The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-13
NATIONAL EDUCATORS.
The Convention Settled Down to STEADY
Hard Work.
EDUCATIONAL METHODS BEING DISCUSSED
. xo,,ornI school of Learning Finds
Favor with Many of the
Delegates.

Los Angeles. Cal, Jtly 12,-Today the
National Educational association conVen-
tion settled down to steady, hard WORK.
there being eleven departments holding
session In the afternoon In 'ddition 10
tho general sessions both morning ana
evening.
| Mrs. Helen Grenfell, State superlhtend'
ont of nublic instruction of Colorado, read
paper in the general session bearing .he
suggestive title OF Quo Vadimus' which
bore upon relations existing and which
ousbt IN exist between the school and the
home.
In the several department sessions Ill
most the entire gamut OF educatioh was
discussed, from child study through tue
kindergarten and grammar grades, tue e
polytechnic and art branches, to the uiti-
mafe noints of business college corrlcu-
lum on one hand and the university course
on the other In the initial stage IN "hae
in lis entirety was prolonged discus
sion of existing methods, child study was
taken up as the connecting INK between
the home and the school, and at the otner
end OF the continuous line President pdVia
Starr Jordan Of Stanford university anu
Dr. Nicholas NJ. Butler of Columpla uil
versity engaged in a discussion on Inc
practicability OF Natlonal UNIVERSE &c
a question of greatest interests ana III
portance to educator as we'll as TO the
cultured people throughout the country.
In addition to these various phases OF co.
ucatonal effort the highly specialized
form OF education adapted to the needs
OF the deaf and blind and feeble minded
has been under discussion; the physica'
education has not been neglected ana
patriotic tinge has been given to the en-
tire proceedings by discussion before the
Herbart society of the significance OF the
frontier in American history.
Miss Gertrude Edmonds, principal OF the
training school at Lowell, Mass, read
paper on Child Study In Normal and
Training Schools"
In discussing Problems In Artistic Rem
dering." Miss Katherine NJ Ball, super
visor of drawing San Francisco, commended
that childrens standard of excellence is
regulated by what they have seen or what
they have heard.
In the general session of the National
Education association Prof. J. e. Hinman
OF Pine Bluff, Ark, representing the
Southern Educational association, deliv-
cred an address on the educational status
in the South which created great enthusi-
asm.
The Average Scholarship of the Az
erag" Pupil was the topic dealt with by
Prof F. Ritzler, superintendent of schools
at Portland Ore
Prof w. S. Monroe, Winfield, Mass, read
a paper on Fatigue Among Children
H j. Rodgers, United States commits
sioner to the Paris exposition, spoke on
THE United States Exhibit ut Paris"
The paper that aroused the widest COM
ment at the evening session of the con-
vention was the one read by Prof. e. q.
Grown. University of California, on cart
in Education
Other papers were read by Hon T. D.
Harvey, superintendent of public instruc-
ton of Wisconsin; F. W. Parker, superin
teEdent of normal schools, Chicago; G. d.
Gilbert, superintendent of schools, New
ark, N. j.; Prof. E. P, Cubberly of Stan
ford university; Mrs. L. L. Wilson of the |
Philadelphia normal school. and DR.. E. A. |
Whitgard of the University of California,
DR.. Charles w Dabney, president of the |
University of Tennessee, delivered an ad- |
dress on 'Practicability of a National Uni
versity."
Prof. David Starr Jordan OF Stanford |
university opened the debate. He is an
advocate OF a National school of learning, |
and he pointed out the advantages of such |
an educational establishment. DR.. Nicho-
las Murphy Buler of Columbia university
and other noted educators also spoke.
j. c. McNiell of West Superior, Wis.
today resigned as treasurer of the Ma
tional Educational association. having held
the position for ten years
The contest between representatives OF
the various cities for the next convention
has narrowed down to three clties--Cin-
,innati, Charleston and Montreal. Can
ada So far Charleston appears TO be the
most favored place.