Evening star., 1898-07-09
OFFICERS ELECTED
Business Meeting Of the Educators
Today.
REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Proposition to Change the Rules
in Some Respects.
MIR. LYTE FOR PRESIDENT

The business meeting of the National Ed
ucationai Association was held at II o'clock
today at the Grand Opera House, where
there was large attendance Of those in
terested in the fiscal and general operations
of the association. Chas. r. Skinner, first
vice president OF the association, presided.
The association had appointed a commit
tee to recommend improvements in the Or
ganization of the society, and from this
committee Mr.. Nicholas Murray Butler Of
New York made a report which favored
changing the status of the secretary Of the
association in several important particu-
lars. They recommended that instead of
having secretary elected for one year
the board of trustees of the association
should elect it's secretary for a term not
to exceed four years, and to fix his salary
at such figure that will properly COM
pensate him.
Ex-OmclO Member.
Amendments to the constitution to this
effect were offered by Mr.. Butler and were
adopted.
A proposed amendment to the constitution
made the commissioner of education ex-
officio one of the five members of the board
OF directors of the association. This amend
ment was criticised by several members of
the association, who argued that while the
present commissioner of education was an
educator Of high character there was no
assurance that that office would always be
filled by one of equal ability. Many other
objections to making the officer ex-officio a
member Of the board OF directors were
urged. This amendment was defeated and
in its place an amendment was adopted by
which the fifth member of the board is to
be chosen annually by the other four men,
bers.
Nominations Made.
Mr.. w. E. Sheldon Of Boston, from the
committee on nominations, then reported
the following nominations for the ensuing
year:
President, E. Dram Lyte, Millersville, Pa.
secretary, Irwin Shepard, Winona, Mimi;
treasurer, 1. c. McNeill, West Superior,
Wis; first vice president. Jas. M. Green
wood, Missouri; second vice president, w.
W. Stetson, Maine; third vice president, E.
b. Prettyman, Maryland; fourth vice pres
ident H. c. White, Georgia; fifth vice pres
1dent, Joseph Swain, Indiana; sixth vice
president, j. R. Rightsall, Arkansas; sew
enth vice president, r. s. Bingham, Wash
ington; eighth vice president, Frank b.
Smith, Kansas; ninth vice president, z. B.
McElroy, Oregon; tenth vice president, Nc
Henry Rhoades, Kentucky; eleventh vice
president, ]. Y Joyner, North Carolina;
twelfth vice president, S. N Hopkins. Ok
lahoma.
Directors.
North Atlantic division - Massachusetts,
VIII A. Monroe; Maine, John s. Locke;
New Hampshire. j. A. Russell; Vermont
Mason S. Stone; Rhcde Island, H. S. Tar
bell; Connecticut, F. E. Howard; New
York, A. S. Downing, New jersey James
NJ. Green.
South Atlantic division - Pennsylvania
George Howell; Delaware, A. H. Berlin
Maryland John D. Worthington; District
OF Columbia, w. b. Powell; Virginia, Will
lam f. Fox; West Virginia, J. N. Deahle
North Carolina, G. A. Grlmsey; South Car
olina, j. F. Brown; Florida, l.. w. Buch-
hclz.
South central division-Kentucky, w. H
Bartholomew; Tennessee w. r. PAYNE:
Georgia, W. F. Slaton; Alabama, John r.
Gregory; Mississippi E. E. Bass; Louisi-
ana. Warren Easton; Texas, O. H. Cooper;
Oklahoma, D. r. Boyd; Arkansas, j. l..
Holloway.
North central division-ohio, F. B. Dyer;
Indiana, d. K. Goss; Illinois, E. A. CAST
man; Michigan, Henry r. Pattenglll; Wis
consin. L. D. Harvey; Iowa. w. NJ. Beard
shear; Minnesota, George B. Alton; Mis-
souri, John r. kirke; North Dakota, w. l..
Stockwell; South Dakota, Frank Crane; Ne
braska, Carroll G. Pearse; Kansas, Frank
X. Dyer.
Western division-Montana, J. B. Hen
bricks; Wyoming, Estelle Reel; Colorado
l.. c. Grennlee; New Mexico, Mrs. E. r.
Jackson; Arizona, F. 8. Hafford; Oregon,
J. Fl. Ackerman Washington, o. c. Whit
ney; Utah, ]. NJ. Tanner; California, E. e.
Brown; Indian Territory, w. A. CALDWELL
Nevada, ]. E. Stubbs; Idaho, ]. c. Black.
Officers Elected.
The association then elected by a unani-
nous vote all the officers nominated, and
the result was greeted with vigorous ap-
plause.
Mr.. E. Dram Lyte, elected to be presi-
dent. was escorted to the stage and he
made appropriate remarks in accepting the
office rendered him.
AT 1:30 the meeting was adjourned.