Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14

PRESIDENT NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER.
 will last four days. beginning July and closing July l2. It will be preceded by four day session of the national ed ucatiOnal council, Il body of 60 teachers chosen from the general membership, beginning July and closing July s, and followed by afternoon meetings on July 10, II and 12 of the various de- partments -- kindergarten, elementary education. secondary education. higher education, normal education, music, art, business. industrial and child study. Meetings of the Herbart club will be held on July 10 and II. These topics will be discussed at the morning sessions of the general convention: GO ordina- tion of Studies In Elementary Educa- tion, "The Duty and Opportunity of the Schools In Promoting Patriotism and Good Citizenship. and The h. struction and Improvement of Teachers Now at Work In tho Schools -
 The importance of this great gather ing of mon and women devoted to the cause of education cannot we'll be over estimated. It Is an exceedingly SiSnifi- cant sign of the times that the teachers i'll the public schools of America are sufficiently awake to the necessity of keeping abrcaSt of the general progress of the world, and to the value of free interchange of individual opinions, to be willing tn devote the time and ex- pcnse necessary to the holding of such a convention Last wears election of Pro lessor Nicholas Murray Butler of Co lumhia college, New York, chief editor of The Educational Review. as presiding officer k another encouraging sign, for while Professor Butler is one of the foremost educational workers in the land he is neither n public school teach CT nor a superintendent, and until 1894 tho association had never gone outside the ranks of thcsC two branches of Cdu- Catiunal work i'll the selection of it's off CerS, There iS nn doubt that in choosing Dr. Butler, moreover, the association acted with great wisdom, for. despite the fact that he is not a public school man himself. he has been intimately as sVciatCd with public SVhuoI teachers for years and his work aS editor of The Edu- Catiunal Review has been very impor- tant, since, as Is freely conceded. he per sonally represents the most progressive tendencies in the profession of teachers and the methods of pedagogicS. As member of tho New Jersey state board of educItion also he has had occasion to get very close tu the ground in the mat ter of public school training. At Column bia college he is professor of philosophy.
 The other general officers who will net all through the coming Conven- tion are: Vice president, Albert G.
 Lane, superintendent of schools, Chi Cago; secretary. Irwin Shepard. preSi- dent of the State Normal school, Vino na, Minn. ; treasurer, James M. Greene wood, superintendent of schools. Kan saS City; chairman board of trustees, Dr. N A. CalkinS. assistant superin- tendCnt of schools in New York city.
 Whilo thCre was no contest over the election, there were two most lively battles during last years convention. One of these had reference solely to the place 0f h0ll.NS this years convention. and resulted i'll IA failure t0 agree before the close of the session. so that the set