Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-12
Monster Conventions.

sened in Boston the largest religious
gathering that ever assembled in
America. The number Of delegates
TO the Christian Endeavor Convention ,
reached $1,000, and the time it will
remain in session has been placed at
the 18th. Every State and province
IN North America and no less than
seventeen different nations are repre-
scented. Over thousand addresses .
will he delivered, and the largest build
ing III Boston, the Auditorium, could T,
not hold a fifth OF the delegates so in |,
addition TO the Mechanics Fair build !
ing, two mammoth tents have been
pitched on Boston Common. The
convention opened with 90 simultane-
Gus meetings in as many of the large
churches on Wednesday evening.
Thursday afternoon the convention
split up into number of lesser gather
ings, the members of each denomina-
ton going off by themselves to hold
rally. Tomorrow the delegation will
repair to Boston Common, where
monster open-air demonstration is to
be held. The speeches will be made
from the hill on which the soldiers
monument stands. On its crest will
be located the chorus of 5000 voices
to lead in the singing of patriotic
hymns. The instrumental music will
be ON correspondingly large scale.
DIR. Smith, author, of America" has
written an original hymn, which he
will read on this occasion. The prin-
cipal speakers will be Governor Green
halge, Mayor Edwin U. Curtis; Francis
E. Clark, D. D., founder and president
Of the Christian Endeavor Society;
Rev. Donald McDauren, d. D., of De-
troit, and Hon. S. B. Capen, president
OF the Boston Municipal League.
At Denver, Colorado, Tuesday after
noon, the National Educational Asso-
citation opened its session with two
large audiences. The regular meeting
was at the Central Presbyterian
Church, where 1900 persons were
gathered, while 1000 attended an
overflow meeting at the high school
building, and thousands more were
turned away. 1t is asserted that the
attendance at the present convention
is already larger than at any previous
meeting of the association.
At the evening Session DR.. w. N.
Mailman. Superintendent of Indian
schools of Washington, spoke on The
Next Step in the Education of the
Indians" He said education was
naturally the first step in the civiliza-
ton d the Indians. This could only
be given to the younger persons, and
to them only after the breaking up of
the tribal relations The allotment OF
lands in severalty is too radical a
change for older Indians; they fail in
the new life, and thus conceive hostility
for the institutions of civilization,
which makes effective work upon the
young very difficult. The Indians are
in many instances Immediately sur
rounded by the worst types of whites.
Permanent good can only come when
the States claim for the general govern
ment the right to control and protect
their Indian residents and carry out
the treaty stipulations by which their
consent to become citizens is pur-
chased.
The National teachers association
was established in 1857 in Philadelphia
and in 1870, at . convention held in
Cleveland, the nams was cha nged to
the National Educational Association.
The object of the association are: To
elevate the character and advance the
interests of the profession of teaching,
and to promote the cause of popular
education in the United States. All
persons in any way connected with the
work of education are eligible to men,
bership and the enrolment, which now
includes Canadian educators, was last
year 5000.