The herald., 1895-07-06
The Thirty.Fourth Annual Con-
ventiOn at Denver
IMPORTANCE OF ITS LABORS
Quest ions TO Be Discussed by the Body
OF Teachers
the Interest Of Popular Education
In America
Associated Press Special wire.

AuHOClhtou ITeb1 6DeClal wire.
DENVER, July 5.-The thirty fourth
annual convention of the Nationai Educa-
tional association began today. Com
paratively few teachers have yet arrived,
| as the first three days are taken up with
sessions Of the National Council OF Edu-
cation, the general convention holding
the first meeting Tuesday. July 9th. The
meeting of the council was called to order
by Prof. c. C. Rounds of Plymouth, N.
H., president OF the council. The attend
ance was meager on account of delayed
trains. N. G. Dougherty of Peoria. Sec
retary. was present. The report Of the
committee on moral education, on NOR
ais in elementary schools. and on the pro-
gramme for the morning. was dispensed
with. on account of the non-arrival of
Emerson E. White of Colum bus, o..
chairman of the committee. Discussion
Of the subject was substituted. 1t was
participated in bv Earl Barnes of Menlo
Park. CAL, Joseph Baldwin of hunts
vile, Tex. G. G. Rounds of Plymouth,
N. H., David l.. Kiehle of St. Paul.
Minn.. and q. Richards of Washington,
ID. G.
The National Teachers association was
established in 1857 in Philadelphia and
IN 1870, at convention held in Cleve-
land, the name was changed to the Ma
tional Educational association. The OBJ
jects of the association are: To elevate
the character and advance the interests
OF the profession of teaching, and to pro-
mote the cause of popular education in
the United States.
Any persons IN any way connected with
the wo'k of education are eligible to
nm bership. and the enrolment, which
now incluues Canadian educators, was
last year 5000. The officers are:
President, DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler
OF Columbia college, New York; frst vice.
Chicago sch ools; secretary. Irwin Shep'
ard. president of the Minnesota State
Normal school at Winoua; treasurer. I.
@. Mcneil, assistant Superintendent of
schools at Kansas City. These. together
with Assistant Superintendent N. A..
dent of the board OF trustees OF the N. E..
A., make up the executive committee of
the association.
The National Council of Education,
which meets in advance of the general
association, is composed of sixty mem :
bers, who are also members Of the N. E.
a.. and chosen from that body to men,
hership In the council on account of spe-
cial prominence in educational and asso-
citation work. Five are elected to mem
beIship each year by the council itself,
and five by the general association. The
term Of Nom mbership is six years. The
questions discussed by the council are
educational work. and the most noted ac-
ton of this body is the recomm endation
for appointment by the general associa-
tion in 1892 of the committee of ten to
submit a report on the relations existing
and those which ought, to exist between
C0V ~ nk,,Iv - 4 orI
ary schools. The report of the committee
was discussed in the council of 1893. This
year matters discussed by the council Will
pertain largely to intermediate schools,
and are to some extent suggested by the
report of the committee of fifteen appoint
ed in 1893 by the general association to
consider and recommend in regard to
systems of study for intermediate schools.
The afternoon session was devoted to
tho reading of the report of the commit
tee on elementary education on Economy
in Elementary Education, by the chair
man of the committee, Miss Bette A.
Dutton of Cleveland, ard its discussion
The position was taken by the reader that
the teacher should be required to instruct
q much less number of pupils than is or
dinarily the case. She thought smaller
primary classes and more thorough appli-
cation would give the pupil start in the
hrst school years that would be nvaluA-
BILE in after school work.
The discussion was by George P. Brown
Of Bloomington. Ill. 2. Richards of
Washington, D. c.; F. l.. Soldan of St.
Louis. Mo. John W. Cook of Normal,
III. ! A. R.. Taylor OF EnporlA, KAN; i.
H. Jones of Cleveland. o., and C. B. Gill
bert of st. Paul, MINI. Miss Dutton's
idea Of smaller classes was opposed by
Mr.. Brown and Others. and warmly sup
ported by Mr.. Richards. The council
voted to have the paper and discussion
printed in its annual report.