Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-26
DIR. BARNARD HONORED.
Tn" Eighty-SiNth birthday of the
Weston of American Education

Henry Barnard of Hartford, Conn, VINO
is called the 'Nestor of American Eduea-
ton, and whose reputation is interna-
ttonal- was honOre1 yesterday by 4 public
celebration in comm" MIGRATION Of us eighty
sixth birthday. The affair was held in the
representatives nail "a the capitol which
proved far inadequate for the number as
sembied participate in the exercises
Leading educators from various parts of
this country and Canada contributed their
due need of praise to the life work of
-dr- Barnard. while Governor Lorrin A.
Cooke. Mayor Preston and other prominent
citizens of the state and city testified TO
Connecticut appreciation.
The exercises Included a morning and
afternoon reception at the capitol and a
banquet at Jewell Hall last night
The state board of educa ton, assisted
hy the State Teachers Association, Fad
the affair in charge.
the morning session was called to or
der by Governor Cooke. who presided
Chaplain Thompson of the senate offered
prayer, after which addresses We're made
10y Governor Cooke. Mayor Preston of
Hartford Charles X Adams, president of
the Wisconsin University. James l..
Hughes. inspector of schools. Toronto Can
ada. who spoke on Canada and the United
States. Their Educa tional Independence
DIR. VIM. L Harris. United States COM
missioner of education, spoke on Past
Achievements and Future Hopes in Educa-
ton
Thos. b. stockwcll commissioner of pub
lie schools at Providence, K. L.. also made
an address.
kilograms from all sections of the coun-
try consra tulating DR.. Barnard were read
after " Mich the session closed hy the pres
entatiNn of NJ. Barnard. who spoke briefly
The day was observed by all the s. hools
throughout the state
Two hundred ladies and gentlemen, as
well as score of lea ding educators from
iii sections of the fiCIp cd in
the banquet last night Dwight Holbrook
principal of the Morgan School. Clinton
presided at the postgraduate exercises, and
the program included addresses by VIM G.
sumner, Yale University. THE Teac H.
er's Unconscious Success Rev Thomas j.
Sk- nan. D. D.. of the Catholic Uni versity
The Mediaeval SCHOOL," Richard Burton.
Hartford. The Children's Sage David n
Camp. New Britain. The Old Times
Good. Bad and Indifferent" Lucy Wheeler
Bos ton. Mass. ''Woman's Part In Educa-
lion. viii 5. Monroe. Westfield, Mass,
Educational Literature Rev Chester D.
Heartrant. D. D. Hartford, The Right
Kind of Education
The Yale Glee Club contributed seye1 al
selections, which added TO the pleasure of
the occasion.
The doctor entered Yale before he
was sixteen years of age. and grad
mattel with honors In 1890. before he was
twenty. He studied law as he was leaving
college. and was admitted to the bar at
twentyfour. After "a period of extensive
travel he returned to Hartford in 1886 and
"A year later was elected to the general as
sembly.
In 1SiS he introduced an educational bill
in the house, and his speech gave educa-
tional questions a dignity never before ac-
corded 10 them in any legislature in the
world. His mastery efforts produced such
an effect that Roger Sherman the most
eminent lawyer then living In the state
mcVed a suspension OF the rules. and both
branches OF. the legislature adopted the
resolution unanimously.
In 1si2 offers from all over the United
States were showered upon him, invita-
tons coming from Boston. New York Gin
cinnati New Orleans and many other sec
tons He was urged to begin lecturnS
tour. and ne appeared in every state of the
Union except Texas. From 1913 to 1919
DIR. BarEs I'd was state ST perintendent of
schools in Rhode Island. In IA5S he ac-
cepted the position of chancellor of the
University of Wisconsin and agent of the
normal regents In 1865 DIR. Barnard was
chosen president of St. Johns College
Mar but a year later resigned to
become the first &C mnissioner of education
for the United states and he remained four
years in Washington. The thirty-one vol
umes Of hts American Journal of Educa-
ttOn end the fifty-two volumes of the
Library Of Education form the most COM
plete cyclCpedia OF education ever issued