The evening times., 1898-07-12
Members of N. E. A. Assemble
at Grand Opera House.
MISS SUTHERLAND PRE'IDES
Women's Clubs an Educational
Factor-Her Relation to Educa-
tion as Student, Teacher and Su-
pcrvisor-Meeting ut the National
Thcater This MorriLS.

fore crowded house read papers which,
regarded as a whole. were of more value
and interest than any heretofore produc-
ed by general session of the association.
Miss Margaret W. Sutherland vice
president for Ohio the foremost woman
educator in that State, presided. She
Is the first woman who has ever presid-
ed at a session of the y. f A. The Rev.
NJ. Brown, of Park Temple Congregation
al Church, opened the session with pray
er. Miss Sutherland then introduced Miss
Sarah L. Arnold, of Boston. Mass, as
zone of the wisest and most beloved sup
ervisors in the country"
Miss Arnold's address. outlining briefly
the duties and privileges Of the super
visor was clear and comprehensive. sin
cere and hopeful.
Enumerating first the various titles of
the supervisor. director. inspector. head
teacher. assistant superintendent" she
dwelt on the Illusion prevalent about
this '.argus-eyed. many-tongued. stern
DICTATOR and said:
Had he a given name ii should be
Moses leading his people into the prom
ised land. Should he be pictured. IL
should be leading a troop of little chill
dren. II is not his to stand in the rear,
and say. 60 but to lead and say,
come.
Speaking of the effect OF kindness and
friendllness on teachers. Miss Arnold
said:
"Only in the sin of confidence can our
best efforts flower The necessity for
co-opera ion was fOrcibly dealt upon.
'Co-operation-that is the lesson Of the
twentieth century the pinataanTh
has been spelling the words. No mans
work Is effective unless upheld by other
men. Unity. not uniformity: working
with definite aim should be encouraged.
Force cannot become effective unless
driven by unity of purpose. Teachers
working within the four walls of their
rooms year after year are apt 10 be-
come stationary. Teachers. like other
humans. should grow by their own self
activity. 1t rests with the supervisor 10
bring this out. He must have a deep
knowledge of teaching; must be master
of principles: never dic:atorial. mechan-
ical. He must learn the fine art of self
forgetting. BY innate power of delicate
sympathy he wins his degree. commands
confidence and obedience"
Treating qualifications more in detail.
instancing examples of effective and
poor supervisors. Miss Arnold concluded
cloquen .ly with an Illusion to our victo-
ry at Santiago.
Solemn tidings have reached us
thanksgiving. mingled with prayer. To
what leader shall the glory he given?
is asked. and a newspaper makes an
swer: Neither to the one nor to the
o.her but to the men. and to the boys
who have come from our schools. Our
boys-Our girls. too-go forth TO unwrit-
ten conquests. Achieve unrewarded tri-
umphs But there shall be equal glory
for all who give their utmost effort
Miss Margaret ]. Evans, principal ot
the women's department, Carleton Col
lege, Northfield. Mimi, then read an ad
dress on "Women's Clubs as an Educa'
tional Factor"
Women's clubs are in their origin. pur-
pose and practice educational. Their
present numbers have been reached
through the application of three mod
ern ideas-the Importance of individual
mental development. which gave rise &c
the scattered reading circles OF twenty
years ago: the value of organization
which has brought about the State ana
general federation of womens clubs: ana
the responsibility of each individual sou
for the welfare of every other individual
which has developed the activities which
bind the clubs and federatipuS together
The educational influence of women's
clubs is eXerted, not only upon the 100. 1O'
members which a conservative estimate
assigns to them, but upon many homes
and communities as we'll This influence
Is both indirect as growing out from
intercourse with mature students. and di-
rect. as resulting from the work of wo-
mems clubs in the founda ton and sup
port of libraries, in the Improvement OF
schools, both by teachers associations
and by instructing the child for its phys
ical. mental and moral welfare
A resolution was then read by Mr.. Hogg
of Texas. to indorse the movement Il
found an institution in Texas for the
daughters of the Confederacy." which was
seconded by the association. The audi
ence then, standing. sang America" and
the discussions proceeded
Miss Bette A. Dutton, principal of Ken
lucky Street School. Cleveland, Ohio.
traced the origin and history of woman 5
work as a supervisor of women teachers
The need for woman supervisors she
said, grew out of the civil war, when the
women. great army of peace. kept up
the work in the schools as they kept up
the harvesting in the fields, and all the
labor of the Western farms. Earnest
work from that time to this testified wo-
mans ability in this line. Woman's work
had done much toward the exercise of A
more humane and kindly discipline than
before: and the world was moving fast
toward the fulfillment of the new beati-
tude: Blessed are the gentle: for they
shall become the dominant power of the
earth"
THE Teachers Course of Study was
clearly and concisely considered by Miss
Sara T. Walter, of the State Normal
School. Willimantic. Conn, who urged
strongly the need for logical courses of
study and the maintenance of the due re-
lation between the abstract and the con-
crete. Greater originality was to be de-
veloped in the child by nature study and
by lessons growing out of the natural In
terests of pupils.
But course is lifeless without a life
teacher" said Miss Walter in conclusion
''for the key to public school success lies
not in property or maintenance but in
the teacher. The teacher Is the school -
Miss Lille A. Williams, of the State
Normal School, of Trenion, N j., spoke
on the teacher as a traveller, advocating
foreign tours affordIng best means of
culture to the teacher. but emphasizing
the necessity of fitting preparation, rich
furnishing of the mind to become a SYM
pathetic and Intelligent observer.
After general discussion the session ad-
journed.
The morning meeting at the New Ma