold its hnai
meeting this forenoon. 1t was an execu.
tive session, wholly devoted to business
matters. 1t was decided to have all pa
pers hereafter printed a nd submitted to
members OF the council al least month
before each meeting and mono read at
meetings. Outsiders will be admitted to
meetings only by card. The committee
on uneraded schools recommended the
mafter oi .reorcan liza ton on the lines aug
gested by Professor Sabin: Henry Sabin.
DesMoines; David L. Kiehle, Minneap-
oils; A. b. Poland. state superintendent,
New Jersey; G. 9. Rounds. Plymouth :
n. H.; J. H. Phillips. superintendent of
-. ~ dali
Ann Arbor, Mich. s. 7. Black, state
superin tendent. California; WE. Sutton,
school superintendent, Houston. Tex; l..
Z. Wolfe, ex-state superintendent OF Mis-
souri,.
The reIort OF the committee on new
Illinois, Settle A. Dutton OF Ohio, Will
liam E. King Of Iowa. succeed them
selves; C. II. 'Kries OF California. W. l..
Bryan Of Indiana, John Buchanan Of
Missouri. succeed H. M. James of Wash
inston, Della L. Williams of Ohio. J. W.
Dickinson of Massachusetts.
The following officers were elected: H.
s. TarbeI of Providence, r. !. president;
Earl Barnes. Menlo Park. Cal. vice presi-
dent; Bette A. Dutton Cleveland, O..
secretary and treasurer: Charles De
Gamo. Swarthmorc, Pa; u. l.. Kiehle.
Minncapolis;- J.. r. Preston. Jackson.
Miss. and ]. M. Green, Trenton, N. j.,
The council then adjourned.
Superintendent Aaron Cove OF the Den
YER schools, ex- president OF the association
and chairman of the arrangements COM
mittee. called the meeting to order and
welcomed the convention. He was fol-
lowed by Lieutenant-Governor Brush.
Governor Mcintyre being in St. Louis.
Mrs. McMurray and Mrs. A. J. Beay. state
ruperintendent of schools. Responses
were amde by President Butler. Secretary
Shepard. Colonel Francis W. Parker.
principal of the Cook county normal
school. Chicago, Ex-Governor Northern of
Georgia. who represents the cotton expo
sitiOn, and who came to invite the
teachers to attend 1t.
Music was given by the Apollo club,
composed of twenty Denver gentlemen.
On motion Of General John Eaton. sx-
States, a telegram of greeting was sent to
missioner Harris and Professor
Greenwood Of Kansas City, now in Edin-
burgh.
Professor E. r. Hermans. Denver, spoke
on Physical Training. after which physi-
cal culture classes of the city schools di-
rected by their tutor. Professor Jane
Schmidt, gave an exhibition. Notice was
given that amendments providing for
Dopular voting in the assoc iationn would
be submitted tomorrow. The convention
then adjourned until O'Clock.
At the evening session the church was
iillcd in spite of rainstorm which pre-
vailed. Dr. A. G. Lane of Chicago. Vice.
president. presided and Professor
Nicholas Murray Butler, president Of the
association, gave his annual address.
What knowledge Is of Most Worta?
The question that I am asking What
knowledge is OF most worthY-is very
old one, he said. and the answers to it
that have been handed down Though the
centuries are many and various II Is
question that each age must put to itself,
and answer from the standpoint OF its
deepest and wiscst knowledge. Tho wisest
philosophers have always seen more or
less clearly. the far-reaching character of
the question and the great importance of
the answer.
The very latest cry IS that studies and
intellect 1al exercises are valuable in pro-
portion as they stimulate enlarged brain
areas; thus making the appreciation Of
Shakespeare, of Beethoven and Of Lcon-
ardo da Vinci solely function of tho
circulation of the blood
But to sciolists OF this type philosop ply
and science can now maku common an
swer. II it be true that spirit and
reason rule the universe, then the high
est and most enduring knowledge is OF
the things OF the spirit. That subtle sense
OF the beautiful Ano the sublime which
accompanies spiritual insight and is part
OF it is the greatest achievement OF which
humanity Is capable. To develop this
sense in education is the task ui art and
literatu-e; to interpret is tho work of
philosophy. and to nourish it the func.'
lion OF religion.
We now come in sight Of the element
Of truth and pcrmanence in that human
ism which Petrarch anG Erasmus spread
over Europe with such high hopes and
excellent tntentions; but which Sturm,
the 9trassburg schooimastar reduced to
ths dead. recAanical forms and The crude
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