The times., 1898-07-10
AN EDUCATIONAL SUNDAY"
Washington Churches TO Be
Thrown Open to Educators.
MANY SESSIONS LAST WEEK
The National Educational AssOcia-
ton Has Held Il Number of Speciai
Topics of Interest and Profit
Considerable Progress Reported.

Today is educational Sunday" and
the pastors of nearly all of the churches
in this city have thrown their doors open
to the National Educational Association
which is in session here. Many of the
pastors will speak upon educational
topics. while members OF the association.
in some instances will occupy the pull
pits. Following is the program in those
churches which win be open to the as
sociation:
ist-Metropolitan, Supt N. G.
Schaeffer. Pennsylvania, morning. Cal
vary, President ]. NJ. Greenwood Mis-
souri,, morning; Supt Charles r. Skinner.
New York, evening. Kendall Chapel.
Principal w. n. Slaton. Georgia. morn
ing. Grace DIR. George P. Brown. Illi-
nois, evening. Fifth. President John w.
Cook Illinois, morning: SuPt. James l..
Hughes. Canada, evening. Street, DR..
w. n. Halman District of Columbia,
morning; Supt. F. S. Hafford, Arizona,
evening. Gay Street, President George
j. Ramsey. Louisiana, morning. Second.
DR. Edward r. Shaw. New York morn
ing; Supt. n. c. Schaeffer, Pennsylvania,
evening. Nineteenth Street (coiorcd)
Supt. A. G. Lane, Illinois, evening.
Christian-Vermont Avenue. DIR. w Y.
Hailman, District of Columbia, morning;
DR.. Edward r. Shaw, New York even
ing Ninth Street, President James H.
Baker, Colorado morning; Supt. ]. NJ
Green. New Jersey. evening.
Congrega ational-Mount Pleasant, Dr. N
c. Dougherty, Illinois, morning. Univer-
sity Park Temple. President T. A. Alder
man. North Carolina, morning. First
Supt. James L. Hughes, Canada, morn
ing.
Lutheran-Luther Place, DR.. George p.
Brown. illinois. morning Keller Memo
rial Dr. "A. n. Raub, Pennsylvania,
morning; DR.. c. w. Bennett, Ohio, even
ing. st. Paufs, DR.. L. A. Winship, Mas
sachusetts. morning
Methodist-Foundry, Dr. William F.
King. Iowa, morning. Wesley. Supt.
Charles r. Skinner, New York. morning:
Rev. w. Perry Eveland. Pm. D.. Mary
land, evening. Grace, DR.. A. F. Night
ingale. Illinois. evening. Mount Vernon
Place. Supt- J. H. Phillips Alabama,
morning; Principal Nj. w. Slaton, Geor-
gia, evening. Ryland. DR.. w. 0. Krohn.
Illinois. morning. Gorsuch. Dr. }. H.
Freeman Illinois, evening. Trinity, DR..
George T. Fairchild. Missouri. morning
st. Pauls. Rev. W. Perry Eveland, Phi.
D., Maryland, morning Union, DR. +. A.
eastman, Illinois. morning. McKendree,
DR.. Snyder, Colorado morning Gal
braiJh, President c. c. Thach. Alabama,
morning. Mount Zion, DR.. Snyder. Colo
rado. evening.
Presbytt rlan-Gunton-T Temple Memorial.
ID. A. p. Marble. fNew York, morning
Metropolitan, President w. O. Thomp-
son. Ohio. morning and evening First,
Prof. Charles De Garmo, New York
morning. Eastern DR.. J. w. Stearns
! Wisconsin, morning. Sixth, Prof J. c.
| Gordon, Illinois, morning. Gurley Memo
rial, President r. G. Boone, Michigan,
| morning. Assembly's, Supt F. S. Haf-
] ford. Arizona. morning. Western, Supt
/ J. NJ. Green, New Jersey, morning.
| Untarian-All Souls. DR.. A. P Mayo,
/ District OF Columbia, morning and even
/ ing.
niversalist-Church of Our Father.
! Hon. Webster Davis, District of Column
| bia. morning.
In addition TO the general sessions
I which We're in progress at the National
! Theater and the Grand Opera House Fri
day and Saturday, eleven departments of
the National Educational Association
| have held special meetings in various
! nails and churches of the northwest The
/ departments of kindergarten teaching.
| physical education, business training.
normal schools, secondary education,
! study of natural science, school admin
istration, the Educational Press Associa-
tor in the educational progress of the ma
ton, the National Herbart Society, have
considered topics of national educational
4 interest. received new suggestions drawn
up new resolutions, adopted reforms, in
fact, started anew on the upward path
of educational effort, with the way made
clear, the view expanding.
One salient result of the National Edu
cational Association has been to infust
| rich broad veins +a,
working for individual welfare of Stat.
school or college, into one vast artery
which courses the very lie blood of tn
nation. Social, ethical, economic, civic
educational reform, ideals. The value o
those set forth in the Mother Pla,
Book that wonderful work of FroebeP
, latter days, direct, simple and pictur
esque review written by Elizabeth Har
} rison. of Chicago; the need for the es
tablishment of childrens gardens in OF
der to bring nature more into the kinder
\ | garten; the kindergarten games-all theS
topics were discussed. Tomorrow at
) o'clock. in Calvary Baptist Church 18th
Influence of the Kindergarten Idea wi
be discussed.
The department of normal schools
: whose president is the great Western eC
ucator. Homer H. Seerley, was devote
to the progress and democracy-the NJ
tional Educational Association stands Il
;, all these.
Six more great sessions, and Tuesda
: evening, July u. will witness the closir
y meeting at Convention Hall.
At 3 o'clock Friday afternoon the sp
!, cial departments of the N E. A opene
u u their sessions. The department of XII
i dergartens, whose officers are Miss NJ
e Culloch, st. Louis, Mo-. president Mi
= Jennie B. Merrill New York, vice pres
:, dent; Miss Mary IT. Hail. Milwaukee
q q Wis, secretary, gave special importan,
= TO the subject of kindergarten determine
ton of a course Of study setting fort
the minimum reqEirements for gradu
: ton from the State normal schools of Il
= United States. The establishment, growt
obstacles systems and phases of the Sta
q normal schools in New England, Il
Southern States, the Middle State
= North Central States and Pacific SIol
. were sketched briefly and interesting
: by A. G.. Boyden, of Bridgewater, Mass
u Miss Marion Brown. of New Orleans La
Z : n. c. Schaeffer. of Harrisburg, Pa;
= :, G. Boone, of Michigan, and E. 7. Piero
Of Los Angeles, Cal.
One of the most interesting sessio
was that held by the art department
Luther Place Memorial Church. Howa
Helmick, of Washington, the arti.
r whose genre pictures are known aero
the seas. welcomed the visitors.
. Miss Harriet c. Magee, president of t
- department, gave an address on IN
tionality in Art calling for concert
~ effort from the art educational societi
10 of America and the utterance of mo
er striking and vivid personality.
,e Fred. H. Daniels, supervisor of dra
:. ing in Buffalo, N. Y. regarded the ma
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