The times., 1898-07-13

The closing session of the National Ed
acational Association was held last night
at S o'clock in Convention Hall.
The vast hail, thronged with thousands
of men and women, was brilliant with
colored lights and the flash of the red,
white and blue. on the stage, draped
with cOlors and green with lordly palms,
We're seated $50 eminent teachers, officers
and members of the executive committee
Of the association. the national council
and the officers Of the local committee,
together with several Of the prominent
ciergymen Of the city.
James NJ. Greenwood, president Of the
association, was in the chair, and after
Rev Teunis :. Hamlin, Of the Church Of
the Covenant, had led the session in
prayer, with a special petition for the
schools of the country and for its sol
diers, he introduced the president of the
State Normal School OF Wisconsin. Prof
/. d. Harvey, who talked on Some Fun
damentals in Teaching"
-Four definite points must be consider
ed by the teacher in a recitation" he
said. There must be a definite and spe-
cific aim, and the teacher must know
what should be done in order TO realize
this aim. The knowledge already possess
ed by the pulpit must be taken into con
sideration, and the facts to be taught
must be discovered and arranged in the
order best suited to the pupils intellect
and Attachments"
DR. T F. MiIlspaugh, superintendent of
public schools. Salt Lake City, Utah,
spoke upon '-Sociology's Demand Upon
the Schools Two basic elements must
be considered" said DR.. MiIlspaugh, in
educational efforts. The first is the power
Of the individual mind. The second is the
exercise Of these powers in life. Without
the first, education is impossible; with
out the second, IL is meaningless. But
the second, the social element, has been
too little considered in the school, though
Il IS essentially a social organ"
The president then introduced c. G.
Pearse, superintendent of public schools
Of Omaha, Neb., who. began with the oh
servation that "civiliza ton is growing
more and more complex" He continued:
'Our daily life, our schools, our processes
Of education are hourly becoming more
complete. and / am now about 10 sug-
Eest two points
Mr. Pearse's topic was. Between Day
School and Reform School" He advo-
Gated the seQuesrration of children who
are born criminals" their expulsion
from the day school and their isolation
from the rest of the community: also
the Isolation Of homeless, incorrigible
children TO be under the care Of special
teachers
During the interval which followed. ne
band played BUcalos's Hunting Scene, q"
singing the forest refrain.
Col. Blount, president Of the local COM
mittee, then presented the regrets Of
the board Of directors of the Corcoran
Art Gallery because Of their inability 10
open the building 10 the National Educa-
tional Association.
Your stay has been the pleasantest
We have had for many a year" concluded
Col. Blount TO the educators, "and we
bid you bon voyage"
The Proper Education Of an American
Citizen, was treated by G. N Gresham
principal OF the Lincoln High School,
Kansas City. lie spoke with feeling of
the American spirit which had brought
about universal freedom and universal
citizenship. and which was leading on
toward universal education Despite
drawbacks and criticism, the spirit Of
the American people called for the fur
rherance Of national liberty by the pa
he said. Many might know too little;
but none could learn too much Of the
duties and responsibilities Of an Ameri-
can citizen"
"A. E. winship, editor Of the Journal
nf Education. Boston. Mass. followed
with an eloquent and patriotic address
On The School Of the Future"
To-day has no significance save as we
treat it as tomorrow" he said. -'The
.r a..
and inspiring Continuing. after some
advice 10 the teachers. ne dwelt on
the four hundred years of our nations
growth. The Atlantic and Pacific are
NOW opened up before US he said. The
result Of our education is seen in the war.
Not man Is ignorant. Our soldiers are
trained as no others have been In the
history Of the world. America has not
only surprised herself-she has surprised
the world by her great victories. blood
less on her part. We have reached the
point when our schools must reach up
ward and outward. We must not only
nave the best navy and army in the
world. we must have the best universi-
ties. the best artists. musicians. and in
dustries. Our culture-life, and our pro-
fessionaf Industrial, and reform life must
prepare for this. In these last three
months we have faced great emergen-
cy, and what We have done is only an In
clcatiOn Of what we shall do hereafter -
Dr. James N. Milne Of New York. dealt
with the personality and vital force Of
the teacher as the strongest factor in the
insuliing Of true knowledge and right
principles. 'Abstractions too often but
multiply shadow upon shadow" he said
'and il is the concrete, the personal
which gives clearness Of vision and pre-
cisiOn Of judgment Teaching is light
giving. II should be preceded by light
getting. The interests of teachers should
be widened; they should pass their DAYS
not in playing at life, nor in playing with
life, but in living
The last address was made by Elmer E.
Brown, professor of pedagogy at the Uni
Versity Of California, who said that this
age presented the strange phenomenon of
the popularity of universities ."The
significance Of the university era lies in
the close relation Of American univer-
sites TO American life" he said. the
future prosperity OF the university ex-
tension idea depended upon its fidelity TO
that relation. This problem of the unfit
cation Of the primary and secondary
schools with the higher institutions of
learning, question as delicate and diff
ncult as il is inviting confront all. and
the successful solution must take into
account not only the close relation but
the conservation of the freedom of all
grades of learning
The report Of the chairman of the