New-York tribune., 1897-07-04
RIVALRY AMONG TEACHERS.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLAIM THE BEST EN-
HIBITS-HORACE MANN WORK SAID
TO RE INFERIOR.

HIBITS-HORACE MANN WORK SAID
TO BE INFERIOR.
The members Of the New-York State Teachers
Association thoroughly tired out py their
excursion Friday and by the learned discus
sons and papers Of the week that an extremely
small percentage of them appeared yesterday morn
ing for the closing meeting, in the chapel OF the
Normal College Sixty -nfth-st and Park-ave. At
previous meetings the room must have held about
two thousand people. but yesterday there were
scarcely two hundred The session. which was pre-
ceded by some committee meetings was opened at
l0:30 and the first business OF the morning was the
adoption of a set of resolutions expressing the as
sociation's apprecia tion OF the work done In the
different sections and its gratitude to those VINO
helped 10 make the convention a success.
Thanks were extended TO President White ana
his executive associates for the months OF STEADY
and silent work which have made this present
gathering possible and actual; TO the Beard OF
Education FOR allowing the use OF the Normal Col
lege for the convention and authorizing the ex-
hibit of schoo, work: TO the Executive Committee
Of the Normal College and President Hunter; to
Chief Bonner Of the Fire Department. and Captain
Grant. Of the police 10 the local Committee OF Ar
rangements Edward A. Page. chairman. for the
entertainment and provisions for the convention.
and for excursions provided daily: to superntend-
ent Jasper President Hubbell Gilbert II. Craw-
ford Of Nyack: William Ordway Partridge and
Charles Dudley Warner for their addresses: to the
newspapers OF New-York and Brooklyn for their
reports of the convention. and to William j. O'Shea
and Mr.. Furst OF the Press Committee. FOR their
work In helping the reporters.
The resolutions also expressed the pleasure OF
the association at having the art teachers meet
with IT; Its satisfaction with the idea OF sectional
work. and the arrangement of morning and evening
sessions only. leaving summer afternoons free for
and recreation. and Its regret that in the high
school section midday excursion summarily sum-
marily barred the congress from delightful sail
among the channels Of thought. under convoy OF
President Raymond Of Union College and Professor
McAndrews
The resolutions were drawn UP by committee
of which Principal w X. WirkeS. Of Syracus" was
chairman.
The treasurer s. Mckee Smith. OF Chatham. re-
ported s. 2S4 50 on hand The amount realized from
the sale OF tickets WAS sS46l. CIT having been sold
to men at s. and ISIS TO women at 90 cents. Ihe
cost Of the convention. aside from the local ex-
penses which were borne by the local organization
was about $780,
Charles L. White. Of Syracuse the outgoing
president made a speech. in which he thanked the
executive officers for the assistance they had given
him during his term Of office, and the convention
committee for the work which had resulted in the
greatest convention in the history OF the assocla-
ton"
The new president Dr. James Lee. was received
with great applause and made short inaugural
DR.. Lee referred with pleasure to the many new
members enrolled during the convention. and urged
the audience to try TO make the membership as
large possible , 80 -, g.. - 1890
ton We need them only for the assistance they
will be 10 us work. but for the purpose OF In
uencng legslationn the matter .rrS OF uniform ,sa
of office during good behavior. ~ 81,
DR. Lee referred also TO the exhibit, ana ols-
claimed the credit given to him for gettng IL up.
II IA due he thinks. to the teachers and pupils
The exhibit will be open 10 the pubic thls week
Thursday No tickets of admission will be re-
oured. This is opportunity that no one irter-
ested in educational work ought TO miss as the ex-
hibit Is the finest that has been madc since tne
educa tional exhibit at Chicago. At that time the
Judges declared the New-York State exhibit TO De
better than any other. and that Of New.Yo CITY
TO be the best OF all The present sSnoliion o ra ID
therefore II stands TO reason that IL must oe par
ticuarly well worth seeing. .,..
one thing that adds to its interest Is the lact tnat
II consists of the average work OF the pups' LVe
of thai of the specially talented ones. AT least TINS
is so in the exhibits OF the public schools, out
one te eacher remarked yesterday that 1t was not so
in the Horace Mann exhibit: ,,,-.
every piece of work bears different name. but IN
the Horace Mann exhibit the same name appears
over and over again" the inference being ina! the
nublic schools were showing average Work aho the
Horace Mann School only the best
II was the opinion Of the speaker nevertheIess
that the public school exhibits were better thah
the Horace Mann display ,,, 80. ....aou
afternoon and was inspected by 300 visitors
MANY of the teachers left for Milwaukee curing
the afternoon attend the convention OF the Na-
tional association.