The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-21
WILL LIVE LONG IN MEMopv
" '"' annual Convention 90 ia.
'o"si Educational soc s,y a,
Los Angeles

$500 '"lr July 10 The Va
nonal Educational association N,
'ention Is numbered with IN. m....
that are passed, but viii live IN r...
orN ms one of the most notnbl, .,...
held, anG the one most num.roe.,,.
attended, there having been over INK
visiting teachers registered here.
fasii,"" Crowded 10 Excess.
AZ the general session YESTERDAY ~,
pavilion was crowded to excess. ana
while the papers read in the n,orn.,,..
were devoted almost exclusively ~ NJ.
educational press. those read a. tb,
evening session were sunicicntly H.
lied TO hold the attention Of the ,,s,
audience uninterruptedly.
There was paper. however. ROAD
at the morning session, by Supi Aaron
Cove, of Denver. on the "lsnruatic,.
of the Home by the school that III.
OF vast Importance. The growth ~
paternalism. the speaker nrs,a
reaches over to the schools. and much
OF the training formerly done =, hom.
IS now rclegated 10 the school rl4
severe religious and effective discipl.r,
OF the early American home i. distr,.
pearing. and the remedy advocated
was more tiisc with the teacher.
Usefulness Of the UNIVERSITY,
The Usefulness Of the University
served as a text in the evening f,r
President David Starr Jordan. Of St.n.
ford university, 10 deliver an addr.>.
upon the work being done i'm Anrri.
can universities i'm turning out nana
and cultured men. and that in the III.
lest sense of those terms
Hon. Nathan Schaeffer. state super.
intendent of public instruction of
Pennsylvania, delivered an address
on The School in Its Relation 10 a
Higher Life"
Professional spirit as Influence.
Alfred +. Winship, of Boston. made
short address on "A Professional
Spirit as Influence and then DR. Mich.
olas Murray Butler, as chairman 4,
the committee on resolutions. made
report.
q. I. Corson, of Columbus. o. M,
president-elcct, was presented to ih,
immense gathering, and after he AKA
said a few words. and the and.uc.
joined il singing America" the con
Ncntion was at AN end.
The department of normal schools
held very Interesting closing st-
sion yesterday afternoon. when ~t,
eral papers were read and discu~>,d
Miss NJ. Brown. Of New Or.au.
spoke on Lesson Plans" ana Miss 4
Edmund, Of Lowell. Mass, AND Prof
{. +. Van Lew. OF Los Angelic. rs
in the discussion Of the subject ~
Observation as a Factor in Training
school Work"
Appealed tn the Parents and Teacher.
\ paper that appealed strongly Il
parents. a. well as teachers. wa. Rad
in the eli mcntary department ,Y Slqf
J. w. Dinsmorc. Of Beatrice. Neh. On
the subject of ~ ices Of Childhood and
Youth"
Continuous University Sessions
was the theme selected by President
jill I;aymond.of the University of Ng
gna.for a paper which afforded ample
opportunity Tor discussion in fhe .
partment OF higher education som,
of the arguments advanced We're COM
hatted in the controversy that fo
lowed in which President J. II Bastr
of the University OF Colorado prai
w. {. Jones. OF the University of CaH
fornia; Dr. !. w. Saunders d n.
Cruces. y. NJ. and President 81
WhffA Af fh.. | - 20
California, participated.
Dr. Elmer = Brown. of the lHittr
sity of California. contributed ,aa.
able paper on THE Study 81 Educa
ton in the University" the discussion
that followed being ahlt conducted
by II. \. iiinsdalc. Of the University
Of Michigan. and Chancellor W.
Payne, of the University % Tcnn,
see.
Voiced the FeeIip gs Of the Convention
Prof. W. C. Stevenson. Of The Kansas
state normal school, voiced the scui
ment. which. he commended. j. iu revolt
against high school courses that are
prepared solely with view Of adm..
sion 10 the classical courses Of w
college or university. i'm paper rtao
in the business department on "l't
Advent OF Commercial High School
The question was treated ilso N
other papers. after which it was thor
oughly discussed by the educators
present.
The ferpiexing Problem.
In the final session of the depart
ment OF secondary education. the r-
picking problem which must hatf
confronted the mind Of many q icacl
cr. was thoughtfully considered anH
lucidly set forth by l'rcsidcnt i.
Scovel of the University Of Wooster
.. lie canvasscd the subject IN ipn+
iamental ethics: what Ought We 20
Teach as the American Doctrine n'
Religion and the Statc?" and the wiHt
scope affected by the subject led NN
to an earnest discussion. led hy Proi
j. ". Baker. of the University Of coz
orado.
THE Ethical In tluencc of the StneF
OF Economies" was the subject dcaN