The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-11
BRAVING THE RAIN
TEACHERS IN DENVER TEST THE
CAPACITY OF CHURCHES

Certain of Those Structures are Filled Now,
IL They Never were Bcfore-Dr. Hans
dale Rebukes aModern Method" Bump
tiousness-Paper Read and Discussed
Nine Department. Meetings Held-kan-
sas and Oklahoma Represented by Olin
and Boyd on the Nominating Committee
Something About Indian schools.
Denver. Col, July 1o.-The subject Of
the papers read this morning at the
convention Of the National Education
al association was "Co-ordination OF
Studies in Elementary Education" The
largest church in the crty Is not large
enough 10 hold all the teachers who
came out in the rain 20 attend the ses-
sion. Charles DeGarmo Of Swarth-
more college, Swarthmore, Pa, read a
paper on Principles upon Which Co
ordination Should Proceed" w. 5.
Jackson of the Cook County Normal
school, Chicago, read paper on What
Has Been Accomplished in Nature
Study in Correia ton" Dr.. Charles A.
Murray Of Normal ILL.,, read paper on
What Has Been Accomplished In Co
ordination in the Fields OF History and
Literature.
The discussion OF the papers was led
by DR.. B. A. Hansdale Of Michigan uni
versity. He created somewhat of SEN
sation by his criticisms Of the state
ments Of some papers read. He said
they seemed to assume that all earn
ing was born with this generation of
teachers. He was followed by Edward
D. Farrell Of New York and others.
President Butler announced the fol-
lowing committee to nominate officers
for the association: Alabama, j. II.
Phillips; Arizona. j. H. McNaughton;
Arkansas, W. H. Rivers; California.
Cove; Connecticut, w. B. Powell; Flor
ida, Arthur Williams; Georgia. r. j.
Quinn; Idaho. F. B. Gault; Illinois. AL
bert G.. Lane; Indiana, Joseph Swain;
Iowa, William King; Kansas, A. S.
Olin; Kentucky, McHenry Rhoads;
Louisiana, George ]. Ramsey; Maine,
John s. Locke; Maryland. Charles c.
Ramsey; Michigan, Miss N. d. Kimber-
lin; Minnesota. c. B. Gilbert; Missis-
Buchanan; Montana, r. c. Young; Ne
braska, w. II. Skinner; New Hamp-
shire. John H. Russell: New Mexico.
Hiram Hadley; New York. A. s. Down.
ing; New Jersey, James NJ. Green;
North Carolina, Charles McIver; North
Dakota, Miss Emma Bates: Ohio. f. W.
Coy; Oklahoma, d. r. Boyd; Oregon. j.
H. sAckerman; Pennsylvania, E. Cram
Lyte; Rhode Island, Walter B. Jacobs;
South Carolina, d. B. Johnson: South
Dakota, Frank Crane; Tennessee. W.
H. Payne: Texas. W. S. Sutton; Utah,
]. F. Milispaugh; Vermont, Alfred
Turner; Virginia, E. c. Glass; Wash
ington, +. ]. Barnard: West Virginia.
w. H. Anderson; Wisconsin. Leo A.
Williams; Wyoming, Miss Estelle Reel.
There were nine department meet
ings in various parts OF the city at
which papers were read by the follow
ing members:
Kindergarten-Miss Amelia Hoffer,
Chicago: Mrs. s. H. Hartman. Provi-
dence; Mrs. James L. Hughes. Toronto:
Miss Mary c. McCulloch. st. Louis:
Miss WiNhelmina T. Caldwell. Denver;
Miss Laura E. Taft. Greeley. Colo.
Secondary Education-W. H. Smiley,
Denver; o. D. Robinson. Albany. N. Y.
William Carey Jones. university Of Cal
ifornia.
Normal. x. Snyder. president OF
the Colorado Normal; NJ. o. v. O'Shea.
Normal; Howard Sandin-
son. Indiana state normal.
Art-Oha rles NJ. Carter. Denver; Miss
Wilhelmina Seegmiller, Allegheny, Pa.
Music-N. Coe Stewart, Cleveland,
o.: F. Frendley, Youngstown. o.: c. III.
Congdon, Minneapolis. Mimi
MANU- and Industrial-E. r. Booth.
Charles II. Reyes. Pasa-
dena. Cal; Albert r. Robinson. Chi
cago.
Business-J. NJ. Mehan. Des Moines.
Ia: Mrs. Sara A. Spencer. Washington.
D. c.
Herbart Club-Charles De Garmo.
Swaruhmore, Pa; G. c. Van Lew. Nor
NAL. Ill.
Natural Science-Nicholas Murray
Columbia college.
The evening session opened with sing
Ing by the Chicago principal male quar-
tet, and an address by Ex-Governor
Northern OF Georgia on the Cotton ex-
position, inviting the association to
hold an adjourned session at Atlanta
during the educational congress. Chan
cellor w. II. Payne. Of the university
Of Nashville, Tenn. was then intro
duced and addressed the convention.
After a violin solo by Miss Genevra
Waters of Denver. an address on The
ton of Public Opinion" was given
by Charles r. Skinner. state superin-
tendent OF schools Of New York. He
said:
"Clamor Is often taken for public
opinion. One man Of strong character
may make his opinion take the place
of public opinion. What is considered
right in one state or community is out
awed in another. Public opinion II
educated will become an ir-
force for good and right.
Public opinion has raised the standard
II the teachers in the state of New
York. May be it will some day demand
a higher standard for school boards
and city councils. legislatures and ma
tional congress. Public opinion is va
-iable and must be rightly educated
and every man is factor in imparting
that education Public opinion is edu-
Gated by individual opinion. AS our
children are educated so will be public
opinion"
After music by the Enterprise quar-
.et, the convention adjourned and the
members Of the association attended
By the state officers at the
capitol