The times., 1897-12-25
MEETS LOCAL COMMITTEE
President Shepard, of the american
Educational Socie.y. Here.
Arranging for the Great July Con-
yention-M Members Glad WASH
ingtou Was Chosen

Prof. Irwin Shepard, president Of til
State normal school at Winona, MINI
is at the Arlington. He came to Washing
ton to consult with the io,al COMMIT"
making Grra nGements Tor tie annudi con
yention next July Of tie american Ell "a
tional Society. Of vldoL lie is tIesid. II
| Prof. Shepard spent most or tie Gsy 1itl
Secretary o'Neil. OF tie local commit 20
and President whitman. the CommgJe,
chairman.
In the afternoon he net Hon Charles \,
Morey, of Winona, Mimi. and Miss Mercy al
Vassar College, who are spending several
| days here, and the party visited the Con
| grcssirUal Library Building.
| In tie early part of t ne evening Prof
| Shepard met the local committee i'll CON
| sultation in President Whitman'S room al
the Columbian University.
| There We're present, besides Prof. Shep
! ard, Ur. Whitman ana Secretary . Neil
! Col. Henry F. BiDut, president OF the gen
eraI local Committee; Dr. Edward NJ
! GaIlaudet, Mess. Archibald GrcpHleeS,
| Thomas W. Smith. Robert ". Read, \
! T. Stuart. Alrs. sara Spencer, Miss Anna
| Tolman Smith ana II. J.. Montgomery
During the conference DR.. Whllln n
| appointed the following committee pn
books and school appointments: Mrs. Sara
Spencer, Nessrs. Charles Lyman. s W
Woodward, Henry Wells, ana B. II. Warner,
but other than this nothing was done
most OF the time having been defotcd
ing the wOtk OF the convention q iu
President Shepard.
In al interview Prof. Shepard said:
The association is now the largest in
the wurid, and 1T is the most Hnporti II
of all educational associations, for the 'ea
son that in nearly ali other countries tie
educational policy Of the country is de
termined by the central authority OF I: ne
government, and, therefore. leaves little
OF discretion to the teaching body.
In tna United States there is no central
authoTity in educational matters in ne gen
eral vr in State governments. Therefore.
methods of teaching and the general ail..
as Well az the character OF this organiza-
tiun Of educational force are what teach
ers male them, hence tire Importance Of
associated action by them
The American Educa tional i sSociatiOa
occupies tie field OF directing the educa
tionai progress OF the United state through
its conventions, and its various suh-Gepa II
ments as well as by the reports OF ON
mitteeS appointed to investigate cert in
features Of edncationa! work. These e
ports are becoming the most important
educational publica tions that are issued
in this OF any other country
Already three such reports have been
issued. Tie first is tie report Of the
committee OF ten on secondary schools.
of which committee President Eliot, II
Harvard. was chairman. IL was issued in
1892.
The second is tie report Of the commit
tee Of fifteen ON elementary schools, If
which W. II. MaXell. of Bruoklyl, VAS
chairman 1t was issued in 1891.
The last and most important is the re-
port OF tie committee Ot twelve on rural
schools. of which Hon. Henry SabiE, OF
Das Moines, Iowa, was chairman.
In addition TO these reports the associa-
tion publishes annually volume Of 1000
pages. including all the papers and dis-
cuSsions OF its annual conventions
At these annual conventions there are
five sessions of the National Council II
Education, two sessions OF each of the six
teeE depa rtrnents which represent all the
places &C education work as follo VS. Kind ar
garten, elementary. secondary higher nor
NAL, art music, Industrial. business, ply
steal, the department of superintenden;s,
depa Vtmerts of libraries. Departments Cf
school administ ra ton, department S1fclaSseS
requiring special methods, and the depart
ment in science instruction.
The character of these conventions is
such that the programs embOdy the best
thought of the education CT the country
in their respective fields hence The Mt
most care is take locally to provide
place for Various meetings where persons
may listen to the papers and the dis
cussoLs following.
Following the meetings it is customary
for the teachers and attendants in Iarg
degree to spend the remaining days of
.aeir summer vaca tions at places bey ,nd
and In the vicinity Of the place OF nlaa.i x.
.'As to the general nature of the aSs1-
catiou and its conventions, can think
Of nothing else that will interest the putlic
THE announcing OF Washington as the
place of its next meeting was received
with universal approva. lit is evident
that many desire to visit the city and in
return find many profitable things here
The executive committee OF the Amari-
can Educational Association, to whom
he choice Of selection was left, is deeply
impressed with the ability and energy
lf the local committee in arranging for
he great number of meetings which will
1ccur heer during the cony2u tion next
summer
by special arrangements there viii be
no sessions on Saturday afternoon lhI
evening. and on Sunady the churches will
be invited to arrange for sermons nd al
lresses on educational topics
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