The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-06

! 1|CAINCIJ - Till ~ -lOQl III
annual convention of the National Ed
vocational association began today
Comparatively few teachers have yet
arrived, as the first three days are
| taken up with sessions of the national
council of education, the general con-
vention holding the first meeting on
Tuesday, July g. The meeting of the
council was called to order by Profess
sor C. C. Rounds, of Plymouth, N. H.
president of the council. The attend
ance was meagre on account of delayed
trains. N. c. Dougherty, of Peoria,
secretary, was present.
The report of the committee on
moral education or moral instruction
in elementary schools" on the pro-
gramme for the morning session, was
dispensed with on account Of the non
arrival of Emerson S. White, of Column
bus, o., chairman of the committee. A
discussion of the subject was substitu-
ted. 1t was participated in by Earl
Barnes, of Menlo Park, CAL; Joseph
Baldwin. Huntsville, Tex; C. c..
Rounds, of Plymouth, n. H; David L.
Kiehle, st. Paul, Mimi, and u. Rich
ards, of Washington, d. c.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the reading of the report Of the com
mittee on elementary education, on
Economy in Elementary Education"
by the chairman of the committee Miss
Bette A. Dutton. of Cleveland, O., and
its discussion. The position was taken
by the reader that the teacher should
be required to instruct a much less
number Of pupils than is ordinarily
the case. She thought smaller primary
classes and more thorough application
would give the pupil a start in the
first school years that would be in
valuable in after school work.
The discussion was by George P.
Brown, of Bloomington, ILL.,; Y. Rich
ards, of Washington, d. c.; F. L. Sol
dan, of st. Louis; John w. Cook, of
Normal, Ill; A. r. Taylor. of Emporia,
Kan; L. II. Jones, of Cleveland, o.;
and c. B. Gilbert, Of st. Paul, MINI.
Miss buttons idea of smaller classes
was opposed by Mr.. Brown and others
and warmly supported 10y Mr.. Rich
ards. The council voted to have the
paper and discussion printed in its
annual report.
Those present at today's session of
the council were: A. R. Taylor, En-
poria, Kan; George P. Brown, Bloom
ington, Ill; Miss Bette A Dutton,
Vernon. Ia; John w. Cook, Normal,
ILL.,; c. B. Gilbert. st. Paul. MINI; Earl
Barnes, Menlo Park, Cal; L. H. Jones,
Cleveland, o.; Nicholas M. Butler,
Patterson, n. J.: T. Louis Sedan, ST.
Louis; Joseph Baldwin, Austin, Tex. +;
n. c. Dougherty, Peoria, ILL.,; Henry
Sabin, Des Moines, Ia; David Kiehle,
Minneapolis; c. C. Rounds, Plymouth,
n. H; z. Richards, Washington, D. c.;
James H. Baker, Boulder, Colo;
Aaron Cove, Denver, Colo; Irwin
Shepard, Winona, MINI; H. H. Sher-
ley, Cedar Falls, Ia.
History and Aim.
The National Teachers association
was established in Philadelphia, and in
1870, at a convention held in Cleveland,
the name was changed to the National
Educational association. The OBJECTS
of the association are: To elevate the
character and advance the interests of
the profession of teaching, and to pro-
mote the causes of popular education
in the United States.
Any person in any way connected
with the work of education is eligible
to membership, and the enrolment,
which now includes Canadian educa-
tors, was last year 5000. The officers
are: President, DR.. Nicholas Marray
Butler, of Columbia college, New York
City; first vice-president, A. CT. Lane,
superintendent of Chicago schools
secretary. Irwin Shepard, president of
! the Minnesota state normal school at
| Winona, MINI; treasurer, 1. G. Mcneil,
assistant superintendent of schools,
Kansas City. These, together with As
sistant Superintendent n. A. Calkins,
of the New York schools, president 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 gen
eral association, composed of sixty
members, are members also of the N
E. A and chosen from the body to
membership in the council on account
of special prominence in educational
and association work. Five are cleo
ted to membership each year by the
council itself, and five 10y the general
association, and the term of member
ship is six years. The questions dis
cussed by the council are matters per-
tanning to every department of educa-
tional work and the most noted action
of this body is the recommendation for
appointment by the general association
in 1892 of the committee of ten to sub
nit a report on the relations existing
and those which ought to exist between
courses of study in collegiate and sec
ondary schools. The report of the COM
mittee was discussed in the council in
1893. This year matters discussed by
the council will pertain largely to in
termediate schools, and are to some
extent suggested by the committee of
fifteen, appointed in 1893 by the general
association to consider and recommend
in regard to systems Of study for inter
mediate schools.