Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-12
Gentler Sex Predominates at Grand
Opera House Meeting.
ADDRESSES ON POPULAR TOPICS
Women's Clubs Treated as an
Educational Factor.
RE SOLUTION ADOPT D

The last days session of the National
Educational Assccie ton at the Grand
Opera House this morning showed con-
tinued and growing interest in the meet
ings for the discussion of educational SUBJ
jects. The attendance at 9:15 o'clock was
unusually large. The topics to be discussed
at the meeting were THE Duties and Priv
ileges Of the Supervisor and '-Women's
Clubs as an Educational Factor" the chief
papers on these subjects being prepared
by women, and representatives of the sex
taking a leading part in the discussion
which followed the reading of the papers.
For this reason, perhaps, the audience was
composed almost exclusively of women,
who showed a keen interest in the pro-
ceedings.
Miss Margaret W. Sutherland, vice pres
ident of the association for Ohio, presided
throughout the exercises, which were open
ed with prayer by Rev. S. n. Brown, pas
tor of Park Temple Congregational Church.
Duties and Privileges.
The first address was by Miss Sarah L.
Arnold, supervisor of schools of Boston,
Mass, who spoke for thirty minutes on
The Duties and Privileges Of the Super
visor.
Miss Arnold gave an account of the re-
Ia lions between Inc supervisor ana lle
teachers in the schools, and threw out
many suggestions through which these re-
lations might be more helpful to the teach
ers than they freqL entity are The super
visor, she said, should not come into a
school as spy, but rather as friend,
anXiou5 to help improve the work rather
than to critcise il. 1t would be better for
the efficiency of the schools, she said IL
the supervisor would send word of his
contemplated visits in advance, rather
than pursuing the method Of dropping in
on the schools at unexpected times, fire.
quently to the confusion of teachers and
scholars alike. The success of the super
visor, she believed, was measured by the
feeling of confidence that exists between
that official and the teachers, and the de-
sire and effort on his part to be helpful at
all times.
The strictest attention was accorded the
remarks of Miss Arnold, and at their con-
clusion they were given a round of appre-
ciative applause.
Women's Clubs a Factor.
Miss Margaret ]. Evans. principal of the
woman's department of Carleton College
Mortified, Minnesota. read a paper on
"Womens clubs as an educational fac
tor" Miss Evans strongly commended the
work being done in women's clubs. The
day had passed, she said, when woman is
as beautiful as an angel and as silly as
goose" She has her place in the world,
and the womens clubs are helping her to
fill this place Womens clubs, she said,
are today carrying educational facilities
into 100000 homes in the United States
These clubs are aiding the work of public
education all over the country by helping
to build up libraries In Georgia alone wo-
mems clubs have established nine public
libraries. The Minneapolis Improvement
League, a womens organization, has given
many fine examples in art as prizes to the
schools of that city, thus encouraging art
among the children. Work similar to this
she said, is being done by numerous organ
iZations Of women. 1t is to the womens
clubs that the institution of the kindergar-
tens throughout the country is to be very
largely credited. The open educational
meetings of these womens clubs doing
much for the uplifting of womankind.
Nearly all the women's clubs of the coun-
try have committees to study the man
agement of the public schools, and they
have in many instances suggested improve
ments of various kinds. which have been
adopted greatly to the advantage of the
children. The greatest good to be wrought
by these clubs, she said, must be by bring
ing them nearer to the homes of all women,
and the teachers best work will be accom-
plished when they. too, become on terms
of greater intimacy with the homes of the
scholars.
Guides to Children.
The subject of providing means for guild
ing pupils in the schools into paths of right
moral Is hain nv